Price And Method For Install Of Seatbelts In My Fox Body ?

[25thmustang]

I got mine at CJPony parts. I think they were on sale. They are not exactly the same as stock, no plastic on the receiving side, and shorter, but I'm not sure anyone would notice.

 

[KDestroyer]

Completed pics after adding:
LMR seat belts
LMR Grommets
LMR Belt sleeves
LMR Belt opening bezel (originals will break)

 

[madspeed]

Im not up to speed as far as seatbelts go, whats the grommet for?

 

[KDestroyer]

The stock seatbelt has a retractor button. When you open the door, the retractor engages and the seatbelt retracts. Take a look at the stock pic, there is a back cable attached to the retractor button. The new belts do not have the white casing or retractor button. You simply use the grommet to plug the hole of the now removed retractor button. There is no further use for it. To remove you have to drill out the rivet and uninstall the assembly. Hope that helps.

 

[VirginMuscleMan]

Sounds like stock 3-points is the way to go . . . . I will see if I can get mine remade, then do that or order up a pair. Still curious how much racing seats would be, let me know if you have a number on that -- used, low-end but functional, not looking for much here.

 

[VirginMuscleMan]

There are a few options. There are 4 point seatbelts that clip into the seat belts in the back so that they don't need a crossbar. 4 points are very uncomfortable. There is nothing to counteract the up tension of the shoulder straps, so it's constantly riding up into your stomach. You have to set the lap straps so tight to counteract the tension that they cut into you. You can't run 5 points with stock seats, because there is no hole in the seat for the 5th point. The reason harnesses are not DOT approved has to do with the release mechanism. It has to be a standard release mechanism so that anyone can come up to a crashed car and get the seat belt off an occupant to pull them out. My recommendation is to either put race seats in so that you can run a 5 point, or just rebuild your stock ones. We sent some off to this place recently. I think it was $69, and the fixed everything on the belt, and they put in a new strap.

http://www.safetyrestore.com/

http://www.safetyrestore.com/

This looks awesome -- couple questions -- I have an '89, what year are you ? What I saw at a quick look was that it said '96 and up. Also, what was the turnaround time when you sent your belts in to be rebuilt ? This is my DD.