Cinquecento/Seicento Strip, Clean, repair your seats!

Right,

After a good scrubbing, Soaking, rinsing, drying (I dare to spin dry then hang over a radiator, but line drying is best if you have the time)
It's time to put your seats back together!

First take the seat base material, and replace the bars you took out earlier, bending the ends back together with a pair of plyers



Then take your seat base and put the cable ties through the bars ready to meet the seat base cover.

TIP: have a think about which way round you want the cable tie, it's better ib the nobbly bit is towards you.



Then you can tie cable tie the seat cover in place.

Now time to do the Same to the Seat Back and start threading your cords back through the seat back,



Don't forget to re-attach that elastic band or you'll be swearing in a bit!

Now as you draw the cover back onto the seat, it's at this point that your bar with the nylon ends goes back in.

Feel around for where it locates, it's a bit fiddly.



Re-assembly takes time, so work nice and slow and make sure you don't forget anything.

When you re-tighten these cords make sure you have them in the right place




There will be times when you think it's not going to look right, don't worry! it will!

Remember how the bit at the bottom of the seat back doubles back on itself?