Perfect Factory Cupholder Solution!!! Coolbox! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

SVTWEB · 2nd June 2002, 07:23

This is the mod that you all have waited for. But I will warn you. It's not an easy or inexpensive one. What I thought would be a $400-$500 Mod turned into a $1230.00 mod that took me over a month to acquire the parts and install along with removing the rentire console and dash upper and lower. I can say that it rates very high on the Cool-mod-o-meter. It keeps 2 Cans of your favorite beverage or 3-4 Sandwitches cold. Not cool... COLD!!! It also greatly enhances your rear passengers comfort.(as long is there are on 2 passengers) Now they get their own rear blower control, and they can really control their own temparature.

The installation turned out to be very envasive and involved. You must remove the center console and cut the lower rear portion to accomodate the rear blower fan unit. The factory rear AC duct has a parting line molded into it to show were to cut for vehicles equipped with the rear blower. You also need to replace your AC/Heater controls in the dash and replace the entire AC/Heating/Fan wiring harness. To do that you must remove the upper and lower dash. It's sounds very bad, but I had everything done it about 4 hours. To complete the install you must run 1 wire to gound, 1 wire to the LCM for the lighted controls (and a light inside the box) and a power feed to the fuse box above the dash.

It integrates perfect with the interior, but it will cut in on the center rear passsenger space. It is available for all interior patterns including leather, and all woods. Sorry, no aluminum trim is offered.

Ray S · 2nd June 2002, 07:36

Looks great. Any idea on what temperature it gets down to?

RAREM5 · 2nd June 2002, 08:10

Pretty cool! does it stay cold with ignition off?

RAREM5 · 2nd June 2002, 08:16

SVTWEB,

Can you also share part numbers as well?

Thanks in advance.

Rare

Lupo///M5 · 2nd June 2002, 08:59

SVT,

We need part numbers, man. I love this thing.

louv · 2nd June 2002, 11:31

SVT,

I bought a backseat drink cooler too. But mine holds THREE soda cans!

Oh, and did I mention the drink cooler is attached to a 1988 M6?

DZeckhausen · 2nd June 2002, 18:02

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Originally posted by louv
I bought a backseat drink cooler too. But mine holds THREE soda cans!

Oh, and did I mention the drink cooler is attached to a 1988 M6?

Was that a factory option on the M6 or an aftermarket modification?

Chris Foote · 2nd June 2002, 20:03

Factory. All M6's had the cooler in the back. Pretty cool for an 88 car

-Chris

DZeckhausen · 2nd June 2002, 20:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Chris Foote
Factory. All M6's had the cooler in the back. Pretty cool for an 88 car

-Chris

Looks nice. Very much ahead of its time.

Did you ever replace your driver's side seat and armrest leather?

DZeckhausen · 2nd June 2002, 21:16

Eric - will this modification also allow you to keep things hot by flipping a switch? I've seen electric "coolers" that serve double duty as heaters too.

OK, so who wants to be my first victim for this modification?

First one gets a free installation. Seems like a good thing to do at the same time that I'm installing a Eurodash upgrade, since there's clearly overlapping work.