A third front row
seat
And again this is a topic,
which may seem a bit strange to someone who is not familiar with german TüV
-
and german laws of how to make modifications of your car road legal.
I intend to replace
the cubby-box by a third seat.
But a seat different from the original one.
A seat WITH head rest and a 3 point inertia belt.
This require some
talks to the local TüV-engineers, and a lot of good-will ;-)
I will not go
into detail about this "german" topic, just give you some pictures
as the modification progresses,
and hopefully report aount the TüVs' approval...
Update, 12th January 2010:
Some more picture
& info:
Seat is installed.
(Exmoor: EX9760)
The belt
not quite installed, I'm waiting for some parts I ordered last week.
(Exmoor EX294)
Fixing the seat...
Update January 15th,
2010:
Two 6mm steel-plates, zink-plated, will serve as basis for the anchor
point of the belt.
=
Made
by the local metal worker according to my specifications.
Update February, 2th:
Seat
and belt are TüV tested & approved:
Update
February 6th
2010:
Mounting of the 3rd point of the seat belt, from drivers cabin:
And
from the rear:
Note,
February 7th 2010:
- Yes, the belt is mounted angular.
There are two buttons
to "correct" the mounting angles horizontally and vertically.
-
The piece of metal in U-shape right to the belt has nothing to fo with the belt
;-)
It is used for Mountainbike
transportation.