Thread: Seat belts

Try Klippan seat belts.

I recently had to replace the drivers seatbelt in my 110 county (different to defender and no longer available AFAIK). I went down to repco with the old one and sorted through a bunch of boxes until we found one that was almost identical (and WAS identical to the passenger side which was replaced by the PO).

I think the same belt should fit your SII - depending on which mounts you have. I still have the box somewhere if you want the part number.

Thanks mate,

I have no mounts - about to order proper SII mounts from UK.
Might get the seatbelts as well.

Looked at Kilppan on the net and it seems to be the brand of choice in Oz.

Will keep looking. ThX.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Try Klippan seat belts.

I recently had to replace the drivers seatbelt in my 110 county (different to defender and no longer available AFAIK). I went down to repco with the old one and sorted through a bunch of boxes until we found one that was almost identical (and WAS identical to the passenger side which was replaced by the PO).

I think the same belt should fit your SII - depending on which mounts you have. I still have the box somewhere if you want the part number.

If you still have this part number I'd appreciate it. Both the belts need replacing on my project 110 Isuzu county. Thanks, David.

Try Stamps Coloured Seat Belts, Neil & Desma Stamp, 44 Browning St., Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo. Telephone 03-5447-7555 or 0409 333 314. Been doing seat belts for restorers for years and years.

As silly as it sounds it may be worth a quick call to your local road transport or an engineer who fits dicky seats etc just to make sure the ones you get will comply with australian ADR's, especially if you need to get it inspected.... Might save some hassles later on just because someone hasn't "seen" that brand before etc.

Originally Posted by Turtle61

Does anyone know where in Australia I can get aftermarket/replacement seat belts for my SII, similar to the ones offered by

As soon as I return and start playing with the Landies, seatbelts will be first on the list.

Cheers

Good to hear that seatbelts are first on the list, sad to see that you are thinking about a "2 point belt"!

Two point belts are possibly more dangerous than no belts at all!

The reasons:

• In a frontal impact the hips are stabilised and the belt acts as a fulcrum for the upper body.
• The head accellerates as the hips and vehicle deccellerate.
• the head and sholders rotate from the waist being drawn down on the steering wheel.
• The head deccellerates as it hits the steering wheel while the shoulders continue.
• as this happens, the neck instantly goes from flexion to extension and spinal injuries or death occurs.
• During this upper body movement; the internal organs in the abdomen are compressed into the thoracic cavity with the heart and lungs.
• Liver, spleen and vascular injuries occur, including lacerations and sheering, leading to massive blood loss.

We haven't even discussed the issues of head restraints (head rests) or rear impact injuries.

If you can't fit a three point harness, consider a four point harness (racing type harness, supporting both shoulders) fixed to the rear of the tub in an 88".

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Two point belts are possibly more dangerous than no belts at all!

Diana

SERIOUSLY.

The difference will be between bad internal injuries and them scraping you off of either what you hit or the dash.. floor.. roof.

Agreed 3 or better 4 point are much better, but a 2 point will save your live in minor impacts which could very well have otherwised killed you.

Originally Posted by cookiesa

SERIOUSLY.

The difference will be between bad internal injuries and them scraping you off of either what you hit or the dash.. floor.. roof.

Agreed 3 or better 4 point are much better, but a 2 point will save your live in minor impacts which could very well have otherwised killed you.

Don't forget that it was 2-point belts that disproved the old saw that it was better to be thrown from the vehicle (i.e. - no seatbelt). And I agree that shoulder and head restraint is much better.