As a lot of us know, the seatbelts in the zed can stop retracting properly with the result of the latch plate getting caught in the door and causing damage. Ive found that this is not just a problem with the 300ZX but most Nissan cars and there is a repair kit available from Nissan.
The problem is with the D ring (the top seatbelt guide) providing too much friction, either from dirt accumulation or the material itself so Nissan in their wisdom have produced a kit with fluorine tape stickers that reduce the friction and prevent dirt buildup. In this picture you can see the buildup on my D ring.
Contact your Nissan dealer for part number 87880-79900 you will receive a small bag containing two stickers and a short length of fine wire, enough to do two seatbelts.
The tools required to do this job are a 14mm socket with ratchet, a torque wrench capable of providing 50Nm, one or more clips/pegs, cotton buds and metholated spirits. A high pressure cleaner can also be useful for cleaning the seatbelt but you could soak the belt in a bucket instead.
Once you ahve removed the seatbelt upper mounting, clean the D ring by threading the supplied wire through the slot in the D ring and scraping the buildup off. I scraped off a lot of dirt plus a fair bit of plastic shavings/particles, no wonder it was having problems.
Slide the sticker through till the sticky side has just passed through the slot (or it will be very difficult to peel the last of the backing off) and once squared up, stick the tape down to the D ring loop being careful to lay it flat with no ripples or bubbles. Take your time with this as the sticker can not be peeled off again once stuck down without ruining it. This part is a major PITA
All credit for this goes to Gazza on Aus300ZX.com/ I tried the fix and can vouch for the diffrence it makes.
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As a lot of us know, the seatbelts in the zed can stop retracting properly with the result of the latch plate getting caught in the door and causing damage. Ive found that this is not just a problem with the 300ZX but most Nissan cars and there is a repair kit available from Nissan.
The problem is with the D ring (the top seatbelt guide) providing too much friction, either from dirt accumulation or the material itself so Nissan in their wisdom have produced a kit with fluorine tape stickers that reduce the friction and prevent dirt buildup. In this picture you can see the buildup on my D ring.
Contact your Nissan dealer for part number 87880-79900 you will receive a small bag containing two stickers and a short length of fine wire, enough to do two seatbelts.
The tools required to do this job are a 14mm socket with ratchet, a torque wrench capable of providing 50Nm, one or more clips/pegs, cotton buds and metholated spirits. A high pressure cleaner can also be useful for cleaning the seatbelt but you could soak the belt in a bucket instead.
Once you ahve removed the seatbelt upper mounting, clean the D ring by threading the supplied wire through the slot in the D ring and scraping the buildup off. I scraped off a lot of dirt plus a fair bit of plastic shavings/particles, no wonder it was having problems.
Slide the sticker through till the sticky side has just passed through the slot (or it will be very difficult to peel the last of the backing off) and once squared up, stick the tape down to the D ring loop being careful to lay it flat with no ripples or bubbles. Take your time with this as the sticker can not be peeled off again once stuck down without ruining it. This part is a major PITA
Once finished, the repair job is barely visible