Technical 3rd Rear Seat Belt retro fitted
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Technical 3rd Rear Seat Belt retro fitted
grandemike
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its a 4 seat car. dont think a third belt would fit or pass an MOT
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I can't see it fitting either - didn't you not know it was only a 4 seater?
grandemike
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you can always put the right belt in the left buckle and the left belt in the right buckle. that way theres some seat belt across 3 people. ha.
I beg to differ with some posters!
The FIAT UK website shows a third seat belt for the Panda(to make it a five seater) as a £150 factory fit option.
I would be very surprised if FIAT offered this option without it conforming to current legislation requirements.
However, this still does NOT help to answer the original poster's question!
The FIAT UK website shows a third seat belt for the Panda(to make it a five seater) as a £150 factory fit option.
I would be very surprised if FIAT offered this option without it conforming to current legislation requirements.
However, this still does NOT help to answer the original poster's question!
D4nny8oy
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The 3rd seatbelt is a factory-fit option. We had a customer ask this before, sales ordered the parts without telling us, but they couldn't be retro-fitted without spending silly money.
Sorry.
The 3rd seatbelt is a factory-fit option. We had a customer ask this before, sales ordered the parts without telling us, but they couldn't be retro-fitted without spending silly money.
Sorry.
grandemike
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in that case, my mistake. i figured there was no way near enough room to fit 3 people back there. especially as i thought the seats were a 50/50 split rather than the 60/40 which most 3 seats are.
Andy Panda
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I doubt very much if you could have a 3-point belt fitted but a lap belt should be no problem just buy a lap belt from an accessory shop and use the bolts that the locking parts of the original belts use.I done a similar thing when I had a Suzuki Wagon R years ago and the dealer said that it wouldn't compromise safety at all.
3 point belt is available as a factory fitted option as stated above by d4nny8oy. But it has to be ordered at time of manufacture of the car, extra supports have to be built into the roof, £150 option. Check out the list of options on supasaver.
http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/ItemDetail.aspx?mID=20
http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/ItemDetail.aspx?mID=20
cinquenocto
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Just had a third 3 point belt fitted in the back of my 100HP by the dealer as part of the deal, all genuine Fiat parts and a very tidy job. Just thought I'd let everyone know it was possible.
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All things are possible ...my 4x4 with skydome has 3rd rear seat belt even though it's supposedly not available together. Mine was a demo car and the dealer ordered it like this supposedly for better residuals. Maybe they changed the order system some time after this car as it's no longer shown as an option.
FYI ..The retractable belt comes from the roof and then plugs into socket next to the existing right hand seat belt connector and then goes across to other socket to form belt ( if that makes sense) ...seat is single piece ( not split or sliding)
FYI ..The retractable belt comes from the roof and then plugs into socket next to the existing right hand seat belt connector and then goes across to other socket to form belt ( if that makes sense) ...seat is single piece ( not split or sliding)
Hi, Cinquenocto & Panda 4x4
Thanks for the information,
Can you see where the 3rd seat belt is connected at roof level, is it to the rear door hinge bolt as that is the only place i can see a possible fixing and have they fitted anything to finish the roof linning where the new belt passes through it ?
thanks for any help
Thanks for the information,
Can you see where the 3rd seat belt is connected at roof level, is it to the rear door hinge bolt as that is the only place i can see a possible fixing and have they fitted anything to finish the roof linning where the new belt passes through it ?
thanks for any help
Another thing to consider is that a car that is Produced with 4 seats has the 4 seats marked on the V5 also insurance companies will want to know you have added another passenger seat...
Yea, V5 will need to be changed, but most insurance companies ask how many seats it is when you take your policy out don't they?
As for V5, would have though this would have been done automatically by Fiat if is a factory fit and fitted to the car when sold.
Jon.
yes as thats what the car comes with...
The extra seat belt isn't even an option for the 100HP, not even factory fit! If I order a 100HP I would like an extra seat belt if it's possible.
That a pain. can't see why Fiat would do this other than to be awkward, as they're structurally the same as all the other Panda's, unless its so the performance and handleing dosen't go down if you have a full car load.
Jon.
I know I can only just fit 3 late teens in the back of my mk2 Panda.
It irritated me so much that when I upgraded to my latest one (auto) I hid the central belt under the rear seat and said it was only a 4 seater so I didn't always have to take as many mates
