12-27-2007, 11:01 PM
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fire extinguisher
is there anything else out there other than the expencive BK mount?
fire extinguisher is something that id like to add like in newer models on the passinger side, and they are cheap, but anyone have any ideas on the mount?
i know that its supposed to be within a reach of hand and that its supposed to be able to be opened with one hand...
any ideas?
all suggestions are welcomed
DJ
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12-28-2007, 02:48 AM
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By the time you notice a fire in your car, you might as well get out the marshmellows and crackers.
Instead of an extinguisher, I would put extra gas to throw on it so that the insurance company can't try to make me drive a heavily damaged fire victim.
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12-28-2007, 07:52 AM
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Hey dj,
I saw one in Excellence magazine the other night at my brother-in-law's house, not sure if it was a BK mount. Although, if it's in Excellence magazine, it is most likely expensive as well. I just remember it had a single clip that resembled one of the buckles of a ski boot. But that's not very helpful for you. I will have to see if I can find the advertisement.
Actually, I bought a fire extinguisher last summer, but haven't mounted it either.
Let us know what you come up with or maybe one of the other folks out there have fabricated and / or mounted one that might be helpful. 
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12-28-2007, 09:29 AM
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You can probably make one yourself. I have thought about doing it with a metal plate mounted in front of the passenger seat on the two metal brackets I think the racing seat belt is supposed to attach too. Then you can just use any fire extinguisher bracket you want to mount it to the plate.
Not sure if that makes sense, but I think you get the idea.
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12-28-2007, 11:06 AM
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porsche986spyder,
do you have a pic of this mounted in your car man? i also saw a much smaller slimmer version of that, i think on ebay or something, that i really liked, but im not sure where/how to mount it.
FTD,
what the hell, what do you mean you wouldn't want to put it out?
in my old car some wire for loose and grounded itself and i got a fire under the hood, thank god there was a fire extinguisher at hand and i put it out before it had a chance to burn anything else.
just had to replace that one wire...why would you let your car burn down is beyond me, or you may not like/enjoy your car enough
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exhaust cutouts::EVOcoldair intake::OEM smoked tails & sidemarkers::
colormatched bumperettes::Top Speed Pro-1 exhaust::
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12-28-2007, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by djomlas
porsche986spyder,
do you have a pic of this mounted in your car man? i also saw a much smaller slimmer version of that, i think on ebay or something, that i really liked, but im not sure where/how to mount it.
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I don't have any pics of it, but I will take some this weekend.
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12-31-2007, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by djomlas
FTD,
what the hell, what do you mean you wouldn't want to put it out?
in my old car some wire for loose and grounded itself and i got a fire under the hood, thank god there was a fire extinguisher at hand and i put it out before it had a chance to burn anything else.
just had to replace that one wire...why would you let your car burn down is beyond me, or you may not like/enjoy your car enough
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If it was a small do-nothing fire that I could put out without much calamity, like a little something in the front boot, I would put it out. But anything coming from the engine - I would rather my insurance bought me a new car than deal with bits and pieces of burned parts and extinguisher fluid crud, and contention over what should have been replaced and wasn't, and over time discovering yet another thing that was damaged but not noticed, etc., etc.
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12-28-2007, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by maxferran
Instead of an extinguisher, I would put extra gas to throw on it so that the insurance company can't try to make me drive a heavily damaged fire victim.
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I completely agree! Maybe its required for a track event. But if I did have a fire, I would do NOTHING to extinguish it. 
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