Only necessary if the pillaged car has been in a wreck. In my case, both pillaged cars were totally intact.
-josh --- Iñaki Berroeta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Step zero: Use the hardware from the old pillaged > Jettas, but buy a new set > of belts from Potterman > > Inaki > > >From: DocWyte <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [A2-16v] The adventures of DocWyte and > Molly the wonder dog... > >Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:09:17 -0700 (PDT) > > > >As I gazed around my house and enjoyed the > beautiful > >weather, I decided to take my faithful companion, > >Molly the wonder dog (yellow lab) and work on > Project > >GLI. > > > >Project GLI ('90 GLI 2l 16v) was cursed from the > >factory with the door mounted passive restraint > seat > >belts. Months ago I'd pillaged several older > jettas > >to get the needed parts to convert to "normal" 3 > point > >seatbelts. They'd been sitting on my workbench > every > >since. > > > >Step one: Drag all parts out from the basement > >workbench. Drop bag and watch in dismay as bolts > and > >washers fall on gravel driveway. Molly the wonder > dog > >spies a chipmunk and happily chases it. I start > >picking up parts. > > > >Step two: Bring all needed tools up from basement, > >including Bentley manual. You DO have a Bentley > >manual, right? > > > >Step three: Dry fit all parts, seeing how they fit > >together and making sure I have all the needed > >hardware. I can't stress this enough, if you can't > >figure out how things fit outside of the car, good > >luck once you're inside the car!! Also, do > yourself a > >favor and get at least twice as many of the bolts > as > >you really need. You'll understand later in this > >story why... > > > >Step four: Remove front seats. Email me if you > don't > >know how... Molly the wonderdog promptly plunks > >herself down on the seats, getting doghair > everywhere. > > Ugh... > > > >Step five: Remove black plastic trim around edge > of > >carpet, be careful prying up the trim, the plastic > >tabs get very brittle with age. That'll reveal two > >phillips head screws that hold the lower B pillar > trim > >on. > > > >Step six: Remove B pillar trim parts. Look at the > >top of the B pillar and see what kind of threaded > >holes you have up there. Some cars will only have > one > >threaded hole to accept a 17mm bolt (for fixed > point > >shoulder belt), others will have two threaded > holes. > >This is to hold the adjustable shoulder portion of > the > >"normal" belt system. Luckily I'd pillaged both > from > >the junkyard, otherwise I'd have been SOL. > > > >Step seven: Evict Molly the wonderdog from front > >seats. She looks at you mournfully until she sees > the > >squirrel on the other side of the yard, chase > >ensues... Remove old lapbelt etc from front seats > and > >replace with "normal" belt anchor. > > > >Step Eight: Mount inertial reel onto tabs on car. > >Try to thread 17mm bolt into place by feel. Drop > bolt > >down into recess of car. Spout out choice 4 letter > >words. Notice neighbor walking small children in > >street. Blame Molly the wonder dog. Get magnet on > a > >stick and manage to fish bolt out and get it in > place. > > Torque to 29 ft lbs. Mount up lower B pillar > trim. > > > >Step Nine: Do the same on the passenger side of > car. > >Once again drop 17mm bolt into recess of car. > Spout > >more 4 letter words. Look guiltily around for > small > >children. See none. Remember next door neighbor > runs > >a day care center from her house. Blame Molly the > >wonder dog again. Try to fish bolt out with magnet > on > >a stick. Can't find it, feel it etc. Get extra > bolt > >from bag (see what I mean?) mount up reel. Realize > >car will have permenant rattle down there now. > >Sigh... Molly is now rolling around yard with all > >paws in the air... > > > >Step Ten: Mount up adjustable shoulder point. It > >uses two 6mm allen head bolts. Have I mentioned > how > >much I hate allen head bolts? Struggle to mount > upper > >B pillar trim. Have to do it three times before > >everything is right. Mount up upper and lower belt > >anchors, torque to 29 ft lbs. Passenger side goes > >more smoothly. > > > >Step Eleven: Reinstall seats, don't forget to hook > up > >harness for power recaros if so equipped. > > > >Step Twelve: Time to remove old door mounted > hookups. > > The drivers side has a ground interupt circuit > that > >kept you from starting car without belt hooked up. > > > >Step Twelve a: Remove two 5mm allen head bolts > from > >drivers side. Pull out seat belt hook up. Clip > two > >brown wires and wire them together. Voila, gorund > >interupt circuit gone. > > > >Step Twelve b: Attempt to remove passenger side > allen > >head bolts. Get the upper one out no sweat, lower > one > >strips out. Can't pound in next larger size allen > >head socket. More choice 4 letter words. Molly > gazes > >at me mournfully... > > > >Step Thirteen: Grab drill and drill out offending > >allen head bolt. Use prybar and pop off bracket. > >Smile triumphantly at Molly, who's more interested > in > >licking, uh, certain anatomical areas... Turn > away... > > > >Step Fourteen: Pull off brackets from front of B > >pillar. Three phillips head screws, welded into > >place. Have to use hammer to persuade them to come > >out. Replace with plugs found in junkyard. > > > >Step Fifteen: Say small prayer and attempt to > start > >car. Vrooommmm!! Success! Molly the wonder dog > wags > >her tail and barks in approval as she jumps into > the > >back seat to go for a ride... > > > >Not too bad of a job, should only take 2 hours or > so, > >taking your time. One wrench on the 5 wrench > scale. > > > >Beer and a good dog increase chances of success... > > > >-josh > > > > > > > > > >===== > >Josh Wyte > >Momentum Motorsports > >508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! 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