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Integrated cupholders?
Brax:
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--- Quote from: pezkore on April 13, 2003, 03:50:32 pm ---one concern of mine is that if i put the cupholders in and leave a beer there for too long, and the beer sweats, will that moisture getting into the inside of my CP cause problems (assuming it doesn't get on any wiring)
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Use the ones Oscar shows above, and run a drain hose from it to a container in the bottom of your cabinet (4L milk jug would be good). Problem solved!
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What every cabinet needs... a bilge!
BillyJack:
Maybe just some thin sponge or cloth or something instead? I don't know if a sweaty beverage will really get moist enough to need a drainage system (sewer?)
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maybe for a TMNT game though...
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Billy Jack
Rasher2k:
I can't say I've done it before but I always imagined a beer holder would be great on a cab. Then when I really thought it through I came up with a few things that you may need to look out for.
- Make sure your cab is stable (obviously) not so much a problem for stubbies and cans but if a mate wants to put his (tall) glass of bourben in there when you're not looking, it could be disasterous!
- Make sure the holder isn't in the range of any trackball or spinner runoff. A good flick off the trackball and mashing your hand into the top of the stubbie ain't no fun!
- Oh yeah, if you make them faily deep and you have big hands, you wont be able to get dropped stuff out of them easily if they're a fixed feature.
- Umm, make sure you seal it up real good or make them removable, because if anything gets spilled into it you'll want to wash it out, lest it'll reek for a while. Or the drainage approach.
- And one last point, having beer holders is just inviting your drunk friends to spill beer over your cab.
But hell, the whole purpose of having a cab is to get your mates over, get on the piss, and play some wicked games is it not? Sure it doesn't look too authentic, but if you're looking at building an awesome party machine then go for it!
rampy:
I *really* like my Sirpoonga inspired flip down beverage holders
seend here or other pics on this page of cupholder n'stuff
Just to speak to the value of beverage holders... my take on it... is that we'll be drinking anyways, and having a designated area for the brewskis helps prevent misplacing them ruffshod on the CP ... blah...
Although the flipdowns doesn't help with the "embedded" approach original question. *Shrug*
rampy
Frostillicus:
yeah those flip-downs are sweet. I can only see positive consequences from installing any sort of beverage holder. like rampy says - better in a cupholder than spilling precious precious beer on your CP :P