well ok...not really an armrest..I just butchered my center console to relocate my HU since a screen took over the spot it used to be in...maybe someday I will hinge a top section to it and make it resemble an armrest

1) early pic ( glassed and body filler )

2) sanded, primed ( never sanded so much in my life )

3) painted, clear coated

4) installed


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u fab. the whole thing? or u modify the stock one?

anyways, GREAT JOB!

 

You should have made it come down from the roof, that would have been bad freaking ___.

 

wow
nice work

congrats.

Ya
a cover that doubles as an armrest would be neeto.

 

Sweet

 

dammit, you keep showing me up

bad ___ looking... just fit an armrest top on it with some hinges and it'll protect the hu and give you something to rest your arm on.

 

hey, just wondering... how do you get to that screw to get the console out? the hu just slide out?

 

- the HU is just held in place by snug fitting it using the trim and the rear cup holder so it easily slides in and out
- got a pretty good idea of how and what to do for the top section for me to rest my arm on it ..just feeling too lazy right now ...


PEACE

 

lol... yea, i hear that part about the laziness. how long did that take you?

 

I want to do something like that for the xB, but to put a screen in between the seats... and get an armrest out of it, but I've never played with fiberglass.

 

practice with something small first... i just started messing around with it... it's some nasty stuff. you can pretty much make anything with it though. i just use it to get the shape down then use body filler to smooth it out and make the shape more clean. i'm not that good with fiberglass yet, i don't really like to mess with it, i'd rather only use body filler but fiberglass is much much stronger.

 

2-3hrs/day for 'bout a week...sanding took most of the time 'coz I sanded the whole console to get rid of the texture as well.....
that's exactly what 'm planning to do... 'm just trying to figure out right now how to place a monitor bigger than 4" 'coz of the limited space between the seats....
BTW fiberglass is messy and can be frustrating at first but can be addicting once u get it to work..just ask tbblizzard anyway below are some sites u can check out as far as starting out w/ fiberglass

http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/main/
http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/fibrglas.htm
http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/216770/2
http://www.fibreglast.com/



PEACE

 

yeah, I have a 5" screen and there's not enough room, so it'll have to go far back and bubble out or something.

 

yeah thats a tight set-up. Put a cover over it and make it into a armrest. Make it hinge. so u can still use the HU

 

got_xA, that information would've been useful a while back,

looking at these tutorials makes me feel better about the way i did it, lol. i thought i was doing something wrong before or missing a step in fiberglassing. i did everything they did in the tutorials though :D

making boxes doesn't seem too difficult after reading these. hmm... i wonder, lol.