My R1 seats had pretty faded seat straps when I got them. I'm sure others have done this as well, but just wanted to share...



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Took only a minute and the seats look a lot nicer. Don't know if you would want to do this to actual seat belts - I would be worried about it getting on your clothes - but I do have an extra set of black belts that are pretty faded so maybe I could experiment with re-dying them.

Now I just need to plastic-weld repair the broken clip...

 

I love the threads on easy, cheap fixes.

 

It actually looks really nice. Lol. I wonder how long it will last.

 

..or use a magnum and get it done in half the time!



-Dan

 

Best thread in the 3rd Gen tech section this year, by far

 

Only took me 100 hours and 50 boxes of markers to color my red interior black!

 

Nicely done. Just a couple of questions. Did you use vertical or horizontal strokes? Lol

 

Did you use a left hand or right hand Sharpie ??

 

Double grip for precision. paint the fence technique

 

Try black shoe polish.

 

Try "rit" clothing dye.

 

try dirty bong water

 

A way better way is dye, rit works well and is easy. Heat it on the stove in a pan and you can brush it in, just make sure it doesn't drip.

The sharpie is going to fade and streak.

 

It's just the retaining strap...not the actual belts. These seats came out of a car with no tinted windows so I think that's why they faded so bad.

The industrial sharpie is rated to 400f, by the way.

My car has tinted windows now, so it should be just fine.