If we had cupholders...

[PNWDan]

I <3 my SFgadgetguy cupholder..
it's the best I ever came across.



(surprised more people aren't speaking up about it in this thread..)

This^

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[quikveedb2]

Exactly but there's really not much space to put them and I've looked into the price of the VW pop-outs and they're pretty damn expensive.

They are pricey I think they run about $80, but so are the other options out there. If you could get rid of the window breaker & fader knob above the stereo as pictured above, and put the remaining buttons on one side, I bet you could fit something along those lines in there.

[YosemiteSam]

I really want to try and make the cupholders out of a Mk IV golf fit into an e30. I wouldn't even use them very often, they're just cool.

[rturbo 930]

They are pricey I think they run about $80, but so are the other options out there. If you could get rid of the window breaker & fader knob above the stereo as pictured above, and put the remaining buttons on one side, I bet you could fit something along those lines in there.

That's where I was thinking of putting it. But then I realized it would be blocking the radio. Though it wouldn't bother me, it might bother others.

One more thing, my mom's A4 has the same popout cup holder, and while it's convenient, I also find it somewhat useless since it's not very big. It doesn't seem to hold anything bigger than a coffee mug, or a standard water bottle.

I'm probably going to go with this, which was posted earlier in the thread: http://e30.bmwdiy.info/cup-holder/index.html

Not too expensive, out of the way, and big enough to hold just about any kind of bottle or mug. My rear ashtray is broken anyway, so this will help hide it too.

[bowtie2bimmer]

I like the idea of the rear ashtray holder but i would like a nicer looking 2 cup one. Basically the SFgadgetguy one meets rear ashtray mount..

The one shown ^ just looks cheap to me

[Pl3wA]

^ if the rear ashtray had two cupholders the center console would look like a penis...

[BergerNJ]

reading this thread makes my damn head spin......"too expensive" "kinda pricey" "looks cheap" "doesnt hold anything"


Three great solutions:

e36 or even an e46 center console swap. Seen pics of both.

The double holder conversion gadget guy sells

or the "cheap" foldable single holder that mounts behind the ebake and above the rear ashtray.


Condense all of the buttons around the head unit and add pull out trays that are strengthened to the inside of the dash.

OR use a side mount next to the shifter on both sides? Wont look stock but oh well.




Ive always wanted a back seat center pull down like EVERY OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD....

[turge]

reading this thread makes my damn head spin......"too expensive" "kinda pricey" "looks cheap" "doesnt hold anything"


Three great solutions:

e36 or even an e46 center console swap. Seen pics of both.

The double holder conversion gadget guy sells

or the "cheap" foldable single holder that mounts behind the ebake and above the rear ashtray.


Condense all of the buttons around the head unit and add pull out trays that are strengthened to the inside of the dash.

OR use a side mount next to the shifter on both sides? Wont look stock but oh well.




Ive always wanted a back seat center pull down like EVERY OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD....

I'd go with the e36 one. If I had more time I'd make mine fit better but it gets the job done and looks relatively clean.

I'll upload a picture in the morning of my setup.

[The München Monster]

^ if the rear ashtray had two cupholders the center console would look like a penis...

Wha

[JinormusJ]

Screw cupholders, because e30

[VinniE30]

Real drivers cars don't have cupholders. E30 is all business.
Plus, no cupholders is cool and euro!

[VinniE30]

Well back when the e30 was made there weren't as many differences between euro and us model bmws, just stuff that was necessary by law at the time like diving board bumpers, side reflectors, and stuff like that. Look at the e46, in the US we got cupholders, and in europe they got what we call a "euro tray" in the center console where the cupholders would be. In europe it's not as common to drive around with drinks and multitask in the car, when you're driving, you're just driving nothing else. Same thing with ashtrays, even with the e30s the euro ones got different kind of "open" tray that goes there instead. I have one in my e30.

[Raxe]

I don't want cupholders, but I've always thought a nicely done E36 center console swap was the way to go. With good fitment and matching colours it looks factory installed, not like an afterthought Pep Boys bolt-on.

[808e30325i]

Mine works pretty good and I hardly know that its there. Sorry for the poor cell pic's. [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]

[CHIF8008]

come now...


works great for me, plus everything is move-able. so you pick where they all go and arrange.