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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2016, 11:56:25 PM »
I think this will be too early for you.

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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2016, 02:41:52 AM »
Well, I'm not sure how far the parts led the build date of the car. I'm guessing they didn't want too much inventory so they wouldn't order too many too soon, but like I said....it's a GUESS. I'm trying to get my dates and I'll let you know. Thanks!
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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2016, 12:03:00 PM »
These seatbelts were on my 11C, so the belts didn't advance the car by very much for this camaro. I really do think you will find what you need on EBAY, or hit a few swap meets this spring.

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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2016, 10:33:22 PM »
Here are my date-coded (front) seatbelts
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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2016, 01:24:04 PM »
For anyone cleaning their seatbelts with Oxyclean. Make sure you don't soak the buckle or the paint will come off the GM "Mark of Excellence" plate on the button. Otherwise, for the belts themselves, Oxyclean works excellent. It's like a science experiment when you first put the belts in. Tons of bubbles and foaming action. It's very easy to remove the belts from the buckles, but be careful with the plastic cover.
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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2016, 01:48:25 PM »
Thanks, Dave. SO far I've had luck with Dawn and very hot water. My only issue so far is one buckle that has rust around the slide and roller area that doesn't move as freely as I'd like. Going to try some mineral oil
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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2016, 03:19:10 PM »
Thanks, Dave. SO far I've had luck with Dawn and very hot water. My only issue so far is one buckle that has rust around the slide and roller area that doesn't move as freely as I'd like. Going to try some mineral oil
I'd separate the plastic case and button and pull the belt out of the buckle. Once you do that, you can soak it in Evaporust or something similar and that will take care of the rust without harming anything.
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Re: Anyone dye seatbelts?
« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2016, 04:05:22 PM »
Since there was a bit of 'seat belt date' discussion in this thread, and I'd never checked mine (beyond noting they were 69's), I thought I'd check in more detail.   I first went and photographed about half the seat belt tags (the half that were easiest to access).  Of the 7 I photographed, 3 were dated '36-A-69' and 4 were dated '37-A-69'.   Checking the 1969 calendar, week 36 began Sept 1, and week 37 began Sept 8.  My car was completed/shipped on 18 September, so in my cars' case, the belts were 1-2 weeks ahead of the car.  My seatbelts are 'standard buckle', and reflected that with the '-A-' mfg designation, and were also labeled with 'IRVIN'.  I also did note that the 2904 models had the 37 week dates, and 2950s had the 36 wk date.  Since I didn't check all the belts, this may only be consistent with the ones I checked, but the CRG report on seatbelts (by KurtS) stated that this might be the case. (1 paragraph from that report follows)

"The date coding used the following format: A one- or two-digit number indicating the production week, a single letter to indicate which supplier plant (or possibly production line) produced the part, and a two-digit calendar year number. 50-A-68 decodes as manufactured the 50th week of 1968, by Irvin Industries. The belts of the same model number in a car are often dated the same, e.g. the front lap belts (model 2904) in a 69 are likely to have the same date. All standard belts had the letter A for the plant code (except for a few 68 LOS cars which had E & F coded standard belts, perhaps due to a supply issue) and deluxe Camaro belts had the letters C, E, & F."

Thanks to Kurt for a very well written/detailed report.
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