LED's in Cupholders

[Coach]

I keep seeing threads over on WW on guys putting LED's in the cupholders. I wondered if any of you have done it in your Tige. I was not sure if it was any harder to get the cupholders out from the slots and run the wiring underneath.

[Razzman]

Coach, i can't say how hard it is to do, but this guy sells 'em already 12v compatable no transformers required, just wire into any 12v source. And he's cheap! In fact he has all kinds of LED goodies.

http://www.plasmaled.com/

[dogbert]

According to lee, the cupholders are supposed to pop right out. I was considering replacing mine with stainless cupholders, but just haven't gotten around to doing it.

[Tequilasun]

According to lee, the cupholders are supposed to pop right out. I was considering replacing mine with stainless cupholders, but just haven't gotten around to doing it.

I have the stainless ones already, and they do just pop out with pressure from the bottom. If you can only get to the top, they are more difficult to get out as they are pretty snug.

[mtnsmith]

This place is pretty cheap too, especially for trailer leds

http://superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm

[Domsz06]

fyi!! If your boat has the plastic crap ones, the stainless one's will not fit in the holes. You will have to sand out quite a bit of fiberglass to make it fit. Just letting you know. I replaced the plastic one's that had broken, but don't plan on replacing the other one's till they break, it was a PITA to sand out enough room to make it work.

[Tequilasun]

Why LED's in the Cupholders, BTW?

Just for the Cool factor?

[Domsz06]

so you know where to put your beer, i mean pop at night!

[Coach]

Why LED's in the Cupholders, BTW?

Just for the Cool factor?

A little cool (ooooo, haaaa factor) and it creates some nice ambiance for the night floats with the tunes and coctails. Kinda like a campfire without the heat.

[dogbert]

fyi!! If your boat has the plastic crap ones, the stainless one's will not fit in the holes. You will have to sand out quite a bit of fiberglass to make it fit. Just letting you know. I replaced the plastic one's that had broken, but don't plan on replacing the other one's till they break, it was a PITA to sand out enough room to make it work.

Good to know.

[Domsz06]

Good to know.

yeah just wanted to pass this on. A dremmel works good, and it's not hard work, just PITA work!!! I didn't buy my holders from Tige though, bought them from the manufactor...... so maybe a mod can chime in and let us know for sure. I have compared my plastics to my friends 06 who has stainless, and his are bigger, so I'm going with they are not the same size.

[Razzman]

Here's a link to Rex Marine, they have multiple colors and two sizes for $11.95

http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2...rinkholderssbp

[Domsz06]

Razz,

Interesting. When I ordered mine they didn't have colors or two sizes. Same price. Also, those aren't the one's I ordered, as mine have the dual bottoms, you know the one's that will fit bottles as well as cans and what not. Just might have to go measure and see if the smaller one would fit in myother spots. The alumn looks a lot cleaner then the plastic!

[Razzman]

Yeah i thought those were pretty cool looking. You can color match to your interior and all.

[Tequilasun]

Here's a link to Rex Marine, they have multiple colors and two sizes for $11.95

http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2...rinkholderssbp

Those are cool, but what the heck is Spun aluminum?

They didn't cut those out on a lathe did they?