Chimaera seatbelts

[Dalamar]

So here's what I went for in the end for my 95 Chimaera. I found a UK seat belt manufacturer that could supply the stalks to the same 25cm length as my original ones. They can also do whatever seat belt length for the same price, in various colours and supply the necessary hardware too. The website is https://www.beltupsafety.com and the person to speak to for TVR specific requirements is Andrew Evans. Very helpful, great quality product and they supplied some extra fixings that I needed for my car free of charge. All up the cost was £108 for both seat belts which was the price of one seat belt from the usual parts suppliers. I'm always happy to support small UK companies. These would probably suit Griffith owners too.

Really happy to have seat belts that retract properly, no more trying to jiggle the inertial reel to get the belt to release and no more patches of rust on the carpets!

By the way, the new carpets in the photos I cut and bound myself using the originals as templates. The carpet was from proper auto carpet from Coverdale and I used a heavy duty Singer sewing machine (4411) to bind the edges. It took many weeks to do but it was really satisfying to make each piece myself and make them fit properly to the car. Learnt a lot about sewing and unclogging sewing machines too!

Hope this info is helpful out there.

[Dalamar]

phillpot said:

That looks like a standard "Securon" seat belt? Readily available on Ebay for less than £40 each.

clicky for example

All the Securon belts I found had a 30cm stalk. I decided to keep to the original length 25cm stalks that I thought suited the car better. I did find a set of 25cm stalked seat belts on the usual auction site but they looked too generic for me. I'm really happy with the quality of the ones made locally.