Rear Seats; Extending The Luggage Compartment; Removing The Rear Parcel Shelf - Alfa Romeo 147 Owner's Manual

REAR SEATS

The car upholstery can re-
sist wear resulting from
the normal use of the car.
However, it is necessary to avoid
excessive and/or prolonged fric-
tion with clothing accessories such
as metal buckles, studs, velcro and
similar material, as this friction,
acting locally and with a high pres-
sure over the knitted fabric, may
cause some threads to break and
thus damage the seat cover/lining.
fig. 20
EXTENDING THE
LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT
The split of rear seat makes it possible to
extend the luggage compartment totally or
partially, acting separately on one of the two
parts, thereby offering different possibilities
of load depending on the number of rear
passengers.
WARNING
If a particularly heavy load
is placed in the boot, when
travelling at night, it is wise to
check the height of the high beams
(see "Headlamps" paragraph).
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Removing the rear parcel shelf

Proceed as follows:
– free the ends of the two rods (A-fig.
20) supporting the parcel shelf (B) pulling
the eyelets (C) off the pins (D);
– release the pins (A-fig. 21) at the out-
side of the shelf from their housings (B) ob-
tained in the side supports, then remove the
shelf pulling it outwards.
Once the shelf beneath the rear window
has been removed, it can be arranged in two
ways:
– across in the luggage compartment as
illustated in fig. 22;
– across between the front seat backs and
the tilted cushions of the rear seats when
the luggage compartment is completely ex-
tended (see fig. 26).
fig. 21
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