DIY: Armrest Tray Liners

Kevan · Oct 22, 2008

ARMREST TRAY LINERS

This DIY article will show you a very cheap, easy, and quick way to add liners to the tray inside the armrest of the Ram SRT-10 trucks.
This modification will work with other vehicles as well.

PRICE: About $10.
TIME: About 20 minutes.
DIFFICULTY: 1

Tools & Supplies required:

- (1) roll of tray liner
- Roll of masking tape
- Scissors (as sharp as you can get them)
- A couple of sheets of legal paper
- Sharpie

The trays inside the armrest are a great feature in these vehicles, but I've noticed that some of the things I put in there either get scratched up, or scratch up the tray itself.
Here's what's in my tray normally:

When we empty it out, you can see some of the scratching going on:

It's not terrible, but it's not pretty either. :grin:

I thought about those drawer liners you see at home improvement stores, but they usually come in really 'kitchen-y' colors, like "Ivory" and "Eggshell":

While at Lowe's one day, I spot the same type of drawer liner, but in a color that will match the tray:

Nice!

To begin, I used some legal size sheets of paper to draw rough outlines of the spaces:

I just felt for the edges as I ran the Sharpie along the side. I only need it to be close; not exact.

I continued to trim the paper until they rested perfectly inside their respective tray areas:

If you take out a little too much, just add some masking tape to that section and re-cut it.

I then transfered the paper shapes to the liner material.
Since the liner material is black, I needed something that the Sharpie would show up on, so I masked the perimeter of the paper templates:

The transfers were then cut out:

I left them a little big. It's easier to trim a little than to start over. :grin:

The masking tape on the edges made it really easy to trim and re-test fit. I did it a bunch of times with each liner:

When you have the shape you like, remove the masking tape.
CAREFULLY! It can rip/tear the liner if you're not careful.

The end result is a nice tight fit that won't slide around:

Now we can put all our stuff back in:

Enjoy!

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