Interesting. I might have opted to put a foam rubber cup condom on my cup but hey whatever works. This is all I have done to my cup holder.

 

Wow that looks great! How did you do it and what did you use?

 

Bought this phone holder that fits the smaller cup holder. It gets some getting use to though as I'm used to seeing my phone upfront in my previous cars.

Thinking of other uses/mods for the bigger cup holder as I rarely bring in drinks to my car anyway.

 

Interested. Source?

Sent from the wrong side of the tracks.

 

[emoji106] Thanks!

Sent from the wrong side of the tracks.

 

I use the 30 ounce Yeti cup for my coffee in the morning. it fits perfectly into the larger cup holder.
you can also get cheaper versions made my Ozark at walmart. I can put up some links if people want the info

 

Looks nice, but I don't see how it solves the problem of keeping the mug stable.

 

Just showing off some trial-and-error mods I did with my cupholders.
Most mornings I have a 16-oz stainless steel coffee mug, tall with a half-hourglass or inverted-coke-bottle shape. (Sorry no pic of it.) Because the bottom is narrower than the top, it tends to tip over, though it hasn't done so to the point of spilling. But it is a bit disconcerting when making that first left turn out of the sub.

I added some thick foam rubber on one side, another piece on another side, to try to "crowd" my mug into place to keep it from tipping over or banging around. I added some felt pads to the third side to reduce rattle or banging noise.

What type of foam rubber did you use and from where?

Thanks

 

I didn't even think to check the cup holders before I bought my car. Mazda really screwed them up IMO

They fixed it in the 17-18 but I will accept the pathetic cup holder because that means I have a hand brake. It also encourages me to get the small coffee as it won't tip over.

 

The cup holders in the 17-18 have little spring holder flaps on them. Makes me wonder if the holders themselves could be retrofit into the 14-16 models.

Also, wish I had a manual handbrake on my '17

 

My 2018 GT sedan has a decent set of cup holders, but if I put a taller coffee travel mug in there it sticks up and makes shifting gears a bit odd. I usually put the tall mug in the rear holder but it still means that I have to keep the arm up a bit when shifting. Interesting thread as I have toyed with the idea of a cell phone cup holder. Again... if it sticks up, it will interfere with shifting so I think that I may look at a dash vent holder instead. This is the price that I pay for rowing my own gears I suppose... ?

 

I too have issues with using the cup holder and shifting. I got the normal sized Yeti cup because of it. If there is a second cup.. I put them in the backseat armrest cupholders.
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