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Offline russ-vdub

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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #10 on: 14 February 2008, 17:01 »
nah you can't use them on different sides as far as i remember..have you tried already i take it?
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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #11 on: 14 February 2008, 21:18 »
yeah tried today and the belt wont unwind! GRRR! back to the scrappy tomorrow as i need a belt for the pending MOT!

checked the old belts part numbers and they are differant so that confirms it. :sick:
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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #12 on: 15 February 2008, 14:29 »
yeh a bit sh!te only being able to use them on one side but i suppose its all safety...
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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #13 on: 15 February 2008, 15:10 »
this thread has made me chuckle. i can remember the panic i had the first time i tried to refit a seatbelt!!  i think its something every car nut should go through. a rite of passage!
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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #14 on: 15 February 2008, 16:57 »
haha well now ive done my time!

been to the scrappy today to ponce another belt and there were only 2 mk2s down there. one with a missing left hand rear belt and the other had its left hand rear belt cut!

GRRRR this is annoying me! gonna have to lift the one out of my mates mk2 b4 the MOT me thinks as im not paying £50 odd for a brand new one
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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #15 on: 16 February 2008, 18:15 »
you dont technically need seat belts for an mot. it'll just be written that no seat belt fitted at time of mot. if you take the seat out and say you dnt need it for work then it wont fail. i had no rear belts on my mot and they didnt say jack as there was no seats
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Re: Seatbelts retracted & won't open
« Reply #16 on: 17 February 2008, 08:39 »
its blatently gonna be less hassle to borrow another seatbelt though than take the seat out init... just bought some one on ebay anyway hopefully turn up 1st
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