Elysian

i had this arm rest left over from my first rx7, an 87 TII... i pulled it when i stripped the interior, and left it out... well i wound up keeping it just like i kept the license plate after i wrecked that car, and today, i was starting the grey interior swap, and had a brain storm... i pulled out my FC arm rest, and mocked it up, and it was almost a perfect fit! so i pulled off the panel, pulled out the "Security" light, and the blank beside it, pulled out the mirror adjustor switch thing, cut out the hole for the mirror adjust piece, and put my speaker fade/balance switch in... i cut out the mounting brackets for the window roll up/down switches, jb welded a piece of plastic to the side, smoothed down the top of the mounting brackets, spread jb weld all over the top of them, and C clamped em to the FC's panel... i still need to JB weld the fade/balance switch to the panel, and i still need to modify the mounting parts for the FC's arm rest, but heres some pics, including one of it mocked up! i think it'll look great when i get a grey dash for this thing, and man i love the FC arm rest too...

felixwankel88

kooool looks good

Misthael

looks nasty and it's too tall. right now my arm rests on that for a perfect shifting position. maybe if the colors matched.

Elysian

the colors will match dude, thats the purpose of doing a grey interior swap(yes the seats are blue, but thats the least of my worries.) and too tall? i'd have to disagree, its just as tall as it was in my TII... i love that style arm rest, much more cushioning, and looks better imo

frigidmonkey

and THAT is all that matters, make it suit YOU
excellent job on the switch plate by the way

Elysian

damn this must not be that interesting lol... maybe if i were to retrofit a whole FC dash into a FB people would be interested haha... thatd be interesting to see, in fact i'm gonna do some measurements tomorrow at the junkyard and see how possible with some cutting and a lot of work it owuld be haha(yes i understand itd be a lot of fab work, but itd be pretty unique, and well worth my while imo)

jimtesla

Nice job..............

I used a Volvo 960 armrest and converted the top.......perfect match..........
and it has a cup holder.........I glued a change holder from a 2000 camaro inside....

You can see pictures here.........

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos


Dont diss Red interiors..............not everybody is swapping them out......

smnc

I think it's cool.
Excellent work...

Elysian

you want my red leather seats? lol i'm selling em

jimtesla

No thanks

I am sure they will sell no problem........I had mine re-done...They are now good to go for another 20 years......

anthrax

It looks nice, but I have to agree with Misthael that it is too tall.

I am short, if that were my car I would constantly be banging my arm on it.

But if you like, and are comfortable with it, that is all that matters

Elysian

dude....i'm only 5'9"...not exactly tall u know... i've owned 2 FC's already and never had a issue...

anthrax

Ya but the shifter is in a different place in the FC that all I am getting at.

The hight of the Arm rest and the hight of the shifter are designed to go together with one an other. You know erganomics. That is all I am getting at.

But it does look good

Man you are tall I am only 5'2"...

Elysian

ahh*i*do*have*an*s4*shifter*in*it*thatl*probly*hel p...

Elysian

my*space*bar*is*broke*btw

Aesop Rock

hmm i ripped mine out all together, i like that 2 seater, its me and you feel. the armreast also got in my way of everything it seemed

RotaryRyan

Elysian

yes, it was funny eh... had to go out and buy a new keyboard hahaha... my new ones pretty nice tho!(but not as nice as this mod!)