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The center arm rest is great. This one came from ebay. I got it for $15 and change, plus about $15.00 shipping. A few weeks ago I bid on one that eventually sold for something like $145.00! There is actually one out there right now--item 190177418836 It looks a little beat up, but could be recovered.

I driving 72 + miles per day in my 87 245, and this armrest is worth the money for the comfort it provides.

It is a simple bolt in, and after looking at it for a while, I am wondering why someone doesn't make these in their garage. Would there be a market for such a thing?

Wiglaf









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    240 Center Arm Rest 200

    I've actually thought about that. I'm getting good with upholstery and I'm trying to source a matching tan vinyl for 240 interiors - I could easily EASILY copy those armrests. But if I ever did there'd be no rest for my arms or any other part with how many people would want one...








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    Here's my armrest (with cup holders, and an internal steel frame) .... 200

    Here's my armrest, also from eBay. Besides the cup holders, it has a strong steel frame that's mounted inside the brake console housing that supports the armrest and actually reinforces the flimsy plastic handbrake housing -- this steel structure mounts to the large center bolt under the housing, rather than the housing itself, so the plastic isn't stressed.








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      Here's my armrest (with cup holders, and an internal steel frame) .... 200

      I'm having a hard time finding a 240 center arm rest with cup holders. I've set up a saved search on eBay, and each one I see (a few each week) don't have cupholders.

      Ken C, the one you've posted doesn't look like the stock 240 armrest. But it does look like the one on Eric Staufer's accessory page. Unfortunately, I'd like tan to match the interior. He has this photo of his armrest which is the best of both worlds. It's the right color and shape of the stock ones on eBay, but it has the same cupholder style as yours.

      Does anyone know where I can get a tan one with cup holders? Thanks.
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      - FireFox31








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        Here's my armrest (with cup holders, and an internal steel frame) .... 200

        hello
        the one ken has is much more rare than the other style with front pullout cupholders only.
        eventually they will pop up on ebay, just keep looking.
        i just sold one there for a measley 64 bucks last month.
        the type in kens picuture a few weeks ago went for 260 bucks on ebay. way to much, and that type wont work in the older pre87 240s unless you do some mods.
        good luck
        mike








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      Here's my armrest (with cup holders, and an internal steel frame) .... 200

      I have one like Ken C's in my 240. I don't know how I lived without it. I've had it about 12 years now and it has really held up well. The only problem is that people have trouble finding the seat belt connector. I put one in my wife's 240. After she totaled the car, I was too lazy to take it out. I grew to regret that, as when I bought her a second 240, they were no longer available from the dealer. No problem though, that car also was totaled 15 months later.








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        Here's my armrest (with cup holders, and an internal steel frame) .... 200

        Sorry to hear about your two cars.

        And yes, it's hard to reach the seat belt recepticles unless your swing up the armrest.

        Regards,








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      Here's my armrest (with cup holders, and an internal steel frame) .... 200

      Just out of curiosity, do you have any pictures or info on how to install one? I just got one like yours, and am going to install it this weekend.








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        Here's what I remember .... 200

        No pictures (I didn't think of taking them), sorry.

        I understand that there are two versions, but I have a 2-pg .jpg (from someone else on this forum) for the kind I don't have -- that one has (from the picture) the reinforcing internal bracket mounting in two pieces, attached on the bottom on each side, whereas mine (with cup-holders for the front as well as the rear) is a single, complete, "U" shape that's held by the large, single middle bolt into the transmission tunnel ... it's very sturdy.

        If you want the instructions and pictures that I have, let me know and I'll e-mail them to you.

        If you have the kind like mine (without any instruction sheet), I can give you a few pointers for the troublesome parts (as I remember them) even without the actual instruction sheet:

        First, you have to remove all the electricals (including the remote mirror controls -- be sure to mark them so you can reinstall them right-side up, because despite their "tang", that might happen).

        Second, you'll have to figure out which is the front and which is the rear side of that metal U-bracket. You really have to first mount it in place to the transmission tunnel with the big center bottom bolt, and then look at the subtle tilt or slope of the top of the bracket, to see how it matches the slope of the housing.

        Third, with the bracket in place, lower the housing onto it, and then with a sharp punch, you have to reach through the ashtray hole and push exploratory holes up through the top of the housing so you know exactly where to drill your holes for the bolts that attach the armrest's hinge.

        I think everything else is intuitive -- just keep track of all the electrical connectors. And I remember that the seat heater switches' connectors were particularly troublesome (their leads were too short).

        Hope this helps, at least a little. Good luck.








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    240 Center Arm Rest 200

    Mine mounted with metal straps to the ebrake console. With that design, sidewise force on the arm rest will likely crack the console.

    After I replaced my cracked ebrake console I threw the arm rest in the landfill.

    Good luck.
    --
    1986 Volvo 240DL wagon, IPD sways, '91 windshield







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