Seat Belt

[matt-man]

Hey Guys,

Took the Tuscan out for a drive today and all went well except about 30 mins before i got home she decided that she didnt want to let me out!

The seatbelts have always been a bit...'Frustrating' but the driver side jammed and would not move.

Ive taken it out and pulled it apart to have a look and the plastic locking tooth has snapped and jammed so needs replacing. Anyone know if you can get these for less than £110 plus vat?! Found them on offer on Race Tech Direct but just seems very expensive to me...

if not, i will have to just but the bullet

Cheers!

[Dischordant]

I replaced mine recently with metal old style ones - far nicer than red and black plastic. Not that cheap (think the pair ran me about 200) but if you are having to pay out - may as well get something different

These were who I used - no probs in mot where I took mine but strictly speaking not sure they are officially permitted on more modern cars (even though safety wise they are exactly the same inertia reels - over the shoulder etc.- just metal instead of plastic - go figure. It would be cheaper if you didn't go for the chrome seat belt runners etc.

http://www.quickfitsbs.com/components_colours.php

[matt-man]

Interesting....that does sound good! My dad used those guys for new belts on his classic merc.

buying one would be easier...but extra bling! Choices..!

[nawarne]

Think I replied to someone a few weeks ago wanting to replace full race harnesses on his Tuscan.

I steered him to the Securon web-site. The company does loads of different permutations on the seat-belt theme. You do need to take measurements of the existing fitment to get the correct replacement.

http://www.securon.co.uk/
Nick

[matt-man]

Thanks for the info guys...i ended up just buying a replacement from RaceTech direct as its a direct replacement. Lets hope its better is it was £140 quid