Keeping water spots out of cupholder
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Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Pflugerville, TX
Vehicle: 2000 Elantra
Never put anything in the cup holder? The only way to prevent water spots is to prevent water. The only way I can think to do that AND have drinks in the car is to use a paper towel on the bottom of the cup, which IMO looks worse than a few water spots. Surely there is a cleaning product along the lines of armor-all that will make them disappear when you detail the car but I don't know what that product is
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because I don't care about water spots in my cup holders.
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because I don't care about water spots in my cup holders.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Floating around the AUDM
Vehicle: X3 Sprint, S-Coupe Turbo
You can pull the rubber base out of the cupholder, just find an edge or jam a lever in there to get started. I give mine a good wash out of the car and then reinstall.
Every car I've ever been in that has had cupholders, has had some form of rubber insert.
Every car I've ever been in that has had cupholders, has had some form of rubber insert.



