Trick to bypass seat belt light/receptacle
04-07-2017, 01:01 PM
#11
If only a seat belt extender worked for me..
To provide some background, I'm installing a Recaro Pole position ABE with BC rails. The OEM belt buckle is actually too long, so I need a shorter one. At this point I'd like to not touch my oem buckle and leave it on my oem seat if possible. The two options are I hack my OEM one up via cutting it shorter, redrill a 17mm hole, and bending it, or I find another buckle out of another car (but that won't have the same wiring) and toss my oem buckle under the seat with a latch inserted.
To provide some background, I'm installing a Recaro Pole position ABE with BC rails. The OEM belt buckle is actually too long, so I need a shorter one. At this point I'd like to not touch my oem buckle and leave it on my oem seat if possible. The two options are I hack my OEM one up via cutting it shorter, redrill a 17mm hole, and bending it, or I find another buckle out of another car (but that won't have the same wiring) and toss my oem buckle under the seat with a latch inserted.
So it sounds like this is going to be a street driven car, mount the oem buckle from your stock seat and the sensor, then feed the Left shoulder belt inside the pole position and down to the lap harness guide and to the stock mount location. Then you use a seat belt extender (honda might actually give you one for free, check your local dealership) and run the extender from the inside of the left lap harness guide to the seat belt receptacle. The seat belt extender itself should kill the seatbelt reminder
04-09-2017, 03:21 PM
#12
Just me, but I'd go with a bride or a PCI rail
So it sounds like this is going to be a street driven car, mount the oem buckle from your stock seat and the sensor, then feed the Left shoulder belt inside the pole position and down to the lap harness guide and to the stock mount location. Then you use a seat belt extender (honda might actually give you one for free, check your local dealership) and run the extender from the inside of the left lap harness guide to the seat belt receptacle. The seat belt extender itself should kill the seatbelt reminder
So it sounds like this is going to be a street driven car, mount the oem buckle from your stock seat and the sensor, then feed the Left shoulder belt inside the pole position and down to the lap harness guide and to the stock mount location. Then you use a seat belt extender (honda might actually give you one for free, check your local dealership) and run the extender from the inside of the left lap harness guide to the seat belt receptacle. The seat belt extender itself should kill the seatbelt reminder
04-10-2017, 09:35 AM
#14
I figured I'd post this here, should someone come across the same issue. On the '06+, it throws an airbag light if you leave the 3 pin seat belt harness unplugged. I think I'll likely just modify mine to fit and run that. If I need an unmodified one, Honda sells them for $80.
04-10-2017, 09:37 AM
#15
I figured I'd post this here, should someone come across the same issue. On the '06+, it throws an airbag light if you leave the 3 pin seat belt harness unplugged. I think I'll likely just modify mine to fit and run that. If I need an unmodified one, Honda sells them for $80.
04-10-2017, 09:53 AM
#16
I think you might be missing the point. The seatbelt extender is used so that the stock receptacle does NOT have to feed directly into the seat's harness hole or be below the hole. The stock receptacle is going to be too high to reach any seat's harness hole. You use the extender to loop back DOWN from the stock receptacle and through the harness hole.
04-10-2017, 10:06 AM
#17
I think you might be missing the point. The seatbelt extender is used so that the stock receptacle does NOT have to feed directly into the seat's harness hole or be below the hole. The stock receptacle is going to be too high to reach any seat's harness hole. You use the extender to loop back DOWN from the stock receptacle and through the harness hole.
Ok so you just mount it on an angle and use the extender to come through the slot. I have one so I'll try it out. About the only "problem" with this setup I'd think is that you're putting a lot of stress on the little tab that will hold the buckle at the angle, although maybe it's good enough. I know it's only meant to keep the alignment vs. hold a person's weight in an accident. I will give it a shot as it's a relatively simple fix. Thanks.
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