Who's got them? What type do you have? Or why HAVEN'T you if you refuse to have one?

And where are they mounted?

 

I have a Lifeline Zero 2000 system, although it was in the car when I bought it.

It's not been correctly installed, so am in the process of ripping it out and starting again.

For on the road use though, I may disconnect the external handle (when it's installed) for obvious reasons...

 

have got 2 hand held 1kg powder ones.

1 in the pass foot well on a bracket, the other in the boot.

hopefully i will never have to use them, but better to have just incase.

 

Are 1kg ones big enough?

 

Mine's in the footwell passenger side on a bracket. Need it for trackdays etc ...

TX.

 

TX, can you tell me who made yours? I remember a few years ago there was a chap who made them. I was in the process of buying a load from him and it feel through.

He had a red classic I think?

Really looking at getting one for my car and one if it fits for the rear too.


Steve

 

Chubb 2Kg powder, in the passenger footwell of mine.

Purely for peace of mind

 

Fleabay for me like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIRE-EXTINGUIS...item27b4d9fe67

Got my BIL to fit it in footwell as I'm a mechanical numpty!

TX.

 

I have a 2ltr powder one cable tied to the seat and another 2kg foam one in the boot

 

I have 3(lol), powder and foam 2KG. My brother was caught out when his Spec C went up in flames, all he had was a 1kg canister, it didn't have any effect.

 

You've got previous though Steve. I think you should really go for a plumbed in system.

 

All a fire extinguisher will do is give you a little more time, 99% of the time the fire will be too intense for you to fight, ever see how much foam a fire engine uses on a small car fire? you would need more than a couple of 2kg extinguishers to put one out

Tony

 

mine went up on thursday night , power steering fluid leaked out and onto the headers , luckily pulled over at petrol station , popped bonnet and put it out. i used about 4 seconds worth of a 5kg co2 . its all done now thanks to mattybr5 for the parts , but i aint using it until headers wrapped again in thermotec and sealed with the special spray . and i have 2 x 2kg co2 one in the car one in the boot

 

That was VERY stupid of you
2 things you shouldnt do, pop the bonnet and pull into a petrol station when you have a car fire

Tony

 

i have a 1kg one in the passenger footwell . and yes i have had to use the prvious one lol

 

I had a a few fires on mine now and on the 1st one when I opened the bonnet the flames were about 3ft tall and I got such a shock and dropped the bonnet. I emptied a full 10kg fire extinguisher thru the intercooler and it put it all out. The 2kg ones are pretty good and as long as you catch it within a minute they would put it out

I now have this sticker on my bonnet as a joke and |I have another on the boot



My 1st incident If it wasn't for that fire extinguisher the car would of just went up and there would of been no stopping it unless you had a firetruck handy

 

it was only smoking when i stopped in the cxar park part not next to the pumps . i pulled in to get smokes . i aint that daft lol , i popped bonnet after grabbing the extinguisher and was prepared for the worst , however thank **** it was only just alight just below the uppipe joint , it just melted the cam cover and a couple of pipes thats all , i was just saying how much co2 it took to put it out , about 4 seconds worth . makes hell of a mess though bloody stuff gets every where

 

2kg tucked up under the front seat

 

hmmm, I have a small one but I think I'll be getting some more after reading all this!

 

3 litre foam, 4kg powder. Not light, but if you need one, I hope not to run out, as I had a small "car" powder one 30 yrs ago and it lasted a few seconds and had no effect
Kept in a plastic tray in boot along with 4litres oil, tool kit etc !!
http://www.fireprotectionshop.co.uk/...y=&secondary=3

 

i had a very lucky escape a while back,as it happens i had just walked out of halfords with a 2kg fire extinguisher as i was going drag racing the next day and thought it would be good to have one.only 5 mins later i was on the outside lane of the motorway when i saw smoke in my rear view mirror.i told our lass to get her harnesses off straight away and pulled onto the hard shoulder.i got out and popped the bonnet to be knocked back with flames,in a panic i got the extinguisher i had just bought and even though it was a 2kg one it seemed to last seconds.anyway to cut a long story short i managed to get the fire out which i later found it was a result of the oil cooler pipe bursting and pouring oil all over the red hot headers.i always carry a 2 kg one in the car with me now and tbh i dont think any smaller one would be up to the job of putting a fire out.i have fastened mine infront of the passenger seat for easy access.

 

Cheers lads, looks like one of my next purchases.

 

I carry a 2kg powder under passenger seat, just as as get me out'a here item, I've watched a car go from smoking to smoking shell in a couple of minutes. Scared me I can tell you...

 

Well it must just be your age, I hope your missus was satisfied

 

I've always wanted a passenger seat mounted one but don't know where to get hold of a bracket to fit. Any ideas? I know a few on here have made some themselvers (frayz).

 

Al fire extinguishers come with a bracket! Cable tie that bracket to your seat then add the fire extinguisher

 

steve you fekking clown.

 

Cable ties! ROTFL - Just watch your passenger lose both their feet when you have an accident!

 

**** the passenger I don't want the hassle of another fire There is no way a cable tie will fail in an accident The mount it is fixed to will fail before the tie

 

didnt know cable ties have a 2 tonne breaking strain , at 30 mph impact a baby has the weight mass of 2 tonnes . a book on parcel shelf will behead driver or passenger at 30 mph impact , and a 14kg tool box in boot will rip open the back seats like a newspaper along with the seats occupants then take out driver and passenger before going throughthe windscreen