DIY Dashboard Cup Holder and Storage Corolla 93 - 97

[RinconRolla98]

This is a DIY of a 98-02 Dashboard Cup Holder and Storage conversion into a 93-97 Corolla .



This is what my 93 corolla had in the center consule area .



Then I purchased this from E-bay . There very hard to find and very expensive . But the cup holders are bigger and this has a door . What I did was take this apart from the side brackets and prepped it.



bought some plastic black paint from Walmart . No sanding needed . Clean and get all the grease off before painting .



Then paint the cup holder as well cause it opens up.



As you can tell the one on the right is the old cup holder that the 93-97 corolla has .



Then you take off the cover that goes around the old storage box to expose the 4 phillips screw head bolts that hold the bracket . ( Advise : If you have a magnet screw driver thats better cause the bolts tend to drop off and its hard to get your fingers in there . )



You remove the bracket from the 93-97 corolla because you have to use this bracket so that the other stroage box fits good .



You line up the holes and the peg that sticks out of the new cup holder and then screw the bracket to the new storage box .



Screw the new storage box and cup holder .



Then put the cover back on and there you go now you can get a super size cup and put it in your new cup holder . (Reminder : Your gonna have to either with a dremel or a grinder slightly grind around the area of the frame around the cup holder so that it can easily slide in and out . Test cup holder and door . In my situation I had to grind off just a little . )



Then there you have it you can put your stuff in the box.



This is what the final out look you will see and nice clean storage box .

[Rip The E Brake]

Very Very cool.

[trife96]

Yea, I remember when you did that. That is such a nice upgrade since the cup holders are bigger! I've been lookin for one of those for a while still, but I been wanting to find one that isn't broke and one that I don't need to paint

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Good idea, looks like it came out well. To be a picky bastard, I may have used a slightly less glossier paint so it blends more with the plastic surrounds. The paint job looks nice and even however .

The one in my Corolla is almost identical to that except it has no cover, and the cup holders are the small ones. So if people are having a hard time finding one with a cover, then that could be another option. I usually just chuck all my crap in either the center console armrest or in the glove-box, but a cover would indeed be handy. Nice work .

[topnotch]

great job man looks really neat and clean

[RinconRolla98]

Thanks guys , What a difference it makes to finally be able to supersize my drinks .... and to have that box and keep stuff in there .... Hope this helps someone out ...

[Zain]

how much did u paid for it
i wish i can find it on ebay
the storage thing

[RinconRolla98]

Originally Posted by Zain

how much did u paid for it
i wish i can find it on ebay
the storage thing

I paid about 35 bucks but here is a link to one on E-bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-TO...Q5fAccessories

There easy to find you just got to look

[cipher93]

Nice! I should do this as the cup holder on my 93 broke and won't close.

[Masagung]

Great Job !!!!
and cool stuff

[Zain]

heres another one in black
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/corol...#ht_500wt_1182

[Zain]

i did mine yesterday
but i dint replaced the cup holders as it was giving me some problem
and also cos of that wooden panel..[IMG][/IMG]

[Hook]

Nice. But it's not practical to have the door IMO, since u can't have a cup in teh holder and still open the door.
Still a very good DIY.

[RinconRolla98]

Originally Posted by Hook

Nice. But it's not practical to have the door IMO, since u can't have a cup in teh holder and still open the door.
Still a very good DIY.

This is the box that comes with the 8th gen so obvious if toyota made it this way it was for a reason , Its a storage box where you store things . But if your that lazy to move your cup out to get something from there then thats a different story ...LMAO .... and I like the wood face , Thanks bro

[Hook]

Unfortunately I was only born with two arms so if I needed to get anything while driving, I'd think moving my cup to open the pocket would more be an issue of practicality than laziness.