Leather Z door armrests Installed

Do you have a link? I googled "Leather Z door armrests" and didn't find any for a Prius.

 

I was hoping you were showing a set of arm rest that can raise the height of the arm rest on the doors, but doesn't look like it raises more than an inch. sigh! Anyways, do they come in different colours to match the car's interior colour?

 

Do these install as easy as simply sticking to the original fabric? Are you confident that they will stay on? I'd wonder about staying power at cold temps in the northern winter.

 

I want to raise the door arm rest too.. everyone comments on no place to rest their arm.. passenger or driver

Sam

 

Would love to have these... the fabric armrests in my vehicle have been cleaned and recleaned .. please, pretty please, send link where to find these?

 

Question: The fabric won't wear out but will definatelt get damaged when you rty to remove the tape.

Correct?

 

Lest we forget, the door armrest is the same height as the center arm rest unless you raise the drivers seat. If we want an adjustable height front seat, the two arm rests can't always be at the same height.

 

Huh? What does adjustable seat height have to do with fixed height armrests? I lower the 2010 seat all way down and the door armrest is still an inch low for me (and many I imagine, they're just too shy or 'PC' to say).

anyrate...

The 2010 Prius driver's (and passengers) door armrest is very close to 3/4" lower than the center console armrest. Would be unusable for me. If you really want to know, just take a yardstick, level and small ruler, see for yourself.

In the 2004-09 Prius, the door armrest is about 1/4" higher than the center console's, so the 3rd Gen's is overall an inch lower than the old Prius'.

** Not to pee on the thread, but some did express concern over thickness of the Leather Z offerings. **

...
When renting, I hopped over to Bob's foam factory in Fremont where a tech showed me some neoprene 1" thick (which is expensive) and some other very dense stuff he called 'Crosslink'.

So, I got an experimental 1" thick piece of Crosslink for $1.50 and stuck it onto the 2010 armrest using double sided duct tape. It held on very well. Pretty certain it would have held tight for a long time. It came off the fabric easily when returning the car. I don't know what duct tape might do to a leather armrest.

Here's a picture. It basically looks like junk, but that's not to say it can't be reshaped and covered.



Now, why does Toyota keep making these blunders?

I have also noticed the roof liner curves upward, but then it comes back down into the headroom space (and this the non-sunroof version) right where my head would be in the car, thereby reducing the headroom which is less than a fist width, or not sufficient (and yes that's with seat fully lowered). So, I don't get how some 6'4"+ people are claiming to fit 'just fine' in this new Prius. It doesn't add up as I'm 6'2".

I wish Honda would build a car that really competes with the Prius, or just join forces with Toyota and produce a car that has the best traits of both companies, you know, practicality and agility, more fun to drive factor.

 

the order page says the installation is permanent.. so YES there will be damage if you try to remove them

San

 

I wonder if they have something similar for the center armrest?

I must have tender elbows!!!