inertia front seat belts

Post by **aupickup** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:46 pm

have just fitted some new inertia front seat belts to my 2 door saloon
they came from brittax immi
easy to fit with very good instructions
they are also a perfect length, and the stem is a good length
had no problems at all

Post by **mike.perry** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:11 pm

Good to hear that someone got a result first time. How / where did you mount the reel?

Post by **aupickup** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:50 pm

the reel is mounted on the bottom inner sill step
the reel fitted perfectly

Post by **alanworland** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:01 pm

I have often thought about seatbelts - I always reach for it when getting in!
Is the sill fixing a 'nutsert' type of fitting? and is there a fixing on the door frame ('B' post?)
Were they dear?

Post by **aupickup** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:18 pm

my car is 1969 so had the inner step fixing, a nut welded to the inside, and the fixings on the inner rail under the windows
the setbelt was £29.99 each , but as i say it fitted perfectly no problems at all

Post by **mike.perry** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:41 pm

I tried inertia belts on a 2 door and found that they were a struggle to extend the webbing when fastening them and they did not pass the "snatch test" every time so I was not confident about their ability to lock up when required which is why I have stuck with static belts in the MM. The problems may have been with that partiicular installation.

Post by **aupickup** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:39 pm

hmm strange mine pull out easy, and snatch when needed to

Post by **alainmoran** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:40 pm

So far I'm still left with the static ones, although they do worry me ... I only ever use them as a lap belt since with the way that they hang over me I feel like if I were in an accident that they would break my neck/collarbone before they did anything useful