Hi-
My 68 220d w115 has the early Kangol magnetic non-retracting seat belts. It has 3 point belts in the front, and waist belts in the back. I bought some replacement webbing and plan to have a local shop sew it onto all the fittings. But I am struggling with the orientation of the front belts, in particular which way they thread through the chrome hook buckle. My webbing is so thrashed that I cannot answer this from my own belts.

As best as I can tell, the seat belts were designed to go from the lower outboard anchor, then across your waist, then DOWN through the chrome hook buckle, then exit on the UNDERSIDE of the buckle and head to the shoulder-level anchor. It seems odd to me that they cross over this way at the buckle. Can anyone confirm or deny this for me?

Again (with the seat belts in use), at the chrome metal hook portion of the seat belt buckle, does the webbing that goes to shoulder-level anchor come from the top or bottom of the metal hook. Here, top means away from your belly/hip and bottom means against your belly/hip. Thanks and sorry for the difficult descriptions. I just don't want them sewn incorrectly or in an unsafe manner.

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1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).