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Cup holder alternatives

So it's no surprise that the cup holder size, layout, and quantity in these 5th Gens is abysmal. In fact, this has been an issue in every Toyota and Lexus product I have ever owned. I guess the Japanese put very little value and interest into having drinks in the vehicle haha.

What have you guys done to accommodate larger cup sizes or to add to the lack of cup holders?
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..tagged.. i agree. I came to the 4runner world from a 2012 ford escape, 4runner is better in so many ways but the escapes cup holder game was strong

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what i have seen in my travels and what i have read, cup holders are only a big deal with the "super size" American market. Most other nations use the automobile as a means of transport. Meaning they drive not feast. I remember back in the 80's Porsche struggled with adding a cup holder for the American market.
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what i have seen in my travels and what i have read, cup holders are only a big deal with the "super size" American market. Most other nations use the automobile as a means of transport. Meaning they drive not feast. I remember back in the 80's Porsche struggled with adding a cup holder for the American market.
It's not so much the size, just the number and the poor layout. We live in Texas, it's two hours in the truck minimum to travel anywhere lol. We always have a bottle of water or a Yeti cup with a beverage of some sort when we are on the road. The front cup holder blocks the cubby area and a large one rubs against the center stack. I just wish there were more than two and they were laid out better.

There might not be an alternative given the constraints of the already cramped cabin, but I figured I'd reach and out see.
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It's not so much the size, just the number and the poor layout. We live in Texas, it's two hours in the truck minimum to travel anywhere lol. We always have a bottle of water or a Yeti cup with a beverage of some sort when we are on the road. The front cup holder blocks the cubby area and a large one rubs against the center stack. I just wish there were more than two and they were laid out better.

There might not be an alternative given the constraints of the already cramped cabin, but I figured I'd reach and out see.
There are more than two cup holders. Each door has some. Love using them for gum, eye glass spray, and other goodies.
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There are more than two cup holders. Each door has some. Love using them for gum, eye glass spray, and other goodies.
Haha I am aware of the door, not a fan of that space for anything more than a water bottle or trash. I am just wishfully dreaming about more in between the two front seats. Coming from a HD truck that had 6-8 in that area it just has me longing for more is all.
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what i have seen in my travels and what i have read, cup holders are only a big deal with the "super size" American market. Most other nations use the automobile as a means of transport. Meaning they drive not feast. I remember back in the 80's Porsche struggled with adding a cup holder for the American market.
Yep, lived in the UK in mid 90s. Illegal to hold any food or drink while driving. No cup holders in any car. Was also illegal to talk on cell phone while driving and dui was 0.05 or better.
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what i have seen in my travels and what i have read, cup holders are only a big deal with the "super size" American market. Most other nations use the automobile as a means of transport. Meaning they drive not feast. I remember back in the 80's Porsche struggled with adding a cup holder for the American market.
People in most other countries don't drive at 75 MPH for 12 hours only to still be three additional 12 hour days away from making it to their destination across the country. When you drive across this huge nation, you're going to eat and drink in the car.

Coming from a POS '17 Ford F-150, the layout of the '19 Toyota 4Runner entire console area sucks in comparison. All of the Toyota console area layouts sucked when we were shopping for my wife's ride back in 2015.

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People in most other countries don't drive at 75 MPH for 12 hours only to still be three additional 12 hour days away from making it to their destination across the country. When you drive across this huge nation, you're going to eat and drink in the car.

Coming from a POS '17 Ford F-150, the layout of the '19 Toyota 4Runner entire console area sucks in comparison. All of the Toyota console area layouts sucked when we were shopping for my wife's ride back in 2015.
Agreed, it's all a trade off for sure. I just wish Toyota would do a better job with their console designs, it sucks in our LX570 as well.
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You know the rubber insert comes out of the front two console cup holders right?

Christ, once you take the insert out it will fit our 32 oz wide mouth nalgenes, double walled stainless tumblers, a Coleman thermos, I could go on.

How big of a damn drink do you wanna put in there? Two liter bottle of soda?

I bet you don’t like the oem key fob either...
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You know the rubber insert comes out of the front two console cup holders right?

Christ, once you take the insert out it will fit our 32 oz wide mouth nalgenes, double walled stainless tumblers, a Coleman thermos, I could go on.

How big of a damn drink do you wanna put in there? Two liter bottle of soda?

I bet you don’t like the oem key fob either...
" 2 liters of cola, please", don't get me wrong. I usually have a 24oz thermos in one and two one liter water bottles in the door. Also at least 2 more liters of water in the back if not a case secured in the cargo area.
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" 2 liters of cola, please", don't get me wrong. I usually have a 24oz thermos in one and two one liter water bottles in the door. Also at least 2 more liters of water in the back if not a case secured in the cargo area.


Exactly. The cup holders offer plenty of fluid storage for large quantity holding vessels.

This is not a legitimate problem with our vehicles.

Just off the top of my head I think there’s 10 cup holders in a 7 passenger vehicle. Seems like plenty.
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Exactly. The cup holders offer plenty of fluid storage for large quantity holding vessels.

This is not a legitimate problem with our vehicles.

Just off the top of my head I think there’s 10 cup holders in a 7 passenger vehicle. Seems like plenty.
There are four in the 4Runner, I'm sorry but a narrow slot in the door that barely hols a 12oz bottle of water doesn't count. Both of my last trucks had 14 and 16 cup holders respectively and they were five passenger trucks just like the 4Runner. This is our third 4Runner, I am well aware of the fact that the rubber inserts are removable, they come out all the time to remind you in case you forgot lol.

I usually have a 1 liter bottle of water (won't fit in the cup holder even without the rubber insert) and a 32oz. Yeti/RTIC metal style cup. The latter fits with the insert removed but in the forward cup holder it rubs up against the center stack, not ideal. It does the same thing in the LX and both of them are in that same spot in that truck, you have no other choice.

My point is that they really should improve upon this in the next gen 4Runners as almost every other vehicle on the market has. By starting this thread I was simply hoping that someone had an out of the box solution beyond the shitty amazon choices listed above that I had already explored. And in regards to the jab about the key fob, I'm not sure if that was your attempt at humor or if that is an actual common complaint, but I have never even thought twice about that aspect of these trucks.
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