mine havent broke yet lol.....what parts break off on yours?

 

I've got the one from Gino's garage - it's the only way to go.

 

Wait..aren't the 98-01s all the same?

I HATED my 95s cupholder, but my 01's cupholder is the best cupholder I've ever seen. Ever. It's amazing

 

Do the cupholders sit outside the console?

 

Yes, they mount in front of the console. The web site has a picture. Part of it goes inside the console and gets stuck there with some velcro. Then you just unscrew the latch screw a little to gain some height so the cover on the console will latch closed. 2 minute install.

Trust me, when you get it, you'll love it, and you'll wonder how come all those high dollar engineers at Dodge couldn't come up with something like it.

 

How did Dodge expect for the cup holders in the 94-97s to actually work?? They have literally no sides on them and they're only like 2 inches deep??? They cant hold ****.Get the console cup holder.Best mod ever.

 

 

That's what I am saying, I'll have to order them next week. The sock ones do suck!!!!!!

Hey, if the engineers actually used the stuff, you'd see it designed better.

 

Mine broke too. I haven't figured out a good way to fix it.

I like the console replacement, however, it looks like a bit of a pain if you want to flip the console up.

 

Hardly "cutting edge" engineering, but this is what worked for me......

Needed: Couple short lengths of black 16 ga. multi-strand wire, four small crimp "eye" connectors, one black screw for plastic.

This is what was broken on mine when I bought the truck a few weeks ago. It held to a point. But add a drink and a good bump in the road and you had a disaster.


The wire and four crush/crimp eye connectors. I didn't measure the length of the wire. I just cut it to the needed length with the cupholder in position, then snipped a milimeter or two more to compensate for the length of the "eye". It's also important to cut both to the same length so each shares equally in load bearing later.




Used the two existing factory mounting screws for the cup holder and then drilled one new hole into the plastic. I THINK I used 11/32" bit, but not sure. I just sized it to the screw. In the area where I drilled, the plastic appears to be about 1/8" thick and very tough. The plastic screw seated nicely. I like the plastic screws since they have a little deeper threads, but black sheet metal would also work. Either way it should hold the weight of pretty much anything that will fit in the holder:


Here's what you see from the driver and passenger position height. I used short lengths of some silicone fusion tape to cover the blue plastic of the connectors, but black electrical tape would work just as well. :


Just a shot showing how nicely the small gauge wire folds up as you close it. They don't interfere with anything and IMO it doesn't look bad.
~$1 in cost vs the cost of new or even used. And this should last for as long as the rest of the truck.