How to remove and repair/replace your Audi Armrest lid/catch
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In this video I will show you how to remove the Audi Arm Rest lid and how to replace a broken catch which you can get for £1!
In the video this is done on my Audi A4 B6 - as I become aware of other models this applies to I will update here.
This is also suitable for Audi A4/S4/RS4 - B6/B7
I got the catch from ebay and if you search for "Black Armrest Lid Console Cover Latch Clip Catch For AUDI A4 B6" (or whichever model) you should find the right one for yourself.
The catch in this video was 99p from China.
Music:
Stoker by Jingle Punks
Crispy by Silent Partner
I bought the entire armrest cover but had trouble getting it out, and I didn't want to force something I should not. Very helpful. The armrest looks great now!
Top guy, ordered the latch and sorted mine today thanks to this video, and managed to do it without taking the lid off , great vid
Big help... thanks 2 Things that might help others... Took quite an effort to break the spigots holding the plate to the main body.. its wasn't catches or glue. Used a couple of chisels to prise up the plate as wider than screwdrivers. make sure you are well under the plate to prise it up and not just on front edge or it will bend and break. Peg tip worked a treat. . 2 Wire spring had come off the assy I got. had to bend it a little to make sure it went back in place . End bend of springs hook on to the outside bottom of legs of catch and when putting on the plate there is a small notch on plate spring hooks onto.
Thanks, my stupid spring thing kept popping out. Arm rest is now sorted 👌
Fantastically, useful video. Gave me the confidence to pinch the plastic hinge arms firmly but gently without fear of breaking the whole assembly. Thank you so kindly I hope I can be as useful to someone else and pass it forward.
excellent, thanks - the 99p clip from ebay that took 3 weeks to arrive from China has worked in conjunction with your video. Many thanks.
Thank you so much for this video... I knew how to take the lid out but I was trying to fit the clasp without separating the leather and plastic (also tried to put the clip in the wrong way)
awesome thanks mate,would have struggled without the clip
Very clear video. My clip was £2.50 from China. Works fine. Thanks !
thank you for making this video - very helpful indeed!
Thanks. Helped a lot.
Thanks brilliant saved me a lot of work.
I ordered a new catch- but it came with the "metal wire" on its own... when you installed, your catch already had it attached to the catch before install. Can you articulate where that wire is supposed to go mate?- Cheers.- TV
Excellent vid mate, super helpful, cheers
Thank you its gone be very helpfull
Thanks , it helped me fix mine in my a3.
Saul is it the same way to replace it in the a3 I've got a 2011 s line
How do you make it spring back and forth? I have managed to fit the new clip, and it works, but it doesn’t spring back and forth like the video. My eBay clip also came with a metal wire thing which I think is probably what allows the spring action but I can’t see where this goes can anyone help? It’s working without it but surely it should go somewhere? Thanks and great video!
Do you have a video for the backseat arm rest and cup holder?
very helpful , thanks for posting
Hi thanks for this video. But any chance you can help share some info on how you actually got the resistance wire in please? I am trying your method but i cannot work out how you managed to get your resistance wire to go in and stay in. My wire just keeps pinging out. And now i lost the wire so need to buy another one. :)
It should just go in - sounds like maybe it was a bit tight and possibly not your fault. Also in practice on these it's easy to get these upside down.
It has to look wrong to look right (or at least to me)
Hope you got sorted. I had the same problem - after hours of trying, I realised there was another wire - the one from the broken catch. This worked immediately.
Awesome looks posible ill try thankss
is it possible ro remove the backside completely? I want to coat the lather side bu i need to know if I can take off the backside of it. Thanks.
Very helpful, cheers 👍
I tried this on the armrest for my 2011 A3. It didn't want to snap apart, instead it snapped in pieces. I don't blame the video. I think I will punt and go with the neodymium magnet solution.
I just tried this on my 2009 A3 - mine didn't have pop clips. Instead, it seems to be glued together with the strongest glue I've ever seen!
Mine looks like its glued aswell not risking it as selling my car in the next few days
What about the metal wire spring thing....?
Thanks for the vid 😇💙
Thank you.
You reckon I can use the same latch on my A3? ...very helpful video btw!
I think they are pretty universal in the Audi range but I'd check on ebay etc... to be sure. They are pretty cheap. The funny thing I've seen the same arm rest in Bentley's
I just tried this on my 2009 A3 - mine didn't have pop clips. Instead, it seems to be glued together with the strongest glue I've ever seen!
Is there anyway to keep mine from sliding forward? It’s quite annoying. I have 2009 Audi A5 btw
Big help, old chap
I think you remove the whole thing by going in the back seats and removing a screw in the little box - whatever that box is for. Thank you for the video though
Is there any chance you could share a link where you bought it from for us? (: Nice video btw !
hey man I got this on ebay the title is "Black Armrest Lid Console Cover Latch Clip Catch For AUDI A4 B6" I'll pop that in the description too, because ebay links go away quickly I want to make sure people can find it in 6 months+
Nice Job👍😊😊😊. Thank you !
How do you get the spring clip on?
Tried to repair mine, it's not open as easy as yours ( audi a3 2012) , finnaly i put it right and i seen the metal part has to get under the little pastic part and it's how i break that plastic part trying to put the metal part under it and then i broke the new clip .... i give up
Estaria muy bien que hicieras un video de como se cambia la carraca del freno de mano del audi a3 8l... Se me a roto el botón y nose como se cambia saludos
OR in English
It would be very good if you made a video of how to change the handbrake ratchet of the Audi A3 8l ... The button has broken and I don't know how to change it.
Hi i cant find the catch clip on ebay could you send the link please. The catch i see is like £6
Thanks very much!
You never explained where that little metal piece goes bc I can’t figure it out
Or just buy tiny magnets and superglue them on the lid and on the base
That is no repairing it, that solves it but makes it crappy
In general this video is helpful but if even you can admit the camera work was bad why not reshoot. It's not like you only had one shot at it
he could have just said shite to it. Be grateful
Really enjoyed your video - problem solved. Do you know of anyone who knows how to fix the latch on an A3 Glove box - 2011 model. Tx
Did you find a solution to this? My 2010 A3 has a broken armrest latch, and the glove box takes ages to shut
Ok why ThanQ Sir
but how the hell did you install that little spring on the latch??
If you mean the one just on the outside it clips on after
CarAndMechanical I see it's linked to a little notch in the middle, that's missing on mine..
Took me a while but sorted it thanks to this video :) and also this link if you are wondering which way your metal pingy latch goes !! www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/623853-DIY-B7-Center-Armrest-Latch-replacement-with-pics !!! Thanks !
Where is spring
Common your camera is not positioned lol😂
Or u can buy the lid for 5 quid on ebay and just replace instead of this faff
Superb, cracking video, thank you