KBH Door Panel Armrest Cover Replacement for Honda Odyssey 2011-2017, Vinyl Leather, Car Door Arm Rest Replace Skin Upholstery, Anti-Scratch, 1 Pair, Dark Gray (Leather Part Only)

Overall this is a good product. It takes some patience to wrap the panel nicely, but the finished product looks almost factory. The vinyl is stretchable and easy to work with. The color match isn't perfect, but good enough. Buy some good spray adhesive to make the wrapping easier.

Honestly, I’m amazed at how well this turned out. It took me about an hour to do both doors. The glue was the hardest part, I bought 3m spray glue at Walmart. With that glue you have to let it set up for a few minutes before sticking everything together, once I figure that out it really went well. I also used the old one I pulled off to trace an outline on the new one, then cut along the line. It really looks brand new. My only complaint is the color is slightly off. If you do both nobody will notice though.

There are two things that keep this item from being perfect. First it has contrast stitching so you need to replace them in pairs or they will be different. I initially intended to replace only the drivers side since it takes all the abuse and was falling apart. The second thing is that the factory cover has a plastic piece at the stitching and it helps you line up the panel with the plastic door piece it attaches to. If that piece was included it would have taken away the need to eyeball the cover and make sure you have it lined up correctly. It is simple to put the seam in the plastic groove but the tabs help line it up left and right if that makes sense. Overall seems like it will be a good product. Just installed it so no idea how it will wear but it seems solid. I bought the can of Permatex headliner adhesive that others recommended and it seemed perfect for this job.Check the Youtube videos for detailed instructions on door/panel removal. There are great videos that show where the 4 screws are located on the door.

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.

This fabric is made of two layers - the outer gray or black vinyl and then a foam layer. There are some helpful YouTube videos about how to remove the door panel, and yes you do need to remove the whole interior door panel because the piece that this fabric attaches to can only be unscrewed from the inside. You tear off the original material and you are left with a rigid plastic piece. Use headliner adhesive to attach the replacement vinyl. Read the instructions. Generally you spray both surfaces and then let it sit for a couple minutes before attaching the new fabric on to the plastic form. Pay attention to the original material and how it was cut so that you can have a visual to copy as you wrap the new vinyl and deal with the corners and edges.This is where it gets tricky. To get a good fit, you do need to stretch the fabric a bit, but when you do that the vinyl separates from the foam layer. That is the reason for my 3 star review. The solution is to use a brush on adhesive (Weldwood contact cement) to glue to layers of fabric back together and tighten up the corners (again, read the instructions - same deal, brush on to both surfaces and then wait for it to dry to tacky before pressing together.) This would have been a much easier job if the vinyl and foam came with a stronger adherence and I didn't have to glue all of those edges back together.However, for $30 plus whatever I spent on glue, I'm happy with how it turned out. Not perfect but way better.