An FYI to junkyard seatbelt hunters! -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx To: AMC-DelMarVA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [AMC-DelMarVA] Re: Sound mats and belts. Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:25:14 +0000 > yeah, true, one brand I would avoid at all costs is anything made by Nissan up > thru at least 1998! > They suck, plan and simple, they do not retract on their own. > Vehicles we have owned and experienced this on. > 98 Altima > 92 Stanza > 88 truck > 87 Pulsar > 86.5 truck > 83 Pulsar > evry frikkin one of them SUCKED! > Cars great, belts will fall out, get caught int he door jambs, dent doors, tear > door panels, you name it. > > Fair warning to those hunting belts in junkyards! > > -- > Mark Price > Morgantown, WV > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II > " I realize that death is inevitable. > I just don't want to be around when it happens! " > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> > > > > Mark said: > > > > >Also need 3 point seatbelts in Charcoal. Probably go wth new ones, anyone > have > > preferred vendor? I'm tired of the originals with their funky multipart > > connections etc; > > > What about rear shoulder belts in a 69 American sedan? I know it can be > done. > > Anyone do it and have memories of the experience? > > > > > > I've thought about this myself. I'd do a junkyard jaunt and pick up whichever > > kinds of belts that were the correct color and seemed to work well on cars > I've > > owned in the past. For instance, the belts in our Kia minivan have the > perfect > > tension IMO and are extremely easy to use; plus they're placed "just right". > If > > I could find one in a junkyard, that's what I'd use for a retrofit. > > > > I'm sure most other modern cars are "converging" in seat belt technology; > > they're all getting really, really good as far as useability is concerned. > > > > -- Marc > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [AMC-DelMarVA] Re: Sound mats and belts. Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:25:14 +0000 Size: 15042 Url: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081031/8bf85cbb/attachment.eml _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list