since finding cdm seat belts hard to find, (i have a pair from a 2000 acura integra) i was wondering if anyone has done the manual seatbelt conversion from taking the seatbelts from the newer integra? I have test fitted and it acutally fits in pretty good. I also found brackets that are made of metel to hold up the belt and i just wasn’t sure if it was safe, but it has to be safe because the thin layer of the body holds the seatbelts retractor. It goes for the same with the newer integras, its a really really thin layer of sheet metel that holds up the retractor(just to describe it). i will start this project soon but please give opinion…
conversion complete
so i did the conversion and will have pics soon (after i put back every plastic part)…it only cost about $6 to do it…so i bought the custom made brackets from home depot, drilled holes and bolted the seatbelt…but to hold up the seatbelt from the pillar you should go to a shop and weld the bolt to the hole or bolt it from the oem bolt…RESULT…it came out very good. Safety comes first so I tested at least 40-50 hard stops with a passenger. It retracts on a dime!!! I even hammered the welded bolt soo hard to see if it will brake off but it helded on tight. NOTE i am not responsible for any injury for the converion…
that sounds great. i’d like to see the results.
i never thought of that :werd:
“Safety comes first so I tested at least 40-50 hard stops with a passenger”
Priceless
What are friends for !! :salute:
Besides, If it didn’t work the windshield would have stopped em.
friends
can you take pictures of the converion? what did you do about the gap where the old auto slider was?
duct tape FTW!!! no wait thats dumb…
JDM duct tape FTW!!!
pictures will be coming soon…
hey… im also located in san jose california… i was wondering if i could possibly come by and take a look at it… i live on capital and senter
any update on this… pix? mite be doing this conversion also if it safe enough like oem…
well seat belt conversion may look good but its just not a 100% kind of thing you know?
and its not like there runing crash tests on converted seat belts
yea i know… but as long as u do it right it should be safe, right… might be attemping this soon but still gotta worring about the pillar panels… thinking about triming them down and drill a hole…