Quote Originally Posted by ahdoman View Post
I believe Those loops are part of the seat belt restraint system. The shop manual shows bushings in there but I've never seen a VX with them installed.
"Seat Belt Tension Rod" - now that's funny!

It looks like they are just there as an extra level of protection from yanking the torsion bar bracket out of the bottom of the VX if you get really crazy in the rocks. In "normal" use those loops do absolutely nothing.