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P2 2005 V70 upper driver seat skin repair 39897761

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's stylish, distinctive P2 platform cars sold as model years 2001-2007 (North American market year designations).

2001 - 2007 V70
2001 - 2004 V70 XC (Cross Country)
2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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Re: P2 2005 V70 upper driver seat skin repair 39897761

Post by abscate »

Comfortable Arena... missed that one.

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Stiched, ziptied, and reinstalled.
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Wrapping up this thread

Here is the one person way to put a front Drivers seat back in a P2 without scratching anything
Open both front doors driver side doors
Seat goes in on its outer side down
Bring back rest to rear door, pivot seat up to mount position
Bring seat to mounts in correct configuration
4 m8 Bolts, 14 mm hex
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Post by abscate »

Watch out for this

My Showell clip hung up and didn’t engage the seat belt correctly, make sure the tab picks up the seat belt with a firm tug upwardsd
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Post by volvolugnut »

abscate wrote: 13 Jul 2020, 14:05 Wrapping up this thread

Here is the one person way to put a front seat back in a P2 without scratching anything
Open both front doors
Seat goes in on its outer side down
Bring back rest to rear door, pivot seat up to mount position
Bring seat to mounts in correct configuration
4 m8 Bolts, 14 mm hex
Did you mean open both front and rear doors on the seat side of the car?

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Volvo: 2001 V70 T5, 1986 244DL, 1983 245DL, 1975 245DL, 1959 PV544, multiple Volvo parts cars.
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volvolugnut wrote: 13 Jul 2020, 14:55
abscate wrote: 13 Jul 2020, 14:05 Wrapping up this thread

Here is the one person way to put a front seat back in a P2 without scratching anything
Open both front doors
Seat goes in on its outer side down
Bring back rest to rear door, pivot seat up to mount position
Bring seat to mounts in correct configuration
4 m8 Bolts, 14 mm hex
Did you mean open both front and rear doors on the seat side of the car?

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First Zappa reference I've seen in an MVS thread. This site gets more interesting by the day.
'98 V70 NA FWD 5 spd, silver sand metallic (sold)
'99 V70 NA FWD Auto, dark blue (sold)
'99 S70 NA FWD Auto, black (sold and resurrected -- Don't cry for me Argentina . . . )
'07 S80 3.2 FWD Auto, Barents Blue Metallic
'06 V70 R AWD Auto, Sonic Blue Metallic (sold)
'04 XC70 Ruby Red Metallic (sold)
'95 855 auto (sold)
'86 245 manual (sold)
'05 V70 T5 M (totalled)
'06 V70 FWD Auto (totalled)
'02 Honda Insight CVT
‘04 Honda Insight CVT — “Yesterday’s car of tomorrow” (sold)
‘06 Honda Insight CVT

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