Thoughts on "SSnake-Oyl" seatbelt restorations

[Charger454]

Years ago I knew them to be the best. Tell me about your experiences please. I intend to send in my belts from my 73 for a quote...unless you scare me.

http://www.ssnake-oyl.com/mm5/merchant.mvc

Thanks

[Brightyellow69rtse]

last i checked they were crazy expensive.

[Charger454]

last i checked they were crazy expensive.

Thank you for your input.

Respectfully, and luckily I can say that money is not a concern. I just want it done right due to safety concerns.

Do you have any recommendations?

[twodko]

last i checked they were crazy expensive.

Good work but waaaaay spendy. 

[NHCharger]

last i checked they were crazy expensive.

Thank you for your input.

Respectfully, and luckily I can say that money is not a concern. I just want it done right due to safety concerns.

Do you have any recommendations?

I met a lady at Carlisle that reproduces new seat belt sets for our cars. I think she quoted me $350.00 for a set for my 68 Charger. She's out of Texas, her business card is somewhere in my shop.

[bill440rt]

I recently had a set done by a guy named Bill Edwards. New black webbing, sewn on tags, etc. They came out very nice, & quick turnaround. He used to sell a lot of restored sets on Moparts.
His email is beewagon69@yahoo.com

[Ghoste]

I can only speak from looking at their products as displayed at swap meets, but the Ssnake-Oyl belts looked fantastic.  They are very pricey though so if there are other options out there offering equal quality for less money...

[Charger_Dart]

SSnake-Oyl restored the seatbelts in my 68 13 years ago. I sent them the original set out of the car and they were really nasty looking. It was tough to find any chrome left on them because of all the rust.  They had to call me to verify the paint and webbing colors! When they came back they were perfect and looked gorgeous. The chrome plating was perfect. Today they still look great except for a few paint chips on the drivers buckle caused by usage and me.

They are expensive, but the quality is excellent. 

[471_Magnum]

I had them do the shoulder belts on my 69.Charger many moons ago. They came out perfect.

[Charger-Bodie]

They do awesome work. If money is not an object. Ive Ised a few sets now of the Repop ones from B,E&A and I dont see anything wrong with them either. Not to mention they are less than half the money.

[DixieRestoParts]

They do awesome work. If money is not an object. Ive Ised a few sets now of the Repop ones from B,E&A and I dont see anything wrong with them either. Not to mention they are less than half the money.

I've been told the repop's say to use at your own risk as they are not DOT certified. Is that true to your knowledge? Did they come with a disclaimer?

I am having a set done by Bill Edwards and hope to offer his services in the near future through my company, if we can work out the details. In the meantime, I think the quality he offers for the price is outstanding. I'm not sure most people would notice the difference in his belts and SSnake's.

Let us know what you decide and your thought's on the belts you get.

Randy

[Dodge Don]

I had my belts restored by SSnake-Oyl . The results were awesome including the white part number labels. Expensive yes but at the time there were no repro belts.

[maxwellwedge]

I had my belts restored by SSnake-Oyl . The results were awesome including the white part number labels. Expensive yes but at the time there were no repro belts.

I concur - Hard to beat the quality......a must for any OE type resto. Used them a few times. For anything less than an OE resto - a re-pop or nice used set is a good 2nd choice.

[bill440rt]

They do awesome work. If money is not an object. Ive Ised a few sets now of the Repop ones from B,E&A and I dont see anything wrong with them either. Not to mention they are less than half the money.

I've been told the repop's say to use at your own risk as they are not DOT certified. Is that true to your knowledge? Did they come with a disclaimer?

I am having a set done by Bill Edwards and hope to offer his services in the near future through my company, if we can work out the details. In the meantime, I think the quality he offers for the price is outstanding. I'm not sure most people would notice the difference in his belts and SSnake's.

Let us know what you decide and your thought's on the belts you get.

Randy

He did a retractor for me for my '70, a few misc belts I needed for the rear in my '69, & most recently a whole set for my '68.
VERY happy with the quality, price, & turnaround time.

[tan top]

I had my belts restored by SSnake-Oyl . The results were awesome including the white part number labels. Expensive yes but at the time there were no repro belts.

I concur - Hard to beat the quality......a must for any OE type resto. Used them a few times. For anything less than an OE resto - a re-pop or nice used set is a good 2nd choice.

yep 

They do awesome work. If money is not an object. Ive Ised a few sets now of the Repop ones from B,E&A and I dont see anything wrong with them either. Not to mention they are less than half the money.

I've been told the repop's say to use at your own risk as they are not DOT certified. Is that true to your knowledge? Did they come with a disclaimer?

I am having a set done by Bill Edwards and hope to offer his services in the near future through my company, if we can work out the details. In the meantime, I think the quality he offers for the price is outstanding. I'm not sure most people would notice the difference in his belts and SSnake's.

Let us know what you decide and your thought's on the belts you get.

Randy

yeah i've been wondering about that ,  not as if the repop belts have been tested to safty standards

[odcics2]

So if you get in a wreck and get hurt you won't be covered by insurance?   

[Charger-Bodie]

Are the ssnake oyl ones dot tested and approved??

[Ghoste]

I don't think so.  They use all of the proper webbing and stitching so I would think they are as safe as the originals but I imagine to get DOT approved would be an expensive undertaking?

[tan top]

Are the ssnake oyl ones dot tested and approved??

So if you get in a wreck and get hurt you won't be covered by insurance?  

I don't think so.  They use all of the proper webbing and stitching so I would think they are as safe as the originals but I imagine to get DOT approved would be an expensive undertaking?

all good points ,  i'm sure with these repoped belts , there is no problem , & webbing is webbing ,  can't help thinking about  the stitching to the seatbelt Anchor eyes,  also how the buckle would hold up under a real  impact situation , with a 200 pound driver being flung against it , i'm thinking about getting a modern , aftermarket inertia belt set up ,
this one , maybe  



https://www.yearone.com/Product/1966-74-a-b-e-body/mn727blku


 but have these been tested in a real life crash situation  
not  trying to   anything about these products , but any OEM belt that has been fitted to a car in production has has the belts tested in real life , situations
& worst case scenarios .

[DixieRestoParts]

Are the ssnake oyl ones dot tested and approved??

So if you get in a wreck and get hurt you won't be covered by insurance?  

I don't think so.  They use all of the proper webbing and stitching so I would think they are as safe as the originals but I imagine to get DOT approved would be an expensive undertaking?

all good points ,  i'm sure with these repoped belts , there is no problem , & webbing is webbing ,  can't help thinking about  the stitching to the seatbelt Anchor eyes,  also how the buckle would hold up under a real  impact situation , with a 200 pound driver being flung against it , i'm thinking about getting a modern , aftermarket inertia belt set up ,
this one , maybe 
https://yearone.com/Product/DisplayProduct/306330
  but have these been tested in a real life crash situation  
not  trying to   anything about these products , but any OEM belt that has been fitted to a car in production has has the belts tested in real life , situations
& worst case scenarios .

I was told the repops are only 1500 psi tensile strength and the 69 and older originals are 5000 psi. I think I remember those numbers correctly.  Not sure how either of those equate to forces encountered in a 30, 50, 60 mph collision. Not sure what the human body can withstand before they cut through either. I suppose if you're driving the car on a regular basis then it's something to seriously consider. If it's a show car, then maybe it's not that important. What level of risk are you willing to assume? It's a personal choice.

[maxwellwedge]

Only a few short years before this, seat belts were an option......and not many people bothered wearing them back then anyway! Even me.....I didn't bother until the seat belt laws came in.....and only because I didn't want the ticket....LOl. Now - I have been programmed to buckle-up as soon as I get in a car.

Almost nobody ever bothered with the shoulder belt.....still don't.... Somehow the elastics got wrecked anyway! 

[Ghoste]

Get hit in one of these cars hard enough to pop 1500 lbs and you were likely getting killed anyway, no?

[Charger-Bodie]

I called Mike at B,E&a yesterday. He told me that he has no idea where the 1500 number came from. The info I got was that the webbing will take close to 10k lbs. And that everything else is made the same way as original as far as hardness of the steel etc. With that said I can't see where they would be a weak link.

[maxwellwedge]

The Weak Rink...........

[DixieRestoParts]

I called Mike at B,E&a yesterday. He told me that he has no idea where the 1500 number came from. The info I got was that the webbing will take close to 10k lbs. And that everything else is made the same way as original as far as hardness of the steel etc. With that said I can't see where they would be a weak link.

I was told they come with a disclaimer to use at your own risk? Is that true? It would sure make a difference in deciding to use them.