Quick question. How to pull out cup holders?

I believe there are 3 tabs holding it in

@Clueless, I'm glad you asked! I would be asking this question in a month or two when I change mine out.

@Ross, those tabs you mention, are they around the top lip of the cup holder, like you could run the tool around the circumference of the lip and loosen them all?

I put a thin cloth between the lip on the cup and the console area, to avoid any scratching. use a thin screwdriver blade, pop 1 at a time, and you will be fine

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those tabs you mention, are they around the top lip of the cup holder, like you could run the tool around the circumference of the lip and loosen them all?

they are a little more than 1/8" below the lip

I believe I saw @slingking remove them in a video about greasing the u joint on the slingshot enthusiast page A how to: Greasing the Polaris Slingshot U-joint. – The Polaris Slingshot Enthusiast Page

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I believe I saw @slingking remove them in a video about greasing the u joint on the slingshot enthusiast page A how to: Greasing the Polaris Slingshot U-joint. – The Polaris Slingshot Enthusiast Page

Yet another good use for @'rabtech''s awesome 'bookmark' feature. Thanks!

Get a really wide flat blade screwdriver and put under the lip of them. Then twist it. It will have 3 or 4 dimples that have it held in.

Make sure its a wide screwdriver. You don't want to dig into the lip and not raise it.

You can always do like I did the first time and put it on a lift and hit them from the bottom side and pop them out.

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As Rabtech mentioned reach underneath and push the bottom of each to one side .... this releases two of the locking tabs .... then remove from the top ....

No chance of slipping and damaging your paint or messing up the edge of the cup holder this way ....

When you put them back in try to line up the locking tabs with their original installed locations and they will be easier to remove next time .....

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I did like Rab said except I used 2 wide blade screwdrivers. Got one side up a little bit with minimal pressure then slid another one it to help pop cup up. Don't pry up and down with the wide blades (thin) just twist the handle side to side.P.S. when you have it out wrap some thin insulation around the cup (don't get it over the tabs) before you put it back in. It'll help keep cool drinks cool.

if you have these hanging around they work great. They are plastic.

I found if you grab the inside of each cup with both hands and press out as you pull up they will pop right out plus it's a good stress reliever.

I just pushed a long Phillips screwdriver through the center hole (sorry @Tripod) and used it to shift the hole off center and pull up. Eliminated the risk of maring the lip (sorry again @Tripod)

gotta keep 'em cold @Clueless

I popped them out with a flathead and wrapped them with DEI cool tape and it helped a lot. I did leave the drain hole on the bottom open