Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab

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Originally Posted by fryer1979

Cool progress pictures. Allow me a simple question if you would; why is it that the GM center belts won't work with the IH bench? An answer might help locate a suitable replacement.

My donor GM XCab had bucket seats. The buckle units (in the middle) are made from heat treated steel strapping with a shroud of plastic around them. They aren't designed to flex and twist. Routing them up through the bottom of the IH bench seat orients them the wrong way.

The fabric style (like in the earlier picture) will work great, but I have to have longer ones. The pair in the picture came off the rear bench seat and that is where they will be going when I put it back in. So I need something similar to them but longer. And also not in a combo unit but as individual units because the mount locations are wider apart.

EDIT: here is a picture of what I mean by the steel strap wrapped in plastic style looks like. This is the right length but because it isn't cloth it won't flex up into the bench seat. It was made to go along the side of a bucket seat.