E30 Zone

anyone got a decent holder for a drink in an e30 without taking up loads of space

i'm making my own soon

I usually find the space between the door and seat a good place.

BMW suck at cupholders!
E30 - none
E39 - two front (fragile) two rear (always broken)
E46 - none in the front, touring has two in the rear centre armrest which are useless unless you're a rear seat passenger with anorexia.

An aftermarket drinks holder for the E30 would be great

FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon

How?

i want a drink holder and a centre arm rest

sihooker wrote:

FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon

How?

Something like this in the centre console:

Sorry, i cant seem to see any cup holders...too distracted!

You can wedge a can of juice in the right hand corner in the space behind ashtray and below heater control panel - it works a treat and doesn't budge under hard cornering.
Simples.

Cup holders -

FMH wrote:

sihooker wrote:

FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon

How?

Something like this in the centre console:

Sooner have something like that in the passenger seat ,I can spot at least two places a cup could be held very safely....

FMH wrote:

sihooker wrote:

FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon

How?

Something like this in the centre console:

Make me one too

Buy bottles ?

i find between the seat and handbrake works quite well or my girlfirend if its not too cold because then she just moans about it.

FMH wrote:

sihooker wrote:

FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon

How?

Something like this in the centre console:

I can see at least two cup holders in the pic

joeyzassa wrote:

FMH wrote:

sihooker wrote: How?

Something like this in the centre console:

I can see at least two cup holders in the pic

In the centre console?

They look like gauges to me

Not the best of pics, but the only one i can find.
Screwed to the top lid of the ashtray, and closes into a neat little box when not in use.
Got of U.S ebay about 3 years ago.

Would it not get in the way with a drink in it when you go for 1st or 3rd?

As long as you select gears nice and smoothly, the holder does,nt present a problem.

ImysE30 wrote:

FMH wrote:

sihooker wrote: How?

Something like this in the centre console:

Make me one too

will do Immy, cut the holes and now waiting to get the whole centre console re-trimmed

I might be wrong, but i've got the feeling that Im.y wasn't talking about drilling holes of the plastic kind!

FMH wrote: will do Immy, cut the holes and now waiting to get the whole centre console re-trimmed

could you not have done it without the need to retrim the centre console by marking out the holes and making a series of cuts from the centre of the circle out to the circumfrence peeled the vinyl ? up and then cut out the hole and wrapped the vinyl round the underneath and glued it back on .. ? if you were putting some kind of trim ring round the top i think that would be more then adequate

just drink red bull. the cans wedge in the door pocket perfectly and don't spill of fall over. simples

doesnt anyone have a pair of bolloxs and 2 thighs to rest the refreshing beverages between?

fuzzy wrote:doesnt anyone have a pair of bolloxs and 2 thighs to rest the refreshing beverages between?

I do, but i,m fooked if im putting steaming hot coffee
anywhere near them.

Morat wrote:BMW suck at cupholders!
E30 - none
E39 - two front (fragile) two rear (always broken)
E46 - none in the front, touring has two in the rear centre armrest which are useless unless you're a rear seat passenger with anorexia.

An aftermarket drinks holder for the E30 would be great

e46 has an option of cupholders in the console btween the seats,put them in my touring they are great.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-635C ... ccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Armrest- ... ccessories

If you can get one from a left hand drive e46 the centre console bit fits quite well and comes with cup holders.

There was a thread on how to do it on here a little while ago,

Problem solved!! Think outside of the holder and let the cup do the hard work - just drove 20miles, pretty hard with a boiling hot cup of coffee to sip along the way...


This is OK...



This works like a dream, especially if you angle the cup's opening at 9pm, not 6pm - work slike a charm.....

You can get cheapo things from ebay that clip over the door card. Only good on the Mway though as they tend too fall off around corners!

Example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-VAN-TRUCK-FOL ... 2309fcbae1

FMH wrote: Something like this in the centre console:

how are you doin'

ones from a newish mondeo pop out of the centre console, im going to fit some of those to mine soon ish.

d1mkaz wrote:

FMH wrote: Something like this in the centre console:

how are you doin'

Just noticed the jug holders in the centre consul - i mean mug holders

bobcat wrote:

Morat wrote:BMW suck at cupholders!
E30 - none
E39 - two front (fragile) two rear (always broken)
E46 - none in the front, touring has two in the rear centre armrest which are useless unless you're a rear seat passenger with anorexia.

An aftermarket drinks holder for the E30 would be great

e46 has an option of cupholders in the console btween the seats,put them in my touring they are great.

Ah, interesting. I've just found what you mean on REALOEM. Our car has the phone console which isn't very useful because the 10 year old motorola is carp.