For that price, I'd just get some stick on felt or try the mousepad idea someone else suggested here awhile back.

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I'm considering this if I can find someone who's done it successfully. I'll probably just get the parts and do it myself though. Let me know if you find out more on this. It's my top priority for my patty

 

Which armrest, doors? Is that the whole door panel?

 

Prolly doors......I'm more of a console leaner, I would do the console first.
I may just go past my dealer today and eyeball the console.

 

The center console does not bother me at all. The top of the door panel does including the lock.

 

GB1, I stopped by my dealer today and the parts mgr. looked up the s/n# for me, but he had no pricing. He's only guessing but he thinks the console top will fit the '07 & '08s. I'm thinking of calling my sales guy, he wasn't on 'til one, and "borrowing" one to check the fit. It may be as simple has removing the 3 screws from the topside of the hinge and screwing on the new top. THAT WOULD BE SWEET, if it's that easy. I just got a fax of the console parts diagram, it looks promising. The lower console is very similar in this diagram.
Anyone know if this has been tried yet?
I'll post when I find out.
Keep us up to speed on the doors.

 

man there's no way the pads cost 129, hell that whole center section of the door panel shouldnt be 50 bucks.

 

GB1, did you get a price on the console while you were there?
I think I paid $200 for a Honda Element super armrest back in '03, but this is just parts to a whole.
The schematic is showing what I think is about 7-pieces that make up the console armrest (upper). One piece looks like an adapter for the original lower glovebox/cd stash. Looks like it goes right over the existing glovebox/cd stash. Knowing enginneers, they like re-using anything existing if it works and doesn't require change, so the glovebox looks more like the original and hopefully is.
After a cup of coffee I'm going to remove the existing console top and see how it goes.

 

The doors can be modified. But the whole center council can't. The bottom won't fit because the emergency brake is different. The top is questionable anyone have any answers on if this will fit?

 

you might could change the emergency brake handle...just a thought. but being as they quote high prices it really aint worth it. might have to wait 10 years for them to be in the jyard.

 

If folks around here keep modding the fronts of their Patriots a with the new fancy "deer in the grill" mod, it might not be 10 years before they start popping up in junk yards Sorry MemorEsto, I couldnt resist.

 

Apt - The upper part of the door panel looked the same to me.. so if you rest your arm on that (probably when the window is down) then unfortunately this mod will not help you. The inside of the doors have an armrest area that is a different colored plastic than the rest of the door panel - only that has been changed on the '09s, using a soft padding.

SnoKat - I don't know about the center console, but it did look better to me. Differences that I noticed on the 09 were

- the door armrests are padded
- the dash has been redone to a more curvy design. Functionally, it is the same.
- the storage area above the glove compartment has a better looking lip now - no more cheap looking stuff there anymore. The new one has a chrome accent (I think) and looks 100% better.
- They moved the cup holders forward and now have a little storage spot in the back, making drinks more accessible (I actually suggested this in a writeup I put up in epinions - maybe they read it?). But instead of two small storage spots I think there is only one now..
- Like you mentioned, the center console has been reworked: it now has a small flip open hinged area on the top and the one we already have at the bottom. I think the iPod holder is gone now (?!?) which doesn't bother me since I never used it anyhow (how can you rest your arm on that and have the iPod in there at the same time?). It looks better too.

All these things are refinement, stuff you would expect them to improve. You would wish that they could have gotten it right from the start, but Rome wasn't built in a day either.

Sgtarky - ha ha.. I know what you mean. But they always hit you on parts. I mentioned in the headrest thread that Toyota wanted about $375 for a headrest !!!! I flipped! I asked the fellow then what does a seat cost and he said it comes in parts and that all together about $1500 ! Insane.

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I am talking only about the hinged top of the center console. I won't change the whole console out. Yikes! Engineers, I am not, try to keep things simple and re-use anything in a design. I would not be surprised if the door panels as well as the center armrest fit easily.
Here is a pic the new concole. View attachment 3291
The thing for me to do next is to measure the distance from the hinge plate to the slot where the latch clicks in. If it is the same distance, BINGO, this would be an easy mod.

 

Snokat, Let us know if you can swap that upper hinged top of the console and if you can buy only that part. btw to me, the pic you loaded there looks the same as the current one? G

 

Why is there no outlet in that pic of the 2009 centre console??
Did they relocate it?

 

It's probably a base model without the 110v outlet.

 

That pic is of a Compass, I'm not sure, but the 115v outlet could be an option as well.
I still haven't used the outlet yet, but I'm hoping to run my laptop at a star party this winter on it.