Retrofit Rear Cup Holders

**Westyfield2** · 21-01-2015,08:34 PM

On the C7 Audi A6, you don't get drinks holders in the rear as standard. Quite how Audi can excuse this I don't know, but for whatever reason they put it on the options list

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On the pre-facelift cars, the "Storage package" cost just over £100. On the facelift cars, Audi have now made it only available as the "Convenience Package" which costs over £800

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To retrofit, you need two parts. The drinks holder cassette, and a piece of trim.

8P0885995B 6PS - Drinks Holder (Soul Black)
4G8863289A 4PK - Cover Panel (Soul Black)

Fitting is very easy. Open up the rear arm rest and remove the blanking trim panel, make sure to use plastic trim removal spatula tools to ensure you don't damage anything. Then insert the drinks holder cassette, and finish off by fitting the new trim cover panel.

Credit goes to a German forum post where I found the instructions from

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**MarkTM** · 21-01-2015,08:40 PM

How much were the bits?

I wonder if it's available for the C6....will have a search

Tripletrouble · 22-01-2015,12:04 PM

The cupholder is available on E Bay for £17.50.
I've had no joy finding the cover plate yet.

**tonye60** · 22-01-2015,12:45 PM

Any one know if it's the same for the A7

**Westyfield2** · 22-01-2015,01:03 PM

Originally Posted by MarkTM

How much were the bits?

Originally Posted by Tripletrouble

The cupholder is available on E Bay for £17.50.
I've had no joy finding the cover plate yet.

As @Tripletroube said, the cup holder cassette can be bought on eBay for a lot cheaper than from Audi.

The trim panel is only available from Audi however. Any dealer can order in the part. I used www.audipartsdirect.co.uk. If you email them a helpful chap called Tom will reply. Parts prices always fluctuate, but expect to pay about £35 for it. Yes that's a complete rip off for just a piece of plastic, but there isn't really any alternative!

Originally Posted by tonye60

Any one know if it's the same for the A7

Same parts listed in the Audi Parts Catalogue

http://www.partscats.info/audi/en/?i...ent_id=1970855

**Westyfield2** · 24-01-2015,12:40 AM

For the people asking where to buy the trim piece...

Originally Posted by Westyfield2

I used www.audipartsdirect.co.uk. If you email them a helpful chap called Tom will reply. Parts prices always fluctuate, but expect to pay about £35 for it. Yes that's a complete rip off for just a piece of plastic, but there isn't really any alternative!

Originally Posted by A6S

the cup holder cassette is used in golfs and passats so a quick trip to the scrap yard and probably pull one out for a fiver. that cassette thing looks identical to the one i have in the front of my Mk4 golf, even the clips and everything is in the same place, so i might check over the weekend and see if it fits as i have a spare one.

Yep, it's a common VAG part.
Don't worry about ordering it from China on eBay - China is where they're made!

**V-Max2xs** · 29-11-2015,08:08 PM

Yes it's a direct replacement in the A7, I would make sure the Audi dealer is aware you need the trim suitable for the cup holder.

I ordered one using the part number earlier in the post but it was the origional blanking piece that turned up, he reordered and the correct trim arrived, but the part number for this second trim was as in the origional post. So as I didn't see the incorrect first trim part number I can't say if the dealer ordered the first trim incorrectly.

Correct Rear seat cup holder trim: 4G8 863 289 A 4Pk (soul black)

**tonye60** · 23-01-2015,08:12 AM

They are but did you notice that the items in China.

Tripletrouble · 23-01-2015,09:21 AM

If there's a few of us interested, does someone have a good relationship with their local dealer and perhaps could do a group buy of the trim piece and save a few £££s?

**A6S** · 23-01-2015,03:15 PM

http://www.kufatec.de/shop/en/index....3289A 4PK'
Just found this, it says €32.54 but when you go to basket its €27.34 + delivery.
Not sure how much delivery is as I'm at work and you need to checkout to find out. If you factor in €10 delivery and an fx rate of about of 1.3 eur to gbp then thats about £28.72. thats almost 20% off dealer price.
the cup holder cassette is used in golfs and passats so a quick trip to the scrap yard and probably pull one out for a fiver. that cassette thing looks identical to the one i have in the front of my Mk4 golf, even the clips and everything is in the same place, so i might check over the weekend and see if it fits as i have a spare one.