Arm rest replacement

[pudding]

The leather (or is it faux pleather?) on my armrest is cracked/crazed and needs replacing.  I don't fancy swapping out the whole frame assembly, so has anyone tried one of these covers?  Looks OK in the pics but are they a bit sh1t shat in real life?  Just literally need to change the leather bit.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351001770768

[Sebas_theFish]

The actual leather part of the armrest can be bought and replaced separately. I bought a handbrake cover from that company on eBay and the fitment was shocking.

[pudding]

Lol, OK I'll swerve that then 

Yeah I noticed you can unscrew the arm rest bit from the frame, so do VW sell that bit separately?  Would prefer genuine if it's not stupid money.

[Sebas_theFish]

It's listed in ETKA separately so they should sell it. Otherwise buy a used armrest and swap it over or you could have yours professionally retrimmed.

[pudding]

Thanks mate, I'll look into it.  I can only find cloth ones on ebay but now knowing the top bit is sold separately, that's a good start, cheers 

[LC5F]

Good to see a vote of confidence in the Golf Pudding!

You can also unclip the outer cover off the frame, iirc the cover is just stapled on - I managed to grab a "leather"one in a scrappy - as usual VW cheaped out, it is not leather.

[G-olf]

There's one in the for sale section. kam's lots of parts post. Just incase it had been missed

[G-olf]

sorry, its in its own post, leather armrest complete 

[mjmallia]

The plastic panel under the lid pulls off, to then allow the top part to be removed.

[pudding]

sorry, its in its own post, leather armrest complete 

Yeah I saw that but it's way overpriced.  Not paying that just to replace the top bit, but cheers anyway 

[pudding]

Good to see a vote of confidence in the Golf Pudding!

You can also unclip the outer cover off the frame, iirc the cover is just stapled on - I managed to grab a "leather"one in a scrappy - as usual VW cheaped out, it is not leather.

Yeah I'm hanging onto it for a bit until I can make my bloody mind up about what to do next 

Yeah I didn't think it was leather 

[Mekaniko]

I Have the DSG leather part from the same company and it's real leather with good quality

[G-olf]

I'm not sure how much they should be?? but there is also a leather lid for sale in the same ad separate without the framework parts?

[pudding]

Oh yeah, just seen that.  Still fairly steeply priced, plus postage on top.  And as we've ascertained in this thread, it's not leather anyway.  I'd rather get a used cloth one from ebay for 20 quid than put that nasty pleather back on