Child Anchor Points for Puma

[Bender]

Soon after picking up my defender I had a couple of anchor points fitted for attached the kids seats to. This was done by a crowd in Ferntree Gully.

I believe because of the new middle seat design in the pumas you don't need a crab bar etc and these guys were happy fitting anchors as shown and provide eng certificate

As seen in the photos below, it's not a hard job and if you don't need the engineers certificate and were confident then you could have a go yourself:wasntme:. (I reckon it would be less than $15 each point :)as opposed to over $80 each at the shop:o)

I had 2 points fitted, one behind the drivers side middle seat and one behind the centre middle seat. (I'll do the LHS anchor point myself later)

The drivers side anchor was just drilled through into the wheel arch and appears to be standard anchor beefed up with a 50mm diameter washer on the outside.
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The centre anchor goes through the floor and is reinforced on the underside with a steel sleeve that fits over a existing channel underneath.
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To DIY this is obviously a person decision:unsure: and you may be better off getting a pro to do it! - they were a friendly enough bunch of guys!

Hope this helps anyone looking at fitting anchors to a later model defender:)
Cheers
Pete

[Blknight.aus]

they are also accepted on the other deefers BUT.....

they are supposed to have a 50x50x3mm square steel plate with radiused corners fitted to stop pulling though. (refer to the ADR's And mod regs for seating and aftermarket seat belt fitings)

I personally prefer the tower setup based on the peace of mind I get knowing that If I accidentaly knock a toolbox or something onto the tower it wont get frayed.

[wisey110]

I got two points in mine on the out side seats but they said they could not do the centre seat. Buggers.
Benders are alot higher then mine they pretty much used the the tie down piont you can just see it in benders first picture, and put one of those seat points on instead of the loop.
Might have to install one myself...

[Argonaut]

Hi all,

On the hunt for a 4WD (Deefer or Disco 3)to fit the family and equipment for when we go camping or away. And with soon to be three kids seats in action I was wondering if anyone has fitted 3 across the second row in a Deefer. I understand that I would need to fit a CRAB bar or similar for anchorage points. Does anyone have any measurements of how wide the second row seat is so I can compare with our current chariot. I understand that the width of child booster seats vary, so I need to take that into account also.

Does anyone have any ideas suggestions ?

Thanks again to everyone for the great advice on this site.

Cheers
Argonaut

[78RRman]

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Hi all,

On the hunt for a 4WD (Deefer or Disco 3)to fit the family and equipment for when we go camping or away. And with soon to be three kids seats in action I was wondering if anyone has fitted 3 across the second row in a Deefer. I understand that I would need to fit a CRAB bar or similar for anchorage points. Does anyone have any measurements of how wide the second row seat is so I can compare with our current chariot. I understand that the width of child booster seats vary, so I need to take that into account also.

Does anyone have any ideas suggestions ?

Thanks again to everyone for the great advice on this site.

Cheers
Argonaut

Hey Argonaut

I have a restrained child seat on one side and a booster seat on the other side both seats are quite large. I have ran three across the middle two booster seats and an anchored when I need the rear space for travel. I would suggest the seven seater the third row seats are very good and with only one down still heaps of useable space. The only problem I had with three seats in the second row is doing the middle seat belt up had to lean over from the front due to the rigid clip mount, seat sits very close but doable, we love our defender and its got heaps of space. Will post a couple of picks can't upload them at the moment aulro is a bit ill at the moment I think

[Argonaut]

Thanks 78RRman your advice and photo are much appreciated. Can I ask did you use a CRAB bar or individual points mounted on the floor/wheel arches ?

[Foreign]

Hi Bender, I was just reading your old post dating back to 2009 on anchor point installation for baby seats in a defender puma. You made reference to a mob in ferntree gully who did yours with certificate. Can you send me the name of the mob you used? Thanks

[Lennie_4]

I have a crab bar in my 2010 defender, robs a bit of space in the boot but you will definitely fit 3 kids seats across there.some models are very wide at the top but there are plenty of Models which will fit easily.

[Foreign]

Thanks Lennie, do you have the info on who installed it? I'm getting quotes and suggestions from other threads that it can vary from $200-&2000 with certificate

[BilboBoggles]

It was

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Address: 27 Amay Crescent, Ferntree Gully VIC 3156
Phone:(03) 9758 7276

However when I checked early last year - the one engineer who was doing this had left and they no longer did this type of work - they also no longer deal with the general public.

If you look at the VACC list of authorised fitting stations for child restraint points, there is a workshop in Belgrave listed. They were happy to fit the points to mine for $200 (Last years price). They are an authorised fittign station, and I don't think required a certificate at that time. I've previously had other defenders done in the same way and was happy with that.

[Foreign]

Bilbo boggles

Can you send me the name of the place in Belgrave? I could only find "new belgrave motors" not sure if that's it. And you got anchor points rather than a crab?

Thanks

[BilboBoggles]

That's it, new belgrave motors. I got the quote, but ended up going with a foam booster that did not require restraint points.

[alittlebitconcerned]

Do you know if the foam booster instead of the restraint points is accepted nation wide or should I check with the RTA?

[BilboBoggles]

Technically the only reason for a tether point for Booster seats, is to restain the empty seat in the event of an accident where there is no child in the seat. It serves no purpose in an accident where a child is in the seat as the main seat belt does the restraining.

So legally if a seat weighs under I think 2 kg then it does not require a tether strap, and therefore can be used in a car with no tether points. Foam booster seats don't have tether straps, and in fact there was a normal looking infasecure seat that weiighed under the limit and did not have tether straps, but they stopped making those last year due to lack of demand.

You may need to check with your states road authority though.

[noyakfat]

should I check with the RTA?

yes, do this..