Cup Holders

[JustJeff]

[QUOTE=TitaniumTT;132310]Thanks Jeff, was thinking about those and they can be had at the chandlery store down the street pretty cheap. The two things that I don't like about them is that they don't go completely away, and they require screwing into the vinyl dash which I can't bring myself to do just yet..... or the door panels.



I think I'm going to have to hit the boneyard tomorrow and see what I can find. There are a few factory options that are pretty nice.... The pop out ones etc etc[QUOTE]

I'm at my folks house for dinner with the family. Once I get home I"ll post up pics of the cupholder location. The ones we have use one screw per corner, but we found that we can hang them lower and use only the top two screws. The bottom of the holder hits the contour of the transmission hump. I suppose it resting on the hump in theory makes it more secure. More importantly it cuts the number of holes in the dash in half.

We've got 2 holder for 3 cars. Dad took the one out of the black ver to use in the red vert. The holes left behind are barely noticeable. They'd be even less noticeable if I filled them with some sort of black putty. I'll get pics of both on and off w/holes.

My brother has some damn sweet cupholders in his Porsche. Push on them and they slide out. While sliding out the fingers on the holder slide apart. Pretty slick setup very similar to what Vex is proposing you make.

Originally Posted by vex

And here I thought you lived dangerously... my mistake.

It's an easy fix for non-tapered stuff. Put in a collapsible wire underneath the aluminum holders. Or better yet, here's something else you could do for your red bulls.

Turn your center console (the one where your arm rest is) into a redbull fridge. Setup a little fridge unit in there and have it hold your redbulls in sort of an form fit piece. Keeps them ice cold and holds the open ones. Then when you want a drink you flip open the door, drink your chilled redbull and flip it back.

I mean, that's not sharp, dangerous, and ignores the design failing of the Redbull cans.

I like where you're going with this!!! Could get you in a Red Bull ad...get your car sponsored. Of course for sponsorship you'd also have to strap a HUGE fake can to the back of your car.