58mark

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I'm kind of proud of this one. It really wasn't that hard to make either.

I'll post more pics when I get it mounted, and if anybody is interested, I took pictures along the way of how I built it

58mark

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by the way it's going right under the dash on the passenger side. I'm going to have to drill 3 small holes on the bottom side of the dash, but it will be worth it

toxik IROC

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what did you pull it from?

58mark

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the pullout guts are from a 91-94 cavalier, but I made the mounting tray myself

58mark

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here's a picture of the guts after I got it from a junkyard and the original application

Chezoom

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so uhhh wannu make me one?

58mark

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you know, if I had better fabrication tools over here, I could. But when you are hand bending every turn, and cutting every line with a dremel tool, i would have to charge so much for labor most people would think I was nuts.

It was easy though just a little time consuming... when I get it installed I'll post more pics to show the steps

DirtDawg57

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Cool idea, can't wait to see what it looks like!

58mark

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thanks. my wife had a cavalier when we first met, and i always thought that cupholder idea would work well in a third gen

i should have this installed tonight

92RS_Ttop

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Definitely interested in seeing the final installation and process pics. I've been thinking about going down the same road with a cupholder mounted under the dash on the passenger's side.

58mark

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just picked up the screws to mount it with, so it's going in tonight!

here's a shot from behind. You can see how I mounted the sliding drawer to the 22 gauge steel. I was going to built a ramp and use glue, but at the last minute I decided to use 1" screws near the front, and 1 1/2" at the back, where it narrows a little, and the gap is larger

Stephen

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Looks good!

Is the sheetmetal mounting bracket/tray the only thing you had to build, to use that slide-out tray?

How hard is it to pull out the whole slide-out assembly, from a junk yard Cavalier?

58mark

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yeah, they tray was the only thing i made. it would have been easier if i had good fabrication tools.

it was easy to take the drawer out of the cavalier. the dash
cover peals back, abd then the drawer has just 4 clips hoding it in, which you can see in the photo i posted of it by itself

you can also get the drawers on ebay, and if it has broken clips, no worries, they aren't needed with this project

Stephen

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Pretty cool.

I have access to a CNC table router, to cut the plate out of, or using a stomp shear & a sheet metal bender, which would make quick work of making those 4, 90 degree bends.

I've wanted a dual cup slide out tray, to fit under my dash pad, directly above the radio.....Hmmmmm......

101btp

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ya 58mark that's a really good design tho, great job!

58mark

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holy cow!

if i had all of that, i would have made 100 of them by now, ans sell them here on tgo for $20 a pop. let the masses scare up their own sliding drawer locally, but you do the hard stuff

Stephen

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You send me a paper/cardboard/printable template (to get all the dimensions from) & I'll go see about getting some cut & bent up!

A single 4' x 8' sheet of aluminum or steel (cheaper), would make a BUNCH of those!

mister_hudson

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That is freaking SWEET! I don't know if I could bring myself to drilling holes in my dash...

Kudos to the work and ingenuity!

58mark

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it was only 3 small holes, and it's on the undernside of the dash, so they would never be seen, even if for some reason I ever decide to take it off

ignore the cracked dash...

92RS702

It seems like you made it look really nice.

58mark

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Thanks...Like everything else, if I had to do it all over again I could make it twice as good in half the time, but you live and learn

thenjoshsays

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Did you use a textured paint or just black over the OEM texture? Looks good...

58mark

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spray on truck bedliner... it matches the dash pretty well. Don't spray heavy, this stuff does NOT react well to heavy coats

ThePain

Woah, awesome

58mark

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thanks! I've enjoyed it so far.

58mark

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here's a step by step I wrote up for NTTGA

here's some pics of the thing in progress...

first pic, I took 22 guage steel and bend, cut and shaped it to the form of the cupholder that I pulled from the 93 cavalier





then I used both 1 inch and 1 1/2 inch bolts to secure the cupholder to the mount in a way that allowed me to adjust the tilt so it would be level when installed



i had to adjust the rounded face when all of this was done

58mark

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I filled the cracks with flexible sandable epoxy.. i love this stuff!



sanded down the epoxy smooth



painted it with spray on bedliner

58mark

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I used "u" type nuts to secure it to the dash by drilling three small holes on the underside of the dash, and I used one existing hole where the dash pad attaches to the dash



and that's it! pretty easy, even for a guy that didn't have any kind of serious fabrication tools except a dremel tool and a vise.

DirtDawg57

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The last picture looks like a factory product right out of the box. Good job!

JeremyNYR

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VERY nicely done! Did you look at installing it directly under the center vents? I'm wondering how well it would fit there because I'm thinking it could look good and be very functional there.

58mark

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yeah, I wanted to put it there, but it's just a little too wide, and I also thought it may not be a good thing to have the drinks blocking the vents (but at least the AC could keep your drink cold LOL )

thanks for the compliments!

CamaroHawke

Very nice, wouldn't mind one of those, myself. Lack of a cup holder is actually one of the more annoying things about Camaro design. I'm surprised there's never been much on the aftermarket for it.

Kalibar12

ive actually been thinking about designing and building something very similiar to this at school. but i was thinking about having it come out of the passengeer side of the center console or somethin. not sure yet. sweet job though!

GogglesPisano

AWESOME Job man!!!! Thanks for the pics. If you have any more pictures of the bracket you made that would be cool/helpful

welchk85

thats a beutiful site man and a amazing way to do it i will be doing this, this weekend because nothing pisses me off more on those long rides than to have to hold my beer lol jk

58mark

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put in a new dash pad today, so I thought I would update this thread with better pics. I hated taking pictures before because the pad looked so crappy

thenjoshsays

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I kind of liked this mod... up until that third picture...

58mark

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I'm no Cowboy fan, the only reason I have a cup is because my son's high school had a playoff game in the new stadium. Even if you don't like the cowboys, it's hard to argue with the fact that the pace is amazing.

hellz_wings

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Wow that's a pretty sweet design!! HOw is it driving with the cups sitting high like that cowboys cup? Does it get in the way of your vision of the road?

58mark

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Not at all. My head is still taller than the cup, so i'm looking down on it.
I do have to be careful of how tall a cup i use, they can dump over when i take a fast turn

hardon85

That is my main concern here I hate stuff being in my line of vision. Great idea here but I wonder if there would be a better place to mount it. Right off I can't think of one. I guess for me I'll have to stick to bottled pop.

58mark

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tell you what, I'll take a picture of it from the drivers perspective

that way you'll see that it does not block your vision in any way

hellz_wings

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That's what I was thinking.. Although it does look AWESOME and for the average person if you are tall enough it probably won't affect vision too much.. Let's see the driver's perspective pic!

85Z28NOS

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Looks very good considering these cars never had any! I went with the 4th gen center console to get me some, definetly one of my favorite mods.

58mark

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here you go, as you can see from the first pic, with a can, vision isn't an issue at all.



I found the tallest cup I had, one that's really taler than anything I would ever use on the road. I guess technically it's slightly in front of the window. Considering where it is, compared to how much the rear view mirror and inspection stickers block more important parts of the windshield, it's a non factor to me.

hellz_wings

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That's not too bad actually..

You know what I hate about cup holders though? That none of them are ever deep enough! It's like they made them for half size cups instead of standard size cups.

58mark

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agreed...
the cans are fine, but tall cups that have that "car friendly" bottom to them tend to take a tumble in this type of cupholder. these kind I have pictured here is fine though

ones like this I will NOT use again

1991_RS

I would like more details on this build

58mark

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Like what? I posted step by step photos already, and gave the name of every material I used.

Let me know what I left out, and I'd be glad to help

Camaro-454

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Great job on the fabrication, and a neat project to be sure. Neat, cool, functional, practical, and it looks as good as a factory job in my humble opinion.

Thanks for the idea, all the good pics, the explainations, material list, and a great way to personalize our cars with a useful and unique idea. Well done bro and thanks for sharing it with us. My hats off to you.

Camaro-454