Rear seat belts?

[finland vw]

Hi again!

I am thinking of putting rear seats into my caravelle and was wondering if anyone knew what the seat belt requirements are?

What I really want to know is...if its a three person bench seat, can i get away with using three lap belts or do they have to be of the inertia reel type?

Thanks again

Gareth

[brdeacon]

Hi Gareth,

Did you ever manage to find any information on this? I am in the process of buying a camper and I have four children to ferry around. So I thought that it may be an idea to get seatbelts fitted in the rear. Let me know if you managed to get anywhere.

Regards

Brian

[sam.booth]

I am also looking at putting a bench seat in the back of my baywindow camper. I was looking at the rock and roll bed and there appears to be two types. one with a metal frame and one with just metal hindges and no frame as such.

I wondered which or if both were legal to use as a bench in transit with lap belts or a diffent type of belt?

Cheers.

Sam.

[Clem]

Depending on the age of the vehicle, you probably dont actually 'need' any, from a legal perspective.

Type 2 Kombis will have mountings in place, so are easy to fit. Ex panel vans wont, so you'll need to get mounts welded in. Ive done this in mine for a child seat, and is easy, however, lap belts are best, from a cosmetic angle.

Caravelle seat belts are seat mounted in mine, but Ill wager that there will be chassis mountings there, somewhere?