Thirim

Looking to change the colour of my seat belts and trim, at least in the front. I've changed to an ebony leather 4th gen seat from tan cloth so I would like to match the belts. Just wondering if the 4th gen stuff will work? If it will then I can get it cheap at the junk yard, otherwise it's a hunt for good 3rd gen stuff.

Thanks

Thirim

ok.. so it all bolts up, no biggie on the headliner area so I read.. How about the sill trim? I have tan '89 panels and don't want to cut them / damage them. Anyone come up with something that looks good?

Scorpner

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I've read that early Thirdgen sills (82-83) work good for this, but I don't if it was made in tan.
I noticed a set for sale on here, but they were charcoal painted black IIRC.

alloy

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Top of 4th page in this thread is the solution to the sill plate. 83-83 plates. Very hard to find intact.
I've found 2 sets in 3 years now.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...xterior-4.html

Yes they are made in tan. Sold a set here awhile back.

Scorpner

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Thank you alloy.

Thirim, here's the ad, but the sills are black:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...atch-trim.html

livewire

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I second alloy, I have seen tan sets. one at the local yard, not cracked or broken but sunrotted to hell. also it was 82 only, 83's came with the lower retractor.

alloy

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Well I got in a big argument with another "know it all" member here that 83's had the same sill as the 82's do. He was so adamant about it I took his word for it that's 83's were the same. Mine were off an 82 I found, the tan set I sold you couldn't tell what year the car was.

Chevy8588

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i would wonder if similar sill plates can be found in other GM vehicles, I seem to remember my dad's old caprice had similar sill plates, maybe we can adapt them?

ghettocruiser

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If you dont feel like going on a witch hunt for 82 sill plates...this solution is simple, cheap, and looks fantastic. Cant believe more folks arent doing it.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...gen-front.html



The only thing I did differently from the guy that came up with the idea is that I backed those pieces with some thin aluminum. I epoxied the alum to the back for the pieces before I cut the opening for the belt. I did this after reports of the opening breaking on some folks. So I wanted to reinforce it some.

I havent glued my covers down to my sills yet. Probably next spring when the next round of mods comes through.

But you can get a set of sills for cheap. Cut em up... And if you know someone else doing the 4th gen belt mod, you can split the cost and cut a few pieces out of one set of sills.

Just another option.

J.

Scorpner

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That's a great mod!
Thanks for posting it.