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I thought to write up a post about my findings regarding the lack of a child seat anchor system in my mk7 and what I could do to have the option (Late 2016 UK car)
As I have an eatate/variant/sportwagon I often have the rear seats down for cargo and i'd like to have the option to safely secure the car seat in the front seat and as I have the Recaro Monza Nova IS, its a large protective car seat that needs more than just a seat belt to hold both the chair and little one safe.
May I remind you i wouldnt be going to this trouble if I didnt already have an airbag de-activation switch, of which I do.
So I began looking on the ETKA system (www.oemepc.com) and found the part number 8T0881545 of which applies to most of the VAG range with a seat of the same frame size as the Golf.
The parts required are:
1 x 8T0881545 - Bracket
2 x N90737101 - T30 Torx Bolt
2 x N90088003 - Speed Nut
This totalled £53 inc VAT and was purchased through my local Skoda part dept as VW said this product was no longer made and in stock.
To install the tools required are a light and T30 Torx driver.
You may help yourself by unbolting the chair from the chassis and rocking it forward to reveal the rear underside of the seat base.
If this step is taken, make sure to torque the Spline bolts attaching the seat to the chassis to 25nm, once fitted and completed.
The hardest part of the install is forcing the bracket to align with the bolt holes. This is due to the resistance of the foam of the seat.
Here are a few pics - fingers crossed
Album link:
https://plus.google.com/106967182220261479600/posts/LB25ue63NJi
I thought to write up a post about my findings regarding the lack of a child seat anchor system in my mk7 and what I could do to have the option (Late 2016 UK car)
As I have an eatate/variant/sportwagon I often have the rear seats down for cargo and i'd like to have the option to safely secure the car seat in the front seat and as I have the Recaro Monza Nova IS, its a large protective car seat that needs more than just a seat belt to hold both the chair and little one safe.
May I remind you i wouldnt be going to this trouble if I didnt already have an airbag de-activation switch, of which I do.
So I began looking on the ETKA system (www.oemepc.com) and found the part number 8T0881545 of which applies to most of the VAG range with a seat of the same frame size as the Golf.
The parts required are:
1 x 8T0881545 - Bracket
2 x N90737101 - T30 Torx Bolt
2 x N90088003 - Speed Nut
This totalled £53 inc VAT and was purchased through my local Skoda part dept as VW said this product was no longer made and in stock.
To install the tools required are a light and T30 Torx driver.
You may help yourself by unbolting the chair from the chassis and rocking it forward to reveal the rear underside of the seat base.
If this step is taken, make sure to torque the Spline bolts attaching the seat to the chassis to 25nm, once fitted and completed.
The hardest part of the install is forcing the bracket to align with the bolt holes. This is due to the resistance of the foam of the seat.
Here are a few pics - fingers crossed
Album link:
https://plus.google.com/106967182220261479600/posts/LB25ue63NJi
