Armrest lid

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Re: Armrest lid

Post by steve2003rs6 » Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:11 pm

Very nice work Chris.

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Re: Armrest lid

Post by chunky79 » Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:32 pm

ChrisA wrote:
Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:40 am
Well there’s no need to recover the armrest...

At £10 a pop I thought I’d break one up to see if the part can be split in two and it can.

Pop the top off from the hinged base. The OE part has three tabs per side while the new bit has five.

Once they’re apart you’ll see the two tabs per side that need to be removed. A couple of passes with a stanly then snap them off does the trick.

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Now you’ll see two little triangles along the front edge that need to be removed. Again the Stanley done the job.

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Unfortunately here I had started clipping it back together before I spotted these two half moon tabs to the rear that needed to be removed. Thankfully the multi tool made sort work of them.
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Here you can see how much more padding the OE has over the knock off.
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Anyway the job took 10 minutes and just clips back together. The only risky part is not breaking the OE retaining clips when you split them and reattach. However even if you did do this the I’m sure velcroing the lid on isn’t a bad idea.

EDIT; just to add that there are two little bump stops to take off the front of the OE rest and pop in the new fitting. 👍

Hope it helps guys. 👍

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Re: Armrest lid

Post by Foxmeister » Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:30 pm

Well played Chris, i'll definitely be doing it myself seeing as its simple, its just getting added to the To Do list currently though, which is getting quite long

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Re: Armrest lid

Post by ChrisA » Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:37 pm

Thanks guys, it was nice to feel like I’d got a win straight of the bat for a change. 🤣

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Re: Armrest lid

Post by Mɐʇʇ » Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:42 pm

ChrisA wrote:
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:01 am
Mɐʇʇ wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:11 pm
I just bought a new lid - it was the plastic bracket that broke, identical failure to yours.
Matt, I’m assuming you probably have binned your original lid by now so can’t do this swap. Would you like the spare new lid off mine as it will only go in the bin now. It might be trying to rough it up to make it look OE at no cost?
I think I do still have it actually. I've thrown very little out - I have a lot of the old parts I've taken off the car in case they ever need to be refurbished and pressed back into use.
Even the waterpump, idlers & tensioners I took out at the last belt change, for example. All just in case.
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Re: Armrest lid

Post by Foxmeister » Sat Jul 09, 2022 11:08 am

Thanks to Chris for the tips, sorted mine this morning, very easy if you follow his write up
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Re: Armrest lid

Post by Foxmeister » Sat Jul 09, 2022 11:26 am

Thought I’d take advantage of the armrest being out the car and give it a quick clean, Jesus…
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I have natural leather, and it’s looking a tinge greenish and shiny, obviously not been cleaned for quite some time, now I know what my next job is

So much more softer and looks black and dull again, need to do the full lot now 🙄😂

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