Fantastic! Cup holders!!


Are you planning to sell these or is the design free? I'd love to get the files so I can print my own :)

Thanks Rick
 

Jaemus
Fantastic! Cup holders!!
Are you planning to sell these or is the design free? I'd love to get the files so I can print my own :)

Once I'm happy with the final design I can release the files under a Creative Commons license.  I wasn't planning on selling any but if someone wants one I will print some up.
 

Hoonsy
Cool little design, would love to buy one if you ever decided to make a few.
Hows the placement? Does it get in the way of your legs while you're doing fully sik hektik heel-toe downshifts at all?

I did a test with a 600ml water bottle today. I didn't find it intrusive to my driving at all, it does make the cabin feel a bit smaller but it is convenient just reaching down to pick up the bottle. I will definitely try it with a larger drink and report back. 

Over the last few weeks I have been tinkering with the cup holder in my spare time, experimenting with sizes and finishes.
 

 
Slimmed the design slightly and acetone vapour smoothed it. It turned out better than I thought. On a another experiment to make it smooth I started sanding at 120grit and finishing at 1200grit. It's my favourite finish but requires so much work to smooth out the layers. I will have to try a combination of both techniques and see how it looks.
 

 
Chocolate frappe test was successful
 

 
Version 3 is printed with black abs and now has two straps that cross over. I found that small bottles gradually slip out the bottom of the single strap version. Possibly could have been fixed by using a wider and thicker strap. 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Cant wait for you to upload this. 

My printer is waiting - I even have a role of bronze filament here I could use if I wanted to get fancy...

No supercharged 2GR to be found here. Only small updates that most wouldn't notice.
 
I recently drew up a reproduction warning sticker located on the air box. I was lucky enough to meet Hoonsy and see his Bathurst at a club event, his car still had a mostly intact sticker which allowed me to take photos and measured it up.
 

 
Reproduction
 

 
Reproduction 4-ABS sticker. The old one is baked on - going to take some gentle heating and scraping to get off. That's a job for the weekend.
 

 
Pulled off the old tatty engine hood insulator and replaced it with the new. Made a huge difference.
 

 
At the same time I cleaned up the surface rust on the strut brace and repainted it gloss black. This is how the engine bay currently stands.
 

 
Perfect time of day for a photo.
 

 
The cup holder design is at the stage that I'm happy with, been testing the latest design for the last few weeks and showed it to the Queensland club members and everyone seemed to like it. I went through a number of revisions, tweaking, testing more retweaking and retesting. I also revisited ideas such as the single strap but 23mm wider yet still had issues with small cups or 330ml bottles would slip out the side.
 

 
Final design features:ABS plastic to survive those hot summer days (fingers crossed)78mm diameter openingNeater/Slimmer designRubber insert to grip into the door card, no more electrical tape38mm webbingEyelets instead of hot glue to hold the strap together I will get some better photos over the weekend but I'm so happy with where the design has ended up.
 

I can vouch for the awesomeness these holders have!

Cup holders please !! 
 

There was a discussion late last year about average fuel economy and numbers were thrown around with what was acceptable. This got me curious with how my 3SGE was performing. I was planning to record the first few fill ups but it started to become a habit over the cause of the year. I missed a handful, maybe 5 fill ups.
 
Mostly subarban driving. I would be curious to see how it performs with straight motorway cruising for a tank.
Fun fact: Some of my best fuel economy results were actually achieved on MR2 club runs.
 
23/12/2015 - 9.0L/100km. Travelled 383.2km with 34.40L
01/01/2016 - 9.5L/100km. Travelled 226.0km with 21.51L
23/01/2016 - 9.4L/100km. Travelled 447.8km with 42.06L
06/02/2016 - 9.8L/100km. Travelled 432.5km with 42.17L
16/02/2016 - 8.1L/100km. Travelled 416.9km with 33.92L
29/02/2016 - 8.2L/100km. Travelled 458.2km with 37.62L
06/03/2016 - 9.5L/100km. Travelled 310.9km with 29.67L
19/03/2016 - 9.4L/100km. Travelled 356.9km with 33.74L
03/04/2016 - 9.6L/100km. Travelled 435.2km with 42.05L
22/04/2016 - 8.8L/100km. Travelled 286.6km with 25.47L
01/04/2016 - 7.8L/100km. Travelled 514.2km with 40.16L
26/05/2016 - 8.2L/100km. Travelled 507.0km with 41.87L
11/07/2016 - 7.6L/100km. Travelled 566.7km with 43.51L
27/07/2016 - 9.9L/100km. Travelled 293.6km with 29.03L
19/08/2016 - 9.1L/100km. Travelled 353.4km with 32.48L
01/09/2016 - 8.5L/100km. Travelled 469.5km with 39.85L
18/09/2016 - 8.9L/100km. Travelled 375.6km with 33.61L
18/09/2016 - 7.2L/100km. Travelled 287.3km with 20.83L
25/09/2016 - 8.9L/100km. Travelled 275.8km with 24.74L
15/10/2016 - 10.0L/100km. Travelled 424.6km with 42.49L
22/10/2016 - 8.1L/100km. Travelled 306.6km with 24.74L
29/10/2016 - 7.7L/100km. Travelled 576.1km with 44.77L
02/12/2016 - 9.1L/100km. Travelled 416.9km with 38.00L
 
Average: 8.8L/100kmTravelled: 9121.5km
Petrol consumed: 798.96L
 
Also made up a few more cup holders with different coloured straps. I'm absolutely loving this sea green colour at the moment. SO FRESH.