Don't know if anyone ever posted this before, but here goes. You know that pretty much useless cup holder on the floor of 93-97 Aeros? The plastic clamp holding two jars of jelly sold at CostCo and Sam's etc. can be used as an insert for the Aero's cup holder. Buy the right flavor and you can match up the color too. Remove the cup holder, line up the plastic clamp, drill down through the clamp, into the cup holder, and then use an appropriate screw to hold both together. Then the cup holder will hold cups of coffee securely.

 

Sweet.. thanks for the tip!

 

Actually I don't have a problem with them holding my Super Big Gulps. Cans of pop or small coffee cups love to go flying out of there though.

Another idea (sense there is not a Costco or Sam's Club near me) is that most auto parts stores have insert cup holders that you can put in and adjust the top part so it could hold any size.

Here is an example:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42.../cupholder.jpg

 

Got a picture of that Sam's cup holder?

 

That one of my first mods when my coffee kept falling over with the slightest turn. Add a new one with adjustable holders.

 

I took one of those foam rubber beer insulators, (they come in various colors and typically have a logo on them) anyhow, I cut one in half and inserted the two halves into the existing cup holder. Acts like a spacer and actually grips your drink so it wont fall over... Works for me.

 

I have a console between my seats with nice BIG cupholders, but my solution to the itty bitty ones was masking tape. ok...let me 'splain. 4 inch wide masking tape almost to the end of the roll...fits perfect. won't hold a big gulp but smaller cups are a good fit and don't spill anymore.

 

can always tell a vehicle going down the road with good non tip cup holders, no lattes or big gulps dripping out the bottom door lip.

 

my personal fav is the dress hanging out the bottom. used to try to let them know about it but most seemed to think I was trying to hit on them or maybe I was an axe murderer or something [rethinking the axe murderer tattoo] but now it just strikes me as funny.... especially in the rain.
does this make me a bad person?

 

i just love to see the cop pull the idiot over with his seat belt hanging out the bottom of the door, ticket time
duh, what's up doc
now, that's funny

 

No it doesn't make you a bad person if the idiots around you can't figure out what you try to tell them. Sometimes I'll pass a trooper who's got his radar gun aimed at traffic, so I'll flash my brights three times to the oncoming traffic to let them know that there is a cop. Do they listen, no not really. Does that make me a bad person for trying to warn them? Half the time they flash their brights back at me. And then they get pulled over for speeding. I normally don't ever get to see them pulled over, but there was this one time I had to turn around and get on the other direction because the exit I needed to get off at was closed from that direction. I found the looser that flashed back pulled off to the side of the road. I felt like flashing my brights at him as I passed, but refrained.

 

well, now I refrain from telling them anything, unless it could be dangerous; low air pressure etc.

 

I've turned many a cup of coffee over in the aerostar until I came up with a foolproof cup holder solution. I found a large "hang in the window" type cup holders, and I hung it in the ashtray. I liked it so much I made it permanent by drilling a pilot hole and screwing it in with a self taping screw (this after JB weld didn't work). Even when the ashtray is open it will hold the largest of big gulps.

Still, not satisfied with just lowly cup holders, I installed a chrome cup dispenser in the back, on the wall just inside the sliding door. Handy for those wine and cheese parties around the van, one of the best accessories ever to see the light of day on an Aerostar.