The endless seatbelt update question

Here's my "solution." Far from ideal but it keeps the shoulder belt from falling off. I zip-tied these chrome marine brackets to the headrest bar. Given that my vertical headrest adjustment has defied all manner of persuasion, I hope it would continue its frozen state in a crash. But my life insurance is paid up.

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dbower said:
Here's my "solution." Far from ideal but it keeps the shoulder belt from falling off. I zip-tied these chrome marine brackets to the headrest bar. Given that my vertical headrest adjustment has defied all manner of persuasion, I hope it would continue its frozen state in a crash. But my life insurance is paid up.
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I actually really like that! You can still slip the belt out to fold the seat. It looks like it is screwed in there - are the cable ties hidden under the belt?
 
Here is another pic @Minivansomeren. I looked closely and see it is screwed in to a beefy truss bar that runs the length of the headrest. A lot like @dbowers solution, just inverted. Hope this helps!
 

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I emailed Christoph, he is on family vacation and will reply when he returns at the end of September. Will update once I have information
 
Found these two threads-
oldcoupe

Post in thread 'Seat belts'

Previous seat belts thread

There was a thread on this a while ago:

http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4502
gdub0717

Thread 'Retractable front seat belts'

Based on reading some of the old threads the stock front seat belts on a 1974 CS are as shown in the attached pictures.
I wish to perform and install of these seat belts in my 1972 CS.

Question 1: Can someone confirm that the pictures are stock front seat belts from a 1974 CS?
Question 2: What is the most economical way to get two sets of these seatbelts?
Question3:I know they are expensive from BMW. Does anyone know of an aftermarket source for these?
Question4: Does anyone have any other ideas to install a...

I posted on one of them that I'd put a retractor on the back shelf as far to the side as possible, and brought the belt forward between the headrest posts, directly over the back of the seat, and it's the most comfortable fitting seat belt ever. But if spinal compression is to be avoided, a seat with a higher back is needed.
 
So, about ten years ago now I toured VSR (with @Stan and Chris Auty making introductions), and Mario had sitting in the shop a 2002 with Shroth rally harness that he had installed. I talked with Mario about this setup, and looked into it, and decided to install it in my car. Makes the back seat unusable, and the look is not at all factory, but I think its the safest setup I could put into the car (and while I don't dispute Erik's estimate that seat belts are only 20% of your safety in a crash, the question I was addressing is which seat belts would be the most helpful.) Not only are these belts designed to attach in the parcel shelf, they have a set of tensioners that act in a crash (based on yaw sensors) to pull you back into the seat like modern seat belts. These tensioners also are completely free when they have power to them, so they don't restrict your ability to move forward naturally to say, operate the a/c controls.

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I have Al's retractable seatbelt system in my '73 coupe. It made perfect sense to install belts similar to the factory belts in my 1972 2002. When I'm driving solo with the windows open,the vertical belts on the passenger side would vibrate from the wind passing into the cabin. This same thing happened with the trailer strap going across my boat. We found that putting a single twist in the strap would prevent the vibration. This also works on the passenger side seatbelt strap.
 
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