96 Colorado Rear Seat Belt

[1nkling]

Hi guys,

I've got the MOT booked for Wednesday and I noticed I have a tear in one of the rear seat belts which it will fail on. Even if it doesn't I need to get that sorted for the safety of my passengers.

Does anyone have a suitable replacement seatbelt at a bargain price?

Also, can anyone advise me which seatbelts are suitable for me to replace it with? Will hi-lux ones fit? I don't want to limit my searching to just landcruiser 90 belts if it turns out I can obtain one from something else in the Toyota range.

Thanks for reading.

 

[PETE BELL]

i think i may have one for you il have a look in my spares cave and let you know tomorow

 

[1nkling]

Thanks very much Pete.

I'll wait to hear back from you then.

 

[PETE BELL]

cant find the bugger but im almost sure i have it in a box somewhere i will find it

 

[1nkling]

Well the cruiser got through the MOT. Couple of bulbs and an ARB bush were all it got flagged on.

I'm suprised the seatbelt didn't get even an advisory. Its buggered.

If you can find it Pete then I would still be very appreciative. Don't fancy gambling with passengers lives. Especially if I take my little nephews out at some point.

 

[1nkling]

Another year, another MOT.

This year I wasn't so lucky with the seatbelt. Which is not a suprise considering the state of it.

So, anyway. I'm desperate for a drivers side rear seatbelt for my 90. Really I need it by Monday but I can't work out how to make that happen. None of my local scrappies have any cruisers. Does anyone know if other Toyota seatbelts are a match? Surf? 80? Etc..

 

[Shayne]

I just paid £105 + vat each for new front seat belts , if you plan on keeping the truck i would say that's a bargain compared to what Mr T charges for general consumables .

Give Simon Holton a shout

 

[1nkling]

Ouch.. I was hoping for a tenner..

I have my back seats folded forward a lot of the time so its only going to get occasional use. Obviously when it is I want it to be safe though.

I am really intrigued to see if any other Toyota belts would fit too.

 

[Shayne]

I thought about doing the same and figure any old seat belt would likely bolt in if you get one without the airbag , its 2 bolts and a catch and all belts have far more length than you need so the search would be more for a colour match than anything else . Mind you Toyota seat belts all seem to suffer lazy retraction with age so i would be looking for a relatively new car that was written off , the most basic spec lowest new price Yaris might have plain old mechanical retractors without the explosive built in ?

 

[1nkling]

The problem seems to be finding one that has the guide that bolts above the window. Can't see a way of getting that off and adding it to a belt without cutting it which would defeat the point. Thats why I thought surfs might be the answer.

Mines a 96 so is just mechanical inertia style.

 

[Shayne]

OK no explosive i reckon you can change only the belt while keeping the reel and the guide . I took my belt apart its only held into the reel with a pin i will try to find a pic its on here somewhere . I was assuming the problems was with the retractor i missed the torn belt bit . I hav'nt dumped my old belts yet so i will see if it can be removed from the bracket tomorrow , if so i will post it to you .

 

[Shayne]

Sorry that's a non starter it looks like the fold that holds the pin is actually stitched after the belt has been slotted through the inertia reel , i can't pull it through , so unless you know a saddle or sail maker who could stitch a loop for the pin its no use .

 

[1nkling]

Managed to bodge a Honda seatbelt to fit well enough to get my MOT passed so now I have the chance to hunt down a belt at my leisure.

Thanks for taking the time to try and help me though. I was panicking as I'm towing a caravan to the Glastonbury festival site tomorrow.

Also if anyone does have a drivers side rear belt I'm still hunting.

 

[Gav Peter]

Did you send Karl Webster an email on here yet?? He may have something lying around

 

[1nkling]

Did you send Karl Webster an email on here yet?? He may have something lying around

No but I will. Thanks.

 

[Gav Peter]

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