I want! PM sent

For those of you wanting black screws...

Take a trip to your nearest Lowe's or Home Depot and pay $6 for black Plasti Dip. Clean off the screws with water and rubbing alcohol, then dry. Take a small paint brush and spray a little of plasti dip onto the paint brush. Then paint over each screw carefully to not get too much plasti dip on the armrest itself. Let the coat dry for 20 minutes. Put about 3/4 more coats on with 20-30 minutes of dry time between each coat. Done.

Wait, so he squeezed it a bit and things popped into place? Then all is good?

If I can find out the exact screw sizing, I will order black ones from McMaster Carr.

It seems so. I don't have the armrest yet but I hope it's not too hard to fix.

You could take the nuts and bolts to an ace hardware to find the right thread pitch. Probably would be best with black Allen key bolts.

Could you post a link to where you got it from, I'm in Canada as well.

I got it the same place everyone else is getting them from, just skipping the middle man. I miss out on the group buy reduced price but avoid shipping cross two borders.

You're looking for CTP Parts on gt86ownersclub.co.uk/forum/

I selfishly wish the part number would have never been posted on this site. I wonder if the US vendors that have this now are whats causing supply delays due to fulfilling their orders :(

woohoooo on the way!!!

Nice! Would you do a complete DIY guide with pictures please? :D

May cant come soon enough. I think I may steal your car at the meet lol

Posts #1, 28 and 46 are pretty on point with the instructions. If I can find anything of value or any tips besides that, I'll definitely share!


LMAO!!

any idea if the official US/Canada version is going to be any different than the one that you guys are getting from Europe? I wonder if Toyota US can come up with an armrest that looks like the Europe one, but functionally doesn't block the passenger when opened.

I was thinking about one that slid back, so when it's a cup holder for the front, it's an armrest for the back seats. Ideas?

Yea i was thinking either that slides or a pivot that you can flip the arm rest up to not create a big wall blocking the passenger.

i gotta say, as much as the OEM armrest is a beautiful matching design, it's not really functional for people who actually use the cup holder.

I don't really understand the cup holder argument. You have a total of 4 cup holders in the front.

cause i have a glass bottle. i don't keep plastic bottles in car. Glass bottles are heavy so if you leave it in the door cup holder it shifts and bangs on the door when driving. Not to mention if i open the door and close it it'll bang even more.

Received mine today... can't wait to get a chance to install it.

:)

16 armrests were mailed today. Tracking numbers can be found on the UK forum.

http://www.gt86ownersclub.co.uk/foru...ffz52zc83.html

really scared about this install. seems like one bad drill and it's game over.

6 or 16? Only wondering since I only see 6 with updated status. Never mind, I noticed the 16 with actual tracking numbers

Not really. If you take your time it's not that difficult. Any bad drilling will probably be hidden by the armrest foundation.

Sweet, thanks for sending them out and setting up the groupby! Can't wait for mine to arrive!

Can't wait for mine to be here in 2 days!!! Thanks for doing this Jpit!

Can't wait for te next 16 (im 16th in line now lol)

Looks like i just made it into that shipment. Cant wait!

Nigel, Is there any update on this? Are you going to be carrying this item.

I don't do Facebook, there's just too many dark parts of my past that are itching to catch up with me :D

Received mine. No problems with it and installed pretty quickly. Looks awesome.

My elbow can't wait for this to show up!

LOL....

Mine should be here today!

Got a surprise in the mail. Thanks for the hard work Jpit.

Got it!! Thank @jpit!!

Mine is sitting in my room. Cant wait to install it looks great!

Just got mine today! It's sitting in the box in my car waiting to get installed. Might just do it tomorrow. Thanks jpit! You are the man!

Received mine today too. Looks fantastic! Thanks jpit.

Jacob

**Did the install, not too bad, didn't need to take it apart. Well worth the money!**

nice. now two of us have it in bay area lol

Yes, shipment ETA is late April.

30 sets confirmed.

Thank you

Nigel

I just installed mine. It looks great! I disassembled the armrest (as previously shown) to get to the two screws by the hinge. After installing the arm rest, I realized this was unnecessary, but I don't regret it. You can bend the arm rest enough to those screws in without taking the top off of the arm rest.

Taking the top off, though gave an additional benefit. All I needed the paper template for was to line up and start the holes for the three 'guide pins'. After they were drilled and I could set the armrest down flat, I just used the holes in the arm rest itself as 'guide holes' and drilled out the rest of the holes.

Also, in place of the deburring tool I used a retractable utility knife to cut off the extraneous plastic that was left over from drilling.

Thanks jpit for doing this! You're awesome man!

@JackSmiley here pare. U can get it from nigels too btw.