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944 man

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The mounting points are already there. For parts Id speak to a breaker, theres little demand so inertia belts off a late 944 or a 968 shouldnt be expensive.
 
Actually the mounting points are not necessarily already there; they were added to shells during the production run and I couldn't say if an '86 would have them or not. To help identify, the mounting points are either side of the seat wells and in the C-pillar (where you'd expect really). A car with belts would have a seat squab and C-pillar trims with holes and you really need to look under them to see if your car has the collars for the bolts to screw into. Assuming you have the collars you need the inertia reel part (the reel sits in the C-pillar) and the clip and stalk for eaach side. There are black plastic caps to cover the heads of all 4 bolts.
 
To the best of my knowledge, theyre found in all post 1980 bodies. I havent ever seen a 944 (with the trim and the rear seat squab removed) that didnt have all three mounting points on it and Ive seen more than I can remember. The high rear mounting point will be blanked using a large plastic plug with a cross head and the other two mounts will be found upon removing the rear seat squab. If your car doesnt even have lap belts then youll have to pierce the sponge/vinyl. The easiest way to do it is to remove the rear seat (2x10mm bolts secure the upper and the squab is secured by a number of clips underneat along with quite a lot of glue) and mark the exposed holes with a marker and then press the base against them. I would buy the parts from a breaker without hesitiation, but only if I could inspect them beforehand: see that you get all of the mountings bolts and trims too.
 
Well, we've had people either on here or on Titanic who didn't have them on an early car.
 
i'd like to fit rear seat belts in 1986 944 Lux - can anyone provide advice on both process and source of parts
 
From what i can remember the early cars have the mounts for the basic lap belts but if you want to fit proper 3point belts then the back mounts are missing that holds the inertia part of the belt on. Brackets could be taken off a car and welded on (ive seen this done) but you will also need to change the side boot side trims as well !!
 
Guys thanks for all the comments - when I finally get the car back from the welders (new sills) I'll have a look. Its kind of frustrating having my first Porsche and not only can I not drive it, I can't even see it !
 
For seatbelts i would have a chat with a company called quickfit abs in Middlesex- not Kwickfit (the exhaust people boys to trust etc..) they(quickfit abs ) advertise in the back of the porsche club magazine. They changed the rear seatbelts in our 964 for long ones that would go around child seats,they do all sorts of classic work and fit belts in alot of Porsches,well worth a call when retrofitting seatbelts,they are good, know their job and are not expensive.
 
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