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  1. 27th April 2014, 03:57 PM #1
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    Fire extinguisher location - passenger side only.

    I bought an el-cheaply $15 powder type fire extinguisher from Aldi with the intention of mounting it down in the footwell forward of the drivers seat.

    To my surprise there's no immediately obvious mounting point for these. (I have manual seats). After much faffing around looking for some clues from the UK forum I eventually turned to TOPIX, where I downloaded the instructions for fitting the OEM fire extinguisher.

    Turns out ( according to the LR fitting instructions) that you mustn't mount the fire extinguisher in front of the drivers seat. It must be mounted instead in front of the passenger seat.

    I suppose the thinking for this is that it restricts the drivers footspace, and could be dangerous. Is this normal practice? I've always placed them on the drivers side previously.
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  2. 27th April 2014, 04:40 PM #2
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    The thinking would be safety related in that if the extinguisher came loose from the mounting bracket it could get fouled with the pedals and potentially cause an accident.
    On my D2, I have 1 extinguisher mounted on each side of my cargo barrier so they are easily accessible if needed.
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  3. 27th April 2014, 05:53 PM #3
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    Yes that makes sense.

    I also agree that the cargo barrier is a great place to mount them. I just don't have one. So the footwell it is.
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  4. 27th April 2014, 06:11 PM #4
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    I also mount mine on my cargo barrier.

    What about just behind the second row of seats at about shoulder height?

    IMHO if you've got a fire, you're unlikely to want to fossick in the footwell to get the extinguisher. In the back is pretty common from my experience.
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  5. 27th April 2014, 06:15 PM #5
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    Just make sure you don't cause interference with any curtain or side airbags, if fitted.
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  6. 27th April 2014, 08:07 PM #6
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    I have mounted mine twice now on the underside rear of front passeger seat there is some black metal that is relatively flat and holds a CAMS approved mount I picked up from one ofvthe racecar accesory retailers. Pm me if interested in a pic.
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  7. 27th April 2014, 09:03 PM #7
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    I ordered the factory fire extinguisher mount. It took me many months to finally work out how to do it, as it didn't come with a template for cutting the carpet in the passenger footwell.

    See attached image.

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  8. 28th April 2014, 12:42 AM #8
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    Got the part number at all?
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  9. 28th April 2014, 03:10 AM #9
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    What you don't want is for the extinguisher to become a projectile if you have a crash. Mount it securely and preferably facing to the rear... Try to avoid mounting it forward facing, at head height, on a cargo barrier!!

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  10. 28th April 2014, 07:44 AM #10
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    I ordered it from the UK. As you can't ship a fire extinguisher, I ordered the whole kit and told the shop to keep the extinguisher and just send the mounting stuff. From memory it was an expensive exercise, around A$200 ????

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