red seat belt

[TurboJake]

Yup. As I suspected. It's slid through the barrel, and the whole strap is pulled all the way through.

If I had the webbing I could to this Matt-B shift boot style.

[e34john]

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.

Seen places do it for around $50 plus the price of webbing. I am not sure how many yards is needed.

There is a guy on 2002faq that rebuilds seatbelts. I would trust him with the stitching since that is what I am worried about most.

[jrobie79]

I was looking into this awhile back, buying some ebay red material and sending it to someone, but I didnt really look too hard, other priorities, I would like to find someone to rebuild them and just supply the webbing, if anyone finds someone for a reasonable price, let me know.

[TurboJake]

I very well might start doing it as a fundraiser for my other project that has yet to be disclosed here.

I have the sewing machine tough enough to do it.
I have the means to test the strength of the two side by side
And, I have the know how.

Just need the webbing and 20 minutes of time to do a pair.

For "off road use only", of course

[evoDRichie]

I very well might start doing it as a fundraiser for my other project that has yet to be disclosed here.

I have the sewing machine tough enough to do it.
I have the means to test the strength of the two side by side
And, I have the know how.

Just need the webbing and 20 minutes of time to do a pair.

less talking more doing!!!

[jrobie79]

Im in...pricing and turn around time?

[TurboJake]

You actually got me going a little bit.
Imagine white seatbelts, in an alpine white car.

Well. It's roughly 17ft needed per belt. at 60 cents a foot, that's $20.40 for the pair of fronts.

Shipping, 20 bucks (Both ways, Medium flat rate box)

sooooo...

Turnaround. A day. a weekend at most. (Barring vacation and other stuff, which would be known)

I still have to look at the belt receptacles for the rear too, take all of that into consideration. No use in having the black recepticle webbing with a red seat belt. Or black center belt with white other belts.

Just looked at them. It's 45 dollars in webbing to do the entire car. All 5 belts, and rear receptacles.

I guess I'll just have to do it to find out. eh?

[5Toes]

If anybody wants a seatbelt belt (for your waist) shoot me a pm. I make them

[AndrewBird]

As far as dying goes, fairly sure bleaching/dying won't work. Seat belts are made of nylon webbing, meaning the color is part of the material, not just a coating so to speak over the cloth.

I could be wrong, but I don't see it working like all of you are thinking.

[AbsorbantNut]

You actually got me going a little bit.
Imagine white seatbelts, in an alpine white car.

Well. It's roughly 17ft needed per belt. at 60 cents a foot, that's $20.40 for the pair of fronts.

Shipping, 20 bucks (Both ways, Medium flat rate box)

sooooo...

Turnaround. A day. a weekend at most. (Barring vacation and other stuff, which would be known)

I still have to look at the belt receptacles for the rear too, take all of that into consideration. No use in having the black recepticle webbing with a red seat belt. Or black center belt with white other belts.

Just looked at them. It's 45 dollars in webbing to do the entire car. All 5 belts, and rear receptacles.

I guess I'll just have to do it to find out. eh?

Do it!!

[bluedevils]

seat belts

Just found this post. I am the guy from 2002faq who make BMW (new or refurbished) seat belts. I made a few E30 EVO red conversion as well (also some Porsche 911 sets). It is not something you can do it yourself even with a heavy machine. Seat belts are safety products and should be stitched using certified webbing and heavy thread (min 138 or higher). You need a computerized pattern tacker, very expensive machines. And no, it will cost more than 50 bucks a set. Painting seat belts with dies is stupid and dangerous. I am a partner with Blunttech in seat belt business so if you need more info, you can ask him and around, he also takes the orders for seat belts (e.g., evo conversion).

[BDSax]

^^how much for a e30 red set??

[TurboJake]

I can try it and test it. There's zero harm in doing that.

Am I to assume that your conversions have been tested, and pass the FMVSS Standards carry such certification making them legal for road use?

I mean no disrespect to you, and what you do. But if you don't have that tag on your product. It's just another "off road use" item.

(Oh, and yes, I do have access to a pattern tacker... I have access to a LOT of very expensive machines, including a HAAS That dwarfs the cost of a JUKI, Brother, Mitsubishi, OR any other manufacturer)

[CabbE30]

(oh, and yes, i do have access to a pattern tacker... I have access to a lot of very expensive machines, including a haas that dwarfs the cost of a juki, brother, mitsubishi, or any other manufacturer)

swag

[bluedevils]

^^how much for a e30 red set??

Complete e30 evo conversion (front+rear) will cost you about 250 bucks (give or take) plus shipping in exchange of your old belts (you need to send them in advance as BMW used many different manufacturers and designs over the years). Your original tags are removed and re-stitched if they are usable.

In regards to certification, no company I know off will certify used seat belts even if they are re-webbed. They will send you a wavier (read the fine print). I have been doing this over 5 years now with plenty of happy customers. I can also refurbish BMW retractors to factory specs, have the spare parts.

If you want a "professional" job, try seatbeltplanet, a division of Beam's industries (no affiliation), one of the oldest seat belts manufacturers in US. Not sure how much they will charge, but worth asking.