Any way to add a rear seat CENTER shoulder belt to a '95 Legacy?

[reeze]

My daughter just started at a private school and I'm trying to get hooked up in a carpool so I can get a break from driving every morning! The problem is that I would need to transport THREE kids (all in booster seats) and my '95 Legacy FWD sedan only has shoulder belts in the rear side positions, not center.

 

Is there a way? TIA for any tips!

[nipper]

See if the dealer has a retrofit kit.

 

nipper

[avk]

Not sure you can get a shoulder belt, but there should be mounting holes somewhere, probably on the rear shelf, for child seat tie-down bolts, and the bolts should be available from Subaru.

[reeze]

Thanks, I'll be stopping by my local dealer today!

[avk]

Sorry, I realized you said "booster seats", so anchoring them won't work unless they have their own restraints.

[reeze]

Sorry, I realized you said "booster seats", so anchoring them won't work unless they have their own restraints.

Yes, I think the anchor points are not the same as potential bolt holes for mounting a shoulder belt retrofit kit. Hopefully I'll be finding out the exact scoop when I visit the parts dept. of my local Subie dealer today. I'm pretty sure there are no booster seats with built-in shoulder belts.

 

I did some searching on the web but only found generic kits to install SIDE shoulder belts.

[reeze]

I just returned from my local Subaru dealer. After I explained my situation he went into the back, then came out and said it was doable. Turns out he wasn't selling a belt per se, but an "anchor set." He told me I would need to find a belt somewhere else.

 

I stressed that I thought it was possible that this was an anchor for a child seat, NOT a shoulder belt. He told me that the description of the part was "anchor for belt", and offered to reimburse me if it didn't work for a shoulder belt (it's a special order that I'll get next week; normally they're non-refundable. For $18 I decided to take a shot, though I'm betting it's a child seat anchor. The part # is 96031AC000RA if that means anything to anybody).

[montana105]

Maybe check with the booster seat manie and see if they have some ind of kit

otherwise you may be stuck having one of the kids in one of those seaters that have the arms that cross their mid section,basically an overgrown car seat.Maybe a double harness kit like racers use?

[reeze]

Maybe check with the booster seat manie and see if they have some ind of kit

otherwise you may be stuck having one of the kids in one of those seaters that have the arms that cross their mid section,basically an overgrown car seat.Maybe a double harness kit like racers use?

There are many different types of booster seats. I have never seen any seat that has integrated shoulder belts. The one with arms, along with the seats with the 5-point harnesses are for babies, not 7-year-olds. And the plain fact is that the Legacy rear seat can't fit three seats across if one of them is the larger child seat w/harness (not to mention the fact that your typical 7-yr-old would NEVER let themselves be put in one ).

 

Anyway, the question is moot for me since the third child has dropped out of this private school, so I'll only need to fit two kids now!

 

I'm still going to see what the deal is with this "anchor for belt", and may wind up using it since one of the moms has a small child I may need to drive now & then (younger bro. of one of the two 7-yr-olds). Thanks for the reply, I appreciate your trying to help!