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Aug 20, 2005 | 06:39 PM

MKearney

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Seat Belt Question

Just found out the price to replace my seat belts. Jeez. My hardware is good. Can you replace the straps only? If so where do you buy the starps?

Aug 20, 2005 | 06:46 PM

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Hi Mike... We use a company in Texas called Snayke Oil Products. They will re-web your belts. If the retractors are good, it shouldn't cost too much.

Aug 20, 2005 | 11:31 PM

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i think i spent close to a grand for mine,,had nothing when i got the car..now have orig g.m. belts

Aug 21, 2005 | 06:41 AM

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MKearney I replaced the straps on mine when I did the interior color change. You can find the seat belt webbing on ebay. I ordered 50' of black for a total of $16.50 deliverd to my door. Took the retractors apart routed the webbing and carried them to a local shoe shop and had them sewn for $10 (including the original tags). I have some extra black webbing if you need some, let me know.

YBnormal...drive a vette
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Aug 21, 2005 | 09:29 PM

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Yup Snake-oyl....

Bring the Benjamines about ten of them.

A grand but well worth it.

They do it right!

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Aug 21, 2005 | 09:51 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ybnormal

MKearney I replaced the straps on mine when I did the interior color change. You can find the seat belt webbing on ebay. I ordered 50' of black for a total of $16.50 delivered to my door. Took the retractors apart routed the webbing and carried them to a local shoe shop and had them sewn for $10 (including the original tags). I have some extra black webbing if you need some, let me know.

YBnormal...drive a vette
www.angelfire.com/al/swhite7/vette.html

I am about to do the same thing. I want to change the buckles on mine. I like the more modern buckles. I like the new "male" ends that slide up and down the webbing with no restriction. The original model buckles that I have when the belt retracts the buckle stops it from retracting all the way (because I am a big person) and the left over strap flops around and ends up getting in the door latch. Now the strap has been closed on a few times and I don't really trust the webbing any more.

No one (but Snake Oyl) seems to want to deal with seat belts. I can not afford them so I am going to have to do them myself. No upholstery shop in town will do them due to liability. I want new webbing, the newer style male and female ends and to make the female end a bit longer. It's always stuck between the seat and trans tunnel and I want it to hang out further where you can buckle it better.