Rust repairs on seat pans

[FiatBen]

here you go http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7538

Excellent thread!! Something to aspire to. Thanks.

[FiatBen]

The back release handle is supposed to have that little bend at the end, the black plastic semi-sphere fits onto it. So that's one less thing to worry about!

Wonder where one gets a replacement. The bare metal is uncomfortable. Maybe I'll make wooden ones to go with that wooden dash/console/door inserts set I plan on making some day.

[RRoller123]

Post a wanted ad here, or try John Erskine "spiderparts". I think that is where I found the one I needed.

[FiatBen]

So, I came back to the seat pan after spraying it with rust converter and I was less than pleased. If anything it looked worse. In defense of the chemicals, it had been extremely humid the past few days.



After getting over my initial discouragement, I decided to have another go at it since I still had some in the can. So I gave it a second dosage. The next day it looked much better:



Encouraged, and a bit impatient, I took the next step. Having decided to try bedliner on it, I scuffed it just like it says on the side of the can:


And I thought I had one of those lucid moments in which I did something brilliant when I put the bolts into the screwholes to keep the bedliner from clogging the threads. I post it here in hopes that someone else finds it to be a useful tip. That is certainly one reason I come to the forum.


And with that, I sprayed on the truck bedliner, let it dry a day or so, and hit it with a second coat.
I am very pleased with the results:

[SoFlaFiat]

Those look awesome Ben! That will last a long time!!

[btoran]

nice work.

[4uall]

Yours look way better, I should have taken more time. I was sucha NOOB

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... ilit=seats

[geospider]

going back in time here.
looking t0o tackle the seats soon. again a post with the photobucket pics missing

Geo