Okay, I fitted the armrest today, took me around 45 mins (had a stray cat kept trying to jump into my car too).
Okay first of all, I forgot to take my camera out with me, but I think these images would be the exact same, the bracket is slightly different but fitting is the same.
Right, this is what my original setup was like.
Here are the fittings you require (You may have 2 scews rather than bolts)
First thing I done was loosened the centre console, it does not need to be removed for fitting, it can be a little tight at some stages but you can get it done no
problem.
Open your drivers door and find the blanking plate shown below.
Pop it off with a flathead screwdriver and you will have....
To remove this you will need a Torx T20 screwdriver. Once removed repeat at the passenger side, after this, slide both front seats forward and tilt as far forward as you can.
Remove your ashtray and remove the two Torx T20 screws you see.
Check the console is now slack and find something to hold it up whilst you work underneath.
Fit brass clips over these two holes (From the RIGHT hand side)
and
Put screw in the bolt/screw to make sure its ligned up ok, then remove.
Find the bolt shown below and remove it, put the extension peice you have been provided over the current thread. Keep the bolt for later.
Like so...
Next, get whatever your going to cut with out, I used a dremmel multitool, cut the inner flatpeice out of the rear coin tray, you MAY need to cut more off later (I did) but do just the inside bit first to be sure... should look like this.
Next, take your bracket and place it over the fittings, screw in the screws/bolts and fix everything into place.
Keep in mind my bracket was slightly different, but fitting is the same.
At this point check if the armrest fits well into the hole, if not you may need to cut some more (PITA) I used a little sanding peice which took longer but kept everything smooth.
When it fits in ok,
lower your console to its original state but don't screw back in yet, at this point you place the armrest over the bracket and fit it into place (With alan keys), once its fixed into place the jobs done.
After this, I removed all mats, tools etc and gave the car a full hoovering, even where the new bracket was fitted as this and the whole car was full of plastic dust and shavings, I then screwed the centre console back into place, fixed seats, ashtray and tidied up a bit and jobs a goodun!
My armrest didn't match my interior pefect (similar to the image above) but it does look good, and no jaggy bits of plastic.
After a little drive, I recommend this to everyone! The handbrake isn't too much of an issue, and the armrest can but put right back if need be.
If you ever want rid of the armrest, you can remove all the brackets etc and put a Mk4 Golf coin tray (removable on the Golf 4) into the hole you cut.