Seatbelt buckle + Aluminum center console = Sad Stinger

[BlaydeX15]

I swing the seatbelt pretty wide when getting in, and I keep denting the center console. Hurts my soul every time.

Not doing it as often as when I first got the car, but damn.

Are buckle bumpers a thing? Lol

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

I’m a big guy and haven’t swung it wide enough to dink the console. I do grip the buckle with my hand facing out so I think I just guide it down and my hand slides in the console and side.
Maybe some protective clear tape like Xpel?

 

[Kamauxx]

Mine is pretty dinged up. Sucks! Wish we had the faux carbon look that the Canadian Stingers get.

 

[bumble bee]

Take it easy swinging it...gentemen. im 6'6" 240lbs no issues.

 

[BlaydeX15]

Take it easy swinging it...gentemen. im 6'6" 240lbs no issues.

I showed a friend, and I think we figured it out. It's probably because I'm left handed. I grab it with my left, hold it with the metal facing out from my hand, and swing it in a convex arc around the upper part of my body (I'd have to shove my elbow through the window or become a contortionist to come down in a straight line). Were I to grab it with my right hand, my palm would cover most of the metal, and I would be pulling it down across my body in a straight line.

I'm not becoming ambidextrous just to save a few tiny dents in my car. Lol.

 

[bumble bee]

Yeah prob right...with that dam seatbelt.

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

I showed a friend, and I think we figured it out. It's probably because I'm left handed. I grab it with my left, hold it with the metal facing out from my hand, and swing it in a convex arc around the upper part of my body (I'd have to shove my elbow through the window or become a contortionist to come down in a straight line). Were I to grab it with my right hand, my palm would cover most of the metal, and I would be pulling it down across my body in a straight line.

I'm not becoming ambidextrous just to save a few tiny dents in my car. Lol.

Time to move to Oz. Am I right?

 

[Never thought]

Time to move to Oz. Am I right?

I had the faux carbon fiber in my Optima. It looked fake. The aluminum is much nicer looking.

 

[AV8R]

Wrap it in clear

 

[Salman]

I had the faux carbon fiber in my Optima. It looked fake. The aluminum is much nicer looking.

I don't know how your Optima looked with CF.. but the Stinger's CF central console is a beauty.. it really adds an additional high class look to the interior the car. Or maybe I'm just biased because we only have CF option.. no aluminium or back gloss.

 

[Salman]

Or maybe I'm just biased because we only have CF option.. no aluminium or back gloss.

Or we're just straight up lucky.. what do you say @Kamauxx

 

[Stinger GT SS]

I feel your pain, I’ve done it once, now mental note to self when fastening seatbelt has alleviated further damage.

 

[Kamauxx]

Or we're just straight up lucky.. what do you say @Kamauxx

I agree. You all are lucky! And I really like the carbon fiber Kia is putting on the Stingers. It looks great.

 

[Bear]

I didn’t think the seat belt could latch into the shifter...I’ll have to check that when I get home...

 

[BlaydeX15]

Time to move to Oz. Am I right?

I'll just let me wife drive, and I'll sit on the passenger side.

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

I'll just let me wife drive, and I'll sit on the passenger side.

Good idea, gotta protect the car! Whew.

 

[Weareblondi]

not with my wife driving. i have a collection of pink slips from her street racing late at night.
and i don't think the thickness of clear tape would impeded the seatbelt. but i would clear wrap the console before the seatbelt, with all the heat in florida, with my luck, it would melt and i would either not be able to get out or buckle in.

 

[robz32]

Or you can delete the seatbelt......You know weight reduction and all that