I'm fine with the sliding right armrest, the left side is very hard and dissapointing.
I want to made a little padded rest that slides into the door handle......

 

i dont have a problem with the center one.

it's the one on the door! ouch.

http://www.automotiveinteriors.com/accessories/interior/armrests/roadrest.htm

i think a member has them.

wonder how they would do?

the armrester. on the bottom of the page...

 

PA, isn't either Neil or Quasi that has one of those padded rests?
I can't help but think if someone could come up with a replacement arm rest (both sides and center!) then they are going to make a bunch of money. It just doesn't seem to me that it would be hard for someone who is handy with upholstery. Anyone?

 

My wife doesn't like the armrests, too hard for her. She loves her Camry, I love my Patriot, vive la difference!

 

A quick fix I read about on here somewhere was cutting out a piece of cloth mousepad and just laying up on the armrest. Seems like that would work well.

 

i am going to look at advanced auto, lowes, home depot and wal mart today to see if i can come up with a decent answer.

i think just a foam rubber piece cut to specs then attached to the door armrest would do it.

if i come up with anything, i'll let us know.

 

well, at wally world they did have felt pads.
4.5"x6"

self stick back.

making a templet of the hard area of the door armrest would work.

i think a member is working on a more custom fix.

looking at it, it would only take about a 1/4" rubber or foam pad cut for that area with a adheavise back.

put it on. done.

maybe some kind of color match?

if a member or company come's thru, they will sell...

 

I got one of those road rest pads in my jeep and love it. they don't fit up buy the window like there designed to because the patriot door are to thick for the way there designed. what I did was this, they come with a self sticking piece of foam for doors that aren't thick enough. I stuck that two the armrest and placed it there and it works great. it will slide off once in a while when opening the door to fast but that could be cured with some double sided tape I'm sure. cheap fix for a painful problem.

 

Can you show us a photo?

 

I made one from a geniune imitation Australian sheepskin shoulder belt pad I bought from Walmart. $6.00 US. Cut it to shape, with slight roll over. Used some velcro strips to hold it in place. Looks fine. Nice tan color. Matches the interior. Nice and compfy. I comb it occasionally to spruce it up. I posted this a few weeks ago in reply to someone. Don't remember the name.

 

Not that mine bothers me, but when the opportunity arises, I always like to play engineer...

Try this. Purchase a mouse pad with a rectangular gel filled wrist protector. With scissors, cut the pad away from the wrist protector keeping about a 1/4" border. Fix the wrist protector to your door's arm rest with double sided tape, or velcro strips... Easy fix...

 

The armrests have been made softer for the 2009 Model Compass & Patriot.

 

Can the parts fit on a 2007 or 2008 Patriot?

 

Not to be contrary but I like the hard armrest on the door. On both my Civic and my Nissan truck the soft armrest ended up split and a little saggy. Evidently I lean on the rest sometimes. My armrest can be uncomfortable but I have been looking around for a soft pad to sticky tape to the rest.

 

I've considered the pad mods alot of riot owners have done but I want to keep the factory look. When I looked at the new patty and saw the updates I just thought it may be a possibility considering not much changed in the '09 with the exception of the padding, available colors, and nav system.

 

Anybody here taking photos??

 

I read that someone uses a beanbag.
I have been meaning to buy a beanbag, but I always forget to get it on the "going to town to buy everything for the week" list.

 

I drove 400 miles the other day, and darn'd if I don't have a scab on my elbow! I seriously have to find time to make my custom interior pads after the holiday season.

 

If i will go for a 08 model i´m sure i will get the padded armrests from vmaxx

 

I really like the look of that upper part padded!

Is that available in the USA?

 

Vmaxx door panels looks good...althoght custome made interior sometimes is cheeper then redy to use Vmaxx or similar tuning stuff...

 

its just the look of the normal pad! what so special about it?