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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Dye will be delivered Sunday! So I’ll be getting to work on the Blazer belts. I always enjoy seeing new colors. Well, new colors for me
![]() I’ve never seen this color before. Actually, I’ve never seen Blazer belts before! I get asked a lot about them. So now I can say I’ve seen them!
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Been working on these Black/Charcoal seatbelts for awhile now. Finally got them done this weekend.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Speaking of dye, I have quite a collection adding up!
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
So here are the Blazer belts after restoration.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Just restored a set of Saddle Tan belts for a member, UKNOWME. Check out the Before and After pics.
Here are the Before
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
And the After
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Nice work! Those look great.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Just completed these 1987 Blue Seatbelts for someone.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
TK nice work as always. Is the latch on the Blazer set the same as the latch on a truck set? I know the 3 point unit mounts different on a Blazer vs a truck but can you use the latch from a Blazer with a truck 3 point unit?
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
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The metal buckles will only accept a latch with the more short & wide latch.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
My thinking was since I have bucket seats I could use the blazer latch that stands next to the seat with a truck 3 point unit which might be easier than finding a set for a truck with bucket seats.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Interesting..So narrow plastic buckle- fat gets metal buckle.
I have to check mine now. I have Suburban belts (gray) and buckles on the floor, but they lay on the floor. I have to bend it up to buckle. I would rather the blazer style that stand. You might have just kept me from getting the wrong ones. Thanks TKCR |
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Funny thing is that I don't even know which buckles I have. I gotta get home and check.
I think they are metal...Pretty sure. LoL. I guess I'll start by finding the Blazer buckles and then the right belts to match in gray or black. |
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Just finished up a set of 87 Blue Seatbelts for someone. He sent these belts to be restored. I have to say, the center buckles and lap belt are some of the worst that I have seen. Even the webbing was too badly damaged. There was no saving these!!
I had several extra sets of centers, so we just opted to use those and threw out his. Here are a few before & after pics!
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
These are beautiful! Just found a very nice set of 1987 Charcoal Black seatbelts. I don’t believe these were ever used. Virtually no fading on the webbing. Casings were a little dirty, but a good hot bath took care of that. Even the seatbelt tag was still white. Still cleaned up the mounts, retractor mechanisms and re-lubed those. Although the center buckle were in good shape, the plastic sleeves were cracked as usual. I have a couple of sets of NOS Center Buckles and Lap Belt. So I used one for this set.
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FB Page for my Seats Belts https://www.facebook.com/73-87-Chevy...9439407476735/ Restoring Seatbelts: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=809750 SOLD My 86 Build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=654972 Past Restored Bench Seats:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=715398 PayPal link to pay for your items: https://www.paypal.me/TKCR Last edited by TKCR; 12-21-2020 at 07:50 PM. |
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Working on another set of Black belts for a friend of mine. He has restored his truck, and went with Black & Orange, but has Burgundy belts. Had to put some parts together for a set. The black retractors I had, were to be mated with plastic buckles. The male latch on the retractors have the long narrow latch, which will only mate with plastic buckles, which I don’t have. So I’m switching out the latches on the retractors, that way we can use metal buckles. So here what I have done so far. And the mounts were really rusty, this was after sandblasting. I worked on them a bit more after this photo was taken. The retractors were also seized, but I got them going again!
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
So here are the progress pics on the Black belts in the above post. Got them cleaned and dyed. The mounts, all got all the rust off, and then sprayed the with a rust inhibitor. It sprays on clear, but turns black as it drys. So after they thoroughly dried, I sprayed them with black epoxy paint. There is some pitting.
I got all the stitching removed, and the narrow latch off. Now I just need to sew on the new latches, so they will mate with metal buckles. The last 2 pics, I showed the examples of the latch sizes and which buckles they mate with.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
First time sewing. With some more practice, I think I’ll be good to go.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
What model machine are you using to sew these seatbelts?
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
It’s a Heavy Duty machine. Specifically for heavy fabrics, such as seat covers & belts.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Finished up the Black belts for my friend here locally. They will going in his custom colored interior. This will be one of the last steps to finish off his interior. If you look at the photo closely, you can see the Burgundy belts.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Also completed a set of Black belts, while working on my friends set. These got the usual treatment. Throughly cleaned and dyed the belts. Disassembled the buckles the throughly clean and remove debris, which you can see, had quite a bit. This keeps the buckles from functioning as they should. Retractors lubed to get them retracting freely again.
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