The only part of the car that has shown any wear has been my arm rest. Tired and ugly I decided to take it apart, there are 2 screws to remove it from the console and four to remove the fiberglass looking top with the cover from the base below. Next was to strip the cover from the top. These are shown in the first photo along with the new material to be used as a replacement. I checked at the junkyard and they wanted $30 for a used top with cover and online ebay people wanted $50 just for the cover alone. There are two options at this point and I used the 2nd. First is to dismantle each piece of the cover and duplicate them, then sew the new parts together and fit and glue in place. Or carefully cut the new material as close to the old cover and place the seams at each end leaving the bulk of the new cover looking as one piece. The old cover and finished product are shown in the other 2 photos. I had a $1 hot glue gun and spent $1.87 on the padding to go under the new material. The vinal was extra from sides of a waterbed I built some years back. So the total cost without tools and material should be under $5.
