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OEM strap is 1" wide, 11.55" long and 0.076" thick.
The inability to spec Miami Blue stitching and door handles is very frustrating. I've been working on the door straps for the past 9 months and have a few options:
Printed Option 1: I sent factory belts to Gaphix, they matched and printed straps. Weave is different than factory, material is approximately 0.02" thinner than OEM material and color is close but not perfect. They skew more blue than the belts. Note that the Miami Blue option on their site is for paint matched, belt matched will require an email and is currently sold out. Turnaround time was almost 6 months and cost was $150 for two straps. https://imgur.com/a/GEMSS76
Printed Option 2 is from Strapworks. Weave still different, approximately 0.01" thinner than OEM material, sample color slightly more green than option 1 which puts it slightly closer to OEM belts but again not perfect. More cost effective than option 1. I have 30 feet of production webbing showing up on Monday. If anyone is interested I'm happy to cut some extra straps and send out. https://imgur.com/a/DZ9rQLG
I'm also working with a few dye shops to see if I can get a little bit closer on the material and color. I need to produce straps from a few material samples they've provided, which should be done next week. Weave is still different than OEM, but material thickness of the samples I have on hand are within a few thousands of an inch of the OEM straps. Once material has been selected I'll be sending in my passenger belt for them to create a matching dye, which should be 6-8 weeks based on the current schedule. MOQs will leave me with enough material for 300 straps, so again happy to cut and ship out extras once production material shows up.
They actually list a miami blue one on their site tho. Looks like a pretty good match to me?
yeah I initially ordered those, but they came back to me saying that they could do a better match with the seatbelts - but after a couple of months of trying I gave up waiting.
They actually list a miami blue one on their site tho. Looks like a pretty good match to me?
Unfortunately it's not a good match to the belts. Gaphix was able to produce a belt match after six months of waiting, I must have sent mine in after Larry gave up. I posted some pics of their match under option 1 in post #10 of this thread.
I finally got my car today and can now say that the powder blue strap does not match miami blue. I had another strap which I bought from the local hardware store and that also doesn't match so the search will continue for a strap that matches these seat belts!
08-05-2021, 07:44 PM
. I wonder if the person doing the color matching is color challenged ?
the belt you are seeing is the OEM seatbelt (and door pull strap in silver)
