I just bought an '82 280ZX N/A 5spd t-top car this past week (bought it from Ryan82ZX) It's got a lot of problems (rust, driver's door lock doesn't work, passenger door doesn't open from the outside, passenger seatbelt won't release, etc.) but the car's great, and just seems to suit me better than anything else I've driven.

So anyway, anybody know where I can get a new passenger seatbelt assembly? My car's brown with a tan interior. I figure that's the most crucial thing. Then I'll figure out how to get the driver's door apart to replace the mechanism and get a new piece to reconnect the outside handle for the passenger door later on.

Who cares how much is wrong with the car, it's quite possibly the best $550 I've ever spent! Two friends, my mom, and my sister all say I should restore the car and keep it around for a long time, and I think I agree..........



Nice site guys, this place is pretty cool!


Jordan

 

Welcome to the Z world. I fell ya, every Z will need work. hell there 22 years and older. That just alows you to make it the way you want it. Good luck with your Z and enjoy it.

 

welcome to the site and congrats on your purchase... well as for parts goes... try your local junk yards more than likly youll find what your lookin for there.. also if you want new parts go to www.zcarparts.com or www.victoriabritish.com... good luck on your new project...

 

Welcome I would say Victoria british for that one..

 

Welcome!

Too bad you weren't around a few months ago. After I switched the interior in my car over to black, I had two really good seatbelts in that color. I kept them for a while, but figured I'd never need them. I got my black ones though from a junkyard for about 15 bucks each, and they are perfect. That tanish brown color was way common too, so you should be able to find them pretty easily. Good luck and have fun with the Z!

Rod.

 

Welp in a way i know how you feel. My passenger seatbelt works. but driver down't. due to my driver seat is out of a turbo, and not my orig seat. so it don't even fit.

 

Fubar, what's your seat out of? The turbo 280zx should have the same seat mounts as the non-turbo 280zx.

 

well ...............hhmmmmmmmmmmmm ...i have the seat beat pieces you need ......
$25 bucks + shipping ......they click and lock like new .{pay pal or money order}.
if you want them then pm me

you can take the plastic covers off of them and replace them with your covers ..that way they will look like your stock color

 

seat mounts fit. not the seat belt clicker. Thanks but no thanks 81. the part's car i am geting has the correct seat's in it. so i can have matching seats that click right.
I would like to make a few changes to the chat. but can't if WW sit's there all day. and say nothin. As long as there is a person in there other then me, I can't make changes.

 

Now that's funny! I open the chat window and put it aside thinking I'll check back later to see if someone else has joined and forget all about it!

I currently have 32 windows open!

Can you imagine how I loose track of one or two?!

Sorry,
lww

 

lol I do it to.

 

The piece he's lookin for is the belt assembly. The self tensioner is stuck and won't release.

 

fart. nope. The seat belt metal pice is to big, like fiting a square in a round hole. 81 had it right.

 

Just to clear up the confusion. black has the pieces fubar needs. But not the ones Decksetter needs. And I'd take Ryans word for it since he sold him the car

 

thought he was talkin to me. Two topic's for two ppl don't work in same fourm topic thingy. my bad.

 

maybe I was a little confused on what Fubar needs. Oh well, sounds like we got it now!

 

You've all confused the crap outta me.


Ah well......... A yard about a half hour away has to ZX's, I'm going to check 'em out this week, hopefully one will have a passenger seatbelt assembly!!!!



thanks y'all.......

 

Check the spring inside the seat belt. My passanger seatbelt in my old 280zx had that problem and the spring inside had broken inside (weird) and just needed replacing. Not saying that will be your problem but it may, as weird as it seems.

 

FIXED!!! Got a red seatbelt from another '82 in a junk yard yesterday, mixed and matched some pieces, and made my tan one work. Got the piece to make my passenger door open from the outside again, too (thanks to Ryan for the help, especially with the door, which kicked my butt the week before).

Next on the agenda: BALLJOINTS!!