How-To: DIY Fire Extinguisher Mount

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Procrastination fostered innovation. Last year I found myself just a week before a track event needing to get my tech inspection done. This was to be the second event with an area PCA chapter and that meant that the grace period for certain equipment was over... second event meant all the rules applied. I needed to mount a fire extinguisher in the car to meet regs.

Club rules state that the extinguisher had to be within reach of the driver and my rules included that the installation must not require permanent mods to the car. I know Brey-Krause offer an extinguisher mount for the Boxster that fits to the underside of the seat. For me, this had two big downsides:

1. I had not ordered that part yet and was out of time.
2. It required removal of the seat to mount it. Even if I had the time this seemed like more work than necessary.

So time for some shade tree design... noted that the seat came with some handy holes and openings I could use to my advantage. Measured and modeled something with some cardboard that fit the bill...