Anybody make a cup holder in their center consol? right behind where the power window and hatch release buttons are?

im suprised i never see that, considering the center console is pretty useless itself, you could turn the cover into the cupholder real easy

Well this is what i was thinking (yes im real bored lol)

use a car that already has cupholders and mesure the diamater of the cupholder, Then get a PVC pipe of that diamater (find a section of pipe where the inside diamater is the same as your mesurements) Then use the Pipe as your Guide to make the cupholder "hole", if their is not enough room with the switches, relocate them to where the front astray is and mount them there, Then with a sawzall or simmilar, cut out the opening for the cupholder (practice on a junkyard peice first, just incase) After that, put the pice of pvc pipe under the consol and find a way to "mount" it, Ie: Superglue, Epoxy, ect, After that fiberglassthe PVC area and shape how you want it.

Sound doable?

anythings doable, id like to see someone do cupholders in the console itself though.. like.. not sure I think 4thgen console is like that

im considering putting a cupholder on the hump right behind the console
would be a bitch to reach, but now that the 5spd is going in I wont have 1 hand free to hold the cup anymore, heh..

Heres what i was thinking of doing, plz exuse the crapy MS-paint drawing, but youll get the idea

I was thinking of doing that, but I like to rest my arm there, and I have a stick shift, so if it's a tall cup, I might be bumping it...

I thought there was an article on the main page of TGO for making these in the ash tray area (I can't do that either as my flip forward deck is rather long)....

I think you'd want a bit of a draft angle, rather then just PVC pipe, but just a guess...

I'd try to nab a center console (or whatever) with a cup holder, then just cut out the cup holder itself and mount that in to your center console. dropped down such that a normal pop can, can still be picked up, but yet low enough that a tall big gulp won't be super top heavy....

my other thought on the matter was to simply buy a big gulp (or something similar), and mold the cup in.... fiberglass, or just epoxy. then you have the size for any cup smaller then that, and it's got a perfect angle...

iv seen one done to the ash tray

It's really not as complex as you guys are making it out to be.
A speaker port cut to desired depth, a cap on the end. Cut hole in console, insert port, be done with it.

Consider the air bag module under the console in so eqipped cars before cutting.

2.5"... 3-3.5 would fit something more than a soda can.

A hole saw, I own a variety of sizes for work.
Pilot hole and a saber saw with a scroll blade for wood will work also. Roto tools (ie dremel), I don't know.

Yes, the whole car very dirty, not just the inside.

id hate to have a nice size bottle of water in there with that5spd

I actually helped a buddy of mine do this exact thing in high school turned out looking factory and worked fine for smaller cups and beer... er i mean soda cans

uh uh beer...derrrrr

You are NOT cool because you joke about alcohol and driving.

Just wanted to let you know that in case you had a false sense...

Hense the

Thanks pops

Yeah cause it's way to easy to spill. And that's a party foul.

I have made one. Pretty Easy, ill try getting some pics.

Here's a REAL EASY way I did it. I went on ebay and bought cup holder's for pool tables. Perfectly flat. Costs about 3-4 dollars. They are about 3 or 4 inches deep. Then dremel the hole and slide it in. Sorry don't have a picture.

You'll get more Ebay hits if you search for "poker table cup holder". There's a lot of them out there, just make sure they're the extra deep variety.

that's surprisingly helpful... huh, don't play poker/pool enough to notice that I guess. I'm going for that.

in texas it is perfectly legal to be drinking an alcholic beverage while driving. as long as you are not over the legal limit of course

That i did not know...

Thats kind of scary actually.

Not sure if they stil do, but back when I lived in Wichita Falls, TX they had drive thru liquor stores.

Something like McDonalds. Drive up, order a drink, pay, & drive off with you alcoholic drink in hand.

Well it is were G. Dubya is from.

They have them in Kentucky, too.

finally got a pic

damn that looks huge

yeah,with all the biggy size,king size ,macho combos..etc drinks now a days you gotta have a big cup holder


nice cup holder

Thats not quiet what i had pictured i was looking for a more flush mount, perhaps if i just cut down that leftover and put some sort of molding around it it would look a lot cleaner

just get some factory door panel cup holders.Thats the best way to go.

good luck finding some for a decent price tho

unless you get lucky and score some at a junkyard

I got a driver and pasenger side for 2.00$ each at a j/y once

it would be a lot cleaner if you just cut it down, but i found it is better like this becuase i can take it out if I want (Cleaning,etc)

Its really not that big tho.

found some berly centercaps from a Jyard, a buck 50 a peice,

In Delaware the passenger is alound to have a open container the driver is not. That makes the ride nice sometimes.

I bought a couple of cheap cup holders at Pep Boys (the kind that were meant to hang from the window).
Cut them down and modified them with some Velcro and then pop riveted them on the sides of the center console.

I think I would rather bump a bottle of water in a cup holder than have that hot cup of coffee between my legs spill onto my carpet in front of me. I have a 5-speed also, and driving with any beverage is a PIA.

up till october 15 of this year it was legal in montana to drink and drive if under limit, and even now its only like a 100 fine. and the cops have all said they arent gonna pull you over for it, but if you do get pulled over they will ticket it for you

no that is not true; atleast were i am around dfw,
no open containers, now passangers can't even drink

The whole trick is not to get caught. And if you are able to handle yourself, they can't even tell that you are drunk.
I drove many times like that, although I know my limits, and I am a much more cautious driver than I am sober.
I don't care what you think about that statement, all I know is that its true.
Drink up, and be responsible.

EDIT
this post was turning this thread into a debate on drinking while driving, as nothing i say, no matter how profound, is going to change anyones mind i removed it.

i like the cupholder in the tech artical, to bad that wont work for firebird guys....

yea, seriously. not cool

wow...your an f'ing idiot...i hope you fall in a drunken stupor and kill yourself so you won't reproduce any more stupid people like you.

yeah buddy, drink up, and when you run into someone with your impaired judgement and kill their baby girl, you can explain to them your theory on knowing your limits. it doesn't work that way. alchohol is a depressent, and it slows down how quickly your brain reacts. just cause you *think* you have control...doesn't mean that's how it actually is.

I’ve been resisting adding non technical content to this thread, but I have to point out: if you can’t wait till you get to wherever you’re going to have a drink then you probably have a problem, no mater how in control you think you are.

I was gonna say something, but I decided to be the better man here.
I assure you no one will be hurt by me! Especially little girls at 3am in the morning!

Back to Topic.

Switching to fourth gen console is an answer for anyone who needs a cupholder.

I have a retracting cupholder unit that looks factory, no pics of it, nor have i installed yet. Haven't found a suitable location, its is just over 1/2 inch tal maybe a 3/4 would fit perfect under the center vents in a camaro, but you take a risk of what ever drink it is spilling on the radio. One salution i had was to move the radio under the vents, the add the cup holder to where the radio was, need a plate or something else in the hole to fill it in but it came as a kit so it also has a pocket piece to go with it.

thats pretty neat i would like to see that

just glad i live in GA and not CO.

Anyone ever thought of using our "kitchen table" dash for a cup holder. Should be pretty easy!

doing homework was also easy on our dash.

You know people like you are the reason why every 22 minutes someone dies in an alcohol-related motor vehicle accident. Im 17 and i see that i already have more common sense than you. In the 3 1/2 years i have been in High School, i have been through the loss of 3 people i knew since childhood. All three were killed by a drunk driver.

Yeah youre real funny and cool; you make me sick.

nah man this guy is special, he knows his limits.