I’ve seen a few of these repair videos. You’re the first I’ve seen who fixed it back to normal and who didn’t break off the tip of the spring. Nice work.
Thanks for the video. I fixed my left cupholder by attaching the end of the spring with a sewing pin. It comes out a bit slower, sometimes even gets stuck midway, but still a great difference compared to not being able to use it at all!
0:51 - "This looks like scheiße" - what a beautiful summary. Made my day. Thanks for the video, managed to take the trim off without breaking anything, which in case of my E91 is quite unusual. Cup holder itself still says "Nah, f**k you" for no apparent reason so a trip to scrapyard it is.
Indeed it is, I studied German in school, but at this point remember just a couple of words)) Yea, I usually keep a box of pins near me when I do some work with the trim, after 10+ years it's getting really fragile, almost like glass lol. Thank you for the comment! those cup holders are a nightmare.
Hey nice video- had figure it all out prior- but didn't see the latch point. After using zip tie - confirmed what you said about not quite as smooth- so used a 1/8" tie instead- works great- Thanks for the assist!
I’ve just repaired the deiver cup holder of my E90 330i. Thank’s for well explained tutorial, the problem I had was exactly the same showed in the video.
Yea, the system is pretty simple, so be precise and don’t rush, and you definitely will succeed! Make sure to clean it and add some white lithium grease to the gear.
Love you bro!! I had it already open but i just couldn’t find the fuckin spot where the spring was hooked in originally. Drove me crazy and i was up to order a new one.. Thanks alot. Greetings from Germany. ❤ Ps. Made me really laugh when you said: looks like Scheisse 😂
Hope you see this message, I’m a little late to the party. Your video title says you’ll talk about it being stuck open. I’m a 72-year-old woman and took it out of the dashboard no problem. I assume it’s that toggle thingy on the outside Which should snap to one side and keep it held in. The spring is fine in mine but you didn’t say what to do if the left cupholder is stuck out. I can push it back in, but it won’t stay there. It just pops out again. When I took it out of the dashboard that toggle is missing completely, as you know, there’s a big space it can fall down into and I could not see it down there. Any idea of how to repair that or fake something or am I just gonna have to buy a new cupholder? Thanks!!
At this stage if you are missing the toggle at the back, there nothing you can do, and you will have to buy a new one, the reason the title say stuck open it because the right cup holder wasn’t closing at all on my car, and it only needed to push couple of pins back but if there no locking toggle on it there nothing i can help. Thank you for the comment and good luck with further repair!
Nice video, quick question, mine was not working, i opened it and Spring was gone, there was no spring in it, probably previous owner tried to fix it. so can you please help what to do if there is no spring. thank you
if it’s good condition, go to junk yard, there plenty of 90’s, which is gonna be the cheapest option, otherwise you need to buy a new cup holder which is $50-120 on amazon or fcp. Good luck and thank you for the comment!
Yeah, lot of times it’s a dirt or stick spilled drink that blocking the movement, sometimes it’s pieces of broken plastic inside, and when you shake it it starts working again. Thanks for the comment!
From this video, we can see that how stupid design on the cup holder done by BMW, where a metal spring tape hold by a tiny plastic stub which is very easy to be cut off.
I’ve seen a few of these repair videos. You’re the first I’ve seen who fixed it back to normal and who didn’t break off the tip of the spring. Nice work.
Thanks man! Ahhah! My really first 3 series i did break the spring, but not this time!)
You couldn’t have made it any easier you bloody legend
Thanks!
Great fix. The best moment is your happiness when you got it to work. Priceless.
It sure is!
Thanks for the video. I fixed my left cupholder by attaching the end of the spring with a sewing pin. It comes out a bit slower, sometimes even gets stuck midway, but still a great difference compared to not being able to use it at all!
0:51 - "This looks like scheiße" - what a beautiful summary. Made my day.
Thanks for the video, managed to take the trim off without breaking anything, which in case of my E91 is quite unusual.
Cup holder itself still says "Nah, f**k you" for no apparent reason so a trip to scrapyard it is.
Indeed it is, I studied German in school, but at this point remember just a couple of words))
Yea, I usually keep a box of pins near me when I do some work with the trim, after 10+ years it's getting really fragile, almost like glass lol.
Thank you for the comment! those cup holders are a nightmare.
Hey nice video- had figure it all out prior- but didn't see the latch point. After using zip tie - confirmed what you said about not quite as smooth- so used a 1/8" tie instead- works great- Thanks for the assist!
I’ve just repaired the deiver cup holder of my E90 330i. Thank’s for well explained tutorial, the problem I had was exactly the same showed in the video.
Glad it helped. Thanks for the comment!
Wow took 15 minutes and completely fixed exactly how you did it thanks!
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you so so much. U saved me some money. I used a thin twine thread instead of zip lock. You're awesome. It works like a charm. 🎉🎉🎉
Cable tie. Nice one. I saved $500 on my Honda back seat release with cable ties. Go the dyi, and go content creators like you!!
Thank you for the comment and support!
Just followed your instructions to fix my car holder. Thanks 🙏
Thanks fir the feedback!)
I super glued the heck out of my spring 🤣. Thanks man.
Thank you brother i saved 50$
Glad you were able to fix it!💪🏻
Thank you for the excellent video. I was able to fix it with a zip tie just as you did.
Sounds good 👍🏻
Thank you for this video 🙏🏼 mine had the same problem and the cable tie fix worked perfectly - great job
Glad it helped
This video is the real MVP
Thank's.
It really works your trick. Nice video, thank you, you saved my cupholder 🤘😊
Great to hear!
Thanks for the comment!
Perfect fix. Exactly my problem. Thanks!!
No problem!
tbhanks, i just fixed mine, had the same issue! only thing that is off is the tension. Everytime I open the cup holder it just springs out.
That little gear that I poped out at the end is in charge of make it smooth.
Legend thanks mate, fixed with small cable tie like yours!
Sounds good man! 💪🏻👍🏻
That was pretty darned impressive
Thanks!
Fixed my cupholder! Thanks!
Very nice! Thank you for the comment!
Thanks man u helped a lot 👍🏻
You are welcome 🙏🏻
Awesome videos man. Nicely explained. Much appreciated.
Glad you like it!!! Thanks for the comment!
thx for video...just fix it same way and it's work perfectly 👍😎
Nice to hear that!)
Great fix. Thanks very much :)
Worked Perfectly for me, mine was stuck closed, zip tie was all I needed, Thnx A+++
Glad it helped!
Thank you for the comment Friend!
both mine stuck closed. i might give it a try and fix myself. thanks!
Yea, the system is pretty simple, so be precise and don’t rush, and you definitely will succeed! Make sure to clean it and add some white lithium grease to the gear.
Also +1 for using the word scheisse when describing the cover
Lol, trying to be funny with appropriate language for the German engineering))😅
Thanks mate, i fixed it with your help!
Glad it helped!
Same case and same solution, thank you! 🙏🏾
Thanks for the comments
Thx bro worked perfectly🤝🏼
Glad to hear
awesome vid dude thanks
Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you mate! 😊
Always welcome 🙏🏻
Very useful! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Great video thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
thanks 🙏🏻
Thank you very much
You are welcome
Love you bro!! I had it already open but i just couldn’t find the fuckin spot where the spring was hooked in originally. Drove me crazy and i was up to order a new one.. Thanks alot.
Greetings from Germany. ❤ Ps. Made me really laugh when you said: looks like Scheisse 😂
very helpful, thanks
Doesn't the cable tie get in the way when installing it in the car again?
Thank you so much bro
Welcome
Hope you see this message, I’m a little late to the party. Your video title says you’ll talk about it being stuck open. I’m a 72-year-old woman and took it out of the dashboard no problem. I assume it’s that toggle thingy on the outside Which should snap to one side and keep it held in. The spring is fine in mine but you didn’t say what to do if the left cupholder is stuck out. I can push it back in, but it won’t stay there. It just pops out again. When I took it out of the dashboard that toggle is missing completely, as you know, there’s a big space it can fall down into and I could not see it down there. Any idea of how to repair that or fake something or am I just gonna have to buy a new cupholder? Thanks!!
At this stage if you are missing the toggle at the back, there nothing you can do, and you will have to buy a new one, the reason the title say stuck open it because the right cup holder wasn’t closing at all on my car, and it only needed to push couple of pins back but if there no locking toggle on it there nothing i can help. Thank you for the comment and good luck with further repair!
what are the bmw things on your vents
Those are bmw oem air freshener))) they have them in store or amazon
Nice video, quick question, mine was not working, i opened it and Spring was gone, there was no spring in it, probably previous owner tried to fix it. so can you please help what to do if there is no spring. thank you
if it’s good condition, go to junk yard, there plenty of 90’s, which is gonna be the cheapest option, otherwise you need to buy a new cup holder which is $50-120 on amazon or fcp.
Good luck and thank you for the comment!
legend
Thanks!
i'll these method but why my cup holder didn't came out smoothly? 😢
The little gear that i mentioned in the video is make it smooth, you got to make sure it’s there.
@@Makhnovetsthanks mate., in my case roller spring is the culprit after trying several attempted Problem solved😊
I unscrewed mine and it just worked after that lol.
Yeah, lot of times it’s a dirt or stick spilled drink that blocking the movement, sometimes it’s pieces of broken plastic inside, and when you shake it it starts working again.
Thanks for the comment!
thanks
From this video, we can see that how stupid design on the cup holder done by BMW, where a metal spring tape hold by a tiny plastic stub which is very easy to be cut off.
I would agree on this one, but it still looks pretty cool and clever, plus it's 15 yo. nothing can less forever.
Super :)
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Thanks for the video. Worked like a charm 🫡
Glad it helped 👍
Super helpful