No this isnt a smartass attempt at a free custom title,
"1)Take your ashtray out,
2)Sit back,
3)Enjoy."

Materials
Dragonplate CF stuff

Elmer's Craft Bond

Small plastic container cup (margerine kinda thing, but smaller..)

Cardboard
Electrical Tape

Tools
Scissors
Pocket Knife/Razorblade
Lighter

Alright On to the writeup...

Optional: You might want to paint your container black inside and out, to match your center console area. I did, It looks better that way. trust me.

1) Take your container, this will be the walls/bottom of your cupholder.

2) Use the pocket knife/razorblade to cut a hole in a corner of the bottom/side of your container.(i used a pocketknife... easier because It has a handle, you will be heating the blade later.) You are cutting this hole, because in the ashtray hole, there is a bump on the driver's side of it. See picture.

The Bump:

The Hole to accomodate the bump:

2.5) I almost forgot... I cut out a part of the center console, you can see in this picture. To do this, I heated the blade so that it would melt/cut the plastic... In the end, I dont think you really NEED to do this to the console, but... It seemed to make it easier. you can try it without doing so, its up to you. after all, this is YOUR car.

3) once you have made the hole in the bottom of the container so that it can sit flush inside, you might want to make a cardboard filler to go in front of it, so that its all flush on top. This is optional, but I figured it would be a good idea. Don't worry too much about the ghetto appearance, you wont be able to see it in the end.

4) Now, use your Craft Bond (or whatever spray adhesive you have) and spray the floor inside the ashtray hole where the container will sit, I also sprayed the bottom of the container for extra bondage.

5) adhere the container to the floor. put some pressure on it for a minute or so to get it to hold well.

6)Now comes the fun part. Take your dragonplate (or other such stuff that you may use, I don't know what else you could use, but... If you're creative and have something else, go for it.) You are going to need to cut a hole in the dragon plate, so that it is as smooth as you can get it, right around the rim of the container. Looking back, it would probably be better to trace the rim of the container on the back of the dragon plate BEFORE you adhere it to the floor... Just make sure you trace it EXACTLY where youre going to need it. I went into it a little quickly, and didn't think it through all the way, but, it turned out ok. I didnt take any pictures of the cutting process, I was too occupied trying to get it to be as clean as possible.. sorry.. but its pretty self explanitory, Just, be patient with it and cut a little at a time... just trim small pieces off. Better to cut too little than too much.

7)Once you get the dragonplate hole cut out as nicely as you desire, take off the backing to it, and lay it down where you want it. You can make this as big or as small as you like, maybe just around the ashtray, or as big as I made it.

8)Enjoy your new cupholder. get a cup. pour yourself a coke. try it out!

9) A toast, to the possibility of a custom title! Cheers!

This looks better, and now i have a full fledged cupholder, so it works out... as for my ashtray, the stuff I used it for can sit in the cupholder if need be... I only really used it to hold my cell phone before.

Nice job!

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It works really good if you dont have a passenger because if you move the seat up, the seat pushes it the cup holder too.

I recommend it :D

Nice work.

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Its not very attractive though

Meh it is useful for long trips and you can remove whenever you want.

Sorry for the thread jack Feint! It looks good! Congrats on your custom title

Quote, originally posted by srpowered240sx »

dumbest custom title ever.

I didn't come up with it.

thats how a custom title works, you ask for the title you want.

Yeah thats what I thought too.

but I come back into this thread and Greg alreagy posted up Drinks and Drives.

You mods are getting a bit creative with these custom titles!

I don't know what I'd do though...

Im thinkin "Modern-day Huggy Bear"

after that comment about my dash in the Interior Kings thread.

any better than "Drinks and Drives"?

to the op, nice writeup

Quote, originally posted by adrians_s13 »

I have that... it sucks. it doesnt hold the drinks properly. it sucks. i bought it from walmart. I have coffee stains all over my passenger seat because of it to the op, nice writeup

Thanks!

Quote, originally posted by srpowered240sx »

how about "the sauce is weak with this one"? funny, and true. jk.

lol... yeah... kinda long. and not something Id want to put about myself.

1) remove ashtray.
2) fill ashtray with concrete and throw out window at child/children. *optional*
3)place cup/can/bottle/keg where ashtray use to be.
4)enjoy beverage.

custom title now??!?!11?!!?

1-cut off muffler
2-toss muffler in dumpster
3-enjoy performance and sound.

feintmind did some work, and made a fairly clean addtion to the car, granted, i do the same as you when the time calls.

ZING!!!

Quote, originally posted by BOOM_STICK »

ill do a write up on my ashtray cupholder: 1) remove ashtray. 2) fill ashtray with concrete and throw out window at child/children. *optional* 3)place cup/can/bottle/keg where ashtray use to be. 4)enjoy beverage. custom title now??!?!11?!!?

Quote, originally posted by FeintMind, in the ORIGINAL POST, right at the top... »

No this isnt a smartass attempt at a free custom title, "1)Take your ashtray out, 2)Sit back, 3)Enjoy."

sooooo, youre comparing your unit to pennies.......hmmmm, both 3/4 of an inch long-check, both looked upon with disgust-check, both get more play from inside your pants pocket than any other time......CHECK. yeah, that makes sense.

BURN!

done over 3 months ago.
still working on patent/lawyer and injection molds.
ashtray insert also
no cutting, no modifieing. Slip in and out.

I never knew there was such a process and price to patents and injection molding. But hey, I get to learn as i go :-D
along with 100% OEM appearance.

Quote, originally posted by Logan76 »

I swing it around like a helicopter and all the ladies want to go for a ride.

Quote, originally posted by mrgreeneyes »

sorry i cant satisfy you, jeff

Quote, originally posted by FeintMind »

i never laughed so hard in my entire life

Quote, originally posted by BOOM_STICK »

but riddle me this batman, if i dont keep the ashtray in my car, where am i gonna put all my pennies?

Quote, originally posted by srpowered240sx »

same place as me, the floor.

Quote, originally posted by BOOM_STICK »

touche, i could just put it in my girlfriends mouth, thats were i usually put my junk... ZING!!!

Quote, originally posted by srpowered240sx »

sooooo, youre comparing your unit to pennies.......hmmmm, both 3/4 of an inch long-check, both looked upon with disgust-check, both get more play from inside your pants pocket than any other time......CHECK. yeah, that makes sense.

Quote, originally posted by BOOM_STICK »

thanks for reminding me and im not even asian...

...and this is where it ended up.

Quote, originally posted by White Comet »

hmmm, so many similarities, makes me wonder if ur dong taste like pennies too

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