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Mudlark:

--- Quote from: "Darren" ---Personally, I'd never trust a second hand seat belt - you just don't know whether it's been stressed and when you really need it is not the time to find out :shock:


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Interesting statement - would this mean that every time you bought a secondhand car you changed the seatbelts? :shock:  :shock:

Darren:
Clearly not,  but it's more realistic to know the condition of a second hand car, assuming current MoT. A belt on its' own has virtually no provenance.

A belt removed from a known scrapper might be a better bet, but a scrapper that's been in an accident wouldn't fill me with confidence.

I understand the desire to save a few quid by using second hand parts and like a bargain as much as the next guy, but compromising on basic safety or mission critical stuff just seems like tempting fate to me.

Range Rover Blues:
I think that's the healthy balance TBH, if you know the car to some degree then it's as safe as the belts in any S/H car but off a shelf at a breaker's yard? who knows how long it's been stored in the damp.

If it helps, most RRC are brown.

Big Rich:
The belts I have bought are from a Scraped disco. Only the engine, axels and seats were needed and the rest surplus to his build.

Rich

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