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Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:37 pm
by paddy wright
piece of piss to fit- main dealer best place to buy.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:13 am
by BMW_Z4_Norway
paddy wright wrote:piece of piss to fit- main dealer best place to buy.
But aren't they very expensive from the dealer?
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:45 pm
by jmillet
Sounds like you Euro folks whose Z4 comes sans cupholder want them and many of us NA owners think they are a useless POS. They break very easily and rattle incessantly. After deleting the CDV the next thing I got rid of was the cupholders.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:18 pm
by *AL*
Interesting, i don't think i'll bother.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:29 pm
by mmm-five
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:19 pm
by Frederik
BMW_Z4_Norway - have a look at
www.gsbildeler.no - they seem to be NOK350 a piece.
Anyone tried the 'Cleanbag' that goes on the back of the seats? Looks like it offers much more storage than nets, while being more accessible when driving?
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:21 pm
by Wondermike
mmm-five, nice one
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:06 am
by Piero Bembo
Thanks Wondermike & mmm-five. It really was that easy.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:17 am
by cj10jeeper
Fitted them about 2 weeks ago and a great and simple retrofit. Cost £18.36 +VAT each from the dealer to supply.
The one thing that I have not seen referenced (other than in mmm-fives guide) and is the cause of all the rattles is that the cup holder has to be fastened to the underside of the air vent with a torx screw. Once correctly located and locked in it becomes a single unit.
The screws did not come with the cups and my dealer kindly pointed it out and chucked them in.
Part B65 75 8 235 255
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:31 pm
by mmm-five
cj10jeeper wrote:Fitted them about 2 weeks ago and a great and simple retrofit. Cost £18.36 +VAT each from the dealer to supply.
The one thing that I have not seen referenced (other than in mmm-fives guide) and is the cause of all the rattles is that the cup holder has to be fastened to the underside of the air vent with a torx screw. Once correctly located and locked in it becomes a single unit.
The screws did not come with the cups and my dealer kindly pointed it out and chucked them in.
Part B65 75 8 235 255
I got the screws with mine, in their own little baggie inside the box.
When I originally fitted them I didn't put the screw in, as it was just a trial fit. However after a few opens & closes it came of it's track at the back and I could no longer open the cupholder. This meant that I had no access to the lower front screw to get the thing out. It took me a good few minutes of fiddling (and messing with the cupholder too
) to get enough grip on the cupholder to 'force' it out.
That's when I realised what the 'spare' screws in the box were for
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:28 pm
by MarkW
Bought and fitted these last week. Great instructions - a piece of cake to fit.
Haven't had a cup to hold yet though.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:04 pm
by mmm-five
MarkW wrote:Haven't had a cup to hold yet though.
Me neither, but I have used them to carry 1/1.5L bottles of water.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:28 pm
by Breaker
Going to order some Friday.
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:32 pm
by jamesdean
me too I think... got a little shopping list in fact - mainly thanks to z4-forum... i just wish you could buy it all online cheaper... it would be so nice!!!
Re: Retrofit Cupholders (half finished!)
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:06 pm
by Smokin
Mine work fine--you have to close the lever part snug up to the cup, remove the cup, close one more click. Snug as a bug (salesman showed me that trick-he had a Z4).
