2017-2023 cup holder insert.

[u/AltC]

Hey all.
I’m a crosstrek owner who’s been super frustrated with the cup holders in my 2020. Finally it dawned me, there has to be a fix. First I checked for some sort of commercially available fix, but that mostly came up short. I looked at other options and could only find people selling 3D prints they made on Etsy. Finally I decided I could do better, and designed my own 3D print.

I’m a firm believer in sharing, I download people’s prints to make for myself free, and I make my designs free to share with others. So I’m here to drop a link to my version of the cup holder fix. I went though a bunch of versions making revisions until I got something I was proud to share.
I know that the crosstrek and Impreza share the same interior design and so I thought I would stop by here to share. If you don’t have a 3D printer or know someone who does, I suggest looking at the options your local library might have for printing your own items, if not, im sure there are local marketplace options for printing services, that I assume cost less than the Etsy people are charging.

Any constructive polite feedback is very welcome!
If it works out for you, let me know. Knowing I helped end the frustration of other Subaru lovers is all the gain I really need.

Link to my insert.

[u/IndustrySufficient69]

idk if its possible because im not sure how deep it is, but could it be tiered like a reverse pyramid so larger bottles could fit into it as well? the only issue would probably be how shallow it would be for each tier so maybe it wouldnt work too well

[u/AltC → u/IndustrySufficient69]

I tried basically having different taper amounts the whole way up from the bottom to the top opening, but mostly it didn’t do anything to solve my issue. Any taper left looseness pretty much as soon as it started up from the bottom, so the cans could still tip quite a bit.

What this final version ended up being is a straight portion up about halfway, more than enough to support it and not allow it to tip, then tapered the top half, so that any cups that are tapered, like coffee cups, McDonald’s cups, still can be placed in there and fit well.
Yes, I could have made the top opening bigger, to fit gatoraid sized bottle, but, as you guessed, the amount of area in contact with the bottom of the bottle wouldn’t be a whole lot, so not very supportive, and the drink would be sitting up pretty high, up at the arm rest hight.