do not buy this seat belt.....unless

from paddocks spares - Intertia Lap and Diagonal Belt for outer front seats of Series hardtop vehicles.
Brand: Securon
£23.14 Ex VAT Inc. VAT: £27.77
Part Number SEC50030
opened the box and read the intuctions.... this seat belt has to be fitted in a vertical position only or it does not f...ing work. ie; in line with the upper bracket mount, which means manufacturing brackets on top of and at an angle to the rear series 3 bulkhead while tying not to foul the reel on the front seats.
instead buy this one wish i had (hindsight, bugger) securon 264 or 254 where the retractor angle is any position or adjustable
you see them on
http://www.securon.co.uk/seatbelts_layouts.htm#all

why paddocks sell the one above and reccomend it for series vechicles f8£4 knows it will fit but..............................
someone answered the phone at paddocks (3 rounds of 5 minutes ringing, persistence pays) only to be told these seatbelts sec50030 i bought are no good and will only fit to preinstalled brackets. so the ones i'v got are no good and if i phone back again! they will give a returns number. thanks mate three questions
1; why is this not made clear on the website before ordering
2; why don't they just sell the fit at any angle/adjustable seatbelt in the first place then no complaints
3; why did i not find this out for myself before clicking/buying, so only got mesel to blame in the end. eh
i could make a bracket but it would mean getting out the welder and the 9" grinder "all good fun" and making something that when installed would just get in the way of the seats and body bolts.
and why fit inertia belts in the first place my kids love the landy but hate being wrapped round three times in the static belts just so they fit em
so sending em back and gonig for a drive to calm down

surely if paddocks have said it is suitable and it isn't you are entitled to a full refund

honolulujoe said:

surely if paddocks have said it is suitable and it isn't you are entitled to a full refund

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Which is why they've said they'll give him a returns number.

But I think this might be just another case of not all s3 being quite the same - the (seemingly factory-fit) inertia-reels on mine ARE vertically mounted, on the back of the bulkhead. No upper mount, they just come over the back of the seat.

Thanks - you've just saved me some work, I think!

I bought that useless one from Paddocks to try and fit to my IIA truck cab, and was about to sort some spreader plates to mount the reel somehow. However, I reckon belt 254 would be just the ticket, with the retractor reel mounted where the shoulder part of the static belt mounts to on the shelf behind the driver's right shoulder.

Unfortunately I've already had a go at fitting the one from Paddock's, so I doubt they'd take it back.

I'm going to have to fit inertia seat belts as my wife although slim is too big in the Breast dept for a comfortable fit with the static seat belt! Thanks for the info

chris7 said:

I'm going to have to fit inertia seat belts as my wife although slim is too big in the Breast dept for a comfortable fit with the static seat belt! Thanks for the info

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yu know the : rulez:

TooMany2cvs said:

Which is why they've said they'll give him a returns number..

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it is possible that I may not have read the post in detail