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Offline p3asa

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Proper cup holders
« on: 09 November 2009, 22:52 »
Came across this golf from a very large thread on this forum http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?cmd=print&id=4397743 that had proper cup holders in the front and also in the armrest at the back. Far more functional for me. If only it had a sliding lid.




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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #1 on: 10 November 2009, 01:17 »
you're not kidding, that thread is huge!  a quick search couldn't track down any mention of cupholders though... where or why do you get those "proper" cupholders?  the front ones look a bit tacky tbh, tho the rear armrest ones are cool.
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #2 on: 10 November 2009, 05:02 »
The front cup holders are just mk5 Golf ones, also found in the Scirocco and possibly other VAG cars.
These were fitted to mk5 Golfs that came without the centre armrest (ie. most of 'em). There are loads of fitting guides on the net that show how to do the conversion to the type mk6 Golfs have (which were fitted to mk5 Golfs with the front armrest.

Not sure about the rear one though, never had mine down yet and can't remember whether the mk5 had these or not as we hardly ever used the armrest in that car either.
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #3 on: 10 November 2009, 11:47 »
Remind me - does the Euro Mk5/6 armrest have cup holders in it?
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #4 on: 10 November 2009, 11:49 »
Mk6 no cup holders at the front armrest... at the back, yes..
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #5 on: 10 November 2009, 12:01 »
Very similar to the Ford Focus ones - OK when you have something of the right size in them, but i put a small cardboard carton of orange juice in the front most one, accelerated and the damn thing fell backwards.  At least it was a hire car  :grin:

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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #6 on: 10 November 2009, 12:07 »
I meant to ask does the Euro Mk5/6 rear armrest have cup holders in it? I recall seeing Mk4-style pop-out ones but that might have been in a Passat or Skoda.
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #7 on: 10 November 2009, 12:53 »
On the mk5 with armrest they 'fold out' from the back of the armrest, not as trick as the mk4 ones were though.
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #8 on: 10 November 2009, 20:33 »
Had the ones in the picure on my mk 5, not so good.

The beauty of the bottle opener/ slide drawer type is you can slide back the drawer to fit/grip any bottle or can size you want.
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Re: Proper cup holders
« Reply #9 on: 10 November 2009, 20:39 »
Had the ones in the picure on my mk 5, not so good.

The beauty of the bottle opener/ slide drawer type is you can slide back the drawer to fit/grip any bottle or can size you want.

That's true hadn't thought about it like that. Although you are stuffed if there are 2 cups in there  :wink:
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