180SX Seat Belt Fix

[Mister.E]

Not sure if this applies to USDM S-Chassis' or not but i thought id post it up anyways.

Im sure most of you guys with 180's are used to the seat belt locking when its pulled out and then you have to unbuckle for it to spool back in. i was getting fed up with that shit and got to thinking. i figured that since the seat belt has no problem spooling back in when its unbuckled why not try and trick the car into thinking that its always unbuckled. i reached under the seat and unplugged the connector that routes from the belt buckle back to the actual belt spool and problem fixed. the car now thinks that the belt is always unplugged and it spools back in if i lean to the side, forward, or any other direction for that matter. on top of that the fasten seat belt light on the cluster doesnt even come on. i yanked on the belt a few times too and found that the G-lock still works fine, so im assuming that if i was to wreck it would still lock up like it should.

If you havent tried this yet give it a try. So far im loving it and im never going to plug that damn cable back in.

[turboboost12004]

bad idea.......what about accidents.....you might aswell take the belts off........my 2 cents

[Mister.E]

what do you mean what about accidents? the G-Locking function of the belt still works. as a matter of fact the belt seems to work a hell of a lot better as a whole than it did with the sensor plugged in.

if this honestly is the wrong way to go about fixing it someone please speak up. i dont know much about seat belt function and whether or not the belt actually requires that cable to be plugged in to activate during an accident.

[kuramaya]

he is talking about the issues we have with 13 belts here. When you move side to side in the seat, the belts come loose...they dont lock unless you jolt...to get it to retract and fit snug on your body, you have to hit the button and then it snaps back....this would actually be safer as it would stay snug...I am always hitting the button in between turns to get my shit locked again incase I hit a wall or the mountain:2f2f: