A while back I put a seat out of a grand-am in my car. The problem is that on the old seat there was a bracket on the headrest where the seat belt went through. The grand am seat doesn't have this so now the belt runs right across my neck and throat and is annoying as hell. I have been looking to put some aftermarket seats in my car but I'm afraid I'll have the same problem. What have you guys done to fix this problem?
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Bob

 

I just leave them off. IMO they just tear up the seats so i dont ever use them.

 

please dont tell me you just recommended not wearing a seatbelt. (and if thats not what you meant, my apologies)

thats something an immature 16 yr old would say.

onto the seat problem. you could as a temp fix, pick up one of those $0.98 seat belt adjusters they sell at parts stores. its meant to adjust the shoulder belt over for shorter people/kids. its just a little piece of plastic that slides onto both belt section near the clip and moves the shoulder belt over. we sell em at advance auto, but you should be able to find them at any parts store and probably places like walmart/target/etc.

 

I was thinking about doing that but figured there had to be a better solution. I cant imagine that everybody who has aftermarket seats uses those adjusters. Thanks though.

 

Yes yes! I am highly curious about this too! I imagine that the headrest of an aftermarket seat would have to be taken apart and a small metal bracket installed to support the belt loops, and then reassembled? Anyone?

-Justin S.

 

Apology Accepted. Although that I am only 17 (as of March 20) I am not stupid enought to take the risk of no seat belt. Before the car is even started up seatbelts are on all the passengers, and stay on until the motor is off!!!! I was under the impression he was talking about the seat belt loops on the head rest and on the sholder area of the seats. When i installed the 4th Gen Seats in my 86 I just left off the loops. I think that they eventually tear out, and start looking making them look like ****...IMO. I might be wrong, maybe i just had a bad experience with them in the year i drove the car, but i chose to go with out them when i put the new seats in!

And now that i have re-read the original question, i was extremely off topic. I have never had the problem of the seat belt rubbing on my neck, but then again i am rather tall (6ft-2in) and still grown. Sorry about not answering the question the first time, but i am really not sure on what you could do.

 

can you just tak ethe brackets off the old seats? and mount them on the new ones.

 

Correct Me If I am Wrong, but i believe the problem he is having is that the grand am seats did not originally have a seat belt loop bracket on them, which might mean there is not a brace there for the loop behind the fabric. Where as the Firebird seats have a brace that the screws go into.

 

Sorry Double Post

 

once again, i apologize for jumping to conclusions.

onto the topic. if the seats never had a loop for the belts, you are kinda outta luck for adding them. our cars came with them, so as previously mentioned, there is a brace for them and they shouldnt cause damage.

do the seats have sliding headrests? you could possibly fabricate something that fits in between the headrest and seat back that has a loop on in. that may be a viable option. other than that, i think you may be outta luck.

 

With my aftermarket seats (ebay cheap ones) the seat belt is not a prob. I don't use the little bracket the came stock, but cause of how the shoulder bloosters flare out at the top, the seat belt rides on it, and dont even come close to me neck.