A three day Easter weekend, so I decided to do some hard core Beetle work. Earlier this week I order $100 of parts from
Chuck's Convertible Parts--lots of odds and ends for the interior.
The first undertaking was replacing the rear seat belts which looked like they had seen better days.
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| Old Seat Belt Set-up |
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| Old Seat Belt Seat-up Under Rear Seat |
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| Ugly Long-ass Bolt |
Turns out that this was much more difficult that I originally planned. I got the two female ends of the seat belts out no problem, but the same bolts that held those in also held the rear seat back. When I removed the bolts, the metal pieces on the seat backs that the bolts went through contracted. Long story short, I couldn't get the seat belts and rear seat to bolt back onto the car. I wound up going to Lowe's to get a longer bolt, but it totally looks like shit.
Oh well, I replaced everything, wiped the rear seat off, and put it back on. Everything looks nice, but knowing that wack bolt is under the seat bothers me. I have a topic on t
heSamba forum right now to get some help.
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| New Rear Seatbelts! |
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