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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Peeair on 25 December 2013, 19:21
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OK here's one for you.
I drove the car for about 4 hours yesterday with my elbow resting on the door's armrest and noticed after the journey there was an indentation in the armrest that seems to be a permanent feature now! :angry:
I've never seen anything like this in any other car! Is VW foam particularly soft, or some kind of memory foam?
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Not had your problem but I found the 'arm rest' was a little low and hard for my liking so I came up with this. I cut down an unused PC keyboard wrist rest I had which just happened to be Black with a red top - so sympathetic colours to the GTi - and so far it has stayed attached just by sticking a strip of the hard half of Velcro to the underside of the wrist rest and pushing it down onto the arm rest.
Gives me just the right height increase and a softer rest for my elbow.
(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/Octavia5/Armrest/IMG_0005_zps9c64c0a2.jpg) (http://s944.photobucket.com/user/Octavia5/media/Armrest/IMG_0005_zps9c64c0a2.jpg.html)
(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/Octavia5/Armrest/IMG_0002_zps52ce2ead.jpg) (http://s944.photobucket.com/user/Octavia5/media/Armrest/IMG_0002_zps52ce2ead.jpg.html)
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Arms longer than a monkey's or are you steering with your knees? :whistle:
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Not had your problem but I found the 'arm rest' was a little low and hard for my liking so I came up with this. I cut down an unused PC keyboard wrist rest I had which just happened to be Black with a red top - so sympathetic colours to the GTi - and so far it has stayed attached just by sticking a strip of the hard half of Velcro to the underside of the wrist rest and pushing it down onto the arm rest.
Gives me just the right height increase and a softer rest for my elbow.
(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/Octavia5/Armrest/IMG_0005_zps9c64c0a2.jpg) (http://s944.photobucket.com/user/Octavia5/media/Armrest/IMG_0005_zps9c64c0a2.jpg.html)
(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/Octavia5/Armrest/IMG_0002_zps52ce2ead.jpg) (http://s944.photobucket.com/user/Octavia5/media/Armrest/IMG_0002_zps52ce2ead.jpg.html)
Thanks for taking the time to reply, it seems like a good solution to protect the armrest. If I can get it fixed I'll give this one a try in the future.
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Ermmm a good solution for some, but honestly...... just get the armrest replaced under warranty.
Having a extra pad stuck on like that looks rather awful :sad:
Perhaps get a custom armrest section made for a specialist?
Shouldnt be too difficult:-
order new armrest door car
de-cloth
add new foam
re-cloth and stitch
swap with existing one
When you come to sell the car you still have the original plus a modified version?
:smiley:
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Is that a cut-down flip-flop? :grin:
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Definitely the daftest looking "mod" I've seen on here in a while!
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Ermmm a good solution for some, but honestly...... just get the armrest replaced under warranty.
Having a extra pad stuck on like that looks rather awful :sad:
Perhaps get a custom armrest section made for a specialist?
Shouldnt be too difficult:-
order new armrest door car
de-cloth
add new foam
re-cloth and stitch
swap with existing one
When you come to sell the car you still have the original plus a modified version?
:smiley:
Would this be something VW would be willing to replace under warranty?
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If your dealership has common sense yet. You've not had the car long at all and it shouldn't act like it's had a elbow on the armrest for 100k miles.
I would push for a replacement armrest door card.
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If your dealership has common sense yet. You've not had the car long at all and it shouldn't act like it's had a elbow on the armrest for 100k miles.
I would push for a replacement armrest door card.
Went into the dealers tonight and they are going to try and replace the armrest under warranty! :smiley:
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If your dealership has common sense yet. You've not had the car long at all and it shouldn't act like it's had a elbow on the armrest for 100k miles.
I would push for a replacement armrest door card.
Went into the dealers tonight and they are going to try and replace the armrest under warranty! :smiley:
The outcome I would have expected :smiley: glad they are replacing it.... let hope it was a defective unit.
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I've got a similar problem with the passenger seat. Looks like its done 5 times more compared to the drivers seat. Drivers has done 2,400 and the passenger has been sat in for 200-300.
Glad to hear they will change said items rather than what I am dreading they will say - leather will ripple and indent etc etc
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My armrest has a small indent where my knobbly elbow normally rests, doesn't bother me too much but I may take it in as it is a new car and shouldn't have these issues. Would the dealer replacement not just be made from the same material? ie. likely to happen again?
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My armrest has a small indent where my knobbly elbow normally rests, doesn't bother me too much but I may take it in as it is a new car and shouldn't have these issues. Would the dealer replacement not just be made from the same material? ie. likely to happen again?
They'll replace the entire door card and it will be made from the same material, so yes it almost certainly will happen again if you rest your elbow there.
I'll be putting some extra padding under my elbow when it's fixed to stop another indentation happening!