KBH Auto Door Panel Armrest Cover for Honda Odyssey 2011-2017 Vinyl Microfiber Leather Car Door Armrest Replacement Pair Dark Gray

Recieved the door leather trims only to find out they are a much lighter shade than whats advertised. Not the end of the world but really big contrast to what’s advertised.

Taking the door panel off was scary (thank you you tube for some amazing videos), but the process as a whole was pretty simple. It took 45 minutes from start to finish, and this included the 15 minutes I waited for the contact cement I used to set. The material looks very close to the original to the point where unless you point it out, no one will ever notice.I used contact cement as the adhesive (adhesive not included) because I like the bonding power, and the control in application.I was able to take the door panel off myself with a small flat head screw driver (to pry things) and a Philips bit on a drill (could have used a manual screw driver but I had a drill on hand). The panel isn’t heavy but there is a point where you need to disconnect some things behind the panel while holding it- watch a few videos before so you know what to look for/ how the connectors disconnect.I was grossed out by the amount of debris that was inside the door panel BTW- totally cleaned that out while contact cement was setting.With the armrest piece: I ripped off the old covering and cleared it of as much old foam as I could.Next- rough fit the new covering. Make sure you see where the new covering needs to sit (the stitching on the covering lines up with a channel in the plastic armrest piece). It looks like you could trim the covering but don’t- you can trim once you wrap (you’ll be happy you have a little extra if you don’t center the covering perfectly). Have a sharp pair of scissors that you can throw out ready).I covered the entire back of the new covering with contact cement (really ‘got it into’ the foam backing. I then covered the plastic armrest piece with contact cement, being extra sure that I got all of the edges AND about a 1/2” over on the backside (where the covering will wrap around). I almost used the full can.Let this sit for the full 15 minutes- the covering soaks a lot of the contact cement in. You want to make sure that it is all ready to go.Once the 15 minutes is up, you’ll want to start with the stitching line- line that up along the channel on the armrest piece. Press firmly and work up towards the top, smoothing and pressing as you go. Contact cement is not forgiving so work slowly.With contact cement you don’t have to stretch as aggressively as you might need to with a spray adhesive because the contact cement gets into the foam- doesn’t sit on top. If you are lined up well, cover each piece well, and press the covering firmly to the plastic, it will work great.As the title said- for $40 in materials and an hour of my time, totally worth it!!

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Reading the reviews you would think people’s expectations are unrealistic. The description doesnt mention it includes the adhesive. Go get some. It doesn’t include a staple gun. Gonna need one. Doesn’t include Philip head driver or instruction to remove entire door panel. Better YouTube and be ready. It does include a very cheap alternative to Honda OEM. I’m not an interior expert but yes i do not have the skill needed to make it curve 90 degrees without the crease that will happen. Maybe I need to heat gun it then adhesive it down to get it tight. I think it’s a great product for the money. Honda oem trim is $80 for one side. Perfect fit and color. This is $30 for both sides. Lots of labor and not exact color match. But do both sides and it will match fine.

Not always a need, sometimes a want just to update the cosmetics but this product looks great in our van. We bought a used Honda and the door armrests were in rough shape- now it looks brand new! We bought the suggested spray can adhesive and it went well together. REALLY sticky so spray over a cardboard or something and watch your clothes and hands.Tips from someone who did both doors…Take off the old leather and overlay it with the new one… take a dry erase marker of some sort and mark the cuttings they have made. So helpful! We didn’t do this for the first door but did for the second one and it made a HUGE difference. Then the expo marker wipes off.If you have a gray Honda Odessa with gray interior… buy black!! Ours didn’t look black because it was so worn so we bought gray and it didn’t match… we had already disassembled the car and were in the midst of the project so we just went with it but it definitely doesn’t match…The only reason we didn’t do 5 stars is because the original leather had a plastic strip sewed into it along the sewed seam and there are slots it slides into, we felt that would have been helpful to have when everything is sticky and you’re trying to line things up, but I guess it isn’t solely made for a 2011 Honda Odessey.**also, it helps to have a helping hand. I’m sure some people can do it solo but my husband and I worked together on it and the extra hands helped when pressing it down and smoothing it out

I thought the quality and color match of this was very good - good value. I have four installation pointers:(1) I removed the plastic guide strip from the OEM pad to aid initial alignment. Just remove stitches and glue to the replacement along the seam.(2) Contact cement doesn't work ... I thought that is what they were using in the installation video. Regardless, I found 3M Super 77 spray adhesive to work perfectly - it holds the fabric, and is easy to pull back if a mistake is made.(3) The curve in the middle is a struggle to get adhesion with smoothness (OEM uses a vacuum system), but I found that by using a 1-1/2" rigid foam cylinder worked great to press into that curve.(4) The plastic tool that is included is useless. Stretching the fabric is all that is needed to remove creases and get an OEM look. Along the edge, I used pliers to pull, and then press with my fingers on the back side.