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Offline pwrcat4000

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outer seat belt sleeves
« on: September 04, 2020, 01:50:33 PM »
Has any one been able to find these?
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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2020, 07:56:10 AM »
they are now made in reproduction but not on a large scale, and seemingly out of stock again. The quality was hit and miss with a fair amount of flash to trim, molded in black. They will need the screw to secure them to the anchor steel as the retainers are incompletely formed.

Here's an ad, not cheap:

https://classicta.com/1978-81-FIREBIRD-CAMARO-OUTER-FLOOR-FRONT-SEAT-BELT-COVER-PAIR_p_6957.html
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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2020, 05:36:01 PM »
WOW!!!! Thanks I've been looking for those also......

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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2020, 07:03:12 PM »
They are a 2-piece sleeve, unlike the GM pieces. The extension is plastic welded into the inside of the cover. I ended up having mine retrimmed in leather so possibly could have just used my used GM pieces as unseen.

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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2020, 07:27:20 PM »
This is awesome!
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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2020, 11:12:34 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2020, 12:00:47 PM »
That turned out good!!
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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2020, 10:38:12 AM »
Aus78Formula
those look great I  tried to buy the ones in the post but they no longer offer them
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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2020, 12:49:27 AM »
I'm not sure what everyone else uses. There's several parts like that, aren't readily available but also sell badly in small batches. Problem is, they can also charge what they want because the alternative is often limited.

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Re: outer seat belt sleeves
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2021, 07:46:40 AM »
Free Bump.

Noticed the shop now lists these as In Stock again.

And hurry, because it's also the Deal of the Day at 0% off and a 5c saving. The other deals actually get 5c added.
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