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I'm looking to replace the seats but the seat belts are attached to the factory seat. :flipthebird:
Any suggestions on how to install a new seat belt?

I have leather power heated buckets from a RT Durango.
I'd still like a shoulder belt.
 
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It would require cutting your rear door panels but you could retrofit some club cab seat belts in there.
 
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I was thinking of that but in the event of a accident if I lost the door.... That would suck to be tied to it.
Thinking the roof where the door latch is. Maybe drill through it and the the roof and use a bolt.
 
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Jimmy68 said:
I was thinking of that but in the event of a accident if I lost the door.... That would suck to be tied to it.
Thinking the roof where the door latch is. Maybe drill through it and the the roof and use a bolt.
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If you're in the kind of an accident where that door was ripped off, a seat belt probably won't do you much good anyway.
I'm not big on drilling through roofs lol but I'm sure you could pull it off.
 
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If you're in the kind of an accident where that door was ripped off, a seat belt probably won't do you much good anyway.
I'm not big on drilling through roofs lol but I'm sure you could pull it off.
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Maybe. But the thought of it is bad. I'd have to mount both upper and lower to the door.
I'd rather not.
Maybe I'll weld a mount to the roof and poke it through the liner. Guess I gotta pull the liner and look. I'm painting anyway.

If the door got ripped off I'd rather not be attached to it.
 
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Maybe. But the thought of it is bad. I'd have to mount both upper and lower to the door.

I'd rather not.

Maybe I'll weld a mount to the roof and poke it through the liner. Guess I gotta pull the liner and look. I'm painting anyway.



If the door got ripped off I'd rather not be attached to it.
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There is a "sub" roof system above the headliner, but in the event of an accident, I'm not too sure I trust the integrity of the sheet metal. Maybe a reinforcement brace between roof and sub roof?
 
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