Now you can see how the felt has pulled away and is no longer holding the pleats.
Now for the repair
Gluing the felt to the foam did not seem like it would be strong enough (that is why they came apart in the first place) so I tried several methods to address the problem. I ended up lacing the pieces of felt together with thick thread. This allowed me to still glue the seat parts together, but with some added strength with the felt pieces connected together
Then I re-glued the two seat parts back together. It is now back together as it was before, but with the added lacing to hold the felt.
For the side connections, I added some supportive wire underneath that I could use to attach to the cloth/wire coming down with hog rings.
I then cleaned the seats using the
"Leathique" products 'Leather Rejuvenator' and 'Pristine Clean'. Here is the final result.
The seat looks much better and the cleaner has removed most of the dirt.
I've ordered some filler and the leather dye from
Leatherique and plan to repair the cracks and then re-dye the seats. I'll update this post with the results when I am finished. With some luck the seats will look like new.