I'd like to make my belts black again, instead of faded gray.

Any suggestions?

I stopped by a shoe repair place and the fella suggested I use laundry dye (RIT brand at all the grocery stores).

Yes ,rit will work.Mix it in a cup and use a small brush to work it in.I have known people that used that vinyl spray.It has a flex agent in it that holds very well on that nylon strap.

Since you have a 72 the webbing of the lap belt would be a PITA to replace, so I guess you are stuck with dyeing it there. You could probably take the shoulder segment to some upholstery shop and have them replace it with something that looks pretty original though.

Andrew

Heck if you can get webbing at an upholstery shop that looks good or close, you CAN remove the buckle on both ends of the belt and have it replaced.

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Use to use it for the same thing @ my detail shop.

Very easy if you take them out. Then you can can make up the dye and drop them in. This way you get the same color all the way across and dont chance sloping any on your seats. The die wont harm any metal so that fine.

With the belts that retract. Pull them out all the way. I use a small visegrip on the belt so it wont retract. Then drop the belt in the dye. Leave the belt out for it to dry!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down side.

The only real down side is that any tags on the belt will dye solid color aswell.

I was thinking that if I coated the labels with wax, i'd keep the Rit from dyeing them. Whatta Think?

Worth a try, You never know till you try. IMO the dye will get to it from the back side. I think it would save parts but spot in others.