Cup Holders (not really a tech discussion...)

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By Tommy Dougherty on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 09:11 am: Edit

Does anyone know where I can buy a set of disco cup holders as shown in this link:
http://abacus.sj.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/40643fe4e6181da933a1b541b/i-1.JPG

I've seen them up on ebay before, but I've never seen them anywhere else.

Thanks!
-Tommy
97 Disco

By Jon on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 09:18 am: Edit

Those are the cupholders on a DII. Get 'em from the dealer I guess.

By Tom on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 10:34 am: Edit

http://roverconnection.com

or, more directly,

http://roverconnection.com/Disco%20Acc%20Pix/rcdscup.htm

By Jon on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 11:28 am: Edit

$12! You might as well get them from the dealer. They'll be genuine there, too, and you won't have to pay shipping. Man, roverconnection is a rip-off! Does anybody actually buy their stuff from there? Sure it's all genuine, but it costs me less to buy the same crap at the dealer, and that's about as connected to Rover as you can get!

By couch potatoe on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 11:36 am: Edit

but it's specially-formed, ultimate 4X4 plastic. you can probably find $12 in change in your couch.

By Jinwoo on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 11:49 am: Edit

I have had only good experience from Roverconnection. I tried Atlantic British, but Roverconnection has much better price for genuine parts. In Compared to dealer(I have 2 dealers here in Atlanta), I will NEVER go back to the dealer. They are charging me more than 20 % more than Roverconnection!
I guess Land Rover has worst dealership...

Jinwoo
95 Discovery

By Bill B on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 11:59 am: Edit

Rover connection has treated me very well on pricing when compared to any regional dealers I've tried - even with shipping. No complaints here.

By Tom on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 12:40 pm: Edit

Same here...plus, I try to stay out of the dealership as much as possible. I may end up with a new D2 if I don't watch it!

Tom

By Joshua Bova (Jbova) on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 12:49 pm: Edit

TALK TO NATHAN CRABTREE. He sells them for 1/2 the cost of Rover Acc. I have them they are great.

Here is Nathan's Address:

[email protected]


-josh

By Tommy Dougherty on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 02:41 pm: Edit

Thanks everyone!!!

By Leon on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 03:37 pm: Edit

Same here. Good prices at Roverconnection. Just purchased a set of stock shocks at almost half the cost from dealer.

By Jon on Monday, April 30, 2001 - 03:45 pm: Edit

Interesting. Well, I guess I just have a good dealer, because prices on things I need from time-to-time are at most equal to but usually less than Roverconnection's prices. But, glad it it works-out for you!

By Stephen on Saturday, June 09, 2001 - 01:19 pm: Edit

Why not get some black PVC pipe with the same inner diameter as a coke can and make up your own?

By Chris Browne on Saturday, June 09, 2001 - 02:17 pm: Edit

FWIW,These more expensive that the holders above these do actually hold 20ox bottles and other big gulp type of drink container. You can screw them in. For now I've velcro'd mine to the back of the center console, where two will fit side by side. They've been used as step stools by a two year old and survived!!
Also gone on mild trail with half full bottle in and no spills.
www.griotsgarage.com/search.jsp?searchtext=cup

By ButchS on Saturday, June 23, 2001 - 05:05 pm: Edit

I actually broke my 95 Disco cupholders and asked the dealer how much to replace it. Well tech said, $150.oo to check it plus parts and labor after. Anyone got any cheaper ideas?

By jcw on Saturday, June 23, 2001 - 05:30 pm: Edit

I got a soft padded fabric backpacker's bottle carry pouch (or something like that) from NorthFace. It has a strap and clip. I pop-riveted a small swiveling metal loop on the driver side of the center console (near the bottom of the cupholders shown above) and hang the pouch from that. It holds a soda or water bottle perfectly, and is just out of the way of my right leg. It also is great for holding a Nissan stainless non-spill coffee cup. Since the center of gravity is well below the swivel, it's very stable. It's collapsible when empty, and removable by the clip. And it looks cool.

BTW, if you grind flat spots on the sides of the shaft of a pop-rivet (small narrow wheel), it'll expand star-like so it holds well on hard plastic even if you can't get behind to put a washer on it.

John

By Jerry Crawford, 98 D-I on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 - 02:19 pm: Edit

I have one of those back pack water carriers you occasionally see hikers carrying around (and I know the military is using them for several years)- I think it's 20 liters and looks like a small back pack. It hangs from the coat hook on the overhead grab handle above the door behind the driver seat. I can reach back and grab the tube and drink to my hearts content, never take my eyes off the road or have cans to discard. I fill the poly liner with water and put it in the freezer overnight and have ice water for days.

By Blue Gill (Bluegill) on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 - 02:36 pm: Edit

I wear one of those really cool baseball caps with two cup holders on the front of it and flexible tubing that goes right down to my mouth. Chicks dig it the most when I cruise by sipping like a fool. Since there's two cup holders on my hat, I can put a drink in one, and some Planters Salty Peanuts in the other, although I damn near had an aneurysm trying to suck peanuts through the tube.