Filbee Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 My Wright Off Road matting kit arrived from Drew earlier in the week and I can't wait to get it fitted at the weekend (hopefully). I've been doing a bit of mental preparation and it all looks reasonably straight forward. My seat rails have little spacers where the bolts go through so that should help them sit above the matting without having stick a load of washers under them. The only issue I can see is the seatbelt buckle receivers inboard of the seats. I have a 2006 Td5 110 hardtop, which has the seatbelt receivers bolted to the top of the seatbox with two bolts, right next to the inner seatrails, so it will sit either directly over or under the mat when fitted, whereas I think earlier Defenders have the seatbelt receivers bolted to the flat section behind the seats, and therefore they don't interfere with the top section of the matting. My question is, to anyone who has fitted WOR matting to a late model Td5, how did you tackle fitting the seatbelt receivers? Did you leave them bolted in place and cut a slot for the buckle receiver to pass through, or did you remove the receivers and space them upwards to stand clear of the matting? Any thoughts, advice and/or pictures will be gratefully received! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I just cut a slot in the matting. HTH Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbee Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Thanks Mo, that definitely seems like the most straightforward option! Shame you can't separate the buckle "stalk" from the mounting bracket. The slot you would need to cut would be smaller and neater... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Yes - they’re riveted from memory aren’t they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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