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seat belts

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:19 pm
by waandy
anyone know if retractable seat belts out of vitara or later model sierras(if they have em) will fit my 85 drover? they get dirty if left hanging out door when you play in the mud. :oops:

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:30 pm
by nicbeer
do u have the removable panels next to the seats in the B pillar?

My drover did not have this.

Nic

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:32 pm
by waandy
um duno. il check 2moz

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:39 pm
by over land 4x4
you can put one in the driver's side as it has the removable panel next to the seat in the B pillar but not the Passenger side hope that help's

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:55 pm
by Spike_Sierra
no you will not as you dont have a removable panel. My 85 drover doesnt.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:49 pm
by waandy
its a hard top hi top if that helps.
iv noticed gq pootrols have like an external seat belt roll box thingy. mite be able 2 mod it in

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:57 pm
by Gwagensteve
Yep, it will depend a bit on model. Many cars with fixed belts will have had 6" speakers hacked into the inertia reel well. IT has 4 large philips head screws covering it.

I 've worked extensively on a mid 80's drover tub and it definitely has the inertia reel wells.

Traybacks don't have the well, but they do have another bolt hole that will accept an external reel belt. (like the GQ one you mentioned, although I'm not familiar with them.

Pretty much all seatbelt mounting bolts are the same - there to an SAE spec.

Steve.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:01 pm
by waandy
thanks steve. il make a few calls 2moro. will make life easier and cleaner.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:02 pm
by joeblow
bit off both....lost count of how many i have seen...half have em'....half don't.......

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:35 am
by Spike_Sierra
spot on there joe, my drover doesnt, my sierra swb didnt, but the lwb did all the same year.

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:51 am
by grimbo
of course you could just wear the seatbelt when you are driving in the mud so it doesn't hang out the door

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:33 pm
by Bruceh
grimbo wrote:of course you could just wear the seatbelt when you are driving in the mud so it doesn't hang out the door
Took the words right out of my mouth :D