Driver side cupholder
03-12-12, 04:03 PM
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Looking at the picture, I was wondering if this can be added to the passenger side of the vehicle, so they can have their own cup holder right under the A/C.
Then I thought, this will only encourage eating in the vehicle and passengers rarely clean up after themselves. Which means more work for me.
Then I thought, this will only encourage eating in the vehicle and passengers rarely clean up after themselves. Which means more work for me.
03-12-12, 07:01 PM
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That would have been a great idea for the passenger to also have one. The other good idea would have been able to also be able to close the centre vents, like every other car in the world. Silly design really. Does anyone know how to shut these vents (short of repointing it). Repointing is a pain as if the wife has a different temperature setting to me, she normally moves the vent towards my side which messes up my settings.
03-12-12, 08:51 PM
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That would have been a great idea for the passenger to also have one. The other good idea would have been able to also be able to close the centre vents, like every other car in the world. Silly design really. Does anyone know how to shut these vents (short of repointing it). Repointing is a pain as if the wife has a different temperature setting to me, she normally moves the vent towards my side which messes up my settings.
I also agree it would be a great idea to have them on both sides in the vent.
03-14-12, 01:16 AM
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Somewhere on Clublexus is a topic about putting a passenger cup holder in. I cant find it right now.
What he did was use a dremal on his dash. And slide one in.
A little too much work for me.
What he did was use a dremal on his dash. And slide one in.
A little too much work for me.
03-14-12, 07:32 AM
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Well, guys, thank you for all the comments. Until I read these posts I did not know I had a cup/bottle holder under the left air vent. I just 'discovered' it now, and it seems well thought out, but, other than using a cup to hold it, I wonder how someone makes it hold their cellphone.
03-14-12, 11:58 AM
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Well, guys, thank you for all the comments. Until I read these posts I did not know I had a cup/bottle holder under the left air vent. I just 'discovered' it now, and it seems well thought out, but, other than using a cup to hold it, I wonder how someone makes it hold their cellphone.
The smaller flip phones fit in there OK. Not the bigger smart phones they have come out with of late.
03-14-12, 04:43 PM
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Hang on, I just realised something. The US cars have the vent cup holder on the left hand side for the driver. Right-hand drive cars like here in Australia, have it on the right. Assuming they are exactly the same size (as they most likely would be), it would be conceivable to assume that if I got a cup holder vent from a US car (i.e. from a wreckers yard for instance), I could have a cup holder for the passenger. The same would go for the US. If that is correct, then I don't see why anyone didn't think about this before and cut a hole in the vent (apart from being able to source the part from the wreckers).
03-16-12, 06:16 PM
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Didnt find the cupholder mod thread. But I did find this about replacing the cup holder.
" There is a nut and a screw that will have to be removed to get the vent/cupholder out. To access the screw and nut the lower dash will have to be removed. "
" There is a nut and a screw that will have to be removed to get the vent/cupholder out. To access the screw and nut the lower dash will have to be removed. "
03-18-12, 11:07 AM
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03-19-12, 04:08 AM
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Thanks MC5Wes. I have just done a measurement and it sure does look to be the exact same size, meaning that, in theory, a US driver side cup holder vent would fit the Right-hand passenger vent (and vice-versa). Hence 2 cup holders on the dash.
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03-19-12, 09:01 AM
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I want royalty rights if this works! haha
It would be great to have another cupholder on the pass side...esp retractable. For all intents and purposes you can never have too many.
It would be great to have another cupholder on the pass side...esp retractable. For all intents and purposes you can never have too many.