2001 dash cup holder retrofit?

[wazzabie]

Is it a bolt in upgrade to retrofit to the dash cupholder? or would I need to do some cutting to make this cup holder work? I have a 2001 Silverado with out the dash cupholder.



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[biketopia]

You'll need the whole knee bolster trim panel and cup holder assy. Would be worth it to look at yours and make sure there are not other brackets behind it you might need. When we did a center console swap into my brothers work truck there was an additional bracket behind it all we had to snag from the junk yard.

[jocko]

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.

[wazzabie]

Originally Posted by jocko

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.

I'm thinking about going the CB route and mounting the CB in front of the jump seat after I replace the original cup holder. I also read another upgrade is to replace the jump seat with a later year model that would have under seat storage. All that would be a nice upgrade.

[jocko]

one thing I noticed is that for the dash mounted cup holder in GMT800s, the drinks bobble around more than they do in the seat mounted cup holders. If I was only going to have 2 holes for cups, I’d keep the seat mounted one. Just my impression - but I do occasionally use the extra spaces provided from the dash mount cup holders.

[brak]

why not use the floor cupholder that mounts to the jump seat?

I have the center seat from my '03 WT, that i took out when i added the center console.
pretty sure it just unbolts from the seat frame.

I will say, i actually miss the floor cupholder. it held stuff more securely than the console does.