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ZoomZ 01-29-2017 12:55 PM

Great Idea I cam up with
 
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Nissan screwed up on this. I understand cost savings and complexity of machines and fabrication, but really?

$50K car shouldn't be spared fine details specially if it has NISMO attached to it.

I'm refereeing to the switch blanks that come with the NISMO because we don't have heated seats or convertible.

So, a light bulb came into my head and I designed something for the 3D printing guys to come up with.

The Cup holder and blank assembly pop off as an assembly. NO TOOLS required.

The Switch blank is attached by 4 screws. Off it comes and now you have a square hole.

Problem is, it's not deep enough but it will hold an Iphone5, IPOD or whatever you want immediate access to.

Here are the pics:


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JTM88 01-29-2017 01:15 PM

I like the idea, I may try to model something up and 3D print something to fit in there. I'm not the best designer, but I can probably get something to fit

kenchan 01-29-2017 01:21 PM

Looks like a good seat for my badtz maru plush.



Right now he looks like he's dipping in a hot springs in da cup holder..

rey127 01-29-2017 01:50 PM

I wouldn't mind that. Currently my phone stays on my lap.

ZoomZ 01-29-2017 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rey127 (Post 3609202)
I wouldn't mind that. Currently my phone stays on my lap.

I have to try it with Iphone7 and higher. Like I said, It will hold the phone but it's not deep enough, so bigger phones may be in way of shifting. Better than the lap. ;)

jaedub 01-29-2017 02:52 PM

I think its a perfect spot for coins. All my coins are in the cup holder.

ChaseZ 01-29-2017 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ZoomZ (Post 3609208)
I have to try it with Iphone7 and higher. Like I said, It will hold the phone but it's not deep enough, so bigger phones may be in way of shifting. Better than the lap. ;)

Yeah I stuck my i7 in the cupholder yesterday standing up and it still gets in the way more than I'd like.

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Originally Posted by jaedub (Post 3609210)
I think its a perfect spot for coins. All my coins are in the cup holder.

Ditto

Tick64 01-29-2017 03:01 PM

Great idea! Always looking for more storage space.

dctoe 01-29-2017 03:52 PM

Zooms, what did you use to fill the hole? This is a great idea I've been wanting to do something like this for sometime.

JTM88 01-29-2017 04:57 PM

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I made a quick and dirty design that will fit in that spot, please don't judge.

It does require a little bit of fitting to be able to get the cup holder all the way down, but if you do it correctly it requires no glue

Whenever my wife gets home I'll get her to snap a picture of my iphone 6s w/ a case sitting in the cubby.

ChaseZ 01-29-2017 05:20 PM

Nice! I really need to get me one of these 3D printers to play with

JTM88 01-29-2017 05:56 PM

Here are a couple of pics with the phone sitting in it.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...155c5152f5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2538ee3381.jpg


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kenchan 01-29-2017 06:52 PM

looks good, but dogdamn...shouldve heatgun/painted dat huge scratch while off.

and dat knob. :ugh2: ;)

JTM88 01-29-2017 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3609300)
looks good, but dogdamn...shouldve heatgun/painted dat huge scratch while off.

and dat knob. :ugh2: ;)

The picture makes the scratch look way worse than it is. i'll probably take it off again to tweak the design, right now the cupholder piece is just shy of sitting flush, and when I do that I'll fix it.

Ventruck 01-29-2017 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JTM88 (Post 3609247)
Here are a couple of pics with the phone sitting in it.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...155c5152f5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2538ee3381.jpg


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I was about to ask if the phone now gets in the way of shifting but I see you're running the same knob as me.

Great idea and execution, and it really should've come like this for non-touring models.


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