Seatbelt Pretensioner Discolouration

[HaveaCuppa]

This is incredibly sad but has anyone managed to sort the colour on their seatbelt tensioner.

Mine are currently pink and faded. I wouldn’t mind trying to bring the colour out in them and bringing them up back to red.

What’s the best way of going about this? I’ve tried a bit of heat but it didn’t do much.

This is the current state of them.

And here they are after a bit of heat.

 

[McGherkin]

Would Gtechniq C4 trim restorer do it? I know it works on black trim better than heat but not sure if it’s as effective on red

 

[HaveaCuppa]

I’ve just run out of my little bottle of C4 Trim restorer. That was my first thought tbh.
Might just order a new bottle and try again.

 

[Stay Puft]

No joke, i’m sure someone years ago just used a red sharpie, worked really well.

 

[Matt Cup]

Heat Gun

 

[Louis]

Red sharpie or remove and spray them. Heatgun is temporary, paint is forever.

 

[dann2707]

Just be careful, the heatgun only works with some buckles. Tried it on my mrs C1 and melted the plastic

Now she's got a melted and pink buckle lol

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Now she's got a melted and pink buckle

 

[Krarl]

Now she's got a melted and pink buckle lol

 

[Brigsy]

Might still be able to get new from ren. They look like they are a few quid but not horrendously expensive.

 

[dann2707]

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Funny thing was I stared at my post for a good minute, reworded it a few times , finally clicked post reply whilst letting out a sigh. There was no easy way of writing that lol

 

[Colin-S]

Would Gtechniq C4 trim restorer do it? I know it works on black trim better than heat but not sure if it’s as effective on red

I like Gtechniq C4 on black plastics but I tried it on mine and it did nothing!

 

[loggyboy]

This title got me really confused - Pretensioner is the mechanism under the seat that pull the belt tight in an ancient, that's just the seatbelt buckle.