I got my new seatbelts from Wesco Performance. I'm not 100% happy with them but I think they're the best I'm going to get. The retractors are a different design than the ones from Julianos, and are larger. I think they'll be fine though. I sent a note on the order that if the end release buckle and the sheath didn't match the rest of the plastic, they needed to call me to discuss it. I never heard a word from them.
The issue is that they claim all the plastic matches in color, for their standard colors which include charcoal. The buckle end release is black, not charcoal, as is the sheath for it. It's going to be kinda hidden so maybe it won't be so obvious, but it's frustrating anyhow since they claimed everything matched. The rest of the parts are all "charcoal", but different shades. The bolt covers I got from Julianos are the lightest and match the webbing pretty good. The shoulder bolt cover is darkest and doesn't quite match the latch. These are supposed to be industry standard colors. The retractor color is irrelevant because they're hidden.
Anyhow, the latch is REALLY hard to move up and down the webbing. This is such a shitty design. I need to find some sliding latches and get rid of these stupid things. I sure wish these belt manufacturers would catch up with the 21st century.
Now I'm hoping these belt retractors are as easy to take apart as the Julianos ones are. I may have to have Larry do some sewing on them.
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