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[rogerguzzi]

Hello All

             I thought I would replace the seat belt guides on Spitty for some aluminium ones as seen on Fleabay

But then I thought £34 and the poor pensioner mode kicked in!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I bought 30mm x 10mm 400mm strip of aluminium for £8!!

I then spent the next 3 days making them (not 8 hour days more like 3 to 4 hours)

So I recon I have been working for less than £2 an hour!(But I am waiting for our son to pop around to give me a lift to get the gearbox back) 

I removed it on my own but putting back is harder! 

So it was not wasted time!

You may wonder why I reduced the belt guide bit(I have not got and end mill or slot mill that long so I machined the slot from both sides

Roger

[Nick Jones]

Nice. But I’m not smart enough to work out how they fit….

[rogerguzzi]

Hello Nick

                 They Fit on the head rest post.

MG MGB MGC GT6 TR6 ALLOY ALUMINIUM SEAT BELT GUIDE TIDY 240mm length | eBay

Roger

[Nick Jones]

Ah, ok.... should work on the GT6 then.  No good for the Vitesse without a redesign......  Vitesse is the one that most needs it.

[rogerguzzi]

Hello Nick

               Is the Vitesse the 2 post type?

They do those as well I made 2 for the red Vitesse but made sure I removed them before I sold it(just need to find where I put them!)

Roger

Ps this time tomorrow I will be knackered after gearbox fitting!

Just remembered the Vitesse has MGF seats!

[Nick Jones]

Yes, MGF seats. No Vitesse had headrests from the factory.

[rogerguzzi]

Hello Nick

                The man sells these but I do not like as it is stopped turning with a grub screw

MG MGF MGTF ALUMINIUM SEAT BELT TIDY GUIDE SET - BRUSHED or POLISHED finish | eBay

I made mine like these but with 2 holes(proper job!)

AUDI TT MK1 SOLID ALLOY ALUMINIUM SEAT BELT TIDY GUIDE SET 1998-2006 Years | eBay

Still can not find them or the speedo and rev counter!!!!!!!!!! (Senile old man?)

Roger

[rogerguzzi]

Hello Nick

                I have found them! 

I had fitted them to the seats!!!!!!!!!

Roger

[Nick Jones]

I have something a bit similar which is just a piece of plastic conduit tube with holes for the head-rest posts.  The belt just goes over it and it stops the belt pulling down on the shoulder.  It works to an extent but needs improving and I like yours, though I wonder if the end needs to have some movement (swivel?)

[rogerguzzi]

55 minutes ago, Nick Jones said:

I wonder if the end needs to have some movement (swivel?

Hello Nick

                  I do not think so but you could make it a bit longer and a longer slot

Roger