# Shoulder belt adaptor for kids

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/shoulder-belt-adaptor-for-kids/35195>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mustang, ford\
**Created:** [August 17, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shoulder-belt-adaptor-for-kids/35195 "2009-08-17T21:35:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![frumiousb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@frumiousb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/frumiousb)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shoulder-belt-adaptor-for-kids/35195/1 "2009-08-17T21:35:28Z")

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I occasionally drive kids or teens (6-16) as part of volunteer work. The shoulder belts hit them at about their neck - neither safe nor comfortable for the girls! Aren’t there things that adapt a belt to sit lower on a shorter person’s body? Where can I buy some of these?  
  
 Also, should I seat the kids in the back seat? There is usually only one kid, and I feel like that is isolating and condescending. Is it safer back there or can I feel good about putting them in the passenger seat?  
  
 I am not a parent by the way! I am completely unknowledgeable of all things child-rearing! When I was a kid, cars still had lap belts in the back, and that’s where we sat.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shoulder-belt-adaptor-for-kids/35195/2 "2009-08-17T23:53:52Z")

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Ford makes an eight inch extension which snaps easily at the buckle end of the belt.  
Many times that’s enough. Originaly made for rotund folks, relocating the shoulder strap a tad closer to the wall can move it away from the neck enough.

FREE for the asking at Ford dealers for adaptive purposes, Probably part # 1L3Z-54611C22-AA. ( You didn’t say what year the mustang is )

The proper booster/child seat should place the belt in a more correct position. And I’ve seen some funky ‘H’ shaped sleeves the hold two belt portions together that can be stategically placed for many purposees.