Cupholder mod for 100/200 type 44

[Lawrence C Leung]

I have done the same, sans cell phone. 

Drop in install, works great. Only drawback is the black is not quite,
black. 

I have found that, due to my short stature, that the cup is a little far
back. And, now that I switched to one of the Thermos/Nissan stainless
steel mugs (from my Aladin plastic) that the armrest can no longer go
down, at least with mug in place. 

Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be enough room to have two wide
top mugs. A mug and a can would work just fine, however. 

LL - NY

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:05:35 -0500 "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com> writes:
>Hi listers,
>I have (finally!) succesfully completed the cupholder
>mod as outlined by Scott Mockry on his excellent website,
>sjmautotechnik.com.
>
>The part numbers, in case you're wondering:
>4A0862533A-9XB
>4A0862534A-9XB
>
>I believe that Scott's numbers are not exactly as written above,
>as my parts guy was not able to find them. The parts in question
>are listed in ETKA under Audi 100, 1992, in the interior diagrams,
>listed as a "cupholder insert."
>
>The -9XB suffix is for the black interior. I do not have the codes
>for grey, blue or beige, sorry.
>
>As my car has the factory cell phone, it was not a drop-in affair.
>I had to cut off about 1" from the back end of the insert in order
>for the insert to clear the cellphone block in the space. However,
>after doing this (Dremel w/ a cutting wheel works perfectly!), it
>took a little work to get the tabs under the lip of the plastic
>rim of the pocket but once I got it in, it stayed perfectly.
>
>So, if you have the cell phone, it's not an effortless mod, but it
>does work well- just remember you can't put anything with a diameter
>larger than a 12oz. soda can in the cupholder. Time for me to get one
>of those commuter mugs with the narrow part for the cupholder. :-)
>
>No one else gets to eat/drink in my car, but it's my car, so I will
>do as I please. :-)
>
>This only took about 4 months for me to get around to doing, only 
>took
>about 15 minutes to complete, including measuring and cutting. But
>very worthwhile to have at least _one_ cupholder in the car.
>
>Taka
>