red seat belt

[evoDRichie]

thinking about bleaching a set of seat belts then afterwards dying them red... will this cause them to weaken? i love the red mtech seat belts so ill do it to a spare set first so i don't have to fuck up the ones i have now... any one have a cheep set ?

[VinniE30]

Wow do want!!!
Where can I get those?

[Van Westervelt]

Yes, bleaching your seat belts will greatly impact their ability to restrain you in an accident. But please, dont let that stop you.

Evo E30 m3s did have red belts, but those belts you have pictured are actually a limited run of e34 m5 seat belts.

[evoDRichie]

Yes, bleaching your seat belts will greatly impact their ability to restrain you in an accident. But please, dont let that stop you.

Evo E30 m3s did have red belts, but those belts you have pictured are actually a limited run of e34 m5 seat belts.

hahaha i wont who need safety

[MattAvino]

If you dilute the bleach with water and soak it for a short period of time you wont lose any structural integrity of the seat belt. Do it

[I*Do*Werke]

Is there a red dye you can buy? A dye that can be put over black

[evoDRichie]

thus why we r talking about bleaching the seat belts ^

[evoDRichie]

who wants to hook me up with a set for free ill pay shipping!

[Jand3rson]

Is there a red dye you can buy? A dye that can be put over black

Not really, dye doesn't work like that. You can't go from a darker color to a lighter one.

Don't use any form of bleaching, it will actually degrade the material and weaken it, like Curt said. I remember I bleached a pair of shoelaces once in high school, and they were shredded in less than a week.

If you really want to do this (I have for years), you'll either need to source the real belts, or you might be able to find a place that sells red seat belt material (there are places out there), and have some kind of shop dismantle and re-wind your belts using the red material. You might be able to do it yourself, I've never tried. Get a spare set and give it a shot!

[e34john]

Probably better off sending all your seatbelt hardware to a rebuilder to put in the webbing color that you want. But this is R3V, so a gallon of Clorox and a pint of Rit should work just as well.

[evoDRichie]

Probably better off sending all your seatbelt hardware to a rebuilder to put in the webbing color that you want. But this is R3V, so a gallon of Clorox and a pint of Rit should work just as well.

haha

[evoDRichie]

Not really, dye doesn't work like that. You can't go from a darker color to a lighter one.

Don't use any form of bleaching, it will actually degrade the material and weaken it, like Curt said. I remember I bleached a pair of shoelaces once in high school, and they were shredded in less than a week.

If you really want to do this (I have for years), you'll either need to source the real belts, or you might be able to find a place that sells red seat belt material (there are places out there), and have some kind of shop dismantle and re-wind your belts using the red material. You might be able to do it yourself, I've never tried. Get a spare set and give it a shot!

i know ill see about looking into sourcing someone that can in my area! i do have a friend in the tent biz that also make straps for boat covers that are pretty beefy

[TurboJake]

http://www.strapworks.com/Polyester_Webbing_p/sbw2.htm

[Jand3rson]

Nice find! I'm actually going to start checking around tomorrow and find out about shops that might be able to dismantle and re-wind them. I've wanted to do this for years.

[TurboJake]

Shouldn't be that hard to do it yourself.
It only depends on how it's held to the sprung barrel. If you can unwind the old webbing, hold the barrel in place, and put in the new webbing. It will retract and you'll be done.

Edit. I have some seat belts downstairs. I'll go grab one and takes a gander myself. I'm curious