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Seat wear from the belt

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Seat wear from the belt

Post by AuchinclossZ4 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:45 pm

Suspect I am not alone in this. There is starting to be wear on the top right shoulder of the driver chair from the seatbelt. Not keen on a seatbelt cover. Older Z’s had a guide. I am thinking that there might be an aftermarket fix that lifts the seatbelt up from the reel? Any ideas or other solutions?
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Seat wear from the belt

Post by Smartbear » Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:21 pm

I’ve only heard of belt covers being used to stop the marks, the lack of headrest tubes stops normal guides being used :?
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Seat wear from the belt

Post by Maniac » Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:19 pm

I just use alcantara cleaner to keep the marks away. Does a good job. That areas looking a little worn from the years of rubbing now tho.

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Seat wear from the belt

Post by Busterboo » Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:38 pm

As I've posted before, I use sheepskin belt covers (made to length - 15" - by nurseyheepskin.co.uk), which work very well, especially on 'Ivory' white Alcantara.

There are now several Google pages of these covers by several makers, so it's obviously a popular solution. That said, I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to ... er ... 'wear' them to a ZEDfest. :oops:
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