Remove 99 speedster arm rest ?
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It's just pushed on. There are those black plastic Christmas trees with a washer under the head that would be on a card for panel back in the day. You need to be extremely careful. The gray plastic is kind cheap. The staples are so close together the actually we're probably all cracked from the factory. You will have no extra material to work with since they cut the excess of linearly right behind the staples. So if it's just lifting I wouldn't touch it. If you want to wait a few days I can take a pic of mine so you can see what I'm talking about.
Pull the loose staples out and enjoy the boat.
You can not fix the plastic that is there, gonna have to be new. It's a sheet of PVC and it's molded (by heat and a press I'm sure) to fit the contour. There is zero room to re-stretch the vinyl to staple in a new area. Mine is cracked too, I would love to fix it, but haven't come up with a solid way to do it. If you do, please share.
You can not fix the plastic that is there, gonna have to be new. It's a sheet of PVC and it's molded (by heat and a press I'm sure) to fit the contour. There is zero room to re-stretch the vinyl to staple in a new area. Mine is cracked too, I would love to fix it, but haven't come up with a solid way to do it. If you do, please share.
To2d
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It happened!!! One of the kids used the already fractured arm rest to pull the boat and made it a lot worst. POP!!! Armrest is almost ripped all the way off.
When reinstalling the arm rest sits funny with all the breaks in the plastic. And has even more staples sticking out.
Here is my idea...seeing how these arm rest are impossible to find. Can I remove all the plastic from the foam and with an adhesive, glue the foam wrapped vinyl to the arm rest location?
If so what would be the best adhesive for the job and how would I prep?
When reinstalling the arm rest sits funny with all the breaks in the plastic. And has even more staples sticking out.
Here is my idea...seeing how these arm rest are impossible to find. Can I remove all the plastic from the foam and with an adhesive, glue the foam wrapped vinyl to the arm rest location?
If so what would be the best adhesive for the job and how would I prep?
squad1
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Another possible option/project is to buy a sheet of kydex. I've used it to heat mold holsters. If you lay the sheet over the armrest area and apply heat with a heat gun you could mold a new base plate and then attach the foam and upholstery. Just need to match up and drill the holes for the posts.
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To2d
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Thanks for finding this... it has four mount points and mine has three. I do wonder if the three would line up. I’ll check into the part numbers and see what’s the difference
To2d
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Thank you Squad1 for finding me that on Ebay
It looks like these are the same shape and have the same three pins in the same places.
I will need to drill a 4th hole for the extra pin BUT i am excited that it has an extra support pin.
I bought it and will post the install once it comes
It looks like these are the same shape and have the same three pins in the same places.
I will need to drill a 4th hole for the extra pin BUT i am excited that it has an extra support pin.
I bought it and will post the install once it comes
You should do that so I can buy one, lol.
In all my spare time, lol
quit taking vacations and make me one!!!
To2d
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It looks like that might be an optical illusion from the camera angle.
Here’s mine “that I zip tied to the best of my ability to match the picture” and it does the same thing as in the picture.
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