[Amc-list] FW: Re: [AMC-DelMarVA] Re: Sound mats and belts.

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

An FYI to junkyard seatbelt  hunters!

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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
> > 
> > 
> > 
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