DIY: Cup holder install

[Justincredible]

OK I knew there were a few people who were looking for this so I decided to take some pic's along the way. Total time 45 min if I were to do it again It would take like 10. Now I know where everything is any how to get to it with out breaking it.

first part is easy. take a flat head screw driver and push in on the side of the trim piece on both sides. Start on the right side as there is more room. Im my case after the right side was loose I was able to just pull the other side out



After you pull back the trim. You can do 2 things. 1 you can trim the tabs above the radio so you will have enough room to slide the bottom piece of the cup holder out. Or (I would suggest this) just pull out the radio.

Notice the two arrows in the top of the pic. There are 2 tabs that need to get pushed down to release the cup holder unit from its location.



You will need a thin shaft screw driver to get in the holes to push down the tabs. You need to push them down and then pull out the unit at the same time



After you get the holder loose you need to remove the ELE connector from the back of the unit. This is much different from most of the connectors we see. This one has a tab that needs to get lifted up and then pull out the ele connector.....The only thing that was odd to me was the new unit has the connector on the other side...




The rest is really straight forward just reconnect the ele (make sure to test) and re install



then you are all done.



with the right tools the job should go well..... The only thing I noticed was the radio was super hot when I removed it. I had not used the car in 3 days. It was almost like the radio had been on full blast or some thing. It was really hot.

[SeattleAWD]

Dude! Thanks for the write-up. I just added this into my B7 and love having the third cup holder.

[Stormin]

Why do you need a third cupholder. There are only two seats?!!?!?!?!

[JayNYS4]

Why do you need a third cupholder. There are only two seats?!!?!?!?!

Cause us fat lazy americans need more than 2 drinks to ourselves.... and the fact the cup holder won't hold those 64oz Big Gulps. lol

[Justincredible]

Dude! Thanks for the write-up. I just added this into my B7 and love having the third cup holder.

Thanks glad you found it usefull. There were several of us that needed this and it was not available. It took longer to make the post then it did to install the holder. So thanks glad to see it has helped

[RAudi Driver]

That's justincredible! Great write-up and pics.

Why do you need a third cupholder. There are only two seats?!!?!?!?!

He's got a drinking problem. He has two hands and only one mouth.

[Stormin]

He's got a drinking problem. He has two hands and only one mouth.

LMFAO

[xtort44]

Bookmarked for future reference. Thanks!

[hdariotisj]

what is the part number for the cupholder. my b6 had twocard slots in the dash. thanks in advance, harris

[Lugi20]

I'm sorry but I missed the point somewhere? Did you replace a cup holder with a newer one? Or did you not have a cup holder to begin with so you added it? I have a cupholder in that location on my B6 and the only things its good for is catapulting drinks into the lap of people in the passenger seat.

[coldfusion9xx]

I'm sorry but I missed the point somewhere? Did you replace a cup holder with a newer one? Or did you not have a cup holder to begin with so you added it? I have a cupholder in that location on my B6 and the only things its good for is catapulting drinks into the lap of people in the passenger seat.

Im actually curious too...did you have 2 card slots right above the radio?

My B6 s4 has one card holder on the left side and then a cup holder on the right side...which works great for holding a cell and talking on speaker phone (ghetto bluetooth)

[Foofighterr]

Yea in my B7 S4 there are 2 card holders above the radio. No cup holder at all. Could someone take a picture of the cup holder extended? Also maybe with a drink in it. I want to see how it works/holds drinks.

[justinperkins]

Nice, I will be needing this once I can get my hands on a replacement cupholder as mine is broken. Anyone got an extra for sale? Shokan wants $45 (used) which is about double what it's worth imo.

[atisvt99]

Yea in my B7 S4 there are 2 card holders above the radio. No cup holder at all. Could someone take a picture of the cup holder extended? Also maybe with a drink in it. I want to see how it works/holds drinks.

Ditto...

[NothingBUTasian]

anybody have the part number for this? I'm very interested in doing this OEM mod....

Joshua

[bez101]

there u go
8E2 862 534K same for b6 an b7

[NothingBUTasian]

that part number doesn't seem to match anything....I tried a few different oem parts websites.

[nudavinci64]

anyway to just add another card holder. I like my cup holder but yes mine is broken as well and its annoying. Germans did not make these cars to drink it so why bother which a piece of @#$#@$!!!!

[Rick_RS4]

i only have 1 cup holder in my rs4, wheres the second? on the lid of the glovebox?

[PetrolDave]

i only have 1 cup holder in my rs4, wheres the second? on the lid of the glovebox?

US RS4's have a different centre console section between the front seats to what we have in the UK - that's where the other cup holder is.

[floatcaptain]

if only i found this thread last week lol managed to get the old cupholder out and new one in with the radio still in. needed an extra pari of hands and some brute force. probably not the best way but it worked!

[ILVTRANCE]

what would actually be cool is if you can take out he useless b6 cup holder and replace with b5 cup holder