setup in your car with the backpad installed. Looking at some pics I saved and came across your seat belt setup. I want to keep my backpad and I am interested in what mods you had to do to your backpad? Can I see a few pictures of the mounting thru the backpad please

My car is a 70, so I will only be doing the driver side unless I can figure out a good way for the passenegr side also.

Thanks!

looks like eye bolts thru the Fwall and clip on harnesses.

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 22 2005, 08:38 PM)

looks like eye bolts thru the Fwall and clip on harnesses.

That's what I'm thinking but I would like to know for sure. I'm also interested if he had to beef up the area where he cut the backpad. I have a spare backpad and once I make the mod for the racing belts I want to send my backpad to DR Evil to get recovered.

RE reinforcement: most people use a plate in the engine bay (MrT did too...)

RE backpad: My DrEvil backpad rocks!perfect sewing job etc.... (ask mikeZ what it smells like after he dumped beer on it)

It's an easy set-up.

Just drill through the back pad and set the HUGE washers over the hole and put the eye-bolts in.

Huge washers and double nuts in the engine bay.

KT

I'll take a shot with the seat foward so you can see tomorrow. It's cold and dark

KT

Here are the backing plates on mine:

The other side:

QUOTE (914RS @ Feb 22 2005, 09:32 PM)

Here are the backing plates on mine:

around here, you'd have to double-nut those to pass tech ...

Andy

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Feb 22 2005, 10:48 PM)

QUOTE (914RS @ Feb 22 2005, 09:32 PM) Here are the backing plates on mine: around here, you'd have to double-nut those to pass tech ... Andy

OK, sounds like the cheapest thing on the list...

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you'd have to double-nut those to pass tech ...

A single nylock nut may pass as well, *may*.

I braved the cold to give you this...

KT

QUOTE (trekkor @ Feb 22 2005, 11:09 PM)

QUOTE you'd have to double-nut those to pass tech ... A single nylock nut may pass as well, *may*. I braved the cold to give you this... KT

And that's exactly what mine look like in the cabin.

The funny thing about the double-nutting is that Trekkor's car would not pass in many places I've been because the back-up washers on the engine side are not large enough. That's why my backing plates are so large.

QUOTE (trekkor @ Feb 22 2005, 10:09 PM)

QUOTE you'd have to double-nut those to pass tech ... A single nylock nut may pass as well, *may*. I braved the cold to give you this... KT

Thank you sir.