cup holders????

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:31 am

i know this is kindof a stupid post and i'm a bloke so it shouldn't matter to me but i'm getting annoyed with my car having no cupholder? i once drove home on the motorway with an icecold coke lodged between my legs and i had to stop halfway home to go to the toilet lol.

frankly i'm just annoyed with having no-where to put a drink, if anyones got any ideas it would be greatly apreciated, i thought about getting one of the modern vw cup holders and doing a custom fitting job to the bottom of the center console but any other ideas?

83coupe · Post by **83coupe** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:51 am

i got one from a '98 passat. its alittle hard to access the radio when theres cups in it, and i never did finish the job by fitting some chrome strip around it, but it comes in very useful

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:03 am

you can get a removable cup holder that fits in the gap between the window and the window rubber. on a mk2 its possible to put one of these in the ashtray, but again I think it might obscure the radio a bit.

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:22 pm

i'm not too bothered about the cd player as i use my i-pod now which is up near the windscreen, only time i touch my stereo is to turn it on and off

83coupe: that was exactly the sortof thing i had in mind, was it much work?

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:24 pm

Buy a bottle instead and shove it in the door pocket.

polokris · Post by **polokris** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:55 pm

omicron wrote:Buy a bottle instead and shove it in the door pocket.

you got it mate!!

83coupe · Post by **83coupe** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:30 am

Mk2Adam wrote: 83coupe: that was exactly the sortof thing i had in mind, was it much work?

yeh man i done it when i done the dash conversion. had to cut the slot, then i fiberglassed some aluminium brackets to the underside of it, which were then bolted onto the inside of the dash. dunno how easy they are to find though

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:17 pm

sounds quite alot of work, plus i've still got the mk2 dash which hasn't really got much to do that kindof thing from.

i tried the bottle aproach and it doesn't work as you have to undo the lid etc lol....i just want a place to put my maccy D's drink when i'm driving is that so much to ask??? did they not have drinks in 1980's germany?

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:00 am

If you're a bit handy you could fashion a cupholder (or two) out of MDF and fit it in the centre console?

polock · Post by **polock** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:23 am

Or modify the centre speaker on the dash to accept a cup. For those blessed with a centre speaker of course

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:46 am

Cup holders are for mondeos

Bet you want a sunlgasses holder too eh?

83coupe · Post by **83coupe** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:13 pm

omicron wrote:Cup holders are for mondeos

Bet you want a sunlgasses holder too eh?

or for people who dotn wana spill drinks??

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:26 pm

i have to say, this topic made me laugh!

i tend not to drink when i'm driving, keeping the power down in the G and drinking a drink is pretty hard

i like the idea of custom ones in the centre consol and using the centre speaker, both very clever ideas!

unfortunatly, my mk2 isn't blessed with door pockets, but i do have some rather nice speaker mounts there instead!