Seat belt buckles

[starrider]

I have a 72 camaro with standard black seat belts. I had them restored. When I got them back I was surprised that they painted the plastic parts of the receptacles . Is that the usual way they are typically restored? I could tell immediately they were painted. They are more of a flat or at the most a medium like 60% gloss. I would appreciate any advice . They did say they would take them back and replace them with non restored buckles. They said they have been doing it that way for 30 years. Thank you

[Mr70]

No,they were not painted originally,they were molded in that color plastic.
I've seen others paint them,(Don Krebs & Ssnake-oyl) and know what you speak.You can tell they've been painted a mile away.
Maybe you can scotchbrite the paint off,and then polish out the luster of your original plastic.

[67since67]

Charlie Santorelli, aka Seatbelt Sity, did my original belts for me. That's NOT paint. :biggthumpup:

Bill W

Beware, there is a con-artist/thief in the seatbelt world.

[KevinW]

I use a buffing wheel on the plastic covers to bring back some sheen.

[Unreal]

I used the Novus 3 step polishing liquid on mine, and they turned out perfect. For the belts, I used TSP. They looked pretty bad, so my plan was to clean them, and then dye using RIT, but after 2-3 wash-rinse cycles with TSP, they looked brand new, no need to dye them.

Labels looked terrible, so I bought repro ones from KevinW, and sewed them on.

[Chuck_Burg]

I sent mine out to Charlie Santorelli too, Seatbelt Sity. Great guy to work with and did a wonderful job on my deluxe 67 belts.

[Jonesy]

I would not be happy if I sent mine out for restoration and they came back painted :bs:

[m22mike]

Anyone painting plastic buckles and calling it restored is total. :bs:

[CamarosRus]

I did speak with Charlie S / Seatbelt Sity on 8/23/22. As I dont have the Complete Original DeLuxe set, I'll need to use Pieces from another Partial Set to make ONE Set........

Anyway, I'll reread all the above, but thinking I could hand wash and restore some of my components myself....

Charlie does not offer replacement Cloth Date Tags ....Anybody have a lead on who/where supplies these

Looking for advice for soaking and cleaning the Black webbing ?????

[Unreal]

Chuck,
I bought date tags from KevinW. I don't know if they are a perfect match to the originals, but they look pretty darn good.