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[05omegav6]

Our facelift Omega only has one cup holder... under the centre armrest in the front, therefore really useful... not

Your pop out from the front of the centre armrest iirc, but we do get a storage compartment in the top of the armrest which you dip out on due to the cupholder mechanism...

[elvin315]

Ours is built into the center armrest. It's a two-holer though this shot shows it only opened to the first. It's a crappy design with a detent that when it fails will not lock the cupholder tray in the retracted position. Mine hasn't closed in 4 years.Not a big deal as I always have a water bottle or two in them but it bothers me to know it won't stay retracted if I wanted it to.

Not my car (again) but it's a FL Catera Sport like mine.


Too bad mine isn't as clean as this one.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Our facelift Omega only has one cup holder... under the centre armrest in the front, therefore really useful... not

Ideally situated to knock a cup of coffee over with your elbow if you get a bit excited!   

[elvin315]

WAIT!! Coffee?? I thought all you chaps drank Tea. 

[05omegav6]

WAIT!! Coffee?? I thought all you chaps drank Tea. 

You've got to love stereotypes

[Marks DTM Calib]

We do drink tea out of choice but sadly the cup holders are two small to accommodate the tea pot, sugar cube bowl, tea strainer, china cup and saucer.

So we have to resort to poor quality coffee in a paper cup 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Tea on the move usually comes from a flask, and the plastic cup doesn't fit in the cup holder as the handle gets in the way! 

[VXL V6]

Tea on the move usually comes from a flask, and the plastic cup doesn't fit in the cup holder as the handle gets in the way! 

That's why the picnic table, deck chair and tartan blanket are safely tucked in the boot next to the crank sensor and HBV.

[elvin315]

We do drink tea out of choice but sadly the cup holders are two small to accommodate the tea pot, sugar cube bowl, tea strainer, china cup and saucer.

So we have to resort to poor quality coffee in a paper cup 

  

[elvin315]

WAIT!! Coffee?? I thought all you chaps drank Tea. 

You've got to love stereotypes

Jolly Good, Smashing, Pip Pip, Cheerio, and All That Rot.
(just getting some stereotypes out of my system  )

[elvin315]

Tea on the move usually comes from a flask, and the plastic cup doesn't fit in the cup holder as the handle gets in the way! 

That's why the picnic table, deck chair and tartan blanket are safely tucked in the boot next to the crank sensor and HBV.

What......no crumpets? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

What......no crumpet? 

Plenty of crumpet elvin!     They come in all shapes and sizes too! 

[humbucker]

I took delivery of my facelift Catera front cup holders a few weeks back. The PFL Catera cup holder is a straightforward installation in a PFL Omega, but the centre arm rest that houses the facelift Catera cup holders is a different design to the Omega equivalent. Therefore, you need the entire centre armrest in order to fit facelift cup holders, or you'll need to heavily butcher your Omega's centre arm rest in the hope of getting them to fit. The other consideration is that they eject at an angle designed for a left hooker. I will report back as soon as I get them working.

In other news, my exterior Catera parts are now back from the body shop

[elvin315]

the centre arm rest that houses the facelift Catera cup holders is a different design to the Omega equivalent. Therefore, you need the entire centre armrest in order to fit facelift cup holders, or you'll need to heavily butcher your Omega's centre arm rest in the hope of getting them to fit. The other consideration is that they eject at an angle designed for a left hooker

Funny how we take the little things for granted. I didn't think about the difference in the armrests though it was mentioned that your cupholder was underneath the rest so naturally it wouldn't accomodate the Catera mechanism. And the fact that ours slides out at an angle to the right, well I had not even considered that. A common problem with the FL Catera cupholders is their unwillingness to stay latched. Former owner Ivan Rossinskiy made a video detailing the fix. Even if the one you aquired is in good working order the video might help in converting your armrest to accept our cupholder mechanism. Good Luck.
http://youtu.be/amiAOyJ5oT0

I have assembled a list of other Maintenance & Repair Videos you might find useful. Feel free to link to this page or create a similar list on your site using the YouTube urls I've collected.
http://cateraowners.forumotion.com/t480-maintenance-repair-videos#1533

[chrisgixer]

Cup holders look handy, but would sit directly over where my Harmon Kardon control knob sits. Which is exactly where the twelve volt connector is on the catera. Not sure that's wise either tbh.