Armrest lid latch broken

[MICHAEL PARKER]

my mates s3 has got a broken lid latch , does the A4 etc armrest fit or the lid , he is struggling to find a leather replacement lid , any ideas welcome

Cheers

Mike

 

[Matt268uk]

Pretty sure the A4 lid doesn't fit. what most members do is use little magnetic catches either hot glued or epoxy onto existing lid. It's a really expensive route to go down to source a genuine replacement lid.

 

[MICHAEL PARKER]

Pretty sure the A4 lid doesn't fit. what most members do is use little magnetic catches either hot glued or epoxy onto existing lid. It's a really expensive route to go down to source a genuine replacement lid.

Ok I will tell him , he has joined the forum now so may also see this.

 

[Donny_DJ]

As above, common fault unfortunately, as with the dodgy glovebox lid

 

[MICHAEL PARKER]

Oh dear , let me think why have I gone to Audi from Bmw ? Lol

 

[GMballistic]

Yep very common fault. I decided to fix mine (as some others have) using small magnets.

I took out the small rubber bungs in the top of the lid, slightly widened the holes with a drill bit and then superglued the magnets in place.

I then used two stainless steel drawing pins which I simply pushed into the lower half for the magnets to hold to when the lid was closed. You could also drill some more holes and add magnets there too but I thought the drawing pins were simpler & you can't see them when the lid is closed.

 

[MICHAEL PARKER]

Tbh I am not sure if this is what he means but it could be , he said the spring has broken I think .

 

[GMballistic]

Tbh I am not sure if this is what he means but it could be , he said the spring has broken I think .

I'd bet money that this is his problem. There used to be a plastic/spring latch there but it was already broken on my S3 when I bought it.

Checked at my local Audi dealership but they wanted stupid money for the lid & even more money for the complete unit. Searched eBay and found a few for sale but unfortunately the sellers have realised how much these things are worth even used so still wanted silly money.
Hence the reason I decided to fix mine as I have with magnets.

Point your mate this way to see if I'm right & hopefully it will help him.

 

[MICHAEL PARKER]

Ok thanks matey .