Canadian to American seat belts....

[AlwaysMovin]

I have a Canadian model Civic the one with the seatbelts on the door and the seatbelts are dying (not moving anymore). How do I convert to the US style belts that are attached to the frame and not the door? Parts etc.... Thanks.

[1PhatCX]

Wha?:huh: i thought it was the other way around.... mines a canadian car and mine r connected to the pillar and not the door....

[blueturtle]

yeah mine r on the pillars too

[Tony]

mine is a canadian civic, the belts are in the door, i really don't think it would be that hard to swap them. Now you got me thinking. Im gonna have to go check that out.

[1PhatCX]

Originally posted by Tony
Now you got me thinking.

uh oh... tonys thinking again... DUCK AND COVER!!!!!!:finger:

[Tony]

Well i think all you would need are the diff panels. At first I was thinking that the seat belts for the back seat were lacking the shoulder strap and was thinking of a way to make that work, but then i remembered, they did have the shoulder strap. So the thinking didn't last long

[FourthGenHatch]

You could swap out the doors, but then again I doubt you have a reinforced hole on the pilar for the belts to bolt up to.

[Tony]

well you got a point there, Ill have to look at it tomorrow or sometime when there is light outside

edit: hold up, what reinforced hole? c'mon man, our seatbelts in the door are just attached to the top and bolted in on the bottom.

[FourthGenHatch]

On the pillar is a threaded hole where the belt assembly bolt onto the car. You better believe a seat belt mounting point has a lot thicker metal around it then the good old paper thin Honda body metal.

[Tony]

yea, i understand your point after i said that, but ill just go out and look at it tomorrow and see what would have to be done.

[fiercecivic]

Wha? i thought it was the other way around.... mines a canadian car and mine r connected to the pillar and not the door....

same here, although its a CX, the si's may have come with that

[tbk49]

i have seat belts on my door and i have two extra door panels that are without the seat belts, i was thinking of putting in a racing harness somewhere and taking the seatbelts off the door, would this work ok?

[slammed89civic]

88-89 hatches have pillar mounted belts, 90-91 hatches have door mounted belts

[FourthGenHatch]

Originally posted by slammed89civic
88-89 hatches have pillar mounted belts, 90-91 hatches have door mounted belts

Exactly, I don't think Canada or Japan mattered at all. However I think the actual models made for Canada had only pillar mounted from all 88-91, not meaning the USDM bound Canadian mades didn't have both. I think that is what is confusing some people.

[Civic Jim]

On all of the civics in the UK the seatbelts are on the Roof pillar, Until i came on the forum i didnt even know they existed on the doors LOL

I think they do look a bit gay on the doors to be fair

cheerz

Jim