Re: V8 hardtop Seat Belts

Posted by Cli55er On 2011/9/9 9:00:38

Gusha,

basically the reason they moved side airbags to the side of the seat is because they proved to be more efficient in that location vs the door.

during a side impact the door would cave in and thus move the side airbag along with it, sometimes into a location that was not beneficial to the passenger.

when mounted to the seat (assuming you are buckled in) and during a side impact crash.....you are strapped to the seat and thus the seat follows you much more then the door does. so when the airbag goes off it stays in the location the engineers want it to be during the impact. well, much more then when it is in the door of course.

so mounting the seat belt to the door is dumb too. you get hit and the slack on the belt will be loosened, thus rendering the belt useless. this is assuming you are using the setup that HH shows in the picture. mordern day mounting styles are much more effective i'm sure....as we have crash testing now as were i doubt they had anything like that back then.

does that make sense?

Hank