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**jocko** · 11-24-2022, 01:26 AM

It is a bolt in. The wt cup holder replaces the lower center panel completely - and bolts in. The 2 lower screws for the panel you’ll replace go back in to hold the new cup holder in, along with 2 other screws that were present but unrelated to the panel you’re replacing if I recall correctly. I added one to my Silverado - have 4 cup holders now, looks factory. Can’t have too many cup holders….

FWIW, I also bought an extra lower center panel and installed a cb mount on it - can swap out the cup holder for the cb mount and simply plug it in to the connection I left behind the dash in a matter of minutes. Can go back to completely original also in a matter of minutes if I choose to as I saved the original panel - no holes drilled in it.

3 options - stock/smooth, 2 additional cup holders, or cb.

A couple of cautions - the lower screw tabs in the panel you’ll be replacing are kinda dinky/fragile, be careful to not snap them off during removal if you intend to keep it. Also, the upper attach points for the panel you’ll be removing are “push-in” types of plastic catches when you install the panel (or when the factory did originally), but to remove it, I think the trick was to insert some thin sticks - think something like popsicle sticks or thin screwdrivers - on the outer edge of the top surface of the panel - then slide inward toward the center to get the plastic catches to release. It’s because of how they are shaped. If I was home I’d get a pic for you of one I have removed - but just be careful and you’ll find it a very simple swap.

11-24-2022, 01:26 AM	#3
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,937	Re: 2001 dash cup holder retrofit? It is a bolt in. The wt cup holder replaces the lower center panel completely - and bolts in. The 2 lower screws for the panel you’ll replace go back in to hold the new cup holder in, along with 2 other screws that were present but unrelated to the panel you’re replacing if I recall correctly. I added one to my Silverado - have 4 cup holders now, looks factory. Can’t have too many cup holders…. FWIW, I also bought an extra lower center panel and installed a cb mount on it - can swap out the cup holder for the cb mount and simply plug it in to the connection I left behind the dash in a matter of minutes. Can go back to completely original also in a matter of minutes if I choose to as I saved the original panel - no holes drilled in it. 3 options - stock/smooth, 2 additional cup holders, or cb. A couple of cautions - the lower screw tabs in the panel you’ll be replacing are kinda dinky/fragile, be careful to not snap them off during removal if you intend to keep it. Also, the upper attach points for the panel you’ll be removing are “push-in” types of plastic catches when you install the panel (or when the factory did originally), but to remove it, I think the trick was to insert some thin sticks - think something like popsicle sticks or thin screwdrivers - on the outer edge of the top surface of the panel - then slide inward toward the center to get the plastic catches to release. It’s because of how they are shaped. If I was home I’d get a pic for you of one I have removed - but just be careful and you’ll find it a very simple swap.