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Seat Belts in 2dr Rangies..

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Seat Belts in 2dr Rangies..

Post by landy_man »

Did a search and did not come up with much..
Am very sick of the crap seats in the 2dr Rangie.. have some nice disco seats that may find a new home.. HOWEVER.. the seatbelts as we all know are attached to the seat..
So.. I would like to see some examples or hear any ideas on how I can SAFELY go about mounting some seatbelts to the B-Pillar in the 2dr..
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Post by 6.5 rangie »

Can't picture a 2door pillar, but i had the same seat/belt combo in my 4door and changed the seats over to later model ones. Ritters had a kit to relocate the new seatbelts to the pillar. Basically around 12mm thick, 25mm wide 150mm long bar with a whole in the centre (for seatbelt bolt) and a whole either end.
You drill a whole in the pillar (up where the seatbelt bolt should go) big enough for the belt bolt and 2 more holes in line with the wholes on the bar. Next a hole in the bottom of the pillar to slide the bar up into, drop a string down and pull the bar up into place. The 2 holes are to pop rivet the bar into place just to hold it there and the seatbelt can be bolted into place.
Hope this can Help
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Post by landy_man »

BRILLIANT...

Just what I was after..
Dont suppose you have any pics.. and remember how much it cost for the kit ..

Cheers
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Post by Loanrangie »

Craig, easy enough to make yourself, just a lenght of flat bar with a nut welded to it or drilled/ tapped to suit.
Saddle up tonto, its the not so loanrangie! . 98 TDI DISCO lightly modded with more to come.
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Post by 6.5 rangie »

I think it was around $40-$50 a pair, ritters had these engineered at some stage, just need to sort the lower section out
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Post by Ralf the RR »

To be legal, it has to be engineered.
Harry

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Oils leaks are a factory option to prevent rust!
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Post by landy_man »

Ralf the RR wrote:To be legal, it has to be engineered.
ummmm.. yep... ;)
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Post by gn3dr »

The other possible solution to this which might be tidier if you don't waht to mess too much with teh body,, is to get a set of replacement seats with internal seat belts.

BMW E46 (year 2000 onwards) convertible front seats have the belts in them - so you could have a choice of leather, electric adjustment etc if you wanted.....

I'm planning to do this once I can find a nice set of black leather seats.

I think some SL mercs might also have internal belts......
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Post by landy_man »

gn3dr wrote:The other possible solution to this which might be tidier if you don't waht to mess too much with teh body,, is to get a set of replacement seats with internal seat belts.

BMW E46 (year 2000 onwards) convertible front seats have the belts in them - so you could have a choice of leather, electric adjustment etc if you wanted.....

I'm planning to do this once I can find a nice set of black leather seats.

I think some SL mercs might also have internal belts......
Midnight spares you say eh :lol: :lol: just kidding ... that was the plan some time ago.. apparently some Hondas had em too.. and a few others as well.. But I do have a set of nice Disco seats just sitting in the garage.. but if I could get my hands on some cheap Beemer seats.. that would be sweet.. but I would imagine they would cost more than my rangie.. ;)
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