Hey guys. I took my car to a detail place and the cupholder was broken when I got it back. They're cool guys and I'm sure it was an accident.

I put the thing back together, but it's just not quite right. The front bar doesn't seem to slide all the way in when I close the cupholder. That thing is actually engineered with gears and stuff...

Anyhoo anyone have one I can buy off you?

 

I have one. Payed about $180 about 2 months ago. I'll sell it for $130

 

Peronally I hate this cup holder, it's location sucks..high c.g. and it's plastic & fragile. LA Porsche Dismantlers 1.818.767.7243 just stripped a 02 Turbo...they will have it cheep. Good Luck

 

mine broke this week...same problem

 

Lemme know if you guys want it. I bought it but they couldn't retrofit it to my 2001.

 

Will do. Thanks.

 

I hate to bring back a thread this old but I cant PM. Ari, did you replace the cupholder? If so, do I need to remove the horseshoe trim or does the darned cupholder just pull out?

 

Just pulls out. I replaced mine with a used set when previous owner upgraded to dual-din.

 

Thanks for the advice!

 

You guys can actually use your cup holder? Mine seems to want to launch anything I put in there at my face.

 

haha..if you are driving right it will launch it.

 

 

I realize this is an old thread, but I'm looking for a broken 996 thin/swing type cup holder. I just need the plastic trim piece (with the cup graphic on it) to use as a filler on a 996 iPad mini install.


Wanted: Dead or Alive

 

Good luck with your filler, but would love to see your your ipad set up, wanted to do something like that in my track car.

 

First you do this...


Still working on this...





The cupholder is just a bit too fat to slide back in all the way from the rear. If I take off the plastic trim, I can put it in from the front no problem, but since those cupholders are kind of pricey, I hate to take apart a perfectly good one. I'm sure it's full of springs and gears that will go all over the place as soon as I try!

By the way, that cupholder might be the most ridiculously over-engineered silly gadget porsche has ever come up with. The thing is heavy, complex, and even if I did want to drive my 911 around with a cup of steaming hot coffee, I sure as hell wouldn't want it suspended way up there