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Old 02-04-2004, 03:43 AM
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Custom Cupholder Replacement?

So, my cupholder popped out and I didn't even like the thing, seemed drinks fell out of it pretty easy. Has anyone seen, thought of, done, etc. something to their cupholder. I was thinking about maybe making a single cup holder that would fit inside the hole so that it would be at least a little functional. Let's see some pics.

if they exist danny will post 'em
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Re: Custom Cupholder Replacement?

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So, my cupholder popped out and I didn't even like the thing, seemed drinks fell out of it pretty easy. Has anyone seen, thought of, done, etc. something to their cupholder. I was thinking about maybe making a single cup holder that would fit inside the hole so that it would be at least a little functional. Let's see some pics.

if they exist danny will post 'em
no doubt... if it does exist, i will post them...

my idea all along has been to yank out that OE cupholder and make a stationary single-cup cupholder... I just haven't had the time to push forward with that idea... the OE stuff just plain out SUCKS!!!
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we could come up with a design and I could manufacture the bloody thing
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Re: Re: Custom Cupholder Replacement?

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no doubt... if it does exist, i will post them...

my idea all along has been to yank out that OE cupholder and make a stationary single-cup cupholder... I just haven't had the time to push forward with that idea... the OE stuff just plain out SUCKS!!!
Yah, thats exactly what I'd like to do, the passengers can hold their own damn cups
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Cupholder.....

Yeah, something has to be done about the cupholders. My thought is to put a stationary (ie-not ridiculously overengineered) holder for one cup. If someone does injection molding (ie-they poster who says he could manufacture it) they could use the existing slot/mount in the armrest and use a square box with cuphole in the middle. Should work fine.... I would buy one.

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i'm in too if someone can fabricate...i just wouldn't know where to start...
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pics of the cupholder base to get somebody a start on ideas???:














edit: hmmmm those are a little big I'm gonna do some editing

edit: image size fixed and dimensions added to a couple pics

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