Cup holder pics? - Honda Prelude Forum

el_baby · 08-06-2008, 05:44 PM

anyone can take out the cup holder and take pics? opened and closed... from right and left sides...

mine comes boken.. and i have some springs and boken plastic parts... to see if i can fix it

thanks

rigamortis · 08-07-2008, 10:51 AM

you might want to start out with which cup holder your talking about... Ive seen atleast two different cupholders in 4th gens

el_baby · 08-07-2008, 11:43 AM

i have a 94 lude... its the one next to the e-brake

i have that console..

rigamortis · 08-07-2008, 12:23 PM

thats the same one I have, if its the lid that flips up thats broke (thats whats broke on mine) then I think your out of luck on fixing it..... pretty sure youll have to just get a new one.... would love to hear otherwise so then I could fix mine

rayslude · 08-07-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by rigamortis

thats the same one I have, if its the lid that flips up thats broke (thats whats broke on mine) then I think your out of luck on fixing it..... pretty sure youll have to just get a new one.... would love to hear otherwise so then I could fix mine

For the 4th gen cup holders that stay open, there's a way to fix them. It involes bending a paper clip 2 times, inserting 1 end into the gear part of the holder and the other end somewhere else, I saw the writeup YEARS ago but can't remember where.

rigamortis · 08-07-2008, 01:15 PM

theres a plastic tab on mine thats broke so thats not going to work for me....

el_baby · 08-07-2008, 06:38 PM

my cup holder is fine... it had the gear broken but i fix it...

i dont know how to do the push to open... all of that is missing but maybe i have the parts needed... i dont know... i have some springs an plastic things from the car...

el_baby · 08-07-2008, 11:11 PM

i have found this site... 94-96 prelude center console parts

i asking them for pics... if they send me the pics i will post them...

el_baby · 08-08-2008, 07:27 PM

this is my cup holder...

left side

Cup holder pics?-cup-holder-l-hpim1194.jpg

right side

Cup holder pics?-cup-holder-r-hpim1195.jpg

thats all i have... the springs and other parts are not there... i dont know if they belongs there or not...

vfh · 09-08-2008, 11:45 PM

i have a 96 and the cup holder also came broken. i used the paper clip method and it worked perfectly! i tried to explain everything in these pics, but let me know if any of it is confusing

el_baby · 09-09-2008, 09:28 AM

thanks... that seems easy to do... one of the dificulties will be to find a hard paper clip but not imposible...

it dont uses any spring to make it go up? or the paper clip make the lid go up?

el_baby · 09-09-2008, 04:09 PM

I have followed VFH "instructions" but I make the thing with the paper clip a bit short, it dont have to go all the way up when you push it, just past some "marks" that the cup holder has... I think that in the 1st pic they can be looked.

Cup holder closed - making pressure with my finger as if it were the spring, the lid remains flat.

there are 2 arrows... the left one shows like a flat surface behind the rounded part (where the paper clip goes), the other shows like a fixed gear where a circle spring can go in

that shows like a "L" where the other end of the spring can go in

I'm just pressuming... I will chek this weekend with one spring I have that is supposed to be from the car...

vfh · 09-09-2008, 10:40 PM

i didn't realize you were missing the spring too. you are right, that is where the spring goes. i would have taken it out so you could see it by itself, but i couldnt' get the metal rods out that hold the lid to the bottom portion. hpoe this helps!

el_baby · 09-10-2008, 07:31 AM

thanks a lot... I think I have that spring... I'm gonna check this weekend

preludatic · 09-10-2008, 09:33 PM

i've had two cup holders....

1 that wouldnt spring open.. (stayed closed and u kinda had to push the other end to open it)
1 that stays open that wont stay shut

el_baby · 09-10-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by preludatic

i've had two cup holders....

1 that wouldnt spring open.. (stayed closed and u kinda had to push the other end to open it)
1 that stays open that wont stay shut

for the one you have to push, you have chek that the spring is in the correct location...
if it is where it should go... maybe you have to rotate back the spring so it can make pressure to open the lid...

for the other one... you have the paper clip method?

bboixtc · 09-15-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by el_baby

i have a 94 lude... its the one next to the e-brake

i have that console..

Wow I haven't been on here in a while. Hey that's the photo of my interior before I changed it to 5 speed. =p

el_baby · 09-15-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bboixtc

Wow I haven't been on here in a while. Hey that's the photo of my interior before I changed it to 5 speed. =p

just take it to show the console... I think I found it at hondatech...

el_baby · 09-15-2008, 10:29 PM

i got i working until my niece went to my car... she says "i can do it without the push..." now one the "stoppers" of the paper clip seems that its not working...
it looks like if it were sanded... and now I can close it, but I cant open it...

Knack · 08-19-2010, 02:59 PM

I know this is old but just wanted to say thanks for the fix. Mine works like a champ.

Now all I need is 1 of the spring clips on the side to keep the whole thing in place