Since the Land Rover Disco 2 does not have a good way to mount car seats, we had to take matters into our own hands...
"Eye Nut" from the best hardware store in the world, McMaster-Carr. Low profile ARP (
www.arp-bolts.com) 3/8 stainless bolt is threaded through a huge fender washer in the wheel arch and up into the wheel nut. That way there is not a stud poking down towards the tire. Then used a good 2 inch ratchet strap and removed the short strap end on this side to get the ratchet where i wanted it when the seat is in place.
Took the back seat out of the truck (wow was that hard to handle!) and pulled the seat apart. Removed the stock seat belt latch bolt and ran it through a carabiner to allow the other ratchet straps to be connected. The carabiner can also be pushed back out of the way when it is not needed.
Did the same on the other side. Now that the 6 year old is in a booster, we got her a great set of cutom 5-point harnesses from our friends at Wesco Performance. They are the best!
http://www.wescoperformance.com/ They made the belts in the length I wanted and made the lap belts reversed so I can pull up on them to strap her in, instead of trying to pull down. The belts work perfectly with a basic booster bottom.
Other side of the 5-point, with another eye-nut.
The whole setup, without seats. The center seat is usually strapped in on top of the center arm rest, it fits a little better that way. The seats can now be put in extremely tight in under 5 minutes flat!
Suited up and ready for action (or a hair brush, Day 3 of Mojave Road does that to you!)
Took the back seat out of the truck (wow was that hard to handle!) and pulled the seat apart. Removed the stock seat belt latch bolt and ran it through a carabiner to allow the other ratchet straps to be connected. The carabiner can also be pushed back out of the way when it is not needed.
Did the same on the other side. Now that the 6 year old is in a booster, we got her a great set of cutom 5-point harnesses from our friends at Wesco Performance. They are the best! http://www.wescoperformance.com/ They made the belts in the length I wanted and made the lap belts reversed so I can pull up on them to strap her in, instead of trying to pull down. The belts work perfectly with a basic booster bottom.
Other side of the 5-point, with another eye-nut.
The whole setup, without seats. The center seat is usually strapped in on top of the center arm rest, it fits a little better that way. The seats can now be put in extremely tight in under 5 minutes flat!
Suited up and ready for action (or a hair brush, Day 3 of Mojave Road does that to you!)
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