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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Restored this set of Charcoal Black seatbelts for someone. They were dirty, had some fading and rust of the mounts. These were the plastic buckle Charcoal Black. Replaced the emblems with new ones, since the old ones were starting to peel off.
Here are the Before pics
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
After pics!
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Been busy! I have several sets of seatbelts to restore, along with some interior pieces.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
I gotten a few 2 point lap belts sets done also.
Black and a Charcoal
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Something slightly different, but these are very similar to the 2point belts in our trucks. The retractors are slightly different, but the belts & buckles are the same.
So anyways, someone asked if I would do a set of 1970 Chevelle belts for him. Since I really like these style of buckles, I said yes. Well after I got the box of belts, I almost wished I had said no, lol. These things were FILTHY! They had so much dirt & filth caked on them, they could literally stand on their own! But I enjoy a good challenge. The belts were soaked numerous times, before I even attempted the scrubbing process. I dumped and changed the water countless times. The water was literally black the first several soakings. When I finally got it down to looking like tea, then I started scrubbing. The buckles were disassembled for through cleaning, and soaked for rust removal. 3 of the 7 were too rusty, so I replaced them with some spare parts I had. So here are all the Before pics.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
And here are the After pics.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
I hope so!
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
If that guy isn't happy he needs an attitude adjustment with a 2x4 right upside the head.
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1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials...
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![]() I’m not sure if I ever posted that Mahogany set, but this is them.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Mahogany dash, armrests, carpet, and belts are the right color to go with the light sandy beige seats, trim plastics, door cards, and headliner.
Red and dark green over Frost White or Ivory 2nd color exterior with that interior combo turns out looking really nice. Ivory, White, and root beer brown metallic works with that interior but dark green/white or dark green/ivory or red/white or red/ivory 2 tone metal and tan/brown interior really pops. Black and Gray are the only other colors that go well with red sheet metal and those are pretty common.
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1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials...
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The Saddle (beige) headliner, door cards, kick panels, headliner trim, and seat came with Mahogany Brown dash cover, belts, and carpet in my Orange 1976 K20.
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1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials...
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
My 83 had light tan seat, door panels, belts, kick panels, and dark brown dash pad, so my guess is GM did a lot of mixing and contrasting over the years.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
The 81-87 Saddle Tan interior did have all light saddle tan, but the dash was dark Saddle. They did that because of the glare from the windshield.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Completed a set of 77-78 Red Seatbelts for someone. Badly faded and one of the buckles needed replaced. Trimmed up the broken sections of the plastic sleeves. New upper anchor caps.
These were throughly cleaned and dyed with the correct 77-78 Red. Also did a set of hinge garnishes. Whoever did his seat, which was NOT me, didn’t seem to think the garnishes needed done or replaced.🤷*♀️ This is a perfect example of an Upholstery Shop. They normally do nothing else, except for the cover. But as you can see, even the small items make a difference. Here are all the Before pics.
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And here are the After pics.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Man… All of these all look great. I bought a replacement set from LMC Truck and was a bit suprised at how different they were than my OEM 82 Red Seatbelts. Mine are pretty faded, but clean. The bigger issue is that they don’t really retract well.
I swapped out the driver side on my truck as it’s the one that gets used. I’d like to restore mine and was wondering what you do for slow to no retraction on yours? I much prefer the look of the originals compared to LMC’s aftermarkets. Sorry if this was already mentioned. I didn’t see it in the several pages of this thread I looked at. |
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So what I do is throughly clean the retractor mechanisms and lube them. A lot of what causes the retractors to slow down is a lot of built up of debris. Everything from dust, dirt, hair, coins, gum wrapper, petrified French Frys. You name it, I’ve probably have found it. It literally had one that had a huge mud wasp nest built inside a retractor. I have had a few where the counter balance was broken, but I was able to replace them with the spare parts. I also do the same with the metal buckles. They get disassembled for cleaning of debris.
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Are you able restore a set of parchment 1969-72 seat belts? I think fawn was the only color available for 67-68 (I could be wrong though).
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Most likely, as long as I can get dye in that color.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Just completed a set of 1977 Green seatbelts for someone. He’s going to use these with bucket seats versus a bench seat, so the lap belt was was deleted from the set. Upper Anchor caps were MIA, so new ones were used. Throughly cleaned & dyed.
These are the Before pics.
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
And After
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Re: Restoring OEM Seatbelts
Restored these for a forum member. He had a left side retractor that needed replaced. He did get a set from someone, hoping for a useable left retractor. Sadly they were in worse shape than his own. I went thru my stash, and was able to find a retractor that was useable. So with that, I was able to put together a set to restore. He also needed new upper anchor caps, since they were MIA. Belts were throughly cleaned & dyed. Retractor mechanisms were cleaned and lubed for better functionality. The buckles looked like a dog had chewed on them, so there wasn’t much I could do about the teeth marks, since they were plastic buckles. But they did get new emblems, since the others were coming off.
These are 79-80 CarmineRed. Here are the Before pics
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