Armrest

[john1534]

View attachment 11834 Armrest was £10 from scrap yard.. Had to have other parts of the central trunking but stripped it down. Cleaned the light grey leather and using shoe polish stained the leather black. Couple of brackets from B&Q and all done for les than £20. Very pleased with the result.

 

[BMBabe]

Nice 1 well done

 

[hard top]

Looks good, just a bit worried about the shoe polish coming off?

 

[GazHyde]

What car was the armrest removed out of interest?

 

[john1534]

BMW 1Series 51 plate. Yes thought about the polish coming off but figure that as not daily driver and use is therefore low should be ok. Ifit doex I will strip it down and dye it you can just see the armrest in the pic of a 1 series..

 

[GazHyde]

Thanks for the info, was thinking it might have been a 3 series. *heads off to local scrapyard*

Yes thought about the polish coming off but figure that as not daily driver and use is therefore low should be ok.

Let's hope Mrs 1534 sees it that way when you come in with dirty elbows

 

[DavidM]

Black Elbows a possibility - looks neat though!

 

[oldcarman]

Looks good, just a bit worried about the shoe polish coming off?

Should be fine unless it was liquid which may come off if it gets wet depending on brand.

 

[t-tony]

I looked into getting one from a 3 series which will fit but ended up buying one from Barry @Southernboy

Tony.

 

[stevie_a]

I went the cheep route

All for £10 of ebay

 

[john1534]

Looks really good. How is it fitted please

 

[stevie_a]

A bit of a cut here and a bit of a cut there...

not strait forward

Now the inside is covered in a black carpet and looks good.

 

[john1534]

I wondered how you allowed access to the roof switch.

 

[miller1098]

£10 well spent

 

[hard top]

@stevie_a that looks really smart..........

 

[Susan]

Made my own

 

[Susan]

Made my ownView attachment 12162

 

[oldcarman]

Nice job @Susan!! Look very professional!! JIM

 

[john1534]

Looks really good