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n3oNx
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Armrest News

Post by n3oNx »

Hi there.

I recently bought an armrest off ebay and like some said before me it wobbles a lot with the standard fixing provided.

For me the solution involved an extra 5€ in material, some DIY work and NO extra driling required.

I will post some pictures tomorrow but I can assure you guys that's rock solid :)

Regards.
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Post by M7 »

interested to know how you did this
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Post by n3oNx »

Here it goes the fotos and some descriptions:

1 - The V shaped metal plate:
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It's a 10x10cm in each square and I can't tell you the angle because I forgot to measure it but that is something easy to do also. The plate already had some drilings on it but I had to do and extra two for make it perfect for the existing holes in the car floor. You also can see four screws attached to the "vertical" side of the piece; these were soldered (superglue doesn't work here).

2 - The metal piece in place:
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I had to change the original screws for two stronger and longer ones in order to make it firm and steady. Don't worry about the handbrake adjuster because it doesn't touch in anything.

3 - The armrest drill holes:
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I toke advantage of the existing holes in the metal plate and use it to mark four holes in the back of the armrest.

4 - The armrest in place:
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Here the only thing that's missing is the nuts in the end of the screws to tighen it all up.

5 - The bolts in place:
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The nuts are polished steel and they go well with the chrome in the door handles.

6 - The final result:
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Final remarks:
This was the fastest, easiest and cheapest way I found for resolving this problem (only 5€ of material). With the right tools almost everybody can do this within one hour or less. The armrest is rock solid and doesn't wobble.

I hope that this can help all of those who're having troubles with their armrest.

By the way, the plastic of the armest sucks even more than the stock one on our cars. It's really easy to break it or scratch it so be careful.

The next step for me is to clean all the car and apply some plastic tratment product on all the plastics.

Bests regards for everyone.
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Post by chrisash32 »

Top one!
Just done this in my car (although slightly different) and its worked a treat!!
Instead of using the bolts like yourself, i used self tapping screws that were slightly bigger than the metal holes on the other side!

Got the metal bracket form B&Q which cost £2.60! Top JOB!

Cheers

Chris
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Post by n3oNx »

Glad I could help. Mine could have been done more "clean" and "perfect" but in the end the result is the same :)
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Post by Blade »

Cool!

going to do this in my car when I have some time :-)
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