Re: Relocating the rear seatbelts for more comfort? Quote:
Originally Posted by theexperthand Not sure it will work - but can you try switching the socket of the first seat belt with the middle one? It will give you more width, but I am not sure about the safety aspects of this mod, if done.
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That will be too wide. We use it occasionally and it just doesn't "feel" right. Quote:
Originally Posted by batterylow The seat belt would end up going a bit higher over the body in case the middle buckle is used, as long the occupant doesn't slide out underneath the belt I think its fine. |
Yes, but its not quite comfortable. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeroen Hate to say this, but the little one should not be in her lap or jumping around. The preferred way would be to have him/her in a separate child seat, safely strapped in. |
We use a carseat since day one. Now, he sits only in it, when with me. When his mother is there, he is 50% of the time around her, 50% of the time strapped in using the adult seat belt in the rear seat. Quote:
The one thing I know about seatbelts is that they need to be fitted/mounted to the appriote anchor points as designated by the car manufacturer. As your car has seatbelt fitted, I doubt there are other anchor points available. Drilling/tapping new holes for different anchor points will do two things. It's very likely to be less safe for your wife and if you drill into the wrong bits you might actually be comprising the safety construction of your car.
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This is interesting. I was thinking that one/two extra holes would not really impact the body shell much.
Do note that it would be far safer than her not using the seat belt half of the time, right? Quote:
So I would strongly advise you not to mess with the original seatbelts. If they are uncomfortable try and find seatbelt adjuster to make it more comfortable;
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This is nice - thanks. However, this addresses the concern of seat belt coming up to the neck. Her concern is more room overall! Quote:
Not sure if this would help, as I understand you would to have some more room. Not sure if you have fixed belts or you have the self winding variety? If you have fixed belts in some cars its possible to install the self winding kind. They would simply attach to the original anchor points.
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Our swift has the self-winding ones!
Last edited by GTO : 9th October 2014 at 15:06.
Reason: No inline replies please :). Correcting quote. Thanks!
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