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Colyn:

I pulled two inertial reel seat belts from a van and installed the 
inertial reels down above the floor between the wing carrythru and the 
aileron  brackets,  one on each side.    I use the same pivot points 
that the regular seat belts use.  I would say that they saved my bacon 
during my Las Vegas ground accident in 2003 although they didnt prevent 
my head hitting the sunvisor (5 stitches worth).  (There were + 6  G's 
and -  3  G's on the meter after the accident so it could have been worse)

The only problem with my installation is the angle of the belt running 
from the floor back to the pivot point  makes it a little difficult to 
comeup thru the upholstry at exactly the right angle to prevent the 
belts dragging on the upholstry.  ( O.K. my upholstry guy solved the 
problem).  Anyway, I did see another plane where the inertial reels were 
inside the upholstry directly below the standard pivot points.  Made a 
better looking job and saved some belt dragging problems.

To me, inertial reels are the ONLY way to go.  Good Luck,  Bill Hogarty