Astounding service - seatbelt re-webbing by FDTS

[LPH]

Seatbelt on my V8V started to fray, got an advisory last year on the MOT.

Aston wanted £970.16 to fit a replacement.

I removed the belt at the weekend and sent it to this place thttp://www.fdts-seatbelts.co.uk/ to be re-webbed.

I posted it Royal Mail 48hr ay 16:10 on Tuesday. It was delivered to them the following day and I found it returned on my doorstep at 12pm today!

Total cost £60 (plus £4 postage to send it to them).

If only all services could be this fast and efficient!

[bogie]

Thats fantastic, have made a note of them should i need the service in future. Defo should be in the FAQ/supplier list as seat belt fraying on older cars has come up quite a few times.

[LPH]

They have been mentioned on here a few times Mark, in other threads. That's how I found them!

[BiggaJ]

Excellent price and service.

It never ceases to amaze me the prices being asked by AM dealers ... if they considered this aspect they would I'm sure have far more work if they offered respectable prices rather than these types of prices.

[8Tech]

Awesome group of ladies working in Byfleet. They have repaired at least 15 to 20 seat belts for me and have at least 30 colours of webbing available.

Very professional outfit who reweb all of a certain supermarkets articulated tractor units in a hi viz colour when new so they can be seen wearing them easily on CCTV.

Re-webbing a seat belt just sounds risky, but these girls know exactly what they are doing. Been there years and all are very, very experienced.

No affiliation, just a very happy customer.

[SL500UK]

Very useful to know - thanks. How difficult or what's involved with removing the seatbelt?

[LTP]

The only note of caution I'd add (yes, the usual LTP wet blanket post incoming ) is that seatbelt webbing has various extension (non-elastic stretch under load) rates that are chosen by the OEM as part of the restraints system development to work in harmony with the various airbags (which are also tuned ) to minimise injury to the occupants in a crash, and achieve the required injury criteria.

Just make sure that the percentage extension of the replacement webbing is the same as the webbing on the original restraint.

Typo and unnecessary abbreviation fixed

Edited by LTP on Friday 17th April 09:44

[Bomberharris]

I had a seat belt pulled out of the reel.

MB wanted £500

I saw in their car part a small rascal type van with mobile seat belt repair on the side working on another car

They quoted £60 repair £120 replace

[LPH]

SL500UK said:

Very useful to know - thanks. How difficult or what's involved with removing the seatbelt?

Not too bad. Took about an hour and a bit to get out, would be quicker now as I know what I'm doing. Some say you need to remove the seat but I managed to do it without.

I would recommend removing the upper trim as well as the lower as it makes it much easier to access and refit the aluminium seatbelt loop thingy.