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Subject:Re: Installing 3 point Seat Belts Was:3 point seatbelts in Westfalias
From:Joe T.
Date:Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:38:53 -0600

Your '85 already has the mounting points built into the framing (for lack of
a better word) in the lower back.  The end of the OEM belts has that "T"
shaped bracket which bolts into those points that were provided from the
factory.

The higher-up mounting point is there in the C pillar and is also threaded.
It will have a plastic cap screwed into it that you remove after getting
through the liner.

There's a good photo here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=446020&highlight=3point

I used the OEM one on the passenger's side.  On the driver's side (mine's a
Wolfsburg Westy with the cabinet) it looked like I was going to have to
remove everything to get to that lower mounting point, so I broke down and
bought the GoWesty one that only uses the upper C pillar mounting point.

Hope that helps,
Joe

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> How did you mount those belts? I have removed the three point belts from my
> '90 carat and want to put them in my '85 but I wasn't sure about the
> mounting of the belts point in the back. Did you weld in mounts back there
> or is there already a place to bolt them in?
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>

--
Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2