Center arm rest broken, thoughts? Options

[praetor]

Hey guys,

2nd time now that the center arm rest has broken Stupid people get in the car and lean on it to get comfortable and it snaps.

It's got a small crack down the middle, I was thinking of putting some kind of thick glue on the back of it and letting it set for a week or so??

And then there are the 2 lugs at the back that it opens on. I figure the only way to really fix them it to somehow re-make them out of metal?

Any thoughts for a permanent fix? I'm thinking this must be fairly common on our cars, so someone must have got a good fix already?


Cheers

[opie_7afe]

you can wrap center arm rest with leather or any material you like mine i just took it apart and recovered it with vinyl and used contact cement on edges (mine didnt look bad so i didnt need to cover up dents and tears) but if yours is horrible condition rip all the old crap off scrape off all the foam clean it up nice and good and add a nice new layer of foam(can make it thicker for more comfort) then use some headliner adhesive spray and stretch around armrest....i think there is some threads around on how to do it good luck!...hardest peice in interior to cover with material is center door card if you have all vinyl doors....fabric you have a pattern to use...