Thread: Fitting Anchor Points for Child Restraint in 2008 Defender

I had fridge tie down points fitted to my drawers from Off Road Systems and I just use one of them for the child seat. I figured if it is rated to hold a fridge it should be able to hold a much lighter baby and seat.

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I did the same as Disco Mick. Also my youngest is now in a booster and all the tie down is doing is securing the seat from flying around (and it is using the proper seat belt to secure the child).

I have a third row of seats and I have also previously secured the tie down and harness to the mount of that. I figured it must be more than engineered enough or it wouldn't have been approved for use!

I will say though that LR could have fitted the anchors to the back of the seats. It is amazing how many people I meet that use their Defenders as family wagons. They could even have added it as an extra and I would have happily paid through the nose for it.

Originally Posted by EastFreo

I did the same as Disco Mick. Also my youngest is now in a booster and all the tie down is doing is securing the seat from flying around (and it is using the proper seat belt to secure the child).

I have a third row of seats and I have also previously secured the tie down and harness to the mount of that. I figured it must be more than engineered enough or it wouldn't have been approved for use!

I will say though that LR could have fitted the anchors to the back of the seats. It is amazing how many people I meet that use their Defenders as family wagons. They could even have added it as an extra and I would have happily paid through the nose for it.

They don't because of some loophole around the legal definition of a utility vehicle.. (what I was told by someone at jlr)