Hi all,
The wait is over as I have now finalised the design and costings for the 3D printed plastics
The prototype was posted on this threada few weeks ago, and I have not finished, painted and fitted the complete arm rest, bracket and plastics to my own A2
I have incorporated the suggestions from Graham with respect to sawing a little metal from the stem of the C5 armrest and adding a hole for the mounting bolt a little further back, the plastics have also had to be altered to accomodate this, but it does provide better access to the hand brake lever when the arm rest is in the down position
All brackets in batch one will have the extra hole and if you choose to order the plastics then this hole should be used as well as removing the surplus alloy from the Audi stem (2 min job with a hacksaw)
The plastics come in three sections, a couple of reasons for this -
(1) is allows some wiggle room to allow for minor differences in the centre tunnel plastic position in relation to the arm rest bracket and thus the final position of the arm rest
(2) it makes printing the parts feasable
The total print time is 4 hours, which coupled with the plastic filament cost unfortunatly means that the plastics will work out at £35 a set
Ex printer they have the usual 3D printer layer lines, but 20 mins with a DA sander and some car body stopper and they are ready to paint the colour of your choice. I used plasidip spray as it is very near to the soul black soft touch and as a similiar feel to the soft touch
I am NOT providing the plastics finished ready to fit, they will need sanding and painting to your choosen colour. You could choose to simply spray them and leave the layer lines visable.