Thanks.
I'll grab you the dimensions shortly. I'll also throw up a few pictures with several cups in it tonight (I'll even run by a DD for you and grab a large iced coffee cup).
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Merely a cell phone picture and my car is in pieces, so I could not show it installed:
Great! Thanks for the pic!
It's about damn time someone came out with this. I made my own by removing the cup holder, cutting the bottom off and then JB Welding the bottom of a thick plastic cup to it that I painted black. Works like a charm albeit a bit ghetto looking when you pull it out of the console, lol.
Order placed!
Going out with today's order shipment. Thanks!
this works on a 95 m3 right?
From the factory, it only work's with 96+ E36s with the modular center console seen here (#16; ~$20). Though, I believe any E36 with an armrest can retro fit this part.
Last edited by OriginEquipment; 03-26-2013 at 06:01 PM.
This is pretty funny, because when I was going to school for my MechE degree I wanted to make something like this as one of my projects and my professor said it was a dumb idea. Wish I hadn't listened to him, good work.
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I tried to make my own a while back as well. came out OK, but not as nice as this. I might have to pick some up! :-)
Wow. I'm surprised at how many people tried to homebrew a similar concept. Glad to see people were as frustrated with the factory part as we were.
What the heck kind of cup was the original cup holder meant to hold? It doesn't actually fit anything I have found yet. Did they sell the car with a proprietary BMW cup that only fits in the cup holder?
My M3 is 1 of 2
My M3 is 1 of 2
Oh man, this is so awesome!
Do you guys plan on building any other products?
Whenever I get something too big for the stock cupholder (eg. everything), I just pop out the cupholder and jam the item in the space. Fits cans, coffees, fountain drinks quite well. Plus spilly drops just end up in the never to be seen area under the console.
Oh snap, this is sick. Are you guys gonna be like, an interior specialty shop or just small things all over the car?
I'll be ordering one soon.
We'll be doing little things all over the car (think performance next). We are obviously a very small shop and most of us have other day jobs, so this is mostly doing things we like on the side where the design is fun and inspirational, the product is needed in the market, and manufacturing and distribution can be simplified.
Great. I got a quote from my dealer and I think we are going to start to stock a few of #16 for retrofits such as yours.
This thread is exactly what I was looking for!
If you made a spacer for E36 Steering wheels for tall people (like a 2-4 inch extender piece) I would buy that, and I think anyone over 6 feet or so would be interested as well .
Orders shipped. Thanks all!
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