I've noticed that the way I hold the steering wheel while driving I tend to rest my elbow on the section of black fabric thats behind the power window controls thats made for an armrest. Whenever I rest my elbow on that armrest for long periods of time it begins to get really sore because its just a thin (very thin) layer of fabric over top of platic. I was wondering if I could remove the old thin layer of OEM fabric and replace it with a thicker more comfortable type of fabric and possibly a different color as well (thinking about going from black to dark red). Anyone ever tried this?

 

this part is welded from inside, you should drill weld spots, remove it, replace fabric, and yous self tapping screws, or weld again. it's not difficult, or you may do without any door cardboard remval Just remove handle and window controller, the tear off old fabric, and put a new fabric with a really nice glue. Shove edge fabric in slot and thats it!

 

Do the window controls pop out pretty easy or are there any screws hidden somewhere?

 

No screw there, just two tabs