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**mr48chev** · 10-28-2013, 02:14 AM

What style of seat belts you bought will determine how you mount them.

Belts with the shoulder strap will pretty well have to be mounted like the instructions in the link Leevon gave above. You can make modifications to accommodate the stock seats but don't skimp on safety.

If you have belts that just have the tab to bolt them in you have to figure out where to mount them so they are long enough to fit the passengers while being secure in case of an accident. You also have to mount them so they won't chafe on the seat's framework and compromise the integrity of the belts.

Make sure that the area you bolt them to is solid and use something as a backing such as extra large od body washers or as i prefer a strip of flatbar that runs across the underside of the floor so that all of the seat belt bolts run though it. That may be overkill but having been through two helicopter crashes and one truck rollover I like solid mounts for my seat belts.

One last thing and that is make sure that what ever seats you use are mounted solid and right. When I rolled the truck that had belonged to my son I found out that the seat wasn't bolted down well and it broke loose from the mounts. The seat belt was holding me and the seat in place and i was pretty sore for a while.

10-28-2013, 02:14 AM	#5
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,824	Re: Installing seatbelts What style of seat belts you bought will determine how you mount them. Belts with the shoulder strap will pretty well have to be mounted like the instructions in the link Leevon gave above. You can make modifications to accommodate the stock seats but don't skimp on safety. If you have belts that just have the tab to bolt them in you have to figure out where to mount them so they are long enough to fit the passengers while being secure in case of an accident. You also have to mount them so they won't chafe on the seat's framework and compromise the integrity of the belts. Make sure that the area you bolt them to is solid and use something as a backing such as extra large od body washers or as i prefer a strip of flatbar that runs across the underside of the floor so that all of the seat belt bolts run though it. That may be overkill but having been through two helicopter crashes and one truck rollover I like solid mounts for my seat belts. One last thing and that is make sure that what ever seats you use are mounted solid and right. When I rolled the truck that had belonged to my son I found out that the seat wasn't bolted down well and it broke loose from the mounts. The seat belt was holding me and the seat in place and i was pretty sore for a while. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.