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gafmo
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yep totaly agree and thats why i asked first...considering I have my little man in the car and its my wifes daily drive :wink:

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Thanks for the pics 1018, you went to a lot of trouble but it is a great help. Someone wrote "why would you need a fire extinguisher?". Well, two days ago one of my SU's got a blocked needle and fuel was pumping out (yes, pouring out) onto the exhaust manifold. The first I knew about it was smelling petrol in the car and then seeing the pool of fuel on the ground when I drove off from the lights. Didn't catch fire but wouldn't have liked a cigarette but flicked out someones window near me. Also, my commodore caught fire, I used two fire extinguishers to put that out (shouldn't have wasted my money). I was towing a caravan and didn't ealise there was no oil cooler fitted. It boiled the oil and sprayed it out the dipstick onto the engine. Finally, I have used a fire extinguisher on someone elses car at an accident scene. I think they are a handy thing to have. I keep one in the house and shed too.

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No worries. Next time I would have a hole in each end instead of a notch, I just couldn't get the holes to fit nice for some reason. Once I yanked on it as hard as I could and it didn't move I decided to leave it.

Have fun making a bracket & geez you are lucky! :shock:

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1018cc wrote:
That's where I put mine too.

Ash complains about it because it is where she put's her feet (but anyone that isn't a leprechaun shouldn't have any problems :P ).

I made my bracket out of 3mm thick, 25mm wide aluminium. I even polished mine in the end so that it looks better. I can take some pics when I get home if you like. It is pretty easy to make the bracket up though.

After I put it in, I yanked on it as hard as I could and it didn't move, it is nice & secure and doesn't seem like it would break too easily.

I polish mine from time to time and it wont come loose. :wink:

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mine in my mini and commodore are mounted under the dash passenger side, imo good spot and doesnt get in the way!

the one in madmk1 is on a board in the rear seat pocket , mainly for bling purposes!

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