1gb Seatbelts -- Canadian ones manual?

[sc2_ct]

Every time my power seatbelts sneak up and strangle the crap out of me, it makes me wonder if there is any way to switch them to manual belts. I don't care about anyone that sits in the back seat anyway, so if they trip and fall when getting out of the car, that's fine (actually, being an EMT, I suppose I could consider it "drumming up business" ).

Anyway, all joking aside, I vaguely recall hearing somewhere that Canadian 1g DSMs came with manual seatbelts instead of the strangle-belts in the American versions -- is there any truth to that? If so, does anyone know of any Canadian junkyards with a good supply of DSMs?

 

[VPrime]

I have only seen manual here... so it must be true

 

[Wpgdsm]

Same here, I've only ever seen manuals also. There is a junkyard here that has a nice selection of doner cars but it may be a little far for you to get to for seatbelts. If you do happen up this way its called backyard auto, their phone # 1-204-224-4750. Last time I was there they had about 8 1g's.

 

[sc2_ct]

Same here, I've only ever seen manuals also. There is a junkyard here that has a nice selection of doner cars but it may be a little far for you to get to for seatbelts. If you do happen up this way its called backyard auto, their phone # 1-204-224-4750. Last time I was there they had about 8 1g's.

Thanks, I think I may make up a parts list and give them a call to see if they'll ship to the US

 

[Wpgdsm]

Never hurts to call the worst they can say is no. I just hope they havent scraped all of them yet. Keep in mind that all the cars there are 2wd and none have a complete motor. Whenever one shows up the first thing to go is the head and turbo system. I deal at this wrecker alot and they have realy good prices. I got some interior swiches some dash parts, the privicey cover two front caliper brackets and other misc nuts and bolts for $15.

 

[talontsi01]

My car is from good old Canada. I hate cars that have the choker seat belts. I remember seeing the seatbelt/hardware set from a Canadian dsm for sale on ebay a while back, so I'm assuming it can be done. I remember it being around $60 though.

 

[Black94DSM]

To do the swap you would need the A Piller and B Piller plastic. Then of course the belts and retractors. A buddy of mine has the Canadian belts in his talon.

 

[1GawdJunkie]

I had looked into this mod. The information I have found is that most manufacture and safty board insist that the seat belt restraint system should be replaced after it has been engaged during a moderate to severe accident. It is considered a one time use item, and should be inspected after any crash no matter how minor. I hope any one pulling the seatbelts from a junkyard keeps this in mind. Doing a search online unfortunately you will have to sift through a lot of info on child safety seats but it is out there. Here is a link that I was able to find fairly quickly, if I find any others I will post them.

http://www.northwestparkway.org/media/Seat_Belt_Replacement.pdf

Drive Fast, Hard & Safe

 

[sc2_ct]

I had looked into this mod. The information I have found is that most manufacture and safty board insist that the seat belt restraint system should be replaced after it has been engaged during a moderate to severe accident. It is considered a one time use item, and should be inspected after any crash no matter how minor. I hope any one pulling the seatbelts from a junkyard keeps this in mind. Doing a search online unfortunately you will have to sift through a lot of info on child safety seats but it is out there. Here is a link that I was able to find fairly quickly, if I find any others I will post them.

http://www.northwestparkway.org/media/Seat_Belt_Replacement.pdf

Drive Fast, Hard & Safe

Yeah, I know that (I'm an EMT and end up at car accidents all the time), but thank's for posting that for others that might not know. If I can get the parts I need, I'll probably end up replacing all of the webbing.

 

[crazyboost]

I'm going to replace my auto-stranglers as soon as my canadian seat belts get here. A member of the canadian boards was parting out his car so i asked him if he would sell them to me. As of right now im waiting on them in the mail. Ill let you guys know when i get them in and how everything goes.