Bench seat seat belt replacement

[Hubb79]

I was about to buy a new set of bench seat seat belts for my 79 malibu and was trying to find out if all gbody bench seat belts are the same because on some sights it says for its jus for a 82 to 88 malibu and the others say 78 to 83 malibu. Any help would be appreciated thanks

 

[mikester]

I was about to buy a new set of bench seat seat belts for my 79 malibu and was trying to find out if all gbody bench seat belts are the same because on some sights it says for its jus for a 82 to 88 malibu and the others say 78 to 83 malibu. Any help would be appreciated thanks

As far as I know there are two different style latches. Ive seen both types in different cars but I dont really know what years they changed.

Some have this style.


Some have all metal like this. Im pretty sure you cant mix them.

 

[pagrunt]

The seat belt sets for any year will work as long as it's all a matched set to ensure they will lock to be safe. The big difference will be being for a coupe, pick up, or sedan/wagon as each have a body type specific set up for the shoulder belts. Then there is the sets for a full or split bench. As for what I've come across with buckles, there are the standard all metal, early metal/plastic deluxe, then the later plastic. My '81 originally had the metal/plastic buckle but I got a set of later plastic buckle out of a '86 to replace the originals.

 

[Hubb79]

Ok thanks appreciate it, because i went on seat belts plus website and it had me confused because i have a 79 malibu and this was the ad they had for them. Thanks for the help

 

[CreativeUnderPressure]

I bought a set of bench seat belts from Eckler's and had to drill the anchor holes on the female buckles on my '80 El Camino from 1/2" to 9/16".

 

[mikester]

Check out seatbeltplanet.com