[Stephenm]

I know the seatbelt is theoretically supposed to go through this loop, but it always ends up twisted. Is anyone using these? Am I missing something?

 

[TruBlu86]

I use it and yes it often gets twisted in there.
If I don't use it the seat belt is too high, even with it in the loop I find it sits higher than it should and sometimes the edge irritates neck.
For reference I'm 5'9 and have the seat height set Low but not to the bottom

 

[Ritter]

Same here. I think I’m subconsciously learning to manage it so it doesn’t twist.

 

[Nannou]

Hmmm, I'm 6ft and use the seat loops but have so far not experienced any twisting or anything. My biggest gripe about them is that they make this rubbing noise as the seatbelt moves around. Am trying to find some kind of oil or lubricant which would be safe for the upholstery and help to relieve some of the noise they make.

 

[Ritter]

…even with it in the loop I find it sits higher than it should and sometimes the edge irritates neck.
For reference I'm 5'9 and have the seat height set Low but not to the bottom

It irritates my neck as well.

 

[TruBlu86]

It's sad I'm almost thinking about buying seat belt pads just to mitigate the irritation and I hate those things!

 

[KiraOniiChan]

That's weird, when I had my 1st gen, I always used the loop and never had any problems lol

 

[DylanJZA]

seatbelt pads ftw. I have factory GR ones from JP lol

 

[Stephenm]

So do you leave the button closed, and then feed the belt through? That may be the problem

 

[TruBlu86]

Lol do people actually try that???

 

[TruBlu86]

seatbelt pads ftw. I have factory GR ones from JP lol

Ooooh
Show me!

 

[Ritter]

Photos of the problem.

Pic 1, what the seatbelt naturally wants to do (be twisted)

Pic 2, what you have to manually do to untwist the seatbelt

I've been thinking that the strap loop is too loose. It needs to hold the seatbelt down closer to the seat so once you untwist it, it can't twist back.

 

[TruBlu86]

Mine more tries to twist right at the loop.

For the belt edge getting my neck, I tried raising my seat 1 pull on the lever. We'll see if it helps at all.
Its only when i wear a t-shirt it gets me, or whatever else that exposes alot of neck lol

Looking again at your pic and comparing, it looks like our belts are trying to twist opposite ways..
What is this sorcery???

 

[Ritter]

Looking again at your pic and comparing, it looks like our belts are trying to twist opposite ways..
What is this sorcery???

A bad design!

Is the label on your seatbelt - at the floor anchor - pointed outward like mine?

 

[TruBlu86]

A bad design!

Is the label on your seatbelt - at the floor anchor - pointed outward like mine?

Yes it is.

I just twisted around the way to button in the loop.
Top pic is after twisting it vs bottom being how it was originally. This should effectively move down the path just a tad, maybe it's just enough to keep it off my neck?

 

[Ritter]

That's pretty cool! Let us know how it works for you @TruBlu86 .

 

[HumboldtEF]

Good idea @TruBlu86
I tried to twist the end of the strap but didn't want to use too much force, I'll have to give that another shot.

I've made a habit of checking for twisting every time I buckle up. I would be nice if it just stayed put.

I suppose one other option could be to add another snap button so that the strap is just long enough with no extra slop.

 

[TruBlu86]

@HumboldtEF mine twisted around without much force, just spin it, it's not a button that releases

 

[HumboldtEF]

Thanks, I got it figured out. Mine was definitely tight and needed to be broken loose.

I was looking into how to match the size of a snap button and man its a bigger rabbit hole than I would want. Now I'm thinking about just sewing the extra bit of the strap to itself (so theres no slop in it). That is if it keeps twisting with the strap oriented like TruBlu86 has it.

 

[TruBlu86]

That's pretty cool! Let us know how it works for you @TruBlu86 .

It has helped so far!
Only thing I've noticed is if I pull on the seat belt or lean forward there is a slight amount more drag on the belt thru the loop compared to before (doesn't bother me)
My neck was out of harm's way though!