It is a bit silly to be honest. It is obviously not melted and a plastic part like every other cup holder, that I have seen lol. Yea, a front shade cover and a 70% front tint will help significantly.
I always have a hard time understanding why they ruined so many generations of Corvette by shitty interiors. It's not just it being cheaply made. They've ignored functionality and style blatantly too. And now with the C8 the interior is finally decent after many missed generations - but they then make the car look like a rat's ass from the outside. I just don't get it.
A lot of steering wheels in cheap cars/boats do this to, best way to prevent this from happening any more on your cup holder cover is to tape a stwrring wheel cover to it👍👍👍
Its supposed to be a "soft touch" plastic coating like that. Im having the same issue and its because the oil and stuff made to use that coating and plastic is turning back to oil abd getting grimey.. just replaced it for 70 bucks brand new.
Just got my c6 a week ago and was wondering wtf happened to hide away door? It’s only the pull tab and now seeing this and it being a texas car,everything make sense now 😂.
Even dumber… literally NOTHING fits in those “cup holders”. You can leave that little cover open, but you’re still not going to hold an insulated cup in there!
Have to disagree, have had mine for 2 years and just about any cup fits even big ass ones lol but i will say you cannot fit 2 at the same time only 2 water bottles and thats the best its gonna get😂
@@SpeedCultureStudios I agree they shouldn't. I have a C6 also, and there are design & manufacturing decisions made in the production of the car that are confounding. The cup holder cover could count as one of them, but were I to make a list, it would be long. The fact that right rotors are identical to left rotors, making the rotor cooling air flow not work properly on the right, is something that's bothered me for a while and I'm working on the remedy to that right now (well, after I post this comment), All that said, you didn't answer my question: is this car that experienced this in Texas? I ask, not because I'm anti-Texas, but that, from my experience, there's something weird about the Texas sun. I don't know what it is, but I've had stuff melt in rental cars I've had while there that I don't think would have melted in other places with the same heat level. I live in California. In the summertime we'll often get >100' days, & we don't have stuff melting in our cars. While in Texas, I had plastic cups melt into a pool of liquid in 95', and in Georgia 85' seems like visiting a blast oven in hell. Good luck with the issue. It's a shame, and wrong, that it is happening to you. Keep the rubber side down. (Was this in Texas?)
@@SpeedCultureStudiosi just look at it as, it’s just a cup holder. Chevy isn’t known for their interior so I wouldn’t expect much anyways. It’s not that deep
DUDE my stock shift knob has a hole in it and during the warmer season it will ooze this thick sticky ass grease everytime I shift, i got a new one otw but its so annoying
No sir-it was sunshine. I have a 10 minute drive to work. Car wasn’t even warm when I parked. Came out to blazing Sun at lunch time-and this. I’ve driven in bumper to bumper traffic for hours on 85 degree days and this did not happen. Only when parked in the Sun.
It’s kept in the garage. Don’t have a garage at the office unfortunately. Little common sense might have saved you 30 seconds in not having to type your comment.
@@zackdillon8670 negative. Cup holders are ugly by nature. A gaping hole in the console. Shouldn’t even be there but since it is, should definitely be closed
@@macdonald2k I think the decision was more of a "we wanna put our best wheel in this SS" and less of "we need a cheap performance wheel for this Corvette"
@SpeedCultureStudios well, I salute you, I could not work in an office environment. My work requires use of a work truck which is provided by my employer. I'd be a nervous wreck knowing that my shit is just sitting in a parking lot to get dinged, scratched, shit on, and hailed on.
@@brianbird3756 It's a small lot with only a few cars--if you park on the end and leave yourself room, there shouldn't be anyone dinging me or scratching it--haven't had an issue for over 5 years lol. Hail is another thing, but that could happen at any time. If you never have the car outside, there is no point in having it lol.
The whole C6 line was great in performance but horrible in build quality, this is the same generation of the corvette where you can literally push the back bumper and it bounces back like it’s a plastic bottle
As dumb as it is--it's just a material issue--not engineering. And a sticky cup holder cover is hardly a reason to not drive a C6 grand sport. It's one of the best sports cars ever made. I think they should have just eliminated cup holders all together lol.
@@nick9602 1st off I really have no idea what you're talking about we are here in this country I was born in Germany so Mercedes Benz is all I ever drive I own a collection of am g's in black series have no idea those dashboards are more solid than the metal on an American car but there is nothing that you could find on a Mercedes that would make you not want to own it they are 1000% bulletproof you never ruin an engine you never ruin a transmission And I have put on several cars close to a million miles and those motors are still running today
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"I would sell it" they say as they get gapped by 15 year old $30,000 Corvette.
ive been seeing them for 24k on the high end and about 16-19k average
@@modjoker2807 yeah before Covid, Vettes are expensive asf now
And then you get gapped by a kid with a laptop in his honda shitbox
@@modjoker2807got my 2005 c6 for 27000
@@zzeroo-m8lyou got screwed
i just keep mine open for this reason. 😭
I use it to hold my Joints 😭
Same here. Holds my remote control and cologne.
22 f150 platinum the plastic/rubber thing from the top of the dash melted & bowed in a U shape. Even plastic isn’t made well anymore
Ridiculous!
Shade covers and detail rags will keep heat back some heat
It is a bit silly to be honest. It is obviously not melted and a plastic part like every other cup holder, that I have seen lol. Yea, a front shade cover and a 70% front tint will help significantly.
Chevy the only manufacturer that produces a flag ship product with more problems than the base model.
😂
Actually that's completely untrue. The flagship models are NEVER less problematic than the base model.
@@varmastiko2908I own a c6 and have found out that it is a "f"up put together car by Chevrolet.
@@varmastiko2908That’s exactly what they said. The flagships are more problematic than the bases.
The reason it has more problems is because it has more features to go wrong
Probably made from the same plastic that Infiniti uses on their dashes
Just put 5% ceramic tints on it
just open it up, who closes that flap anyways? lol
Everyone should. Open cup holders is ugly as shit. Shouldn’t even have them
@@SpeedCultureStudios as a former 3rd gen camaro owner, fucking yes cupholders are needed xD
@@jerryrennfahrer5589 lol They are nice to have, but still ugly.
I always have a hard time understanding why they ruined so many generations of Corvette by shitty interiors. It's not just it being cheaply made. They've ignored functionality and style blatantly too. And now with the C8 the interior is finally decent after many missed generations - but they then make the car look like a rat's ass from the outside. I just don't get it.
I always close my cupholder cover if I’m not using it. (1st gen is300)
give it time... it breaks and that cover piece falls into the side area, leaving you with just one strip and the little grab thingy
Lmao yep
X2 lmao yep
Yea mine did that already
A lot of steering wheels in cheap cars/boats do this to, best way to prevent this from happening any more on your cup holder cover is to tape a stwrring wheel cover to it👍👍👍
😂
I keep mine open, but now it's cracking due to the heat
Yup my handle broke off due to the heat gonna fish the rest out and replace it
What is it with all generations of corvettes having god awful cup holders lmao
Definitely not a priority for them 😂
Maybe a good UV resistant tint would help?
Its supposed to be a "soft touch" plastic coating like that. Im having the same issue and its because the oil and stuff made to use that coating and plastic is turning back to oil abd getting grimey.. just replaced it for 70 bucks brand new.
I don’t even have that slider it was broken when I bought it😂
Damn lol. They can be replaced but it’s actually kind of a bitch
Mine looks like that too when it's hot, but then it looks fine after it cools. I'm not sure that the shiny surface is actually melting plastic.
It’s the oil based coating liquifying in the heat
My cup holder cover broke off and disappeared into the center console.
Jeez
Yes!😂 then it slowly broke apart now all that is left is the part the open and close it with lol
Just got my c6 a week ago and was wondering wtf happened to hide away door? It’s only the pull tab and now seeing this and it being a texas car,everything make sense now 😂.
😂
Why would you keep the vette in the sun? Garage kept
Because people work for a living…
Even dumber… literally NOTHING fits in those “cup holders”. You can leave that little cover open, but you’re still not going to hold an insulated cup in there!
Have to disagree, have had mine for 2 years and just about any cup fits even big ass ones lol but i will say you cannot fit 2 at the same time only 2 water bottles and thats the best its gonna get😂
Still wayyy better than my C5 cupholder was.....that was worthless for cups, used it to hold my garage door opener.
Get a good window sunshade
“No no”😂😊
😂
yeah mine too
Mine ended up just cracking and disintegrated, no more cup holder lid
Where do you live, Texas? If so, heat-related car problems come with the territory. Also, think about: shade.
It’s not like it was 100 degrees. Interior bits should not melt while in a parking lot for a few hours lol.
@@SpeedCultureStudios I agree they shouldn't. I have a C6 also, and there are design & manufacturing decisions made in the production of the car that are confounding. The cup holder cover could count as one of them, but were I to make a list, it would be long. The fact that right rotors are identical to left rotors, making the rotor cooling air flow not work properly on the right, is something that's bothered me for a while and I'm working on the remedy to that right now (well, after I post this comment), All that said, you didn't answer my question: is this car that experienced this in Texas? I ask, not because I'm anti-Texas, but that, from my experience, there's something weird about the Texas sun. I don't know what it is, but I've had stuff melt in rental cars I've had while there that I don't think would have melted in other places with the same heat level. I live in California. In the summertime we'll often get >100' days, & we don't have stuff melting in our cars. While in Texas, I had plastic cups melt into a pool of liquid in 95', and in Georgia 85' seems like visiting a blast oven in hell. Good luck with the issue. It's a shame, and wrong, that it is happening to you. Keep the rubber side down. (Was this in Texas?)
I just use it to put my key fob in it
I think EVERY sports car has crappy cup holders or bad placement of them. 911 guys hate theirs too. Ever seen Ferrari cup holders?
Chevy gave us the ls2 and ls3 on the c6s but people wanna complain about this?🤦🏻♂️ just leave it open
Looks tacky open. So they can make a couple good engines but let little crap like this slip? No excuse
@@SpeedCultureStudiosi just look at it as, it’s just a cup holder. Chevy isn’t known for their interior so I wouldn’t expect much anyways. It’s not that deep
My radio knob melts in my camaro
DUDE my stock shift knob has a hole in it and during the warmer season it will ooze this thick sticky ass grease everytime I shift, i got a new one otw but its so annoying
Damn that’s weird
Its not the sunshine my friend.. it is the transmission tunnel heat.. c6 corvette design flaw
No sir-it was sunshine. I have a 10 minute drive to work. Car wasn’t even warm when I parked. Came out to blazing Sun at lunch time-and this. I’ve driven in bumper to bumper traffic for hours on 85 degree days and this did not happen. Only when parked in the Sun.
That is 100% false. The trans tunnel does not melt the cup holder and its a easy fix for that heating issue brw
@@goongoon9299what's the easy fix? Tint?
Mines completely gone with the Texas heat 😢
I can imagine
You forgot the dumbest thing on the car- active handling system
My 2010 camry le’s whole dash just fukin melts in the sun, left a couple scratches with my fingernail on accident 😅
Damn
mines too. thought it was just me. its soo sticky
It’s not a corvette but my Chevy traverse with that same little sliding door over the center console melted and broke last year lmfao
This feels so GM
Just don't close it
It’s ugly open
@@SpeedCultureStudiosit’s an interior my boi who cares
Maybe park the sports car inside a garage, can't wait for your complaints when the paint starts fading for sitting in the sun for 10+ years
It’s kept in the garage. Don’t have a garage at the office unfortunately. Little common sense might have saved you 30 seconds in not having to type your comment.
My ZR1 does it I just leave it open lol.
So ugly open
@@SpeedCultureStudiosit’s uglier open, it’s an eye sore and it caught my eye before you even said anything about it. I leave mine open
@@zackdillon8670 negative. Cup holders are ugly by nature. A gaping hole in the console. Shouldn’t even be there but since it is, should definitely be closed
@@SpeedCultureStudios definitely not.
@@zackdillon8670 ok bud.
Mine melted and broke off from the heat
Mine doesn't because I'm not a boomer and modify my car and tint the windows, still going strong 13 years later. Nice for having manual at least.
I’m not sure I understand your comment lol. My parents are “boomers” 😂 and the windows are tinted. And tint is not a “mod” just so we’re clear.
Do one about your Chevy Cobalt steering wheel
It's not a bad steering wheel. When I learned it was shared with the cobalt I was surprised.
@@macdonald2k I think the decision was more of a "we wanna put our best wheel in this SS" and less of "we need a cheap performance wheel for this Corvette"
@@jonathanfruchtnicht4966 Same wheel is in my Solstice, does the job pretty nicely.
@@PURENT oh I love it, solid wheel
Lol not mine 😂 and I live in vegas
Mine broke off lol
Jeez 😂
My c7 does the same thing
I dont even bother closing mind
Can’t stand the open cup holder
What degree was outside?😂
90ish
123 gapd
😂😂😂
Sell it to me if the cup holder cover getting too hot bothers you
Doesn’t “bother” me-it just seems a little dumb, no? Using a material that melts in the sun?
Don't have that problem in my cts-v which is in the garage...
I obviously don't have this problem when the car is in the garage either...but no garage at the office so...
@SpeedCultureStudios well, I salute you, I could not work in an office environment. My work requires use of a work truck which is provided by my employer. I'd be a nervous wreck knowing that my shit is just sitting in a parking lot to get dinged, scratched, shit on, and hailed on.
@@brianbird3756 It's a small lot with only a few cars--if you park on the end and leave yourself room, there shouldn't be anyone dinging me or scratching it--haven't had an issue for over 5 years lol. Hail is another thing, but that could happen at any time. If you never have the car outside, there is no point in having it lol.
I agree with another person just keep
it open all the time. Why would you close it at all. I have always kept my open since I bought it.
Because cup holders are ugly. Looks much better closed.
I removed it lol
My is melted how i can fixed?
You can replace them
Can you please tell me how ?
@@aventurasdepescaconkike9062 you have to remove the center console and replace it. There are a couple of TH-cam videos on it
@@SpeedCultureStudios thanks body
I would paint it with caliper paint 🤣🤣🤣
😂
Chevrolet cars have Chevrolet problems
yours is still attached? lmfao
lol yes, for now.
Time to upgrade buddie global warming
😂
So keep it open, it's an old car
Open is ugly. Age of car has nothing to do with it.
Warping
Warping? No warping. Melting
Just remove it completely.
No way. Looks bad open
Just leave it open
No. Open cup holders is ugly
@@SpeedCultureStudios, as an Owner I say, Damn Right !!
Yeah Chevy tends to not know how to make cars
Lol
Just don’t get a European car 🤷🏽♂️
U shut yours?
Absolutely. I hate the look of the open cup holders!
I would sell it😅
No one asked what you would do Gary.
@@MassiveBig no one told you to reply to my statement.boot head 😂
Nobody cares, when we want a opinion on if you’d sell your ford focus then maybe we’ll ask you 😂
The whole C6 line was great in performance but horrible in build quality, this is the same generation of the corvette where you can literally push the back bumper and it bounces back like it’s a plastic bottle
That's American engineering for you that's why I wouldn't take an American car if you gave it to me for free.
As dumb as it is--it's just a material issue--not engineering. And a sticky cup holder cover is hardly a reason to not drive a C6 grand sport. It's one of the best sports cars ever made. I think they should have just eliminated cup holders all together lol.
Lmao i’ve been in mercedes, and bmws with terrible cheap plastic in them. I mean cmon its not just american cars that sometimes have cheap stuff
Go lightly press on any Mercedes dashboard that’s not an amg and you’ll realize you’d rather have a slightly melted cup holder cover.
@@nick9602 lol good point
@@nick9602 1st off I really have no idea what you're talking about we are here in this country I was born in Germany so Mercedes Benz is all I ever drive I own a collection of am g's in black series have no idea those dashboards are more solid than the metal on an American car but there is nothing that you could find on a Mercedes that would make you not want to own it they are 1000% bulletproof you never ruin an engine you never ruin a transmission And I have put on several cars close to a million miles and those motors are still running today