Best place to send seat belts for restoration.
 

Hi,

Looking for recommendations on where I should send my original black 1966 Chevelle seat belts to be restored.

Thanks,
Mike

Snake Oyl or do them yourself.

Here is a link of some belts I did for my Nova a few years back. (Go forward/backward a page to see all info)

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthrea...103103&page=14

I have had positive experience with Ssnake Oyl as well.

Seat Belts - Don Krebs (eBay Seller: Stllobo)
For seat belt restorations and correct date coding of sewn tags, I would recommend Don Krebs who deals in restored Seat Belts & Steering Columns through eBay. I have used Don with great results although he can be a little backed up at times. Definitely worth the wait as his quality is top notch. Located in Salem, OH Telephone (727) 580-4518

Visit Don's eBay store here...

Hi Guys, Snake Oil often uses reproduction tags and webbing. If you really want the best in the business go to Seatbelt Sity (yes with an S). Charlie Santorelli has been at the center of the seat belt business for like 35 yrs. Great guy with a great product.

Dan

Anyone heard from Don Krebs?

Took my money 4 months ago for restored seatbelts and claimed 3-6 weeks to ship and now avoiding calls. Based on a google search seems this is common behavior.

I used to use Don but quit for the reasons stated above. Did great work but very undependable. I then found Sharon's Web and they have been great! Great turnaround time and superior product. They do paint the plastic buckle covers which I am not real fond of but otherwise very nice.
https://sharonswebseatbeltrestoration.com/

Unless you have some sort of powerful connections you can kiss that money goodby.

That scumbag took my money for belts in 2017 with big promises, then crickets. Then number no longer in service. A friend in the resto business gave me his new number and leaned on him multiple times to refund me, promises to friend but crickets to me. The only time I have been scammed in this hobby. :mad::mad::mad:

Fortunately, scumbag promised all new belts so I still had my originals.

In the end I was referred to Charley Santorelli, he restored my original belts using NOS parts, excellent service!! - Bill W

Charley Santorelli completely wasted my time & cost me shipping both ways. I sent him detailed photo's of my belts before I even sent them to him & then after he got them he told me they were not worth restoring.

Santorelli restored several sets of belts for me. I was very pleased with his work, but took a looonnnggg time & it’s hard to put up with his attitude. Switched to Clete Marquardt - he’s very, very good!

Thanks for all of the feedback on Don Krebs albeit, none of it being good news. I used a credit card for payment, so hopefully it will be possible to do a chargeback although perhaps at this point the cc company will say it's been too long.

Charlie did my L89 Corvette belts (which were in decent condition) He did a great job, but he is the definition of “nickle and dime you to death”.
America’s finest Corvettes in Ramona did my other Corvette belts and they turned out great for around $400.
However, I’m not sure I’d send a rare or valuable set to the guy. I vaguely remember having to bug the guy to get them back.

Don Krebs use to be a regular at spring & fall Carlisle, I still see him on occasion.

Here is Don at Fall Carlisle on Friday, buying more steering columns

Now I can put a face with that crooks name. :thumbsdown::thumbsdown:
Seems appropriate that your pix posted up sideways...Thx

Mark Meldrum posted this about Don K. last month just :01 to:40 seconds in.

Anyone who needs assistance with Charlie, feel free to reach out. We’ve been friends for like 15 years. He can be challenging but quality is outstanding

With all due respect Dan, my friend Dane H. (who you know) is also best friends with Charley & Dane made the phone call to Charley when I needed mine done & he still wasted my time. I sent him detailed photo's specifically to avoid all of this.

Sounds to me like there's no clear winner in this game :(

I had three sets of belts done by charley (seatbelt sity). Two sets were done nicely and the third set that was the most important was so so. He stitched the date tags and warning tags on the opposite sides. I took them to my local upholstery shop that specializes in high end European stuff and they were able to switch them. The other issue was he was too lazy to change his bobbing thread to black or properly adjust his machine so what he thought would be and acceptable fix was to sharpie the white thread the came through. I now know that sharpie doesn’t match black webbing and stick out like a sore thumb. Fortunately the upholstery shop took care of it pro bono and got it all squared away so I would have to listen to him. Using him for the next set I have to do, I might question and look else where… just my personal experience with him. I guess 2/3 sets ain’t bad compared to some of the other folks stories regarding the issue….

Finally got my seatbelts back. Great work on the resto, but 6-months turnaround with me paying in full upfront for what was supposed to be 3-6 week turnaround. Guess I ended up better than some others who have posted.

I know things always take longer than promised and sometimes life events get in the way, but if you don't ever communicate with your customers, then you lose them. Never did get an explanation other than "busy".