1999 BMW Z3 Seat Belt Guide Repair (Hack) 

ok so i ordered one of these and took the old one out and used a thin piece of wood to go inside and predrilled holes in it and the new guide, sewed up the split from where i removed the old piece and screwed it to the piece of wood and wow it worked amazingly! Thanks so much for the video. It was so easy. Hope it holds up. I have the clips they make to keep the 2 pieces together that the belt guides thru so maybe that will help keep it from breaking. Looks and works so much better! Driver side is good for now, but if it breaks Ill be doing it too! Again thanks so much! This is just another reason I LOVE you tube. You can learn so much.

Thanks for this video! I did mine by following your idea, but made a thin metal backing plate and tack welded nuts to receive the screws..... turned out really well.

Good solution to this problem. I tried something similar on my Z3 but instead of screws I used black rivets. An alternative to the Philips head screw is to use screws with plactic caps similar to those used under the dash.

3M red double sided tape if you didnt want to do it to factory specs. If it didnt work for you that way, heavy duty Velcro with 3M red double sided tape. If that didnt work, then your hack with countersank screws to an aluminum plate and a round piece of flat black tape to hide the screw heads. BMW actually uses this flat black tape to hide screw heads on cup holders on their E60s. Good job, though! You got it done your way.

Not a horrible idea. That piece of azak was really thick, unnecessarily so, but it did the job. Thanks for posting the idea.

Maybe after drilling the screw holes, you come come back with a bigger bit just to slightly drill the piece so that the screw fits in flush. Then you can cover the screw head with a black screw cap

you've boosted my confidence

Sorry what a balls up