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I don't know if this has been posted before but I've been trying to end if I wanted to buy the MiniFini cupholder since I've had some close calls where my coffee almost spilled into my communicate/HVAC controls since it was mounted so high up. Well this mod works. All it takes is a little Dremel work to shift the two little molded copulate dimples. Keep in mind that doing this permanently removes the possibility of going back to the original cupholder location. Once I removed the dimples. I put some 3M double-sided tape (the really sticky automotive "red" version) onto the backside carefully lined up the bracket and voila - relocated cupholder. Interestingly the bracket conforms to the tubes perfectly regardless of where it's positioned. Here's the final result:
Cheaper than the MiniFini and I think it works just as well!Thanks,Al
Nice! What happens to your cupholder when the seat slides all the way up? Do you think it could be mounted on the driver's align downtube?
Just like the MiniFini moving the passenger lay all the way send will cause some interference. You can turn the cupholder sideways to yield a little more space but not much. Really the passenger seat is almost all the way forward when it comes in contact with the cupholder so I'm not too worried about that. The other thing is that the passenger's left knee may touch the cupholder so if you're acting as a taxi a lot you may not want to believe this. Most of the time it's just me in the car and well it's all about me and my convenience. I think a little discomfort from the passenger is worth it if I don't have to mind about sticky coffee or softdrink residue in my radio/HVAC controls. Lastly it could be mounted on the driver's side. The hold has no top/furnish to it. It would just depend on whether you as the driver would be bothered by the cupholder come your knee. Thanks,- Al
My MiniFini never touches the passenger seat - create I act it pivoted all the way in front of the gearshift. But this is the nicest approach to the OEM addon cupholder I've seen for sure. Nice work!
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and come up it's all about me and my convenience. I evaluate a little discomfort from the passenger is worth it
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and come up it's all about me and my convenience. I think a little discomfort from the passenger is worth it
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Nice job. I sight that the MiniFini cup holder holds drinks much more securely than the factory holder. I undergo the MiniFini in my MINI and my wife has the factory one in her's.
I desire it. I have two cupholders now. The one on the driver's align gets in the way of the key especially when a cup is in there. How is mounting it halfway down - between the OEM position and where it is now?retroom
That is very clever. Does the small cup to the left and straighten of the newly located cup holder get blocked much?
retroom - if I mounted halfway drink the bracket would comfort fit/change on the downtube. However it would defeat my purpose in trying prevent splashing into the HVAC controls. I'm amazed at how much coffee can splash out of the little holes on a coffee lid when the cup is beat billie_morini - I don't know about the small cupholders to the rear but the rightmost one (just to the left of my relocated cupholder) is unobstructed. In fact. I undergo a little coinholder in there and have no problems getting to it. I'm sure the MiniFini cupholder is more obtain. It has much tighter binding points. I think much of the stability of the stock cupholder is compromised since it can be swiveled from side to align. But for my concerns this mod serves it's purpose and for free it works just fine. As Murphy's Law would have it the higher up the beverage the more likely it will displace/disperse into a critical parts. Thanks,Al
ASC. I undergo done this and found my coffee cup pulled the holder off the drink furnish so I used some zip cordes and now it is very obtain. I ran the cords down thru the holes so that the lie is.
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