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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: macka on February 19, 2011, 01:59:27 pm
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So I thinking about modding my dash. I want to cut out the ashtray and cubby and plate it over. The cut however will trim a chunk so it is verticle and I intend to put a toyota cup holder in. The toyota cup holder is toyota PN 55615-16010. It looks like it is from the mid to late 80's corolla.
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interesting... I have been wanting a cup holder in my rabbit for quite some time now. I am curious, would like to see pictures!
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Cup Holders? Next you will want to route some of the hot water from the heater to make a tray hot to hold burgers and burritos.
Seriously, My cup holder is my hand. When it is empty I put the cup between the passenger seat and the e brake hump.
Pics would be good. How about some tray like thing like on an airplane?
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Gotta have a cup holder so you don;t spill your beer while "power driving"
*Disclaimer* Driving under the influence of alcohol is not promoted by myself or this forum..
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Take a sawzall to it and send us pictures after the carnage
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Gotta have a cup holder so you don;t spill your beer while "power driving"
*Disclaimer* Driving under the influence of alcohol is not promoted by myself or this forum..
what about driving under the influence of other things?!
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Cup Holders? Next you will want to route some of the hot water from the heater to make a tray hot to hold burgers and burritos.
Seriously, My cup holder is my hand. When it is empty I put the cup between the passenger seat and the e brake hump.
Pics would be good. How about some tray like thing like on an airplane?
im with you on this one.. if you cant hold it in hand, or between the legs, or beside the e-brake, then you dont need to hold it..
my mk2 has a beer holder on each side. just put the can/bottle between the seat and the slide handle..
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what about driving under the influence of other things?!
Most other things typically don't require a cup holder so I didn't bother to add them..
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Has anyone noticed the number of "things" we need to drive these days. Besides the cup holder/ brewskie bucket, we need a phone, a GPS, for those that smoke a pack and lighter, then add the wallet and maybe checkbook if she lets you have it.
Going to need a shopping basket up front not a cup holder.
Maybe that is why I stripped the rear seat out of the Rabbit. And most people think it's because I need to pack three tool boxes. Ha. It's for the cooler man.
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I set my coffee (full cup) between the ebrake and seat to run into a store and forgot, kinda makes a mess.........I did get about a half a mile before it fell though.
I too have wished for cup holders. Have you noticed that when opened, the glove box lid is a cup holder ::).
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Yea works great until you start moving. Then watch out.
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(http://www.crsmp5.com/photos/mk1mad/gregg/bath/DSC_8240.JPG)
my cup holder in the burnt toast project.. :D
ive seen where a guy modded his bunny speaker grills and that usless area for speakers and build cup holders into them... thats a 81-84 westy dash... so maybe get a spare set of grills.. mod them.. the bottom of cup/can is held in place by the vent ducts..
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I have thought of using a hole saw and the port holes in things like speaker cabs and computer desks with a bottom put in them on my MK2 dash. Haven't done it yet though.
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CRSMP5 Love the Fila holder. Can you explain the gauges? This is your recent van project. 10 gauges? Man it's not an airplane. What are you monitoring?
I have thought about finding some of those old style hang on the door type holders. Maybe some sort of glued on tab that would accept a holder on the dash. Kind of like a rear view mirror does.
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gauges simple...
speedo..
oil temp
water temp
100 amp running duel batts for camping..
tach
thats on right side of speedo..
left...
volt
clock as you cannot read radio in daylight
oil pressure
fuel
egt
boost
thats 11 by the way...
so amp/clock are options..
could use a 2 way switch for oil/water temps (so could have been 1).. but all my td's have both as i wanna know which each is doing.. stil need to add in a sensor in the waterpump so can switch between head and water pump temps... yes they can vary... at least on a idi td they do under long boost loads.. just lacked the sensor to do it when i built it.. my b3 wagon has both... my old 81 caddy that had a bae turbo on it had both..
being the tdi-m i wanted to monitor my egt and boost levels
wanna have some fun.. go ask a shoe store to sell you 1 shoe... :D they looked at me like a squirrl was nibbling on my foot.. but for $5 and some odd cents they sold me 1... the $10k+ leg/foot yes its a real prostetic.. just adds for WTF was they thinking aspect..
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I like it. Makes my set up pale in comparison.
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j475/Orcoaster/Gauges%20and%20IP%20pump/DSCN7197.jpg)
Guess I need to add some more. Have to have something to watch the road is so boring!
I also noticed a couple pull tabs up there. Cold start and dead mans throttle? That is what I did for a cheap cruise on mine. My foot just weenies out on me at times and I need a way to give it a break. Without stopping.
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well my pull tabs are heat/defrost, temp... then 4 way toggle, blower fan, 2 speeds.. headlight.. fog light.. wired in rear fog light switch.. but not found a sutable light yet.. and dome..
the push button is washers.. could not mk estock one work no way no how..
the red wire hanging doown on the upper left is horn..
3 cig lighters under radio.. 1 hot all time, 1 hot with radio when key in hole.. and other hot with key on..
still trying to figure out what to do with cruize on mine.. dead man cable been thought of.. but need a way to unhook it if brakes applied..
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My throttle cable just pushes in and returns the throttle to idle. I have to have my foot on the go pedal and then I just take up the travel with the stiff cable. It is tight enough to hold the engine RPMs at the point of setting but if I hit a hill I can gain or loose speed.
Seems to be enough to give the foot a rest.
That MOMO wheel looks plenty worn. Should do another push button for the horn as it would be faster than grounding out the wire when cut off in traffic.
Safety first man.
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I should get a pic of it in the car...still need a cupholder
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you pull said wire.. like a semi...
one of the po's did this...
(http://www.crsmp5.com/photos/6_13_11/4.jpg)
i just had to wire it properly to a relay aka im using it as a ground on the relay..
one day ill find the chain i wan to use.. i would really like to find some of the old chain that vw used in their dealer installed cruize for the pedal switches.. then ill replace the wire with that.. besides that.. the po really did a nice job in building the switch.. stuff is welded/reinforced..
the momo... its from my 84 coupe.. i picked it up used from a jy in 91 from a 86 golf for $35.. it was plenty worn then.. has not got better.. so ive run it for 20 years now.. i found a matching one for my 1.6td b3 wagon.. but untill i find either another one for not rediculous $ or a wooden one with polished center.. at which point toaster keeps it, ill run it forever.. ive run way over 300k with it.. still got the wolfburg horn button.. just keep it off so i rember to pull the red wire..
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I like it. Makes my set up pale in comparison.
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j475/Orcoaster/Gauges%20and%20IP%20pump/DSCN7197.jpg)
Guess I need to add some more. Have to have something to watch the road is so boring!
I also noticed a couple pull tabs up there. Cold start and dead mans throttle? That is what I did for a cheap cruise on mine. My foot just weenies out on me at times and I need a way to give it a break. Without stopping.
dont you hate the blue & white interior scheme? my first rabbit had that interior, i hated it.
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The flash kind of brightened it up a bit as it is actually a gray and blue interior. Over to the right is a good match for what is really there. The carpet is gray as well and so are the seats but I run covers on them because I do a lot of work on the car then just jump in and go. So greasy pants wouldn't do well on the light gray seats.
I am going to paint this car this summer if all goes well. I am not sure what way to go with the color schemes. Blue and gray inside with silver outside. I was thinking of splitting the lower portion of the car with blue, maybe something bright like DCStewards Caddy. and just redo the silver on the top. Just throw more metalic on it. What do you think?
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trust me, it was blue and WHITE factory.. my car is blue and brown now pretty much..
jess had a hell of a time finding white window cranks..
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I just installed some black ones because I couldn't find any chrome ones.