MKII Back Seat Seat Belt with Shoulder Strap

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

I just installed a complete front seat belt assembly in the back seat of my 
car.  I had Brett (The Hitman) pull a passenger side seat belt from a car 
he was parting and send it to me with all the attaching hardware.  Since 
the retractor assembly must be mounted vertically to work properly, I 
bought a big 90 degree bracket from Home Depot and cut it down to size.  If 
you look under the rear deck (behind the stock speaker location), you will 
find a 2" square hole and behind it, a smaller hole already cut in the 
sheet metal.  I cut the carpet above the larger hole, folded it under and 
glued it to the bottom of the deck.  I mounted the big bracket to the 
smaller hole (with a reinforcing piece above the deck) and fastened the 
retractor to the bracket with the belt feeding through the larger 
hole.    I just pulled the carpet back to access the smaller hole from 
above and then glued the carpet back down over the bolt I used.   The belt 
guide that is normally attached to the B pillar gets attached to the roof 
right above the back end of the stock speaker grill.  If you feel through 
the headliner with your finger, you can find the hole.  A threaded nut is 
already welded in there so you only have to cut a hole in the headliner and 
bolt up the guide.  Once everything was installed, I discovered that the 
belt just rubs on the front of the square hole in the deck.  I found a 
piece of flexible black quarter inch tubing, split it lengthwise and put it 
over the front of the hole for the belt to slide on.

The whole retrofit took just a couple hours and looks real good.  I took 
some pictures, but will have to get the film developed before I can post 
anything.   The retractor works perfectly, btw.  It locks right up if you 
yank on it.

I did this so that I can use a child's booster seat in the back of the 
car.  I didn't bother doing the driver's side rear because no one ever sits 
there anyway.  I may do it in the future just so the car is symmetrical.

John
Long Beach
87 16v