Restoring OEM Seatbelts

[hatzie]

That Blue Tartan cloth is one of my favorites from the 67-72 rigs.
Parchment belts are probably pretty difficult to keep clean. Like having white carpet in the dining room. They look gorgeous tho.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by hatzie

That Blue Tartan cloth is one of my favorites from the 67-72 rigs.
Parchment belts are probably pretty difficult to keep clean. Like having white carpet in the dining room. They look gorgeous tho.

It would be hard to keep clean, that’s a fact. I wonder if spraying a scotch guard would help? Either that, or I would be using them very gingerly!

[tchevs]

How much do you charge to restore a set? My truck is a 68

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by tchevs

How much do you charge to restore a set? My truck is a 68

If you could send a PM or contact me via Messaging on my Facebook page for the belts. The link is on my Signature, there at the bottom.

[TKCR]

Look at these!! Wow, these turned out great!

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by hatzie

That Blue Tartan cloth is one of my favorites from the 67-72 rigs.
Parchment belts are probably pretty difficult to keep clean. Like having white carpet in the dining room. They look gorgeous tho.

No doubt. I soaked and cleaned my saddle colored belts real nicely. So now the stains REALLY stand out, haha.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by LT7A

No doubt. I soaked and cleaned my saddle colored belts real nicely. So now the stains REALLY stand out, haha.

Theres several things I use for stains. I can get 99% out. But like you said the lighter colors, the stains now just stand out. But that's where the dyeing does help. But on white, nothing will help those, lol.

[TKCR]

I like doing these 67-72 Belts. Cool lookin belts. These are the Bright Blue. They started out pretty dirty, so they were throughly cleaned & rust removed from the mounts and chrome pieces. The buckle covers were broken, so I replaced those. And they also got new emblems.

[TKCR]

And here is the After pics

[hatzie]

Whoever you have re-webbing them did a nice job.

You had a good idear. I think I would treat that light a color with Scotchgard if it wouldn't cause blotches. Might be worth getting a chunk of unused new belt material to test it out on.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by hatzie

Whoever you have re-webbing them did a nice job.

You had a good idear. I think I would treat that light a color with Scotchgard if it wouldn't cause blotches. Might be worth getting a chunk of unused new belt material to test it out on.

Thats what I'm thinking also.

[Rickysnickers]

You do really nice work!!!!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Rickysnickers

You do really nice work!!!!

Thank you. Appreciate that!

[TKCR]

Before and After. 1981-1987 Blue

[TKCR]

Also Restored is this set of 1981-86 Charcoal Black. Throughly cleaned, rust removed and mechanisms cleaned & lubed.
Before pics

[TKCR]

After pics

[Robert Crandall]

I like the work that is being done to restore these seatbelts. Very nice!

400k+ miles of use have shredded the webbing on the original belts on my 1978 C20. I bought another set from Ebay. These are not shredded, but the inertia reels barely work, presumably from years of non-use.

The restorations shown on these pages seem to be for non-shredded belts and for working inertia reels.

Is there a fix for either of these problems?

Thanks!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Robert Crandall

I like the work that is being done to restore these seatbelts. Very nice!

400k+ miles of use have shredded the webbing on the original belts on my 1978 C20. I bought another set from Ebay. These are not shredded, but the inertia reels barely work, presumably from years of non-use.

The restorations shown on these pages seem to be for non-shredded belts and for working inertia reels.

Is there a fix for either of these problems?

Thanks!

Absolutely, the mechanisms, that’s part of the restoration. That all gets cleaned, rust removed and lubed for better function.
The frayed and shredded webbing has to be replaced. But as long as it’s still in good condition, they can be cleaned.
If you have look at all the belts that I have posted, there have been several that show how bad the mechanisms are, and I have been able to get them working again.

[Robert Crandall]

Thank you for your answer. Do you replace the webbing? What is your cost for this webbing replacement? If I decide to get this done, then I would send the set with the shredded belt but working inertial reels (the originals to this truck.)

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Robert Crandall

Thank you for your answer. Do you replace the webbing? What is your cost for this webbing replacement? If I decide to get this done, then I would send the set with the shredded belt but working inertial reels (the originals to this truck.)

Sending a PM

[TKCR]

Before and after on a set of badly faded Mahogany belts. Did the best I could to add color to the faded areas. These were actually a good candidate to be rewebbed, but he was happy with the results.

[Eagle9502]

Nice work!

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by Eagle9502

Nice work!

Thank you

[TKCR]

This is an order that has been in the making for quite some time now, but they are finally finished!!
Had a request for a custom color for a 79. The color needed to match his seat and interior parts.
So I started off with a tan set of belts, which someone had already painted the retractor covers a god awful teal color🤷*♀️. Cleaned all the old paint off, throughly cleaned and prepped for the new color. Also, all New Buckles, Lap Buckle and hardware was installed when the belts were sent for the New Webbing.
Big job that took a long time to complete, but they turned out awesome.
Here are the Before Pics

[TKCR]

More pics.