Seat belts after air bag removal
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Seat belts after air bag removal
My miata no longer has air bags, its a 94 so both the drivers and the passenger side have the breakaway stitching that add a few extra inches to the lap belt during impact. I'll just swap the passenger side for a earlier NA6 belt since they shouldnt have that breakaway stitching due to no passenger airbag, but i'm not sure exactly what to do on the drivers side as I would rather not have to run a harness all of the time (it does see SOME street time). Weren't there some early miatas with NO drivers side air bags over seas? I saw a few people take a seam ripper to the break away stitching so that the belt was fully extended but that seems alittle sketchy to me.. What do you guys think?
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Just not sure if they are safe for use after being cut, I really don't see why they wouldnt but its something I want to be completely sure on before I take it out on the street. I suppose I could just cut it and see what it looks like inside the breakaway pouch, if the belt looks the same I may just say screw it.
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both belts on 90-93 cars had the stitching. I would guess because it was easier to do them all one way for our market. Also, I removed my airbag from my '92 and then removed the stitched loop from the belt. I was later the middle car in a 40mph+ rear-ending accident at a red light and the belt did not tear.
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AFAIK Miatas with no airbags have the stitching on the passenger belt (no steering wheel to hit) and no stitching on the driver belt.
My miata no longer has air bags, its a 94 so both the drivers and the passenger side have the breakaway stitching that add a few extra inches to the lap belt during impact. I'll just swap the passenger side for a earlier NA6 belt since they shouldnt have that breakaway stitching due to no passenger airbag, but i'm not sure exactly what to do on the drivers side as I would rather not have to run a harness all of the time (it does see SOME street time). Weren't there some early miatas with NO drivers side air bags over seas? I saw a few people take a seam ripper to the break away stitching so that the belt was fully extended but that seems alittle sketchy to me.. What do you guys think?
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