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Subject:Re: Westy cupholder alternative?
From:Edward Maglott
Date:Thu, 21 May 2015 06:51:58 -0400

that's funny, when I saw that I immediately thought that banggood might
have that same thing for a fraction of the cost.  I can vouch for
everything Richard says about banggood.  I've probably placed 30+ orders
from them.  when I've had a problem, then have refunded my money, given me
partial refund if the item doesn't live up to advertised, or sent me a new
one.

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Richard Smith <richard_smith@gnwc.ca>
wrote:

> Yeah. If you don¹t want/need the ³billet front² (since when did ³billet²
> become such a sought-after aspect of products?) you can get the part, here:
>
> http://www.banggood.com/Front-Folding-Stretch-Dash-Cup-Holder-For-VW-Jetta-
> Golf-MK4-Bora-99-05-p-921732.html
>
> It is $36. So I guess the billet is the other $100 :-)
>
> I have purchased quite a few things from banggood, and while the quality
> is mixed, they are reliable. It is no Amazon, and sometimes things arrive
> so late you forgot you even ordered them, but they ARE cheap.
>
> Šr
>
>
>
> On 2015-05-21, 8:28 AM, "Michael McSwain" <michaelmcswain@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >Expensive, and you could probably find cheaper on ebay used, but I can
> >vouch for that design. I had a jetta and thought that was the best cup
> >holder design I'd seen.
> >
> >On Wed, May 20, 2015, 2:15 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sure this one will do nicely, and it's only $150:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.watsons-streetworks.com/double-slide-out-cup-holder-coming-soo
> >>n-43043
> >>
> >> Stuart
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> >> Of Jim Felder
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:52 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Westy cupholder alternative?
> >>
> >> I'd like to add a cup holder in the rear driver's side of my westy.
> >>Here,
> >> it is hard to get one positioned to not interfere with the table or the
> >> z-bed, especially with the vertical lift feature I added to the rear
> >>table.
> >>
> >> I was a cup holder in some car I was in recently that did not fold out
> >>like
> >> the westy cup holders, but came out horizontally. This could be mounted
> >> underneath the corner of the table.
> >>
> >> Can anyone recommend this type of cup holder?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
>

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