Barlow8869

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the covering on both of my arm rests are coming off, and the look as if they are about 8" thick. anyone know of a way to get them to stick back down?

Racer350

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...st-repair.html

Barlow8869

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thank you, not sure why it didn't come up when i did a search for armrests, must be because i had it as 2 words

jermdm

I used a heavy duty staple gun and stapled the fold over edge of the vinyl to the edge of the plastic structure under the vinyl. Worked out great and haven't had any problems with it in 17 years. Can show pics if you want.

Barlow8869

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would you please ... sounds like a good plan, as long as no staples show

jermdm

Here's what I did and how I did it. I used a heavy duty staple gun like the one in the first pic. Make sure the arm rests are warmed up so it makes the vinyl soft and pliable. Start in the center. Push down on the vinyl and shoot a staple or 2 or 3 next to each other in the edge plastic while folding over the vinyl. Might help to have a friend help while doing this. Once you got the first set of staples in so the vinyl stays in place, move over about half way to either end of the arm rest and shoot a few more staples in next to each other while pushing down on the vinyl. Then do the same on the other end. So now, you will have 3 sets of staples on the top edge of the arm rest and all you got to do is push down on the remaining vinyl that's sticking up and staple it in place. Do it this way so you don't have a bunch of vinyl sticking up on either end as if you started on one side and went straight across. Do the same procedure on the bottom of the arm rest. When done, it should look the next pics. When all is done, your arm rests should look something like the last pic when installed. There will still be a little waviness to it but it will look a lot better and you wont have to worry about the big bulge when resting your arm on the arm rest. Just be careful when lining up the staple gun to the edge so you don't shoot a staple thru the plastic and out the other side thru the vinyl. Then you will have the tips of the staple sticking out.

jermdm

Here's the last pics with the arm rest installed.

Barlow8869

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i think that is going to be the way to go, thank you

NowhereFast

Personally, I would go with the glue method for the more consistent surface. The staples method seems to leave the top a little wavy.

The Project

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I switched to 86 arm rests. no more sag