Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

I have been working on this project for a few months. Hours and hours of modeling and a few prototypes later we have a completed concept.

6061 2 piece armrest. the top is removable with .020" of quench clearance to lock down whatever material the top is covered in.

I chose Alcantara for the top and will polish out the lower to match the rest of the NOS parts in the pictures.

Tell me your thoughts.

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Daaaaang. That's cool 😎
Heluva nice job.

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Stellar work man!

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Thanks guys, we also made these :)

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Nice job:metal:
That some good machine work there.











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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

It's beautiful...but what was so horrible about the originals?

K

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Wife says not deep enough to close door with wrecking her nails. I thought of machining a 3/8" aluminum spacer for stock pads myself.

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Roger. I guess my nails were never long enough to notice.

K

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Great job!

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Looks good. Possible minor nit: make sure the exposed edges on the metal in the hand area are rounded to avoid fingertip cuts.

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Saw these on one of the FB pages, very nice work!!:metal:

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They are, all edges are softened with a small radius

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Radius looks great.
G1 G3 G2 then R0.063 or R0.125?;)
Great Job.







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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Those look awesome. I like the attention to detail!

Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
 

Based on what I saw, figured you had accounted for that but I am one of those with the "Find the sharp edge on the Bowling Ball" talent.


Any thought to making some for the earlier version arm rests like my 75 has?