How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA
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How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA
Not sure if this is how everyone else installed it, but this is what i did
Difficulty level: noob
Stuff u need:
1) An aftermarket CD player
What to do:
1) Go to the Pick-N-Pull, and ask if they have 92 or so Ford Taurus. Grab the cupholders (see pic), make sure when you find them to get the two hinges that hang down from the cupholder to hold ur drink in place... the cupholders also come with a nice little tray for putting money and coins and stuff in
(if you live in the Bay Area, the Commerical St. Pick-N-Pull has alot of these right now, and while ur there make sure to get the chicken tacos from the food vendor, they are hella good)
2) After looking at that ugly Taurus for so long go back out to your sweet sweet DA. Now ure going to want to trim the back of the cupholders to fit into your console, so grab whatever u can and hack away at the rear until it fits
3) Now, remove your Metra kit, slide the cupholder onto the bottom about halfway, then slide in your deck from the top, push them both in until they sit flush, viola you're done. To make it look cleaner, you can also trim certain parts off the cupholders, or screw them in, but you don't need to worry, as everything will stay in place no matter how you drive
The cupholders will hold small drinks such as bottled water, coke cans, energy drinks, and the best drink ever However, to fit something large like a King size drink, you are going to need a little bit of modification...good luck
Difficulty level: noob
Stuff u need:
1) An aftermarket CD player
What to do:
1) Go to the Pick-N-Pull, and ask if they have 92 or so Ford Taurus. Grab the cupholders (see pic), make sure when you find them to get the two hinges that hang down from the cupholder to hold ur drink in place... the cupholders also come with a nice little tray for putting money and coins and stuff in
(if you live in the Bay Area, the Commerical St. Pick-N-Pull has alot of these right now, and while ur there make sure to get the chicken tacos from the food vendor, they are hella good)
2) After looking at that ugly Taurus for so long go back out to your sweet sweet DA. Now ure going to want to trim the back of the cupholders to fit into your console, so grab whatever u can and hack away at the rear until it fits
3) Now, remove your Metra kit, slide the cupholder onto the bottom about halfway, then slide in your deck from the top, push them both in until they sit flush, viola you're done. To make it look cleaner, you can also trim certain parts off the cupholders, or screw them in, but you don't need to worry, as everything will stay in place no matter how you drive
The cupholders will hold small drinks such as bottled water, coke cans, energy drinks, and the best drink ever However, to fit something large like a King size drink, you are going to need a little bit of modification...good luck
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (ragejed)
finally a way to shut my g/f up about not having cupholders. i told her before, i do have cupholders..... then i gave her my soda..... see, told you i had a cupholder..... she didnt think that was funny..... def going to the junk yard for this......
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (hybridej7)
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good ****
good ****
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (oldschoolDA9)
wow! i am in the process of doing the same exact thing!!! i just need to trim it to fit in place a little better, best $5 ever!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridej7 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">finally a way to shut my g/f up about not having cupholders. i told her before, i do have cupholders..... then i gave her my soda..... see, told you i had a cupholder..... she didnt think that was funny..... def going to the junk yard for this......</TD></TR></TABLE>
...the reason in the first place as well, lol
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridej7 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">finally a way to shut my g/f up about not having cupholders. i told her before, i do have cupholders..... then i gave her my soda..... see, told you i had a cupholder..... she didnt think that was funny..... def going to the junk yard for this......</TD></TR></TABLE>
...the reason in the first place as well, lol
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (Danziver)
Nice
(not jacing your thread)
If you can find these they work too
Most peoples are broken, soo the fix is to dremel the hole out and you got cupholders
Found this at the JunkYard
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridej7 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">finally a way to shut my g/f up about not having cupholders. i told her before, i do have cupholders..... then i gave her my soda..... see, told you i had a cupholder..... she didnt think that was funny..... def going to the junk yard for this......</TD></TR></TABLE>
(not jacing your thread)
If you can find these they work too
Most peoples are broken, soo the fix is to dremel the hole out and you got cupholders
Found this at the JunkYard
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridej7 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">finally a way to shut my g/f up about not having cupholders. i told her before, i do have cupholders..... then i gave her my soda..... see, told you i had a cupholder..... she didnt think that was funny..... def going to the junk yard for this......</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (oldschoolDA9)
WHAT THEY DONT KNO WONT HURT DONT TELL THEM ITS FROM A FORD HAHA JUS TELL THEM THAT SOMEONE WRKS AT ACURA AND MAKE ONE FOR YOU HAHA
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (Jose-aka-Pedro)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jose-aka-Pedro »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice
(not jacing your thread)
If you can find these they work too
Most peoples are broken, soo the fix is to dremel the hole out and you got cupholders
Found this at the JunkYard
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yeah i have that too but my cupholder part is broken
edit: this is a VERY rare part, do your best to hold onto it
Modified by oldschoolDA9 at 6:14 PM 7/26/2006
(not jacing your thread)
If you can find these they work too
Most peoples are broken, soo the fix is to dremel the hole out and you got cupholders
Found this at the JunkYard
</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah i have that too but my cupholder part is broken
edit: this is a VERY rare part, do your best to hold onto it
Modified by oldschoolDA9 at 6:14 PM 7/26/2006
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (jdm_bones)
Is everything tight, or is it just sitting there? Also when you have cups in it does it get in the way of shifting?
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (mike9571)
it sits perfectly tight, they kinda lock in place. if you install it as i did, it will also not interfere with shifting
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (oldschoolDA9)
great stuff really need to do this cause i had to drive from the mall with a starbucks cup in hand
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Oh snap!!1 I didn't know other people drank that.
Oh snap!!1 I didn't know other people drank that.
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Re: How to: Taurus cupholder conversion for DA (CleanLikeJdm)
thats awesome i've got to try this on my DC. everyone on the planet knows how worthless the cupholders are in that