I have had several vintage seat belts restored by Ssnake Oyl over the years. 1962 and 1964 Chevrolet. The workmanship and quality has been excellent. In act they even called me to say there would be a delay because the Chrome playing on one did not come out quite right, so it needed to be chromed again. Prices were reasonable as quoted. I highly recommend their work. Dave P read more

I sent them my 1965 Corvette seat belts for restoration. After 6 weeks they were returned looking terrible. I called and expressed my dissatisfaction. I was told to send them back (which I had to pay for) and 5 weeks later I got them back looking even worse with a large chip taken out of one of the buckles. Communication is terrible. They are slow, expensive and do a poor quality restoration. I'm not happy with this company and I will never use them again. read more

Ssnake-Oyl Products - Tyler, Texas

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Wish I could select zero stars. I searched around and got prices from a number of vendors to restore my seat belts. I know exactly what I have and when getting a quote over the phone I make no mistake on what needs to be done. Ssnake-Oyl is selling exactly that... Snake Oil. They gave me a VERY specific quote over the phone of $765 to re-web the belts and they do NOT have sleeves for the front bucket seats. Everyone else does. I was also told they did not have, and could not get other parts if needed like GM buckle covers...really. I can get them why can't they?. I had all my vinyl covers restored to perfection. Carefully packaged everything. All separately padded so they would not shift around or rub and shipped it to Ssnake-Oyl for a quote. It came back a whopping $1341.95. $240 was to re-chrome the ends and the buckles which they said would be "Black" What? Chrome is not black. Just to re-web was $300 more than the phone quote. I called and spoke with Mary M. She said I must have been mistaken on the phone quote. I was not, I wrote it down. Then she said the person I spoke to was quoting numbers from years ago...really?!? Was I born under a rock yesterday? She also said my retractor covers are missing a door on each... they are not missing! For the front bucket sleeves, which they don't have, she said she would leave them off. Which would cause the buckles to just fall on the floor...unacceptable. I told her I would order some and send them. Guess she didn't care. She was rude and condescending. I asked to have them shipped back which I had to pay $23 for. They just dumped all my belts, retractors and covers in to a flimsy box. Threw in a couple of handfulls of packing peanuts. They arrived all jumbled up. All my restored vinyl is all scratched up and one piece is broken. Obviously they don't care about you or your belts. They just want one thousand dollars to sew some new webbing. Probably $20 - 30 dollars in webbing and thread and call it a half a day of work...if that. RIP OFF!!! I can buy all new belts that look close to factory including new retractors for about one third of that price. I was willing to pay more to have factory original. Going to try a different vendor that already sent me a quote through email to reweb and they are giving me free sleeves for the front bucket belts. read more

I Just received my seat belts back from Ssnake-Oyl and when I pulled the belt out of the box the buckle came a part. You would think after spending $574.00 the belts would right. Now I have to send them back to Snake-Oyl for them to fix there mistakes. I understand errors but not at this price and time. read more

Beginning to fray after 45 years, new original style seatbelts were no longer available for my vehicle, so I started looking for used ones online without much luck. Then I thought of having them re-webbed and found Ssnake-Oyl. The main page of their website has an entire paragraph dedicated to quality, saying they use the highest quality products to restore the belts to factory appearance. They claim to have original patterns, and that they can usually supply missing parts. They also mention a thorough quality control inspection prior to shipping. This seemed like a pricey but good option ($242 for two belts) - I was willing to pay extra to keep the car as original in appearance as possible. Despite being one of the most common vehicles ever made, they did not have webbing that matched the original pattern - or anything similar to it. I was mailed a black swatch for approval. Disappointed, I still went ahead - the old belts were so frayed they seemed dangerous. A few months went by (months, plural). I got the belts back and took them out of the box to install in the car. Immediately I noticed one of the rivets had fallen off. They also did not look like the originals - they were much larger in diameter, had obvious tool marks, were very shiny, and the metal had a very thin, cheap appearance. Concerned that other rivets might also be bad, I gave each of them a gentle pull. Ultimately 2 of the 8 failed - a 25% failure rate seemed unacceptable so I contacted Ssnake-Oyl about getting them repaired. I asked that they use something of higher quality, but I was told that was the only rivet they used. When mailing the belts back for repair, I included a note stating that given the price, the quality of the rivets was unacceptable and that I wanted them to obtain and use a higher quality part. The belts were mailed back to me the second time fixed, but with the same chintzy rivets. One of the two belts was also missing a plastic cover piece - this was not replaced, or even addressed. The webbing was also not cut particularly straight - the loose ends could be seen at the buckles where the originals were hidden. Sso in Ssummary: * Original factory appearance? No * Supply missing part? No * Original pattern web? No * Highest Quality Products? No * Quality inspection? Not effective if performed * Wait time? Months * Price? Very high As the name "Ssnake-Oyl" would suggest, they are selling a product made with ordinary parts that does not exactly live up to inflated promises of greatness. Wanting to drive the car while the belts were being worked on for so long, I eventually found some at a local junk yard. Although mildly worn, at least they were original looking, and in better shape than my originals. Looking back on the process, I should have gone to the junk yard first. It was cheaper, faster, and the belts look like originals because they are originals. Maybe other people have had better experiences with this company, but my experience solidly earned Ssnake-Oyl Products the Yelp rating "Meh, I've experienced better." read more

When I first contacted Ssnake Oyl and described my seat belts in minute detail I was given a quote of $100.00 to a maximum of $125.00 per side to reweb as well as rechrome. This seemed low to me but when I questioned the amount the agent assured me that was the price. To be fair to Ssnake Oyl my seat belts consist of two lap belts and a separate over the shoulder belt. Even though I described the belts in detail, it appears as if the agent did not understand what I had. Regardless, after receiving my belts the quote from Ssnake Oyl was a whopping $526.95. When I questioned the agent about the mismatch of the quotes it was suggested that I had been mistaken. I also asked about the cost to just reweb the belts and was told over the phone it would be $306.95 but when the emailed bill arrived it was $326.95 which was explained away that the earlier quote did not include replacing the anchor. One would think that all quotes would include all the work. This was the last straw, so I instructed Ssnake Oyl to return my belts. Lesson learned. read more