Hi, due to the arrival of child no 3 I’m having a problem with car seats in that even the massive back seat of my Superb estate can’t accomodate 2 boosters and a baby seat. We’ve bought a device called a multimac which sits over the seat and provides 2 boosters and a car seat. 

 

Has anyone any experience of fitting one?

 

I’ve got to replace the rear seat belts with their supplied units, some lurking on the forum indicates they may be secured with some whopping torx fittings. Can anyone confirm if this is the case?  I’ll try and have a look this afternoon myself but if anyone knows off hand it would be super. 

54 minutes ago, t0pc4t said:

I’ve got to replace the rear seat belts with their supplied units, some lurking on the forum indicates they may be secured with some whopping torx fittings. Can anyone confirm if this is the case?  I’ll try and have a look this afternoon myself but if anyone knows off hand it would be super. 

 

It is not actually torx but XYZ and if I ain't mistaken then 10mm one. 

 

Do you have to completely remove rear seat belts or just lower ends?

For lower ends:

1. Remove buttom part of rear seat.

2. Think you also need to remove side panels between seat and door. You know the ones covered with leather or textile.
To do so unbolt the buttom part and then lift up then sidewise.

3. Unbolt seatbelt.

 

If you have to remove entire seatbelt, then you must probably also remove boot side interior panels. Can give you instructions if needed.

Edited 15 July, 20187 yr by alf.onso

I was looking to get one of these too, currently I have a rear facing group 0 and front facing group 1. My 11 yr old then just about fits in the middle. 

 

Im going to carry on as I am for now and then debate about it at end of lease but I’ll probably get something bigger. 

 

Be be interesting to hear how you get on with it once finally installed. I thought buy price included installation?

Thanks @alf.onso, I think it’s just the lower buckles to fit longer ones, the purpose of this being the normal belt and sash seat belt can still be used if an adult wishes to travel. It would also be an MOT requirement in the UK but that’s a little way off yet.   I’ll see if I can get the seat off today and have a proper look. 

 

@aldouk buy price doesn’t include fitting, that’s about another £120 but if it’s simply replacing buckles and attaching carabiners to eye bolts I’ll have a crack myself. 

 

We are actually buying 2nd hand. We found a 2017 multimac 1000 for £750. We still have to get the fitting kit etc but if we’d bought new it would have been the £1500 superclub. 

 

Impressions so far are that it’s a strong, well built piece of kit but that it’s priced according to being literally the only option. 

 

We we did look into breaking our lease and getting a Kodiak but in addition to being cost prohibitive, the Superb is well, Superb on so many levels, I did not want to lose it

It looks to me like the seat belts are attached with a normal m10 bolt so I’m not sure how the tethers for the multimac will fit or what will happen with the seat belt sensors.  I’m presuming a model specific fitting kit will hold the answers and I’ll update this thread with progress. 

 

Thanks all

If I were you, I would check/inform your insurance company that you have removed the factory fit seat belts and fitted this device in their place. I'm unsure of their reaction, but removing standard factory safety kit like seatbelts is likely to throw them a heart attack. Better than being told that your insurance is invalid after an accident though and the consequences of that. They may insist on it being inspected.

Edited 15 July, 20187 yr by xman

That is a good price, some second hand ones I saw going for a little less than new!

yes we looked at Kodiaq too, but the Superb won in terms of the size for leg room and the actual width of rear. 

 

Your insirance are ok, they are DOT approved I believe. 

1 hour ago, aldouk said:

Your insirance are ok, they are DOT approved I believe. 

 

I wouldn't take your word for it.

 

It has been discussed by the ABI (Association of British Insurers) who have welcomed it as they welcome any appropriately approved device that contributes to child safety, but point out that you should always advise your insurer that you are using a Multimac, as they cannot test or endorse any commercial product themselves. 

 

https://multimac.co.uk/insurance