Hi Folks,

Could anyone recommend a good shop in eastern BKK that would install seatbelts in the back seats of an old, Toyota Corona liftback? Our baby son is almost big enough to fit in a car seat so we will be buying one soon. Our car never had belts in the back. I think a regular lap belt should do the trick...the shoulder part may not be necessary. Here is a pic of the back seat:

Hi Folks,

Could anyone recommend a good shop in eastern BKK that would install seatbelts in the back seats of an old, Toyota Corona liftback? Our baby son is almost big enough to fit in a car seat so we will be buying one soon. Our car never had belts in the back. I think a regular lap belt should do the trick...the shoulder part may not be necessary. Here is a pic of the back seat:

If your childseat has its own 3 point harness ie 2 shoulder and 1 between the leg straps the lap belt is fine . I searched to have one fitted to my NV rear seat some years back .

First find the supply I was unlucky and tried about 20 shops before I found some they were about 800 each and I fitted them my self normal thickness metal walls are fine with a good sized washer I used square plates about one and a half inches square .

The cheaper belts can work a bit loose gradually so kneel on the seat and push hard to compress the foam in the seat then tighten the belt as much as you dare .

Ps the best selection of seats for kids I have found is at Central Dept stores .. link this with a search on seat reports from your home country ..and it is possible to make an informed descision .

The sales assistants have no conseptual or practical knowledge of the seats or their value ... The safe Thai system is baby on lap in the front and hold tight . Our son is very strong willed and the car is the only place I have excellent control of him ...when ever he takes the belts off or tries to get out of the seat I simply pull over and stop almost no matter where , I say nothing now apart from one sharp word Belts .. He hates to stop and immediately gets back in to his belt /seat . there is no exception to this rule ..we even have a spare seat for relatives cars ... plus do not forget to move the catch on the rear door to childproof ... I have yet to find a local who even knew they existed .

Don't most cars come with seat belt mounting points already in place?

Don't most cars come with seat belt mounting points already in place?

No that is why I had to modify my NV. Most modern saloons in USA / Europe ... yes The older cars do not always have mounting points in the rear and the older Pick ups do not have rear mounting points . . By mounting points I mean fixed locations often with a threaded or captive nut for the fixing bolt . and certainly the central rear seat point ( the normal lap strap position is often missed .

Modern vehicles not only have the fixing point designated but the points are modified with specific tear out weaknesses ie the belt mountings will give way under a specific force just like opening a sardine can .

Thanks for the info rcalsop! I will check around at the Central Dept. stores.

If you don't have reinforced mounting points that are already accessible from the inside, you'd have to make reinforcements yourself, and you can't do that by simple putting a plate beneath the floorpan. I did that in my Austin-Healey, and they tore out really fast.

The floorpan is probably too thin to take a reinforcement.