Now that I have stuff, I want to do something with it. One easy thing is the center console arm rest.
So I stripped the arm rest down. Ugh. There's no way I would have put that back in the car...
It looks like carpet underlayment.
But that's easy to fix! Off with the old stuff, on with a new piece of foam cut to shape.
A little glue holds the foam to the wooden backer board. The foam fits nicely in the armrest cover. I used 1/4" heavy duty staples to secure the armrest cover.
Result! The pic is a little distorted, but it is straight and the edges are even (and dare I say, it is comfy). And what a nice color!
I just need to reattach the bottom cover, which is distorted as well from years of being bent into a funny shape. So I rolled the car onto it (!) and it's flattening back out. Now, I can put that away until it's time to install it to the new console.
UPDATE: The "flatten it with the car" thing didn't work, so I'll have to make a new one out of some thin wood and make it look nice.
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