seat belts

matches · Post by **matches** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:59 pm

hi,
i'm wondering what seatbelts people use in their cars? i'm not wanting retractable, but i want new belts not second hand.
i'm running bench seats front and back.
i would like red belts but it's not a nessecity.
any help would be great, thanks
L&K

J · Post by J » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:17 am

Im running retractable's but I'd much prefer the ones that lye on the bench seat.
Just make sure if your car is in the weeds that the seat belt bolts dont connect with the tailshaft.
Took me a week of playing with my brakes to realize that it was not the problem and I had a nice shiny ring around the tailshaft from all the scraping noises!

Post by **Blacky** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:51 am

Matches , there are 2 easy ways to get the seat belts you want - Stampy's seat belts are based in Victoria and advertize in Cruzin magazine or Google him , or go to Auto 1 or wherever and order Klippan brand generic belts - they will make them up in different colours but you will wait a while for them.

matches · Post by **matches** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:01 pm

thanks guys.
J: that would have unsettled you a bit wouldn't it? i'd be shyting myself.
Blacky: i'll have a look at them both, thanks. i haven't needed to put belts in any of my other cars so didn't know where to look,
thanks for some leads.
L&K

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:11 pm

Here you go:

artyfartymarty · Post by **artyfartymarty** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:50 pm

AustMod, I've got those Klippan fixed over shoulder generic seatbelts for driver and passanger only.

Bases are fixed through the floor with large backing plates and through the B pillar for the shoulder bit. they were installed by previous owner and while i hate the look of the dome headed bolt through the pillar and think it'd be much nicer with just lap belts, i 've gotten used to it now and appreciate having propoer seatbelt that will stop me smashing through the steel dash in an accident.

i can post a few pics of how they're fixed if you want

matches · Post by **matches** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:00 pm

thanks austmod, i'll give them a ring.
arty: i would've liked to just have lap seat belts but my engineer told me that with the engine mod and the front end i have to have lapsash

i don't like the look of the bolt through the B pillar either but i'm not sure if there are plates you can get to go inside the b pillar so you don't have to go right through to the outside, i've seen these plates from wesco performance but i'm not sure if they're australian legal
http://www.wescoperformance.com/retrofi ... -door.html
luke.

artyfartymarty · Post by **artyfartymarty** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:24 pm

I once had an idea on a cover for the bolt, but never acted on it...i thought you nay be able to get some sort of cool mini/LED light fitting with either chrome or billet to cover the bolt. a subtle variation on what limmos have on the additional pillars

artyfartymarty · Post by **artyfartymarty** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:34 pm

That custom plate link you posted link to looks like a great idea, i'm sure you could get a decent looking half inch cover plate for the hole. there is no way you'd pull that plate through the pillar in an accident. i reckon you'd pull the whole pillar in before that plate pulled out. Mine is only a dome head bolt through the pillar, i don't think its even high tensile bolt. it'd pull through way before the plate that you showed would. I'd show your engineer that and ask if its suitable, ...it 'd look heaps better than the bolt through the pillar, I think the biggest problem they may have is the half inch hole in a structural member.

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:44 pm

matches,

i'm currently working with the stamps retractable units...

the last thing in my thread http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... &start=105

might be doing a bit more work on them this weekend, retractables hidden in the rear that is, that is it depnds how i am as i've just had wisdoms cut out and feel like sh*t, i'll be going for a very neat fit!

cheers
NoMAD

artyfartymarty · Post by **artyfartymarty** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:50 pm

Dude, i just saw the hole in pic and thought you were doing your impression of the flintstones car

nice idea on the fuel tank my spare just rolls around in the boot c's its too big for the factory spare hole...Its from that F*%# thingo isn't it??...maybe you should put a &*#@ badge on the bootlid

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:59 pm

yeah that tank's from a 70's Falcon 500, hell its a better setup than the orignial so i aint complaing!

plus as you can tell from my thread there aint alot of 'original' left, but i'm loving how it's going!

cheers
NoMAD

dave68 · Post by **dave68** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:08 pm

Hey Matches, check out Mels build. He did the hidden bolt thing and looked real fine....

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