here's mine. wish this guy who made then in so cal would surface.... he could make a killing. he made small batches and sold them out a of a local shop.....

 

Just had my lid done, too. Torrance Upholstery(a good guy who does Airplanes, Boats, trucks, ...whatever, lol) did it for cheap with Leather he had laying around. He did hard forming-fill the cracks foam on the frame, then 2.5" softer foam on top of that, so NOW, i can actually rest my elbow on this thing, lol.


OH, and notice the 99c store holder in my glove box.... WORKS GREAT, and also can go over my console under the lid and hang on the pass. side and not even be in the way of the passenger. I also have one of those "click" tighter or looser ones like in an above pic....but it seemed to get in the way on occasions, so for now, this'll work. lol.

LOVE having a nice pad for the armrest, btw... well worth it!

PS> COOL, Heli!

 

Really liking this thread! Cup Holders are almost mandatory!

Thanks!!!

 

Ha yep. Did it myself.. Still have some of the material if you want it. $5 shipped! Its pretty easy if you just copy the shape of the 3 pieces of leather, then sew together. I used a piece of 4" think foam and trimmed it a little bit. STUFFED it in tight and its pretty firm; worked out well.

 

Thought I'd share this with the group. I've always wanted cup holders in the 'runner, it's the one thing that's bugged me about the 1st gens. It bugs my wife too, and since she'll be the one driving it 2300 miles I thought I'd remedy that before we left. Materials needed for the cup holder: 4" length of 3" diameter drain pipe, a 3" drain pipe coupler, a 3" drain pipe end cap and 2 carriage bolts to attach it. For the mount I just bent up some 1.25" wide flat stock that I had laying around and bolted it to the seat track

the cup holder itself it pretty simple - slide the end cap and coupler over the piece of drain pipe and add glue. I ended up adding a rib to the metal arm to stiffen it up and reduce vibration while driving


in 4th gear - it only gets in the way going into reverse (very minor) and I can still get to the rear window switch underneath it




Since these aren't the stock seats this might not work for everyone, but it would be simple enough to run one leg to the inboard seat mount bolt and run a second elsewhere to give it stability.

 

Pretty cool, Corax! Nice interior, too!

PS> is that fuel switch for the NOS? hehe

 

my cup holder! duck tape.

 

WOOT! Bobby FTW! Everyone loves Duct Tape... especially prepared road side emergency Yotatech Mechanics! lol. I have a 99C store one that is supposed to hang on the window seal on the door....mine is too tight, they don't fit, so I put mine over my console upper box, then closed the lid, and it stays put in the passenger side of the thing! lol. Even there, people can still sit there and buckle up! I love 99c store mods! lol.

 

my best mood so far!lol it gets used everymorning and never fails me!

 

i have that same one but haven't installed it yet - doh.

jim from protrux, right?

great guy.

joel

 

Thanks. The "FUEL" switch is for the aux fuel tank transfer pump

 

 

so how many threads do you want to put that same picture in?

 

I'm new to forums. I made one post with it's own pictures, then went to all the ones that were asking for cupholder ideas and posted the pic as well. Too much? Next time I'll just make a new post and ignore the rest.

 

bumping old threads with the same picture isnt really all that great. but whatever, i dont know why you would want to make a new post. welcome to YT by the way

 

Thanks! I've been checking it for a while, compiling a list of things to do for my 4runner. I figured since I thought of something I didnt see before, that I would share. Didn't think about it as bumping the old threads, won't do that anymore, sorry. Like I said, new at this.

 

dont worry about it, everyone was new here once. looks clean anyways

 

well since this threads been resurrected i just recently found a cup holder in a sc400 that i kept and plan on using it one day .. well am gonna try and use it not sure if it will fit yet.
heres some pics .





and obviously this may only work for the panels with the arm rest.

 

I never really minded putting one of those square drink holders that goes on the floor behind the passenger seat in the passenger footwell. From this post, it looks like there are no good places to put a cupholder in a 4runner that aren't either totally ugly or in the way. Or worse, will make you have an accident if you have to shift quickly and get hung up on something.

I do like the duct tape idea--