Open the arm rest and you will notice 4 allen key bolts and the catch bolt on the under side off the arm rest Undo the catch bolt usin either a pair of plyers or relevant size spanner, use allen keys to remove the remainin 4 allen key bolts. Then remove the plastic body away from the arm rest. Note: The bottom two allen key bolts are the bolts that hold the arm rest to the console via a hinge, dont worry as this will stay where it is, once undone it should just pull up, when re-attaching you`ll need to push down and aline the holes up so the allen bolts screw in.

In the pics below, the arm rest is covered in foam thats used for wooden flooring, its held down with maskin tape and makes the arm rest more comfortable, you don`t have to use foam material, but it helps. You will notice in the second picture below that there is some blue material underneath the foam, that is the original material that is used on the arm rest, its best to cover over that as most people who have done theirs have done the same. For this next bit I used Leatherette bought from Dunelm Mill, £2.99 per half metre You need a piece of material, either cloth or any other material, ie t-shirt.

Put the arm rest on the material and cut a shape out but leave loads of material around the arm rest so that you can then fold the material under the arm rest before attaching the plastic body. Whatever the material you use its goin to be fiddly to get it right first time without any creases. To help with creases if your using leatherette use a hair dryer so the material stretches easier. Before you attach the material and the plastic body you can use spray glue to hold the material down, I used maskin tape as the plastic body and the bolts will hold it in place one its all attached, with a bit of luck it should look like this.

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