jaymo

So after two weeks of driving the TL around I couldn't help but notice there was a bit of a cupholder situation. Cans and cups don't seem to agree with the front cup holder. I did read the cup holder thread and had a good laugh...

And for you viewing pleasure:


To some it may look like a hockey puck. To others it could be a "ho ho", "ding dong" (lol) or whatever those chocolate cupcake things are. The true vet will notice that it is a PVC cap painted blank.

Bad:


Good:


lol?


The unpainted variant was questioned by passengers so I classed it up a bit with a quick paint job...



Overall I'd call it a dollar well spent .

Walshstl

I find this image disturbing.

jaymo

haha, I was already in ps resizing the pictures and couldn't help but do it. I have half a mind to adopt it as my sig...

DNPhotography

good: open mouth cup is easly more accessable.
bad: wide open mouth cup in nice TL interior = dissaster waiting to happen.

i dont allow that kind of cups in the Type-S.

dudechewy

haha damn bro u mustve been bored as hell.......

Con5179

LoL good job.

MichaelBenz

iTrader: (2)

Nice solution...but I tend to agree with the others about a mess waiting to happen with a cup like that in the car. How slow do you drive? Crap...that thing would have to be damn near empty to NOT send liquid all over the place in my car on a simple takeoff.

mrlobaloba

iTrader: (2)

Great idea, What did you use? I hate that lower cup holder

1995hoo

I only allow the travel mugs with the screw-on tops.

The red cup shown above is what I call a "tailgate cup." Very bad idea to use that in the car in Virginia because a tailgate cup invariably contains beer or liquor!

jaymo

I tend to take it easy on the skinny pedal, not to mention I spend most my drives sitting in traffic.

2" PVC end cap and some hacksaw work

haha wow, I've never heard the term "tailgate cup". I'll admit the pictured cup *may* have contained whiskey and coke but it was all I had handy. Small drive through coffee cups and cans are the usual customers.

1995hoo

"Tailgate cup" because at pregame football tailgates everybody has either red or blue opaque cups that look just like that. I suppose the fraternities used those at parties too, but that's much longer ago for me!

rockyfeller

iTrader: (6)

I actually like having 1 deep and 1 shallow for the various size things we put in there. Some cans/glasses are tall.

mrlobaloba

iTrader: (2)

My GF and I always get a medium Dunkin coffee in the morning and I always have to race to get my cup in the higher cup holder before she does.

Jesstzn

I think he just used that open cup as a height example.

I did the same sort of mod a while back by taking the cap off a rattle can and putting a wrap of closed cell foam around it and dropping it in the front holder.


I must say tho .. of all the cars I have had the TL has the least driver user friendly cup holders I have ever experienced.

They are too far back and too close to the arm rest and too low.

Adobeman

+1 With the 6MT you need the extra depth or else a bottle of water will be in the way all the time. I wish both were deep.

To the OP, not dissing your mod. Seems like a good idea for AT owners.

jaymo

oh I get the phrase, just never heard it around here and will start throwing it around. Red cups were a big part of my life not too long ago .


lol way to make a game out of it.

oh you would love a BMW-5 series (or maybe they all have it). Its this clip thing that folds out and is pretty much useless.

sT04Louis

iTrader: (5)

I use these:

Car Coasters



Kill two birds with one stone.

1995hoo

I use those as well. They keep the cupholders clean and they elevate smaller things nicely, although for the most part as I said before I only allow travel mugs (but I will sometimes allow a can of soda if it hasn't been opened and will not be opened until we are out of the car).

snax

That is actually a good idea, but don't they fall apart toward the end of the season? Wahoo wah!

05AcTL

iTrader: (15)

i dont allow ne thing that doesnt have a cap on it! and theres a very strict no eating rule of ne kind of food or snacks! Non negotiable!

Blazing GT

nice mod

acura_dipset_tl

iTrader: (40)

+1 heck yeah no eating in my ride no qestions asked.

Tripnbeats

no eating no smoking no drinking only coffee in the mornings if u must but thats it. only change goes in the cups holders and I fill them up fast with it.

Morrissey25

iTrader: (4)

I do like that mod. As soon as it stops snowing I'm going to go and make it happen... F-ing snow!!! Worse even... F-ing Ice!!!