Well,shoot-dang. Do I need a whole new interior door panel?

I was driving home from work feeling wrecked and must have slouched pretty hard. When I put my arm onto the rest on the door to lift myself back up a little, I heard a crack along the line pictured. Did my best to line it out.

I can put pressure on it, pop the two pieces under/over the other, and manipulate them back. It's not a huge deal, but I have some sharp, beaten elbows and use that spot a lot with highway commutes, I don't want to make it worse.

Is that fabric piece replaceable or is this just one composite piece? Does somebody out there make a pad or anything for armrests that maybe I can band-aid it with?

 

Mine did the same, will be using fiberglass on it soon.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/door-panel-armrest-repair.94635/

 

Sumpin' about these red trucks... Gotta be.

Thanks for the link, and amazing me again at how helpful this site can be.

 

Never thought I'd own a red truck, but that was the only TRD OR 4x4 within 150 miles when I was looking. It's been 20,000 miles of joy so far.

 

There's also a member on here who sells pre-cut vinyl pieces to replace that stupid dirt magnet fabric.
Can't find his thread tho

 

Mine cracked in the same spot a few years ago. Must be something with the white trucks too.

 

Same here. My plan eventually is to take off the panel and jb weld a piece of plexiglass there (or something along those lines)

 

My wife's highlander has the same crack on at least both front armrests, possibly one of the rear too. Weak plastic. I think I saw on another forum that you could replace just the armrest piece on the highlander, not sure about the tacos. So far mine hasn't broken yet.

 

Silver ones do it tooo. I used thick sound deadening to patch it up. Worked good so far and it's a little softer on the elbow.

 

The black ones do it as well. Mine broke a few weeks ago. Plan on fiberglassing it and changing out the fabric for some black leather or vinyl

 

Would love to see the thread. And, what's the plan? Does that fabric peel out or separate? I assumed it was molded to the panel.

 

Speedway Blue too..... Been that way for years. I remember every few days. Annoys the crap out of me, but haven't gotten into it to repair.

 

www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-leather-arm-rests.2755/

 

Thank you. After looking it over, a glue gun and something as a patch seems more my speed.

 

Interesting, I haven't ever gotten around to changing out that faux trim piece but I guess whenever I do I will go ahead and reinforce it for prevention.

 

Save you time later, lean on it once a little to hard, and crack. I heard mine go.

 

Here's a thread that shows a couple different ways to fix the crack.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/door-panel-armrest-repair.94635/