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>It's amazing how nice they become after spending 15 minutes in a bucket full of soap >and water. __________________________________ My car came with no belts at all (never installed far as I could tell), I bought a set of T3 Non-Retractable (for my 66) belts from a swap meet. I spent a couple of hours soaking in warm soapy water, cleaning, repeating (you wouldn't believe how black water becomes w/ 37 years of dirt) till they were relatively clean. Well, recently, while trying ADJUST the passenger belt it snapped. Is it possible the soap and water treatment aided in thier demise? Or should everyone be worried that their own belts will not actually do their job if god forbid the time comes? _______________________________________________________________ >I would avoid aftermarket belts because you probably won't find ones that fit correctly. ________________________________ I disagree w/ this. Some of you might remember I was asking a few weeks ago about putting Honda belts in, to attach to my Acura seats, I decided you were right that was a bad idea as I would need to fully trust my mounting of the seats to hold my a$$ in the car. My solution ended up being a set of the fixed (non-retractable) belts that are commonly available in the catalogs (the ones w/ the wolfsburg logo on the clasp). They may not be "correct" and since they were given to my be a club member they don't necessarily match the color of my car, but I'll tell you the new webbing and attachment certainly feels more secure than what I had before. Just my $.02 Travis '66 Fasty ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org