MKII Back Seat Seat Belt with Shoulder Strap

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (The Hitman)]

thats cool. i'm glad it work out and went smoothly. can't wait to see the 
pics!


>From: John Erickson <ranahan@charter.net>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: MKII Back Seat Seat Belt with Shoulder Strap
>Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:43:00 -0700
>
>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
>
>
>
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So Sayeth The Hitman
'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
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