armrest found!
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Originally Posted by randode
the quality is pretty good, but the material is like a fake leather. It looks ok, but not an exact match. Im going to try to make a template for the brackets tonight. The brackets will either be made from polished diamond plate or tubing, I havent decided yet. I think diamond plate might look pretty sick.
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Randy, does just the armrest and storage part have any manufacturer labels or serial numbers on it? That way we may be able to order the top part (without the brackets) stright from the china factory for like 5 bucks and then make our own molds or use your sick diamond plate.
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Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Holding the detonator
sorry I havent been able to work on it, or post anything. Ive been stuck working in Hemet for the last few days, and will probably be here all week. Maybe this weekend? Man, this sucks.
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I just went ahead and built one.
I got so frustrated everyone was saying they may have found one, try this and so on so i said "Screw it" I could build one. I went to a junk yard and found that the arm rest from the ford taurus is the perfect fit for the xA. All i needed to do was modify the bracket. All the photos are over on the yahoo group in the file section. Tell me what you all think. Honestly it wasnt that hard. I went to a local metal shop and had him do a few welds for me. The final cost was $50.00 for the metal work and $3.00 for the arm rest.
