Dorman 80995 Patent Pending Front Driver Side Armrest Repair with door release handle above armrest (27 inch) Compatible with Select Chevrolet/GMC Models, Tan (OE FIX)

Very happy with this one. my advice would be make sure you order the Dorman. I found a passenger side one as well...not near the quality of this one. This one is metal reinforced and is secured with bolt/studs and nuts with washers. great concept. My "other" one was secured with screws into plastic and only plastic reinforcement. This one is good, was easy to install, great fit.

This is a game changer for the GM failed door panel design to the 2007-14 trick and SUV models .. I’ve owned several of the vehicles and all are the same with cheap plastic interior parts.. this part is a long time coming and worth every penny .. I have bought new and use door panels. Dorman always delvers with quality parts.. Thank you!! Easy to install.. just take your time and watch the supplied video. Color is close to spot on and I’m sure the gray or ebony is perfect as tan can be hard to match and with age as plastic color changes over time. If you have a busted door panel from use this will fix it!

This was a perfect fit and relatively easy to install

This is a great solution to the crumbling armrests on my 2012 suburban. Picture is after installation. I initially ordered a different brand because I could get a set, but the passenger side didn't fit so I ended up getting this one along with another different brand for the passenger side since Dorman doesn't offer a passenger side yet. Although I'm satisfied with the passenger side armrest I installed, this Dorman armrest fit better and the look and feel of it matches the rest of the door panel better also. I would recommend getting this one over other brands especially if you only need the driver side.There were no instructions included but there are instructions on the website I believe or I just YouTubed it. That was very helpful and it's straightforward enough of a replacement that I didn't need it for the second armrest replacement a couple days later.

This armrest is much more solidly constructed than the OEM armrest. When correctly installed, it's like a rock. Be aware, it's not a quick unbolt-rebolt repair. Once you've removed the factory door panel, use the new part with it's pre-installed machine screws to indicate which of the factory plastic weld points you'll need to drill out. I believe there are 10. I used a 1/4" bit to drill out the plastic welds. Then went through with a body panel tool to pop what plastic remained in the welds. There are 4 additional bolts to remove.The old armrest pulled relatively easily after that. I began fitting in the Dorman armrest by sort of lining the pre-installed machine screws with the newly drilled holes in the panel. Discovered I needed to remove some excess welding plastic. Got everything pretty much flat using a file and a step-up drill bit. Once everything was lined up, I attached the 2 main nuts to the center posts (next to where the factory bolts came out), then threaded the factory bolts back in. Once these were snug, I worked outward, threading each nut and washer onto its machine screw. Here's why 4-star, not 5: It is too *** easy to overtighten the nuts and strip the machine screw out of the new armrest. We decided that the nuts away from the center get lightly tightened, just until they start to compress the washer. Han-tight was too tight. Broke out epoxy to repair the once we stripped out.Fitment and finish are outstanding. It looks OEM and is much more solid. Happy with final result - hope to save someone else the hassle of epoxy. Would buy again.

THIS PIECE IS AWESOME. BUY IT. I have been driving around for years with the destroyed handle on my Yukon XL, and in ONE HOUR, this kit solved the problem. From unpackaging to complete, one hour. Well built, and perfect color match. Get a drill, 10mm socket, and a small flathead, and watch the YouTube video Dorman put out about this. Great product, super happy.

Installed on a 2014 Chevy Suburban. Fit great. Found a nice YouTube tutorial. I’m not super handy, but this product makes the DIY possible. Highly recommend!

Installed. There is a bit of messing with it to get it just right, but all those various vehicles over that span of years had small differences. Once I got going, the instructions made sense, and it was fine. Probably best for someone with some confidence/mechanical aptitude, but it wasn't strictly complicated. The texture and appearance are excellent. The black color match wasn't exactly the same as the original equipment, which in my car was more of a very dark charcoal grey, but once it is in the car, you can't really tell.I can't tell you how pleased I was with this! So, to summarize: A major corporation that pulls in a good fraction of a trillion dollars each year (hundreds of billions) had a significant (although not safety-related) design flaw in their door pull for years. Everyone knew about it. Nearly every vehicle in this series would eventually have this problem after a few years. GM's solution? Buy a full door panel for hundreds of dollars. Don't provide a replacement part for a known design flaw. Oh, and that replacement panel? Yeah, it still has the same design flaw and will also fail in a few years. Why didn't they do anything about it?? Well, Dorman comes along (significantly smaller, but still a multi-billion dollar company) and finally does something about it. They take it upon themselves to engineer a REAL fix. An armrest/door pull with steel reinforcement that actually feels solid and secure. It's lovely. And, it's affordable! Everyone should buy this (if you have an affected vehicle). I have nothing bad to say.(For a vehicle that originally retailed for more than $70,000, I can't believe GM wasn't willing to put $2 worth of metal in the original arm rest.)