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kangman
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:28 pm
is there a place to balance a drink when you drive? i can only buy bottles of fizzy lucozade as they fit in the doorcard pocket.
are there any off the shelf products that look oem inside an E30, Or is there a simple DIY cup holder.
Please post any pics of your cup holders for inspiration

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mcbonio
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:37 pm
you can jam a can of coke under the cubby/well heater controls...!!
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FinalD
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:42 pm
I might actually install something in the cassette holder:
Should be able to bodge something up that could hold drinks in that gap....but I have other plans for it to be honest.

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Mo13
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:44 pm
Unfortunately I don't have doorcard pocket......
contemplating on fitting a e46 armrest with cup holder something along the lines of this
but if I do change to that I need to relocate my heated seat switches and switch able auto switch!
might just nick the cup holders from the Mrs golf and fit it into the dash

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FinalD
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:50 pm
I guess I could rob the pop-out cup holder from my Mondeo and gaffatape it into the cubby hole below the heater controls...

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George
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:53 pm
mcbonio wrote:you can jam a can of coke under the cubby/well heater controls...!!
^This is what I do. Actually works quite well. Not so helpful for cans of Red Bull however owing to the different shaped can.
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Mo13
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:00 pm
Thinking about it there is no other space for it other than the hole below the heater controls
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Daryll
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:06 pm
Husco centre armrests have 2 cupholders built in.

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Jim320i
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:20 pm
There was a guy on here (Cant find the thread though) That used the cup holder from a Audi I think and modified it to sit under the heater/stereo fascia bit and it pop out with 2 holders. Was very cool

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Topblag
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:32 pm
George wrote:mcbonio wrote:you can jam a can of coke under the cubby/well heater controls...!!
^This is what I do. Actually works quite well. Not so helpful for cans of Red Bull however owing to the different shaped can.
Bottles on passenger seat, standard cans under the heater controls. Simple. No bodgery required.
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Mo13
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:37 pm
Topblag wrote:George wrote:mcbonio wrote:you can jam a can of coke under the cubby/well heater controls...!!
^This is what I do. Actually works quite well. Not so helpful for cans of Red Bull however owing to the different shaped can.
Bottles on passenger seat, standard cans under the heater controls. Simple. No bodgery required.
When you have passengers.....

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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:37 pm
...and those little rectangular cartons in the door pocket.
Schadenfreude - the German's haven't got a word for that.
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:41 pm
someone on here modified the centre console slightly to accept a vw passat slide out to the side type double cup holder and it looked a 'proper job' .
anyone else remember that or even got a link to it ?
i don't have time to l@@k right now .

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Jim320i
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:05 pm
Thats the one I was referring to! Wasnt an Audi though

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Curr946
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:06 pm
My mates passat is about to get scrapped if anyone wants the cupholder
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Mo13
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:19 pm
That is really well done!
Ill have it

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batleyrhino
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:41 pm
Mo13 wrote:Topblag wrote:George wrote:
^This is what I do. Actually works quite well. Not so helpful for cans of Red Bull however owing to the different shaped can.
Bottles on passenger seat, standard cans under the heater controls. Simple. No bodgery required.
When you have passengers.....

I used to know a girl that could hold a can of beer between them. I still don't know why I didn't marry her....
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Rich320I
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:56 pm
yeah i knew a girl that could hold a fag packet under each one, i know why i didnt marry her

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batleyrhino
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:20 pm
Is it;
a) that you don't smoke,
or
b) that they were trapped between her tit and her knee

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Mo13
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:31 pm
batleyrhino wrote:Is it;
a) that you don't smoke,
or
b) that they were trapped between her tit and her knee


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petchy
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:46 pm
That passat one looks good. The cheapest on the bay is about £15 from what I just saw. I bet everyone's gonnna be looking for them now!! I know I will be!
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Grrrmachine
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:54 pm
There's about 10 English ones available over here, to save you lot bidding against eachother
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kangman
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:56 pm
how easy is it to make that plate for the passat cup holders??
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snakebrain
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:00 pm
You get little clip-on ones that hang over the side of the door pocket, so it can live in your glove box when you're not using it.
Mye28 has a few threads on putting them in E28s that would be useful if you want to make/buy them. There are lots of retrofit ones available. There's also a proper comedy thread on there where a guy made a horrible duct tape bodge job then posted up lots of pics and comments about the engineering process he'd employed...
