[Vwdiesel] Rear Shoulder Belts in a Rabbit

Bryan K Walton bryankwalton at machlink.com
Wed Oct 18 09:10:53 EDT 2006


So I've been googling through the archives and newsgroups looking for 
info on retrofitting shoulder belts into the rear of my '84 Rabbit.
I found a few previous threads of people who were interested in doing
so.  But I didn't find anybody saying that they succeeded or failed in
their attempts:

Person attempting to retrofit into '86 Golf:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.vw/tree/browse_frm/thread/8f13696a24f82926/f4372502975227da?rnum=1&hl=en&q=vw+shoulder+belt+retrofit&_done=%2Fgroup%2Frec.autos.vw%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F8f13696a24f82926%2Ff4372502975227da%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3Dvw+shoulder+belt+retrofit%26hl%3Den%26#doc_f4372502975227da

Person attempting to retrofit '84 GTI:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/tree/browse_frm/thread/5f9e7df48ec07f40/d56fa6cb0a4083b4?rnum=1&hl=en&q=vw+rabbit+rear+shoulder+belt&_done=%2Fgroup%2Frec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F5f9e7df48ec07f40%2Fd56fa6cb0a4083b4%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3Dvw+rabbit+rear+shoulder+belt%26hl%3Den%26#doc_d56fa6cb0a4083b4

Person attempting to retrofit Rabbit (don't know year):
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/tree/browse_frm/thread/a223bc2e92791315/8469dafc2ece9e15?rnum=1&hl=en&q=vw+rabbit+rear+shoulder+belt&_done=%2Fgroup%2Frec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2Fa223bc2e92791315%2F8469dafc2ece9e15%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3Dvw+rabbit+rear+shoulder+belt%26hl%3Den%26#doc_8469dafc2ece9e15

In addition to the 2 lapbelt mount points, there needs to be a mount
point for the loop (I believe that exists behind the headliner
material).  There also needs to be a mount point for the reel that
takes up the slack.  In that '86 Golf thread above, someone says that
mount point is on top of the rear wheel arch.  I can't find such a
mount point on my '84 Rabbit.

To the point, has anybody done such a retrofit in an '84 or earlier
Rabbit?  If so, how?  Or can anybody tell me they tried and failed?

Thanks!
Bryan


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