Repairing armrest on doors

[Cees de Bunje]

Hi Guys. I want to repair the armrest of the door but i have no idea what they are made of. it looks like some sort of plastic. I mean ofcourse on the inside. Is it the sa,e ,aterial as the dashboard? Does any one of you have any experience with bonding that material? Cees.

[3n49omug8n28i]

If your talking about the plastic part that is screwed to the door panel then yes they can be repaired if their not to far gone. You'll need to plastic weld them. I had my original ones looked at by the restoration shop that did my seats. They said they were not really repairable because they were broken at the mounting points. I obtained another set from Jason. They still had to do some minor plastic welding on the inside but it was a preventative repair to stop any further damage. They also painted them and they are fantastic now.

I don't believe epoxy will work in this situation but others may have had success in repairing them with that. I know I had to repair my windshield washer jug by welding it with a soldering gun and used strips of milk jug for filler. I tried four different epoxies and they all ended up leaking.

[Cees de Bunje]

Thanks clovis. The wasber juv is different material. It iz softer. I think tbe armrest is made of ABS.

[3n49omug8n28i]

Then it may be repairable with abs primer, solvent and glue. It's worth a try in a hidden spot.

[Cees de Bunje]

It looks like that i am going to answer my own question about this.With some help from Tony. I glued the parts together with Hard PVC glue from Bison. It made a very strong connection. I am Happy with it.

[3n49omug8n28i]

Great to hear it's working out for you.

[24ro8f5mbs2jc]

Picture please!

[Cees de Bunje]

Picture from the glue or the repaired armrest?

[24ro8f5mbs2jc]

Both/all please. Its always good to see a picture and get an idea how things was done. With our cars a picture is worth 10k words.

[24ro8f5mbs2jc]

Looking through your pictures and you have done an amazing job.

[Cees de Bunje]

Thanks. It is a great site to share your experiences with repairs or whatever. I hope someone can use this to do repairs on his armrest. I think that the most  armrests are broken.