How to do: Bigger higher padded Middle Armrest

This is another great mod from the German Jeep board member "Captain Hook" i want to share with you:

This new middle armrest is 28mm higher itīs about 180mm wide

You need:
Wood (pine tree-layered)
PVC
Screws and metal angles
Glue and double sided stripes 12mm and about 1,8m length
(Fake) Leather
2 key chains with Jeep logo

all about : ~50$

I donīt have the time right now and iīm also not an english speaking engineer to make a well translated description but he took so many photos that they speak for themselfs:


http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest1.jpg
Make a cardboard model of the current armrest
Middleplate measurements 18mm pinewood 148 x 340 mm
sideplate 14 x 60 and 5 x 60 mm, Length 395 mm.Radius 30mm
Frontplate and driverside sideplate 5 mm thickness.
Rearplate 14 mm plus eine 5 mm extension.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest2.jpg
Use 3x30mm screws to build the armrest.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest3.jpg
add a prop between the left and right side radius to fix the PVC later.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest4.jpg
Add a second 5mm plate to the rearside

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest5.jpg
Cut the sides out of the PVC

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest6.jpg
Put some glue on the (fake) leather and wrap it around the PVC parts.
You can fit the leather on the inner sides of the new armrest. Might look better once open.
http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest7.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest8.jpg
Now screw a PVC plate at the downside of the armrest so the Double-sided sticky tapes will hold better on the original armrest.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest9.jpg
Now itīs time for the PVC upper part you need to heat up with a hairdryer and bend it carefully so it fits on the new armrest.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest10.jpg
Cut the length and smooth the edges and corners.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest11.jpg
Next glue the leather on the PVC

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest12.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest13.jpg
not necessary but looks cool: Jeep logo emblems

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest14.jpg
Now glue the upper PVC on the armrest and black color the side part edges so you donīt see the wood through possible gaps once you glue the side PVC parts on the armrests.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest15.jpg
ready to mount!

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest16.jpg
time for the Double-sided sticky tapes.

http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest17.jpg
http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest18.jpg
http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest19.jpg
http://freenet-homepage.de/Santarossa/PadMidArmrest20.jpg
DONE!

Very well crafted. Maybe you could have added a little more padding to it, but overall I'm impressed.

sure ,
should be easy to fit another weak layer between the leather and the PVC if someone want more padding.

Looks great and what a piece of home craftsmanship! But for me the height of the armrest is exactly as I like it and so I don`t need to make it any higher - thankfully, because I can imagine it would take me like many days, weeks even, to finish this project and a lot of sixpacks of Bud and some schnaps to go with it :D

It's very cool and informative posts like this which make me sooo happy that I found these forums :smiley_thumbs_up:

Thanks guys!!

How to do: Bigger higher padded Middle Armrest

This is another great mod from the German Jeep board member "Captain Hook" i want to share with you:

This new middle armrest is 28mm higher itīs about 180mm wide
. . . DONE!

Rends, the links to the pictures seem to be broken. I'd be grateful for the specs in German, because I speak it--or to see the pics. For me, the right armrest is too far back, b/c I am short, but maybe this mod could be of help in designing an extender.

:smiley_thumbs_up:

Thanks for posting this Rends.

I removed my epic reply because I had hijacked this thread. If anyone is interested, read about my experience with this mod here (http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/showthread.php?p=297781#post297781).