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So can I use cable ties to fix the bracket of the extinguisher to the seat rail adjustment bracket thingy or does it need to be fixed to the car in a special way?

I was gonna just leave the thing in the glovebox hehe but cable ties are sufficient yeah?

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So can I use cable ties to fix the bracket of the extinguisher to the seat rail adjustment bracket thingy or does it need to be fixed to the car in a special way?

I was gonna just leave the thing in the glovebox hehe but cable ties are sufficient yeah?

Cams handbook says it must be bolted (not even tech screwed) to the body. Probably just a good idea to do it properly once? Do a search, I'm sure people have published their simple solutions.

Cams handbook says it must be bolted (not even tech screwed) to the body. Probably just a good idea to do it properly once? Do a search, I'm sure people have published their simple solutions.

it aint getting screwed no where. its a new farken car. cable ties it is, Chris let me know before Saturday if this is gonna be an issue!

it aint getting screwed no where. its a new farken car. cable ties it is, Chris let me know before Saturday if this is gonna be an issue!

Dave I understand you don't want to drill holes in your new car, and we don't expect you to, but your going to need to come up with something slightly more creative than cable ties. Sorry.

It needs to be securly fastened to the car somewhere.....

Can I suggest that you look around inside your car for somewhere there is an existing bolt. Such as seat rail, seat belt anchor point, centre console mount mounts, just something that you can remove and existing bolt, then replace the bolt back in it's spot with the extinguisher bracket in between. You may need some oversized washers to get this done, or you may need to drill a slightly bigger hole in the fire extinguisher bracket.

The way a lot of us do it in the GTR's is to remove the bolt where the rear lower seat mounts to the body of the car, and put the bracket between this bolt and the body. If you imagine you were a rear passenger this bolt would be touching your calf muscle. (back of your lower leg) See if the taxi has something like that.

Good luck.

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yep. thats right. gtr's eat grass and you dont make friends with flannel.

I beg to differ, Leigh and I made mates with the course car guys at Sandown cause they thought our matching flannies were funny. You never know frysy, I might just have a little present for you this weekend, just for being a nice guy.

The way a lot of us do it in the GTR's is to remove the bolt where the rear lower seat mounts to the body of the car, and put the bracket between this bolt and the body. If you imagine you were a rear passenger this bolt would be touching your calf muscle. (back of your lower leg) See if the taxi has something like that.

Surely that would put it out of reach for the driver, defeating the purpose? Its a big taxi remember?

In the fraud the front seats fwd/back adjustment is a thick metal bar that goes from one rail to the other, I was gonna use some big fark off cable ties to fix the bracket there. I'll try a D-Shackle or similar type bolt around the same bar. Either way, I'll ensure there is a metal fastener being used somehow.

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Proposed running order for Saturday

Please let me know today if anyone wants to be in the same group as someone else.

Entrant # Name Car Drive

1 Ryan's Bell SILEIGHTY RWD

2 Gary Mathews WRX AWD

3 Tim Williamson R32GTST RWD

4 Ben Winston R32GTR AWD

5 Mat Cross CORONA RWD

6 Matthew Femino R32GTR AWD

7 Nick Edlin R33GTST RWD

8 Mark Firman 180B RWD

9 Greg Calmer SILVIA RWD

10 Sam Zimbler LIBERTY AWD

11 Jarrod Moore SILEIGHTY RWD

12 Alycia Mathews WRX AWD

13 Mick Eichorn R32GTST RWD

14 Troy Galt 1600 RWD

15 Jamie Lovett 911RS RWD

16 Alan Calleja R33GTST RWD

17 David Sidebottom 1200 RWD

18 Nicholas O'dowd WRX AWD

19 Che Boocock R33GTST RWD

20 Bart Kohler R32GTR AWD

21 Antony Ivancic R33GTST RWD

22 Martin Sullivan S14200SX RWD

23 Simon Lesniak S15200SX RWD

24 Dean Taylor EVO8MR AWD

25 Chris Thomson R33GTR AWD

26 James Ward EVO10 AWD

27 Chris Stacey R33GTR AWD

28 Aaron Foo EVO9 AWD

29 Jack Kuzior R33GTR AWD

30 Dinesh Rodrigo MX5T RWD

31 Mark Homer 944S2 RWD

32 Dave Marinucci XR6T RWD

33 Gareth Anderson R33GTR AWD

34 Matty Bray R32GTST RWD

35 Allan-Paul Ravell R32GTST4d RWD

36 Andrew Richmond R34GTR AWD

37 Steven Strekovski MX5 RWD

38 Iain Thomson FORESTER AWD

39 Stephen Hugh-Smith SUPRATT RWD

40 Jake Radzikowski 180SX RWD

41 Daniel Chin R34GTT RWD

42 Simon Baxter R32GTST4D RWD

43 Khoa Nguyen TOYOTA AWD

44 James Constable EVO9 AWD

45 Alexander Girsang R33GTR AWD

46 Shane Janssen GTR AWD

47 Tom Giordano R32GTST RWD

48 Alex Jovanovic PUG306 FWD

49 Ryan Verner WRX AWD

50 Adrian Mueller WRX AWD

just got some practice in, a few mistakes here and there... but thought i'd film it, keep you guys in the loop of my prep...

don't mind the car, just my thrash about practice car :D

http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/smal...&autoplay=0

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