Seat belt swap out

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stucart

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My car has Red belts ( convertible) with red seats, fancy swapping them out for black ones, anyone removed their belts? Is it difficult?
Anyone fancy Red belts in exchange for black ones?? PM me if you do??
 
stucart said:
.. anyone removed their belts? Is it difficult?..
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Not on the F-Type. I did it in an older model Fiesta that had side airbags and belt pretensioning...

With the Fiesta it was OK to work on the belts and airbag system with the contact off, but this isn't the case with all cars.
Even if you get away with changing the belts you might have a problem when you switch the contact on again.

Probably its not a big job, but since airbags and stuff are not cheap [and sometimes hard to get by], I strongly suggest you
to leave this to a garage/dealer... And a main dealer might have some black belts about from clients wanting red ones...

Maybe they'll swap... :mrgreen:
 
PM sent Stucart.

Edit: apparently offer to UK residents only
 

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vika01 said:
Myer said:
The Red ones are much nicer!
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Disagree. Belt are a safety feature not something to show off with. Black isn’t visible and that’s how it should be. My opinion.
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I don't want invisible seat belts, as you say seat belts are a safety feature and need to be prominent, hence Red is the appropriate colour! :lol:
 
How bizarre that the thread moves to red/black belts best for safety reasons. Made me smile :)

Only issue I can see is changing belts to something that is not 100% compatible given th or connection to the safety system, but that will throw codes

I have black and would straight swap to red. Cheaper than a remap for an extra few hp..
 
cj10jeeper said:
I have black and would straight swap to red. Cheaper than a remap for an extra few hp..
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:lol:
Shirley the red belts show marks from drooling whereas black belts don't?
;)
 
PhilB said:
cj10jeeper said:
I have black and would straight swap to red. Cheaper than a remap for an extra few hp..
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:lol:
Shirley the red belts show marks from drooling whereas black belts don't?
;)
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Stop calling me ‘Shirley’, I prefer ‘Phil’
As for drooling - well my cream seats are already well drooled
 
The only reason i'm thinking of the swap is I feel Red Belts and Red seats is a little too much Red, obviously swapping like for like isn't going to cause any issues regarding safety or otherwise.
I come from a Porsche and swapping to different colour belts is a quite common mod that owners do to break up the often too Black interiors by adding a splash of colour.
 
stucart said:
The only reason i'm thinking of the swap is I feel Red Belts and Red seats is a little too much Red, obviously swapping like for like isn't going to cause any issues regarding safety or otherwise.
I come from a Porsche and swapping to different colour belts is a quite common mod that owners do to break up the often too Black interiors by adding a splash of colour.
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Of course it is entirely a personal preference, mine is for the Red belts I like the combination with the Red and Black seats. I would most definitely agree Red belts with Black seats, a big NO.
 
How does the panel remove to access the area?
Cant see any clips in the picture dirk BE posted???
Anyone any tips for removal????
Thanks
 
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