Ok,
So I was looking at the options for purchasing the cubby hole replacement for my cupholder, but I decided to come up with something myself.
So, Here's what I did.
Removed the entire cupholder and casing from the car. Took out the two screws and pulled the whole thing out.
Then Popped out the cupholder tray from the casing.
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Now I set about removing everything so the cupholder was just a shell,
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Now that I have my empty tray that will pop in and out I went and got two old DVD's for their cases.
I created a template in photoshop for the layout of the cupholder shell to use as a flooring. The template is linked at the bottom of this post.
I used my template to print out on a piece of paper and cut it out.
I then took that and traced around my clean half of a DVD Case, I used a blue pencil.
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I took some heavy sissors from an old knife set and started to cut the template shape out of the DVD Case Back.
*The case will need some fine tuning with sissors, or an exacto beyond the template but it gets you very close.
Once I had my hard black bottom I just slid it in place to check to make sure it was a good fit.
Now I wanted to create a back so that loose items wont fly out the back.
I grabbed another DVD Case and made a rectangle that is 6 7/8" wide, x 1/2" tall to use as a back wall. This piece sits at about a 50degree angle so it's pretty good.
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At this point I'm gonna stop for the night but my next plans are to superglue my floor and back down to the tray, then, fit it with some felt or thin fabric to give it a seemless look and muffle the sound if it's used for change.
Then, I'm planning on drilling a whole in the back of the tray and casing and bringing an ipod cable through so I don't have to keep it in my glove box.
I've tested it and the pop in / out feature still works perfect.
I'll post final pics of it finished out as soon as I get some sleep and get it finished.
So I was looking at the options for purchasing the cubby hole replacement for my cupholder, but I decided to come up with something myself.
So, Here's what I did.
Removed the entire cupholder and casing from the car. Took out the two screws and pulled the whole thing out.
Then Popped out the cupholder tray from the casing.
Now I set about removing everything so the cupholder was just a shell,
Now that I have my empty tray that will pop in and out I went and got two old DVD's for their cases.
I created a template in photoshop for the layout of the cupholder shell to use as a flooring. The template is linked at the bottom of this post.
I used my template to print out on a piece of paper and cut it out.
I then took that and traced around my clean half of a DVD Case, I used a blue pencil.
I took some heavy sissors from an old knife set and started to cut the template shape out of the DVD Case Back.
*The case will need some fine tuning with sissors, or an exacto beyond the template but it gets you very close.
Once I had my hard black bottom I just slid it in place to check to make sure it was a good fit.
Now I wanted to create a back so that loose items wont fly out the back.
I grabbed another DVD Case and made a rectangle that is 6 7/8" wide, x 1/2" tall to use as a back wall. This piece sits at about a 50degree angle so it's pretty good.
At this point I'm gonna stop for the night but my next plans are to superglue my floor and back down to the tray, then, fit it with some felt or thin fabric to give it a seemless look and muffle the sound if it's used for change.
Then, I'm planning on drilling a whole in the back of the tray and casing and bringing an ipod cable through so I don't have to keep it in my glove box.
I've tested it and the pop in / out feature still works perfect.
I'll post final pics of it finished out as soon as I get some sleep and get it finished.
) speaking of coffee has anyone found a good insulated mug that fits snugly in the holder? insulated would probably work well with hot and keep condensation down on cold drinks as well.. I am currently using one we made for gifts at work it fits ok but I would like to find one with a more grippy (is that a word 
