Seat Belts

[MoPaR 312]

Hey guys, I’m looking for opinions and/or reviews on restored seatbelts vs reproduction seatbelts.

I’m just about finishing up a car with new black interior and the faded black seats belts aren’t close to matching and some of the chrome is pitted and seen better days.

I have contacted Sharon’s Web and got a quote for $850 for new webbing and re-chromed pieces. I have also seen new reproduction sets online for $575. Ill attach a link to Roseville Mopars seat belts.

My main question is do the reproduction belts look factory? The pattern of the webbing looks similar to my stock belts but they have 1 stock photo zoomed out pretty far. I’m not picky about belts for my drivers but this car is pretty nice and I like the idea of original parts as well.

Roseville Mopars Seatbelts

 

[davek]

I bought new for the Bee,I have heard horror stories about people not getting theirs back. Hopefully someone can help you out on a good place.

 

[Aron Gleason]

Whatever you do, save yourself from the agony and don't go with all mopar seat belts in Spanaway Washington

 

[Coelacanth]

Hey guys, I’m looking for opinions and/or reviews on restored seatbelts vs reproduction seatbelts.

I’m just about finishing up a car with new black interior and the faded black seats belts aren’t close to matching and some of the chrome is pitted and seen better days.

I have contacted Sharon’s Web and got a quote for $850 for new webbing and re-chromed pieces. I have also seen new reproduction sets online for $575. Ill attach a link to Roseville Mopars seat belts.

My main question is do the reproduction belts look factory? The pattern of the webbing looks similar to my stock belts but they have 1 stock photo zoomed out pretty far. I’m not picky about belts for my drivers but this car is pretty nice and I like the idea of original parts as well.

Roseville Mopars Seatbelts

How bad are your existing belts? I just did some cleanup on mine and they turned out much better than I expected. I had some surface rust too, but sanded some of it off then soaked it in EvapoRust overnight.

Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

What I thought was faded was mostly just very dirty. If my belts were actually faded, I would've boiled them (the non-plastic parts) for a bit in a pot of water with RIT dye, but mine weren't that bad, fortunately.

 

[rklewis1005]

How bad are your existing belts? I just did some cleanup on mine and they turned out much better than I expected. I had some surface rust too, but sanded some of it off then soaked it in EvapoRust overnight.

Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

What I thought was faded was mostly just very dirty. If my belts were actually faded, I would've boiled them (the non-plastic parts) for a bit in a pot of water with RIT dye, but mine weren't that bad, fortunately.

Found this thread before posting a similar question.

I was trying to clean mine up, but there's a bunch of rust, etc. I may still try as it sounds like a restore will be ~$800-$900. My biggest concern is the buckle where the plastic/textured coating is peeling off. Does anyone know if the buckles are reproduced? It seems like I could remove/replace those by myself if they are. I was looking at rear lap belts on Seatbelt Panet - thinking I could buy those and steal the buckles (1968-1970 Dodge Charger Rear Lap Seat Belt | SeatbeltPlanet). If i bought 6 of those (have to try 1 first), I'd be in for ~ $200 vs $900.

If anyone has thoughts on the quality of new ones or where I can get NOS buckles, shout.

Thanks
Ross

 

[Coelacanth]

Your rust on the chrome belt tabs is pretty bad, but why not just scuff up and degrease those black areas and spray them with SEM Trim Black?