I have been wanting to get a set of aftermarket seats for my 91 dx that has automatic seatbelts. I am not planning on getting a cage so I would like to continue using the oem seatbelts and not aftermarket harnesses. It this guy used a civic belt buckle and attached it to the rear seat blot… Does anyone know if this will work on a car with automatic seatbelts and how safe it is?

 

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Where the hell did the seat belt buckle go? Oh, it's on the stock seat...doh! Not sure why Honda did this, but thanks to Mike Ancas of SpeedNation for donating an old Civic belt buckle to my cause, he has a ton lying around from stripped racecars...no idea what this is from exactly, but it does the trick:



Now to attach it somehow...how about we get a longer rear bolt for the seat, and put it there with some washers. (This might not be the best and safest idea in the world, indeed the seat is intended to be used with a harness, and it will be, but not before I get a rollbar...with a harness, you can't duck, so you'd better have a bar. I checked out the forces involved with this mounting on a bolt force calculator, and it should be good to support about 9000+ pounds, since the force would be part shear and part direct load....if anyone has a firm reason why this is really bad, please Email me Thanks to Matt for suggesting I put the belt through the side belt hole on the seat by removing the anchor, much better this way i think.