Thanks to Danimal I was able to install the cupholder... shortly after installing it... i realized that it truly is the worst cupholder in automotive history.

I was (no joke) sitting in the car for about 30 minutes trying to figure out the pattern of opening and closing the cupholder. My friend (who installed it for me haha) thought he broke the code... but then we came to the conclusion that it has a mind of its own.

I don't think i will be using it much (ever) it just looks better that a big whole in my center console.