You realize that very few cars have the belts attached to the seats, right?
The Intrepid seats he is using only have the belt buckle attached to the seat. The retractor is attached to the car. If his seat breaks free it will simply spin around backwards and spit him out. A big lot of good that will do him.
The other thing to consider is that the belt he uses may not be 100% compatible with the buckle. It might click but will it fit properly?
I'm either going to remove the Intrepid buckle end, cut it off, or just pretend for a while that it's not there... but won't be plugging a possibly incompatible tongue into it, definitely.
I also don't want one end of the belt attached to the seat and one or two of the other points fastened to the car. I'm planning to use the factory original mounting points (which are all on the car). And not an $8 Chinese seat belt either.
Anyhow, any system is only as strong as its weakest point. I may upgrade the fasteners and floor pan reinforcements. Gene, thanks for the info, can you tell me more about those "real world crash tests"?
Some day I'll have a roll bar or cage, then a whole new set of issues arises.
