TOP SEAT BELT TIP!

Do your seatbels just sit there like a knackered elastic band? I've just been told a great tip for resoring seat belt retraction. So, i'm doing an interior project on my Rivage and one thing that was letting it down were the seatbelts not retracting very well. So I asked at the garage that I take it to if they knew where I could get some new seat belt fabric. My mechanic said try this first.

1. Get some regular household furniture polish. Like Mr sheen, Pledge etc. The spray stuff and not the wipes or anything like bees wax that will mark your clothes!

2. Spray a good amount on to a duster.

3. Pull seatbelt as far out as it will go.

4. Rub polish in to seatbelt, letting it back in as slow as you can. Keep working in polish with duster.

5. Don't spray directly on to seat belt as you don't want any stains or marks to show.

6. Stand back in amazement when your seatbelts breath a new rapid style of life.

It's flippin brilliant!  8O And a proper cheap fix too. My seat belts used to get stuck in the door and I had to almost push them back in to the rollers everytime. Now they shoot back like a teenager whipping a tenner out of your nans handbag!

Give it a go, I dare you!

DOING IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers I have taken my seatbelts apart 1000's of times!!!!! to solve this!

I am so doing this! Thanks for the top tip.

I too am gonna try this, nice work.

Top tip!

I really need to do this - ta!

cant wait to get home, the mises is always moaning i dont use the polish enough lol  

will try this when im home

cheers for the tip

Excellent tip!

Fed up with going out to find my seatbelt has been dangling out of the bottom of the door in the rain!  :evil:

On my job list for tomorrow  

will do this tommorow
cheers man :dance:

So c'mon, did it work for everyone? I actually laughed when I did mine, couldn't believe how easy it was.

Errrr…I still need to buy some furniture polish…..probably some time next week when I'm not stuck at work for long hours…

Did this last night on my Mk2 Golf seatbelts… and it worked!!  
They now retract like they were brand new!
 
Just need to clean the mould off my Mk1 Golf seatbelts so I can do the same to them.

Cheers for the top tip!!  :wink:

Worked for me, absolutely brilliant tip!

Found this topic by mistake but have to say it works just as described - nice to find a quick free top tip that works

Hence my worthy bump for others

Wow, really good tip  

That's a good one!

Another one, maybe lengthier to do, is pull them all the way out and clamp so they don't retract. Then clean them in hot water with fabric cleaner and let them dry.

It's usually dirt that's making them retract slowly, unless the mechanism is knackered of course!

Sounds like a winner!  

I'll give that a go when mine comes out of hibernation in April.
Funny thing is I bought a brand new pair a couple of months ago but haven't fitted them yet.   

This works with just a wet cloth doesn't need  anything but water on it

Luke

It's the silicones/waxes in the polish that help the belt glide back in.

Moved to the How-to section