Disassemble Center Console (for Katzkin)

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Originally Posted by radioprius1

I am not insulting anything in any way. Is it possible to go back to the installer and have him get all those wrinkles out? I would not have accepted that installation. These are katskinz seat replacements right? They should fit tight like a glove.

The wrinkles don't bother me. The photos make it look worse than it actually is. Maybe it's because I had been crawling around the car, kneeling on the car seats, etc. I went out to the car to double check, and the leather isn't tight against the seat, but it's not loose either.

Reading around, people have said that wrinkles work themselves out over time. Whether they are referring to actual wrinkles (from folds of packaging) or the tightness of the fit, I'm unsure. Wrinkles I can understand working themselves out, tightness, not so much. Unless after some humidity, the leather shrinks (like how golf gloves shrink).

I've seen things about how the installer steams the seats to remove the wrinkles, maybe that's adding that humidity to shrink the leather.

When I get the armrest off and take it back to finish the install, I'll tell them to get the wrinkles out.

[eric0213]

So I played around with the armrest this afternoon. If you slide the armrest back, it exposes four screws on the bottom side of the armrest in the back (by laying down on the backseat floor). Removing those four screws separates the cloth portion of the armrest from the console.

However, about 3-4 inches from the front of the armrest, there's something (more screws I assume) preventing the entire armrest from coming off. But I can't figure out how to get to the screws, or whatever is attaching. Any ideas?