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And After.

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Just finished up the final pieces for the Suburban belts I was doing for someone. We needed to find buckles and caps, for bucket seats. The one side was cracked and missing a small piece of plastic. So that one got epoxied, and I added a small piece, to fill the opening. Then they were cleaned and dyed.
I also put new emblem and better buckle covers on these.

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Here are the After pics.

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You do nice work. I had no idea you could dye seat belts, I thought the webbing was nylon or something and wouldn't accept a dye job (one worth doing at least). And I had no idea there were so many colors of dye available.

I have no need for belt work, but if I ever do I would rather give a board member my business than another company. Keep up the excellent work!

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Started working on a set of Blazer seatbelts. These got damaged a bit during shipment, so the cracks need repaired. Pretty dirty, and mildewed. Got everything disassembled and gave everything a good cleaning and scrubbing, several times!
So here are the Before pics.

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This was just after cleaning. Removed all the buckle foil emblems. They will get all new emblems. Now it’s time to start rubbing out scratches and prepping them for the dye process. Stay tuned!

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Here are the AFTER pics! They also got new foil emblems for all the buckles.

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Here’s a set of 1978 Green I did for someone, and the truck they are going in.
Before & After

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These are the 76/77 belts I started on from post #156. Throughly cleaned/restored. New Buckle Emblems. Still looking for a lap belt buckle cap. This one was MIA. Seems as though these are specific to this style of seatbelt. I had some extra covers, but none of them fit.

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what did you do to fix the cracked plastic?

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Epoxy. This is a good example. This was a set of Charcoal Black that also got damaged during shipment to me. People are not protecting these belts enough when they ship them. They are just putting them in a box loosely, and those mounting tabs can so some serious damage when the box gets thrown around, especially if there’s room for them to move around inside the box.
I’m still working on mastering a method of making the crack completely disappear.

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for webbing that is frayed do you replace it on the 73-79 k5 blazer?

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No. But it depends on how bad your talking. People’s perception of frayed, are different. I’ve had people show me pics of their “frayed” belts, and I look at them and it’s nothing. Then I’ve had someone that shows me belts that looks like it went thru a meat grinder. Those have to be re-webbed for sure.

So far, I haven’t had the time to venture down that path of rewebbing. Plus, there’s the liability factor in rewebbing belts. I know there are a few companies that do it, and seem to be quite expensive. I myself got a quote from SsnakeOyls several years ago about doing mine, and it was $800-$900! But doing what I do with the belts, I can understand why it’s expensive, the retractors need to be completely disassembled to rewebb. I don’t believe they are doing them anymore. I have had several people send me their belts for restoration, because they can’t get ahold of that place. Not every old set of seatbelts need rewebbing, that’s where I can be of help. Just offering an alternative.

On my own set of belts, I had a very small area of the webbing that was faded. And they were filthy. That’s when I decided to just do something myself to mine, and that is what started all this. It’s only just been recent, that I retired. So it’s actually given me more time to do other people belts for them.

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Just completed another full set of Blazer belts for someone. These are 84-85 Slate Gray. Throughly cleaned and dyed. All new buckle emblems. And there were a couple of latch covers MIA, so we needed to locate some replacements.
Here are the Before pics.

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After Pics

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Completed a set of Charcoal Black seatbelts for a customer. Throughly cleaned and restored. Buckles disassembled for cleaning and lubrication, so they function properly. Rust removed from the mounts. Retractor mechanisms cleaned & lubed also.

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Mystic Seatbelts

These were restored for someone. Not FOR SALE.
Throughly cleaned & dyed. New buckle emblems & upper anchor covers. Rust removed from the mounts.
Check out the Before and After pics.

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After pics

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weasle, I tried to reply to your PM, but it would not send. It said your PM are full.

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Just completed a set of Mahogany belts for a board member. Also did a set of visors for him.

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TK, as usual, Awesome!!

Is that mirror a new one or were you able to clean up the original?

Keep em coming!

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The mirror is the original. I cleaned and polished it. It was better, but not perfect.

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Disassembled some buckles this evening, for through cleaning. Ever wonder why your buckles don’t work properly?

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So after some through cleaning, scrubbing and soaking. Here are some after pics of the dirty, filthy, rusty buckles in the above post.

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Looking to get three point belts in the middle row of my 83 suburban...to replace just lap belts. I found the retractor part on eBay....but not the female buckle ends...
Will 1990 male belts fit into 1983 female belt buckles?

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Plastic buckles will only take the longer & more narrow male end of the retractor side. Pic 1
Metal buckles will only take the shorter & wider make end. Pic 2

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Just completed another set of Mahogany. These were fully restored and got New Emblems and New Buckle Covers.

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No green. Thought for shure I'd see some green. I got green ones id love to see restored.

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Thanks scrolled right passd them. They look good. Think I going to go with black thou.

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Those were done in the 78 Green. There’s several shades of green, based on the year.

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[QUOTE=TKCR;8895356]Those were done in the 78 Green. There’s several shades of green, based on the year.[/QUOTE yep I only have the one green 1981 green. But it gave me an idea on how they would look.

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[quote=71gmcC15;8895439]The greens are hard to find, almost as hard as the Charcoal Black. Difference with your 81 green, it’s a lot lighter that the 78 green. And they should have Metal Buckles, which is nice. A lot of times the plastic buckles have sun rot, which those did have some.
I did a seat once in the 81 green, this will give you a better idea of what that shade of green looks like. The vinyl and the seatbelt bezel plastic is the best representation of the 81 green.

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[quote=TKCR;8895463]That seat looks just like the original one it had. Except in way better shape.lol. looks realy good and comfy

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This restored set of Charcoal Black. Replaced the push button emblem with new.
Going all the way to Hawaii!

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Wow, those do look black (it may just be the photos) but both my 84 and 87s with charcoal interior are a true dark grey.

As always, great work!

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You are correct. The webbing is black. They want the casings to be black, to match their interiors, that are black. Now when I did my Charcoal Black belts, I did the casings in Charcoal, to match my Charcoal interior.

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Completed these Burgundy belts for someone. Through cleaning and freshening up. I did find a broken piece that hold the counter balance. That would explain why the one retractor wasn’t working the way it should. Got it replaced with a good one, that wasn’t broke.

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Completed a set of Blue belts for someone. These guys were dirty. The webbing was stiff from years of muck build up on the webbing. Mounts were rusty. Buckle emblems were pretty worn, so those were replaced with new ones.
Here are the Before pics.

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And here are the After Pics!