S550 Recaro Seat Belt Guides/Holders

[TCornishIII]

So I recently picked up a Mustang GT optioned with the Recaro bucket seats, and I have to say they were quite possibly equipped with the most useless seat belt guides imaginable. I think "hey, where's your seatbelt??" might be the #1 question I get from passengers. I saw plenty of solutions that attach to your typical headrest, but nothing unique to our Recaros. So after some brainstorming, I designed a seat belt hook that retrofits to the preexisting factory guide.

It's super easy to install and works as intended, so I thought I'd share with the rest of the class. I actually saw Ford redesigned their guide on the Dark Horse, so I know I can't be the only person with some complaints

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[ing3nious]

Ok now how do I buy this?

 

[1 old racer]

I would like to know that as well

 

[Jshime]

I would buy also!

 

[Johnny Rockit]

Your seat has a sad face on it. Lol
I need the part as well.

 

[TCornishIII]

Cool to see there's some interest

I needed to make a couple more tweaks first, but I actually decided to put these up on an Etsy page I recently made: Etsy Page

Feel free to check them out and whatever other thing I decide to make for my S550. I would definitely love to adjust the design and get these machined from billet aluminum... but maybe that's a bit overkill haha?

 

[98jfuentes]

Any chance you can make these for the S650 dark horse recaros?

 

[TCornishIII]

Funny you should ask. Several people over the last couple months have actually reached out about a version for the Dark Horse, and I even had someone send me out their DH seatbelt guide so I could use it to develop a hook.

I should have a final product posted sometime next week.

So huge shoutout to Joe S.

 

[ing3nious]

Funny you should ask. Several people over the last couple months have actually reached out about a version for the Dark Horse, and I even had someone send me out their DH seatbelt guide so I could use it to develop a hook.

I should have a final product posted sometime next week.

So huge shoutout to Joe S.

@TCornishIII Im curious if there’s a way to make the s550 guide look more integrated. What about a thin piece that would slip behind the chair side and then loop over the top, in a “U” to meet the existing “U” this would result in less material, no screw, and a cleaner look IMO.

 

[98jfuentes]

Funny you should ask. Several people over the last couple months have actually reached out about a version for the Dark Horse, and I even had someone send me out their DH seatbelt guide so I could use it to develop a hook.

I should have a final product posted sometime next week.

So huge shoutout to Joe S.

Thank you so much!!!! Please reach out to me once you finish developing this product.

 

[TCornishIII]

@TCornishIII Im curious if there’s a way to make the s550 guide look more integrated. What about a thin piece that would slip behind the chair side and then loop over the top, in a “U” to meet the existing “U” this would result in less material, no screw, and a cleaner look IMO.

I see what you're getting at and something I quickly thought about for the DH. You're totally right about the excess material, but thin piece and structural rigidity typically don't go hand-in-hand with each other. Plus, trying to shoehorn the thin plate around the existing mounting bracket didn't seem the most straightforward.

I think it could be done if someone took the time to do it. But I opted to go this route instead as the solution was more direct, albeit a little bulkier. Maybe I'll slim it down for future revisions.

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Or if someone wants to give me a 3D scanner or if Ford wants to give me their CAD models, I can redesign it to actually work like it should've from the factory 9yrs ago . I love that the new DH version is also terrible lol

 

[RazzaRossa]

Cool, what process for printing the part? SLS? Material? Nylon-like, ABS-like? if you modeled it, depending on your modeling skill level, you could do some surfacing that would mimic the part Ford supplied more accurately (you did a fantastic job by-the-way). You could get close enough form-wise. But that might complicate the machining if done in aluminum. Heck, blow your bank account and tool it up in a Kirksite tool and mold 'em!
Just for example... https://armstrongrm.com/pages/rapidarticle.html

 

[ing3nious]

is there an airbag in the holder?

 

[98jfuentes]

Any chance you can make the ones for the DH come in different colors? Like carbon fiber or gloss black

is there an airbag in the holder?

nah there’s an airbag in the seats

 

[TCornishIII]

Cool, what process for printing the part? SLS? Material? Nylon-like, ABS-like? if you modeled it, depending on your modeling skill level, you could do some surfacing that would mimic the part Ford supplied more accurately (you did a fantastic job by-the-way). You could get close enough form-wise. But that might complicate the machining if done in aluminum. Heck, blow your bank account and tool it up in a Kirksite tool and mold 'em!

Just FDM ABS, so nothing crazy. Though if I were to hunt for a material, I'd probably look for something slightly more ductile (PC-ABS?). An injection molded part would be sweet, but I doubt I'd ever get back the $20,000 in tooling costs lol

Any chance you can make the ones for the DH come in different colors? Like carbon fiber or gloss black

"You can have any color you want, so long as it's black" - Henry Ford, probably

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