do you miss your arm rest? - RS style door panel guys?

[twobone]

its a toss up between redo-ing my door panels or going RS

daily drivers...thoughts?

[shahram]

never missed that. no problem at all.

[Jeff Alton]

nope

[Jack Olsen]

I have armrests for both sides that I slide in for very long drives. Otherwise, I get a pain in my neck from supporting my arms for so long. I never used the door-based armrest, though. For the support to be meaningful, I think you need one for each arm.

[bell]

i mounted the door grab handles slightly rearward where my elbow can rest on it if needed, i'll snap some pics tomorrow.

[karlusmagnus]

Jack, can you give some detail on arm rest. Slide in? Any pics to show how it works? They attach to seat?
Thanks,

Karl.

[jevvy]

Do a search for Jacks armrest - plenty of pics somewhere as I remember.

I found the default position of the RSA apbiz panels put the new grab handle in the right position to rest your elbow on - a double result following fitting.

[karlusmagnus]

You're right jevvy.
Broke my own rule about "search 1st, ask Q's l8r".
i had only looked at jack's signature link to pics etc.

the link for those interested is here

I looked, or rather, am looking at appbiz.
The choice for me, is the insulated/non insulated bare door panel set, over which i put my own material, or the 73RS panel.

Karl.

[johndglynn]

I have the '73 panels in my Carrera 3. If I was still sitting up in the stock position with a factory wheel I would maybe miss the rests, but sitting on a lower seat, on lower rails, with a higher, shorter-throw shifter and a spaced Prototipo, the reach to the steering wheel etc is quite significantly reduced and the driving position is lots comfier than stock. So I don't miss the rests. Or the pockets for that matter, which is what I had convinced myself I would miss the most.

Why not take your pockets and lids/armrests off for a week and see how you go without them?

[jaydubya]

Is this a track car? If so, just take off the armrests, door pockets and door handles and install a bolt with a nylon strap to actuate the door lever --> instant RSA door panels.