DIY cup holders in s13!!

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95zenki man
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Alright guys and gals i figured i would do a little DIY on how to put cup holders in your s13 for under $20

What you need.

Screwdriver
Dremel with plastic cutting wheel
cup holders from a 90s Altima or Maxima ( i got 3 sets at the junk yard all from different modules of Altima and Maxima)

Lets get started.

This is all the stuff you will need to get the job done.


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First you need to take the cup holder apart and do a test fit to make sure you have the right parts. Just push the tabs in and pull the slid part out. It should just pop right out, but if it doesn't be sure not to force it as the parts will break easily.


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You will need to start off by trimming the screw holes down a bit to make the holder fit tight under the radio and give you a little bit more room to put a din into the space under it. Just take some sandpaper or your dremel and get the round part flat ( see pics for example)


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At this point you will need to start cutting your din in half right above the screw holes. I used a dremel with a plastic cutting wheel ( doesn't look very good but you will never see this so it doesn't really matter. )

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Now take your mounting bracket and drill 4 holes in each side to mount the cup holder and din to. This is pretty self explanatory. Line the holes up and drill.

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Now just trim up whats left of the din and put it back in the car.

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I still need to trim around the shifter boot trim a bit more to lower it down to match up with the din but it works pretty good for now.

if anyone has any questions just post up and ask. Its really a pretty easy to do and for the price i consider it one of the best upgrades that can be done to the 240sx interior.


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ashibah83
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why the f can i not get any pics to load on here anymore????

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95zenki man
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Yeah i never can on my laptop but it works fine on my iphone so idk?

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I must do this!

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That is pretty awesome.

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badbob2121
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Looks great, but that location seems like it would bother me anytime it was in use...


I also saw this recently...
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95zenki man
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Its really not bad. I dont play with the radio much anyways just plug my iphone in and i can pretty much controle everything from there.

First day of use and i can honestly say it works really well, drinks dont move around and theres plenty of room to shift without hitting it.

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badbob2121 wrote:Looks great, but that location seems like it would bother me anytime it was in use...


I also saw this recently...
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There used to be a ton of aftermarket ones like that back in the day.
One of our old cars had one, haha.

I've probably had a drink in my car a handful of times so I wouldn't want one, but that's pretty nifty that you can still use half of your din pocket.

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95zenki man
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That was my hole thing about doing it, i always have a bottle of water or stop and get fast food and pulling the ash tray out every time just wasn't working ( esp when you have a gf that always gets the "super size" soda with her happy meal.) and i always keep my smokes and stuff in the din so it just made more since to put it right there.

Im thinking about trying to put it somewhere else but i just have way to much s*** waiting to go on the car right now to worry about "your cupholders are blocking your radio sweetie how do you expect me to play with it now?"

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badbob2121 wrote:Looks great, but that location seems like it would bother me anytime it was in use...


I also saw this recently...
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Found these on ebay
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Made-Germany-FI ... 5892b0f5be



Looks to be a close copy. Im placing my order soon!!

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This is in the F/S section

cup-holders-t554708.html


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