SeatBelts for 97 Ford Clubwagon (Changing 8pass to 12pass)

Hi,

I have had a new bench seat (4pass) installed in the back of my 97 Clubwagon to convert it to a 12 passenger van. The work was performed at a Mobility Company who installed the shoulder harness seatbelts too, but they put the wrong seatbelts in. After trying to get them to at least look at the seatbelts to convince them (the tag read 3passenger bench 3rd row) they were wrong, they would not consider that they had made a mistake. My credit card company helped get my money back for the seat belts and I returned that hardware, keeping the seats, back to the company. Now, I need to order the

4th row, 4 passenger belts in charcoal gray, but I don't know where to get them. Ford wants approximately 110.00 and 120.00 bucks apiece. The ones that were in there were billed at 65.00 each, they were aftermarket, but they appeared to be the same as Ford without a Ford label/stamp.

Where can I get these seatbelts? My van has all the mounting stations except for where the belt may have to mount to the floor behind the seat. There are two holes covered with tape and paint that appear to be the proper place to bolt them down. The mobility company screwed buckles in to the sides of the seat where their seatbelts clipped in without attaching to the floor. I think that was possible because they were using belts for the row that even in my van have the same buckles. It would be nice if they actually attached there. I did get some steel plates for bolting to the floor (U-Haul had plates that are for hitches adding strength to the frame, there are no nuts welded beneath the holes in the floorboards. There are nuts for attaching the belts at all the other locations).

Can anyone help me with this and let me know what the best direction is here. Thank you all very much.

R&T

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R&T
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I guess coming to this ng isn't needed anymore... sheesh... I wonder why its here... over the last few years, most people get replies like this... How many of those 46k have been used by you and that you would recommend? Honestly Bill! I could have done a google search, oh yea, I did that already, much easier than typing in a ng! Problem is, most of the sites I visited didn't reveal the ability to newer seatbelts... but then, I doubt I looked at more than 100 sites. Thanks anyway.

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R&T

go to youor Ford dealer. look in the factory manual, then order all the parts from them

not cheap, but a lot cheaper than a law-suit should someone be injured or killed because you tried to do it 'economically'

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TransSurgeon

A Google search for "Aftermarket Seat Belts" returned 46,800 results.

Bill

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berkshire bill

The obvious one was

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, right up therein the list but then I didn't want to sound like I was endorsing anyparticular company.

Bill

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berkshire bill

Thanks for the lead, but this site is for 4x4 Jeeps.. didn't see anything for other types of vehicles. Thanks though.

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R&T

You might have kissed your best choice goodbye when you had the installer remove the seatbelts designed for the 3rd. row seat. Seats and belts for

4th row are VERY rare! Used seat belts cannot be resold so we let anybody take them if they want to remove them. (they make very good belts for tool aprons).

Bill

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berkshire bill

I might have... one was useful for a small child, but for an adult, the d-ring hanging down came down and hit the shoulder, which I deemed unsafe... but then, it was good for a small kid. :-) The other seatbelt was useless as it didn't have a fall at all, the d-ring was bolted to the roof, causing the seatbelt to drop accross the passenger's face... that would not be good at all... but then, heh, it worked fine for the baby seat, but, that was pretty far back for wifey to buckle in the 3yr old... I just wasn't wanting to mess around.

R&T

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R&T

Maybe something along the idea of a shortened roll bar to attach the belts to ?

Bill

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berkshire bill

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