Jump to content
SAU Community

Where To Mount Fire Extinguisher

G0DZLR

By G0DZLR,
in General Maintenance

 Share

Recommended Posts

gotRICE? Veteran

gotRICE?

Posted
Posted

Depends on how easily you want to access it doesnt it?

If you REGULARLY track the car, then the passengers side of the tranny tunnel works.

Or make up a bracket that bolts to the same location of the front 2 bolts for your drivers seat. That way you can reach it without undoing your seat belt... IF the worst happens hehe.

I have been contemplating the same thing. I think im going to mount mine behind the kick panel in the boot. (R33)

G0DZLR Mentor

G0DZLR

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Depends on how easily you want to access it doesnt it?

If you REGULARLY track the car, then the passengers side of the tranny tunnel works.

Or make up a bracket that bolts to the same location of the front 2 bolts for your drivers seat. That way you can reach it without undoing your seat belt... IF the worst happens hehe.

I have been contemplating the same thing. I think im going to mount mine behind the kick panel in the boot. (R33)

only prob with the mounting near the seat is if you wanna roll it forward it gets in the way :P would be perfect tho...

might be a dumb question but it wouldnt be a good idea to mount it near a sub would it...otherwise i have the perfect spot :P

gotRICE? Veteran

gotRICE?

Posted
Posted

This is true, but i never adjust my seat anyway. Its at the furthermost bask position haha. The short f**kers can piss off :P

I dont see any reason why you couldnt mount it on near the sub? But if you are worried it could be an idea to call the extinguisher company just to be safe.

G0DZLR Mentor

G0DZLR

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Mine is mounted behind the drivers seat on the little panel underneath the rear seat where the bolt goes into. Nice neat spot that doesn't get in the way and fairly easy to reach.

did you make up a bracket for it or does it just use the one seat bolt?

evil_weevil Grand Master

evil_weevil

Posted
Posted

If you searched, you would see my thread I started...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/R3...re+extinguisher

I could still reach it while in my bucket seat. It had been passed by scruitineering in alot of events I did, cause one of the requirements is it needs to be within reach of the driver while still being in the seat. This is for doing track days though

:D

evil_weevil Grand Master

evil_weevil

Posted
Posted

Mine?

Want to buy it? :P LOL

Cheers Josh, Its a good spot, even though I didnt have the back seat in, others have and it still worked a treat :laugh:

but just remember, if you do plan on doing track days, ya gotta be able to reach it from drivers seat! Oh, and they normally expire after a year too!

G0DZLR Mentor

G0DZLR

Posted
  • Author
Posted

yeah, ended up mounting it behind the drivers seat, can easily reach around and unclip and grab it :(

i wanna buy your side skirts more than anything ;) craving em so bad

good thing its got a charge meter then ey.

  • 1 month later...
Cassbo Grand Master

Cassbo

Posted
Posted

I just moved my extinguisher to a different position. I'm just after comments to see if it is a good place for it or not.

img2240.th.jpg

I used to have it behind the passenger seat, but when I got my Sparco Sprint V and harness, I found that I could no longer reach it without undoing my harness (I'm under the impression that CAMS like you to be able to grab your extinguisher without undoing your seatbelt/harness, if this isn't true I might just move it back :D )

The extinguisher is held onto a 3mm aluminium plate by a M6 screw into a tapped hole with a nut on the other side and a high tensile M8 bolt going through the aluminium into the side mounting point of the seat. The aluminium plate is held on with two M8 high tensile bolts, one of which holds the extinguisher bracket onto the aluminium plate. In short, I think it will take some force to get it to move :D

Here I can grab the extinguisher without undoing my harness, providing the door is open. I can still access the boot/fuel cap release, again only with the door open lol

So yeah... flame away ;)

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • MBS206
      NC MX5

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Nah, they'll do it without a receipt, tell em roughly when it was, that it was cash, youll likely only get store credit, but that gets you some dollars towards the newer better shovel, or other item you need/want later.   Still take it back and have a crack at returning it.
    • GTSBoy
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      Nah. Was just wondering if you were having a small stroke or if there was some slur/gaf/inside joke that I wasn't aware of.
    • MBS206
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By MBS206 · Posted

      That was a fark up, it's Salamanca Place I was thinking of. And now I'm curious as to what potential slur/gaf I have caused with Salamander Road, ha ha!
    • Kinkstaah
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      Actually everyone on the roads was really well behaved. The only person that did any minor tailgating was a local hoon in a Turbo Focus. Unfortunately we weren't going the same way so there was no grand initial D touge battle. Lots of people pulled over and let me through. The amount of "Hey man nice car, omg skyline, nice 34 man woo" was suprising. Like really suprising. Like almost annoying. My partner was obviously surprised, she'd never seen anyone in the real world point out the car/like the car/want to chat about the car before, so to have like 3 people per day mention it was notable, I could finally say SEE? SOMEONE THINKS THEY'RE COOL. Everyone was also pretty suprised about the weather. Every day was dry and about ~13-14C. Mount Wellington had a sign that said they close the gates at 9pm and I was heading up there at about ~7:30. It was VERY apparent that conditions were getting significantly worse by the minute on the way up and down. The road on the mountain was terrible though, it's no driving road. I have various suspension related questions now. Luckily it was only about 20 minutes from where we were staying to the top of the mountain as said Google maps. We only had the 2 nights in Hobart. We went to the Farm Gate Market though which was really good - And went down to the Hastings Thermal springs/caves down there during the day. I'd definitely be up for going back again, so luckily there's a few more sights yet to see. Didn't get to do the west coast/queenstown/cradle mountain so this was supposed to be a 'scouting' trip anyway of sorts if I were to one day do/take part in/organize a more car-focused trip. As for the boat, it wasn't bad. Well it was bad, but not in the way you're thinking. We did the night trip which leaves at 6:45 (though you have to be there ~2 hours earlier) and arrives the next morning at about 6am. There is nothing to do on the ship. If you plan accordingly and bring a book/tablet/show to watch/charger you can just chill out, take some Travacalm and just sleep through it. The food there is an extremely basic buffet that costs $32 a plate, or $14 for a $3 pizza. The way back we had a travel kettle and a few different types of cup noodles and made our own tea/coffee in the room. This was a far superior way to do it. At the very least book one of the rooms with beds. I guess as we were in the off season we didn't have room mates. You get an option for rooms with 4 beds (2x bunks) or a room with just the two bottom beds. There's also some option for a deluxe queen bed but it's much pricer. We've been on sleeper trains in Asia before so we figured this is similar (and it was)
    • GTSBoy
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      Was that deliberate?
×
×
  • Create New...