who has interest in Herb's cupholders?

[shogun]

As Herb did not offer them the past months I have contacted him via his private email.
His reply:

Hello Erich,
Here is the situation with the cupholder. We made the mold and ran
the initial quantity of parts. I sold the last of the parts about a month ago and the only way to sell more is if I have another molder make them for me. My cost for a limited number of parts is a bit over $1200. That means I'm out of pocket until I sell about 40 cupholders. If we can do that I'll have the parts made.

The cupholder price has been $29.95USD for the past several years, and seems to be reasonably well accepted. Shipping/handling has been $8.50 for US and Canada. To Europe and your area (Asia)the shipping cost is higher, but not a huge differential. As far as RHD is concerned, I think I should refrain from that option. Herb
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Additional info from my side: that cupholder does not fit on consoles which have the holder for ASC and/or EDC.
Fits on E34 and E32.
It fits, however, on center consoles for automatic transmissions and for manual gears/shifters.
Here are the pics how they look. Please post if any interest, then I will inform Herb and he has to decide to go ahead or not. I will link this post also on other boards. If he goes ahead, you can buy them on Ebay.

Pics
http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?i...pholdervq3.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?i...holder2ve2.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?i...holder4ou7.jpg

[BigKriss]

I like the look of them but I don't have one.

[shogun]

Kris, most important thing is: they are the most practicable. You can also use larger bottles.
Maybe of interest for you in OZ. The Americans use bigger bottles and cans than we in Japan.
I just went to the car to measure the hole diameters for the bottles/cans. It is 73 mm.
The small standard coffee/juice/soft drink cans in Japan have a diameter of only 53 mm diameter. So I used a self adhesive foam and added that inside the opening of the holder, so that the cans fit snug.

I also added a non-slip rubber mat, so that keys etc. do not move in curves.

[swenpro]

One of the best investments I've ever made BUY THIS CUPHOLDER!!!

[BMWCCA1]

Not me, thanks. I like my ASC+T!!

[shogun]

Looks good, in total we already have from the U.S. and German boards for E34 and E32 abt. 10 confirmations of interest. I assume that we get our 40 sets together, which then covers the initional tool cost for Herb tp produce them.

He just sent me this email:

Erich,
Thanks for all of your efforts. I'll keep watching the boards. Hopefully we can get 25-30 interested and I will gamble on the rest

Thanks again
Herb

[BFEINZIMER]

where do we go to buy one?

[LunatiC]

I bet there's no RHD version either

[unvago]

Where can I get them?

[Nick.Hay]

I bet there's no RHD version either

Ditto!! Can anyone confirm this for us?? I'd be interested if there was a RHD version.