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Full disclosure, I've searched on this topic but a lot of the pictures no longer show up and links to products don't work. Also, eBay doesn't have exactly this style, nor do the various Camaro sites out there.
Anyway, I had a buddy break off the passenger seat belt guide the other day. Obviously, these are hard to come by. What is everyone else using for these now? 4th gen guides? Do the tan/beige guides match the color of my interior? I've thought about trying to epoxy or glue it but not sure how well that will hold up. Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the response. I'd like to have them somewhat match the color of the belts and seats though. Might have to go with the 4th gen ones it look like.
This is one of those parts that I really wish someone would reproduce. AFAIK, there's no way to get a used one out of a car without either breaking it or cutting the seatbelts, and the install is the same. If someone does make a reproduction, it needs to be somehow modified so that it can be installed without breaking it or cutting the seatbelt. On my Camaro, the passenger's side is decent, but had to rob the driver's side off of of my T/A's original seat and dye it Red to match the Camaro's interior. That one was easy to install as the previous owner of my T/A had broken it and drilled new holes in it in several different places. It looks terrible, but I want correct seatbelt guides in that car and don't know what else to do. I upgraded my T/A to earlier style Ultima seats with the different seatbelt guides, but that car's interior is not nearly as correct as my Camaro, so it wasn't a big deal for me.
The correct way to do it is to remove the webbing (belt) in the retractor then install etc. The ones on Hawks I linked to are split so you don't have to do this. One could 3d print this just not sure if it would stand up.
OP you may want to try epoxy and the take a cheap plastic welder from harbour freight and melt wire mesh in from the back side and then glue or melt a plate to full back side, done right you would not see it installed.
After much searching like you, I came up empty. So after studying the problem, I realized even if I replaced with the same design NOS or used , it will just happen again, it's a poor design. I also wanted to keep the original upper and lower belt loops.
I ended up machining a piece of black polycarbonate on the mill, then painted it. Slotting it and sandwiching the original piece. It may look a bit ugly, but I kept the functionality. And kept the original screw hole locations.
