Re: [T3] Those add-on seatbelt retractors.

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 14 Mar 00, at 0:56, Mark Healey (formerly AKA Edmond Dantes) wrote:

> I was just going through the California Imports catalog and saw these little
> clip-on seatbelt retractors.  Has anyone used them?  Do they work?  How dificult
> is it to install them?

If these are the white plastic rollers in a sort of rectangular white 
plastic frame, then these were OE from 68 to 72, when the 
retractable belts were introduced. They work quite well if the belts 
are limber, but by now I find that the belts are stiff with 30 years 
accumulation of ???? If you remove the belts and just wash them in 
a bucket of soapy water you can rather easily restore them to their 
original flexibility. This is worth doing and you'll be surprised how 
much of a difference it makes.

I had no idea that these were available anywhere. Does my 
description sound right?

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054

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