Got it .... rub with fingers while pulling pressure up ... will try that

I gave foceps a try and it tore a slight on that thread like protrusion. Next on is nose pliers ....

 

I noticed that on mine today actually.

 

 

yes I’m trying to figure how to get two off them to pop back out.

 

l don't seem to have these rubber lumps in the cup holders on my base specification D250 Commercial
l am loving this vehicle more each day

 

Yep. Mine came that way. I used tape to pull it out and I’m waiting until it has a chance to “relax”, and see if it’ll behave like the rest of them. I’m guessing as soon as I put a cup in the cup holder it’ll collapse again.

 

As one of the owners who 'needed' to do that in order to hold larger cups I'm sorry to hear it doesn't easily pop back out. Was a terrible design in the first place IMO.

 

Happened to my 110S. My wife had a very large insulated water bottle that wouldn't fit in a standard cupholder, so I ordered a fancy wide cupholder that has three "teeth" that protrude out from the base to secure it when you twist the top. If I aligned the teeth on the rubber bubbles, it would fit very securely.

She traded that water bottle for a new "Stanley" one (55 gallons, I think?) that has a narrow base that fits in a standard cup holder. So I removed the wide one, and the bubbles were compressed. After a week or so (relatively hot weather), one of them popped back out yesterday. I'll try the tape trick on the other two. I've been rubbing them while I drive, but I don't think that's doing any good.

 

Update: TrioLRowner's duct tape trick worked. I just went out to the car with a reverse-loop of tape (sticky on the outside). It took a few tries, but the rubber bubbles popped back out.

They're "fragile" - touch them and they pop in again. But maybe after some time back in their normal position they'll be "resilient" again.

Good luck.

 

Off topic - why do some defender cup holders have a rubber cover? Mine don’t ,,,