[kdog26372]

You'd actually pay someone to drill a tiny whole for the lightning cord for the cup holder. I don't know if the term "expertise" is appropriate for anyone that is taking a $25 power drill, a 50 cent drill bit and taking 5-10 seconds to drill a whole. In terms of making a channel. There is no channel being made, simply tucking iphone cable under existing plastic by your right leg and then up through the whole you created in the cup holder base. This is a 1 minute job.

But, to each his own, I get why some people aren't big on drilling wholes in a $50k car. Enjoy your solution, but your fear of DYI on this one I think is a bit overdone, but you know yourself better than I.