Okay, I tipped another can of Dr. Pepper on my way to work today because of the worst designed cupholders I've ever seen. Who the hell has a rectangular can of soda or a square coffee cup? I've looked for them, but no success. I know, just don't eat or drink in my car, but I can't live with that. Also, I checked for a recall on the cupholder, but nothing, so I need to know if the center consoles are interchangeable between all 4th gens. I know that some of the later 4th gens have better holders, so I'm praying that I can swap away, cause it's really irritating the hell out of me, and I'm tired of keeping a roll of paper towels, a plastic bag, and a bottle of Orange Glo in the passenger seat. Any ideas other than no beverages (that rule only applies to passengers)??

 

haha you really think there would be a recall on cupholders?!?!

96's had ones come in the center console which you can get at a junkyard or from a dealer.

i custom put two inside it and it works fine...

i was even gonna add one to the back of the center console where the ashtray is but haven't had time.

 

yeah, mine ('96) are squares too and it's quite annoying.

 

ahh.. in my old 3 gen firebird.. the cup holders were mounted on the doors. these bad boys could hold a super size mcdonalds cup and never tip or spill ever.. it was great.. man i miss those days...

blake

 

There is one that you can get from the dealer that sits perfectly in the center compartment. Right next to the card holder...check out your manual.

 

What do you think??? hehehe...they should...also, I've found that 97-99 has a different cupholder design with a cover and actual round cupholders. Gotta see if I can find one, provided it will fit.

 

i kinda like the 95' cupholders, it holds a 20oz pretty well, i usually use it as a cubby hole though lol

 

97-99 can not hold anythink bigger then a can soda

 

I have a '96 and I have the removable cup holder in the console. It is o.k. but then you have to drive around without an armrest. What I did was I got a 'Wizard' cupholder from Wal-Mart/Target and place it in the existing square cupholder. It can hold a can of coke, a mug or a 64 oz. double big gulp. Not the best looking but hey, it is very functional and you can remove it at any time. Good luck.

 

the 95-96 consoles are interchangeable with 97-99 and vice versa.

 

Yeah, my 97 has round cup holders. The only things that I find don't fit are water bottles. Seems here companies actually make the containers to fit car cup holders, most are nicely designed large at the top then slim down towards the bottom and fit nicely in the holders I only wish that I had cup holders for the back seat too so I didn't have to share the front ones with back seat passangers

 

The Karean version of our car (4th Gen Max.), still being sold (called SM5), has some really nice interior features we never got including rear cupholders.

http://www.renaultsamsungm.com/NewJsp/index.jsp

 

The 97 cupholders that I have are great but need to be much bigger. I hate when I have a larger McDonalds or Route 44 drink and they have to sit in my lap. It's useless.

 

Every problem you guys are complaining about can be solved by a Wizard.

 

Wizard?? What's that?

 

If you think those are the worst cupholders ever you've never been in a BMW/Saab/Benz/etc.

 

My 96 cup holders don't bother me too much, but I also still have the removable middle thing in it.

 

why drink/eat in the car, thats a big no no in my ride

 

I drive a 95 SE and a 97 SE...the cup holders in the 97 are WAY better....god I hate the ones in the 95.

 

Thank you for reading, and thanks for the answer!!!

 

Fast food =

 

????? WTF is Karean? Ohh yeah, they're a new race from Star Trek...Beam me up Scotty, the Kareans are swarming at an alarming rate!!!! For a second I thought you were talking about Koreans, cause that'd be a horse of a different color! hehehe

 

hmm. . . i have a 98 and can fit a super size mcdonald's soda or a biggie size wendy's no problem. . . the two are different sizes. . . one closer to the gears won't fit anything big but the one closer to your hand rest will fit almost anything in there.........

Sam

 

Nice to see the good ol' 4th gen body is still being produced somewhere.

 

lol i think the 95-96 cup holders are a HUGE improvement over the 1st gen Altima ones that I had to deal with for 2 years.... it slid out from the front console right under the HU... with anything in there, it covered up the HU and wobbled around, and eventually spilled out

try searching for some pics of the cup holder in the 1st gen Altima if you want some laughs

 

I wish I saw your post earlier. I just bought a whole center console from 99 Maxima off ebay and threw it away about a week ago! All I wanted to replace was the armrest, but I didn't know it doesn't fit to 96 unless I change the entire console....

 

I don't eat or drink in my car much, but every so often when I have drink the cups fit in there fine and hold nicely. I use my cup holders as a change holder I have to admit though the design of the cup holders is quite odd. I'm thankful I have cup holders. My 1st gen Eclipse didn't even have any

 

lol...so true..it comes out easily for cleaning though

 

Ahh yes! Another great point! Cleaning that rectangle isn't the easiest.

 

where can you buy these wizard things anyway? also, how to get the whole center console out, does anyone have pics or anything, i want to go to a junkyard and rip one out.

 

the worst is the fron cupholder with a five speed, 2nd and 4th gear suck cause its in the way. Appearently the previous owner lost my removable one, oh well, snapple fits snug...

 

thats what u get for drinkin that $hitty dr.pepper

 

dr. pepper tastes like carbonated prune juice.
the 95 cupholders suck hardcore.
and im getting kinda thirsty right now...

 

mmm....dr pepper...there are only two other sodas that I've had that compare...1) real Cane Cola, 2) Reed's Ginger Beer. The crappy thing about those is they still don't work well in the cupholder cause they are glass bottles.

 

dr pepper is my favorite! do you guys think that a black console would look weird in a tan car? my radio console is black...i would prbly have to get black shifter and e brake. what do you think?

 

yes it looks weird...i had it and was gonna do a full interior swap but changed my mind ($), but yeah, the black console looked weird with everything else tan.

 

get a carbon fiber dash kit to hide that black in the interior console. It looks alot of better than just black...

 

just get two small cups, fill them up, and when you run out of drink, just stop at a random gas station and run in really quick, fill it up, then run out

 

I have a pop out din size tray with cup holders from my old 92 max. My dr pepper fits good in there.Only thing that sucks is my hand hits the tray when i shift gears.http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/3fd269e7...2K39_Aiwsx9FJ8

 

MMM... DR.PEPPER http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/3fd269e7...GD49_AWJSLFn66