adjustable "Seat Belt latch clips"-do they still exist ?

[Benni]

I hope for an echo from the PH massive to my question :

Nowadays, to hold the seat belt latch (wd? the pesssed steel part that you have to "click" into the lock)
up on the belt where you grab it, manufacturers use a plastic kinda pop-rivet thing that is non-adjustable.
On both our company cars (Octavia and Peugeot Partner) the latch sits waaay too low and I want to move it further up.
If it were my car, I would carefully insert a ty-wrap into the belt but this may not be approved by service.

I earlier days, I remember some cars held the latch up with a plastic "clip" that would go all the way across the belt
and could be moved up & down, are they still in exitstence and who has them as a OEM part for sale ?

[Iain XR4i]

Haven't seen the things you are remembering for donkeys years but maybe something like this would do the job?
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/2899/Bumper-Pack-Standar...

The 9cm ones may be too long, but they have smaller 6cm size:
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/2895/Quick-Clips

I don't think that puncturing the webbing for a cable tie or any other reason is a very good idea. The rivet applied by the manufacturer will have a fairly thin "needle" that will pass between strands, rather than damaging any of them.

[Benni]

Thank you Iain, the last car I had them was my Opel Kadett C (Vauxhall Chevette).
I have used a scriber for parting the web and pushed carefully onward,
not wanting to damage the fibers/strands, and inserted the smallest cable tie.
Problem is, Opel did not sell these parts (mine broke because I slammed the door and it caught inbetween)
because they were "part of the safety belt assembly".

[Toaster Pilot]

Back to the cable tie idea, could you not just put one tie around the belt horizontally and then on one side, insert one vertically around the first tie to create a bump the latch would rest on?

[jkh112]

On a previously owned car (Icannot remember which one) the plastic tag came out of the belt. I purchased a new one from the dealer and fitted it in a different position on the belt. It came in 2 parts which just pushed together either side of the belt.

[Benni]

slight bump for the afternoon crowd, thanks jkh, thstá what I was looking for,
still don´t know where to look (or buy) though.

[freecar]

Benni said:

slight bump for the afternoon crowd, thanks jkh, thstá what I was looking for,
still don´t know where to look (or buy) though.

Either I'm amazing at google or you're not trying!

http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/product_info.p...

Seat belt stops, there are loads of them!

[Benni]

Thanks freecar,
it seems I did not look because I did not know what the part was actually called,
now I know it´s a "Gurtstopper" and I will ask the partsmen.

[freecar]

Benni said:

Thanks freecar,
it seems I did not look because I did not know what the part was actually called,
now I know it´s a "Gurtstopper" and I will ask the partsmen.

No worries, I must have a gift for finding the correct nomenclature! There are plenty on ebay as well if that would be quicker for you.