Sickness91Z28

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Hey guys, I thought about getting a nice little fire extinguisher for the inside of my car. Ya never know what could happen. What do you guys think about'em? Where do you have yours mounted? I checked at Autozone today, they have them, and the look really nice, but geez...they are $50 bucks! Safety sure does cost alot of money....

stiers

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Unless you are drag racing(and it is required) or running NOS it sounds pretty **** to me.

kaotik

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I think they are a good idea, as long as you tastefully mount it somewhere. I had one in my old car, and i actually had to use it. I had a custom shop welding in my trunk and the rear decklid caught fire, and they ended up using it. Not that is a "normal" situation to have used it, but you said it best, you never know.

Sickness91Z28

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I think it's a good idea though....I'm going ot be running a mechanical fuel pressure gage under my hood...and ya never know..it could leak...or something...I just thought a small fir extinguisher would be a good idea

stiers

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If you have a good reason, like the mechanical fuel guage then it is a good idea. BUT you have to mount it tastefully. The two things to remember are: Easy Acess and Out of sight. I would mount it under the dashpad on the passenger side in the middle but against the dash.

2.73's Suck

definatly a good idea to have in your car, you never know what can happen and and when it does youll be very glad you have one, car fires spread fast and you wont think not having one is a big deal until it happens.

LUVmy92

OK heres for everyone who say that its dumb or tacky! My buddy had just gotten his 70 Chevelle's exterior restored. We were sitting around talking about engines and engine fires. Figuring our luck I new we jinxed ourselves. My Camaro had one in it but its parked for upgrades so I say take it your driving the Chevelle Im not driving mine. Two days later sitting at a stoplight in his car the voltage regulator shorts or something and starts a fire! Needless to say if he didnt have that fire extinguisher he would be minus one 1970 SS 396 Chevelle! Anybody wanna watch their car burn go ahead I wont cause you never know what stupid crap might happen.

onebinky

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I think it can look good if you do it tastefully. So Don't mount it on the A-Pillars and you're good

Like the other guy said, putting it in the recess on the passenger side dash would be good, or maybe mount it in the rear well or along the side plastics in the hatch.

Fire"Dutch"Bird

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Just one warning:
Buy an extinguisher filled with foam based stuf.
Don't buy a powder filled one. (it contains a sort of salt!!)
The powder will eat all plastic parts including wires and so on, foam won't!
When putting out a car fire with powder, the fire will go out, but the car will rust like hell, no matter what you do to it!

And yes I have extinghuisers in all my cars,seeing a person dieing in his burning car, years ago, and not able to do anything but watching......
Since than I have an extinghuiser at hand all the time!

camarogirl18

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i have one,i have it mounted under my dash pad...check out my cardomain site for a pic.(it aint a real good pic but you get the idea)

Mongoose

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I keep one in my Formula and in my Cherokee. I was travelling from Tulsa,OK to Charlotte,NC and witnessed an IROC go up in flames on I-40. Definitely not a pretty sight. They are both dry chemical units but I'd love to find something better and non corrosive. I've heard of Cold Fire 302,anyone have any experiences with it?

Mongoose

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Also,why run a mechanical fuel pressure gauge when an electric one is so much safer?

Sickness91Z28

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there are plenty of people on this site that run mechanical fuel pressure gauges (underhood) that have no problems. And they are about half the cost. Also....I don't really have anymore room (if I decided to get an electrical fuel pressure gauge) to install it anywhere in my car.

SweetS10v8

Before and after, and extingusher would have saved it..

Now I have a thirdgen and an extingusher

I didnt want to test the pressure relief vavle this day

Abubaca

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We had this discussion here about a year ago.

Some of us had a battle over appearance versus funtion.

As just about everyone here has said, as long as it's tasteful. I can't argue that it's not a good idea, but they're so darn ugly. Why not just throw one behind the driver seat? Don't even bother to mount it. If it's just sitting there, it's "just in case", but if you mount it, then it's "fast and furious". Why protect the interior when you're just gonna have an ugly FE mounted somewhere? You don't mount your CD case, do you?

I'm all about a FE, and there's gotta be a good place for it, but if you can see it, then it's no good IMO.

SweetS10v8

lol, paint it blue and slap a nitrous sticker on it....

mw66nova

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i had a fire in the car yesterday morning. i am going to buy an extinguisher here in a few weeks. it was scary though, the car backfired through the intake and the paper filter on the open element caught fire. a guy across the street at a gas station brought a fire extinguisher over and helped me put it out before any real damage was done to the car. it killed the element and melted the top edge of my in-cap supercoil. fire extinguisher...$50; keeping you and your car safe...priceless...

Steve86TA

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All the r1ce around here has the chrome one mounted on the a-pillar.It looks pretty stupid up there.I guess if you were to mount it somewhere not in plain sight it would be ok.

mw66nova

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the ting about not having it in plain sight is that YOU are the only one that knows where it's at. if it's on the a-pillar or mounted on my roll cage(thinking of putting mine on my mainhoop) then if for some reason you need someone else to grab it, they can...

Abubaca

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LOL

Why not mount it in the luggage well? It would take 10 extra seconds to get it.

M84Z28

Thats what im gonna do so all the idiots around town will think im spraying. Mount it right behind the back seat where it is visible out the back hatch. lmao

JR86-TA

I, personally, think it should be visible. Now, visible, and tacky, are two very different things. I do not mean I support big chrome fire extinguishers or neon-light surrounds for a fire extinguisher, but for safeties sake, it should be plainly visible and accessible. What if you were knocked unconcious in a wreck, your car was burning, and some other motorist stopped, or a passenger was trying to help, but they could not see a fire extinguisher? If it is in plain sight, they will be like, "Hey, let's use that." instead of , "Uhhh... what do we do now? Wait 15 minutes for a fire truck?" But, then again, I have been wrong once or twice in my opinions.

M84Z28

No, i agree too. I would want it visible and easily accessable. Roll cage for those that have it, i think it would be a great place to put it. A-pill i dont think so, but maybe on the trans tunnel area on the passenger side, assuming it is one of the smaller ones.

Abubaca

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OK, now I don't want anyone to think I'm trying to argue. I'm just playing devil's advocate, and enjoying the discussion...

My point of view, and I realize it's different for everyone, is at what point does something defeat it's purpose? The best example of all time is the car bra. You don't want your nice paint to get messed up, and look bad.....so you go put a bra on, which...LOOKS BAD

Now I realize that we're talking safety issue, so yeah, it's different, but you get the point. I've put about $2000 into my interior resto. I WILL NOT have a fire extinguisher visible. Sure, I'm playing with fire (hehe, sorry for the pun)...but some things can never be prevented, ya know? Do you carry a gun to prevent car-jacking? It would make sense....and I'm sure that some of you do. What about installing a driver side airbag? That's not ridiculous, is it? None of us do that do we?... It's just part of life...nothing is guaranteed to be always safe.

I think my point of having it in the trunk is that in 9 out of 10 instances, you the driver will be able to get it, and you won't have to worry about someone else finding it. ...And actually, I'm thinking about getting one myself. I won't mount it anywhere, and I'll take it out for shows, but heck yeah it's a good idea!!!

I just try to pick your brains a little. Who wants it for safety, and who wants that BIG 'ole anodized sucker on the A-pillar!!! :rockon:

M84Z28

Too much weight on an already heavy car. LOL

Abubaca

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True dat.

LOL

19doug90

HAHAHA i love r icers that mount it on the a pillar almost as if to say....."look how fast my car is, its so modded that it might light on fire at any second!"......or....."look how modded my car is, it even needs a fire extinguisher"....obviously tact is not in these peoples favour. I agree with mounting it somewhere vaguely hidden. The comment about having it so if you were out cold a random motorist would notice it and be able to use it is a very good point. It is a very safety oriented comment. But some of us are so stubborn and would almost rather take that risk (although wed never willing admit it) and have it somewhere where you cant see it because they are ugly. Take your pic i think when my car gets one (im so freaking broke its scary) its getting hidden. But im stubborn

M84Z28

No thats not why they have them. They have them becuase all of the cheep wiring might get fried. Overheating neons, badly wired subs could cause for a bad electrical fire.

tpiroc

That's some good info on foam vs. powder - I'll have to inspect mine now. There's also some really good perspectives floating around here. I think on the pillar would be a little gaudy, but not too "rejected" - it would just stand out and block some passenger vision. Under the passenger side dash is functional, and out of the way, just something ugly for your passenger to stare at. It'd be slick mounted on a roll cage/bar if there was one to mount it to. Perhaps on the hump between the rear seats may be the least offensive I can think of; you can see it, but not in a flashy way, and it's pretty easy access. I have mine in the little compartment in the rear, but by NO means simple to get to, so I think I will now be moving it to the hump between the seats. Oh by the way, I love the blue paint + NOS sticker idea, but don't think I'll go there

88txiroc

I would have to say that everyone needs one. I have had to help many people put out fires in cars. I wanted one close and in plain sight. This FE is from Kiddie and only cost $8.50. I dont know where others are getting prices from, but $50 is still a price I would pay to protect my baby.

Here is one pic of where I mounted mine. Sorry about the dirty car. Been too cold here to clean...........

1FastZ

Guys, there are only 2 types of extinguishers that I would put in my car and that is Halon 1211 or a small ABC one. This is what I do for a living and you wouldn't believe how many times this question comes up to me. I have a Halon 1211 in my car and I wouldn't put ANY foam type extinguisher in my car. Most of the foam ones will stain anything and if anything would happen the stink would be there forever.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Mongoose

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Where can I pirchase a Halon 1211 extinguisher?

Bandit5

I have a smalle fire exinguisher rolling around on the driver's side rear floor area, you never know when you might need it. Personally, I think it is a good thing to have, but I wouldn't mount it where it could be seen. Maybe hidden under the passenger side dash would be a nice place for it.

Petes 84Z28

Here's where I kept the one in the Camaro; I'm not sure yet where it will reside in the Formula.

Pete

xpndbl3

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i mounted mine in between the two rear seat buttoms on the driveshaft tunnel...doesn't look to bad and you won't notice it from the front seat unless you turn around, besides it's easy access for me and gives me a little security knowing i could put out a fire.

Xophertony

i currently have a small powder type one in my "glove box" in the well. but i will be mounting it to the portion of the well that removes so you can get tho the spare tire as soon as i get a new one, (foam or halon)

speaking of halon doesent that stuff suck the oxygen out of the air to choke the fire out? you can actually still get that stuff?

Sickness91Z28

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That's where I thought I would mount mine when I get it. I think I'm going to go ahead and buy the one at AutoZone tomorrow...how would I go about installing it in that spot?

gilley's86

A fire extinguisher is just a good idea. My brother had one in his 69 Camaro, and it saved it, I was there, I know, he had his in the trunk, but a trunk is a hell of a lighter than our big glass hatches, not to mention some of us don't have working hatch pump things to hold the hatch up. Also, another good idea is a set of wire cutters, in case of a fire, cut the battery cable. It take out any chance of feeding an electrical fire. Just thought I'd add my two cents.

Sickness91Z28

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here is the one I'm interested in getting: http://us.st7.yimg.com/store2.yimg.c..._1765_34023862

M84Z28

Although if in texas dont have a pair of wire cutters in your car. The law of carry wire cutters dates back to the times of cattle drives and is still on the books. A cop friend of mine says if they pull you over and really want to arrest you they look for a pair of wire cutters in the vehicle.

SuperchargedRS

YES, I would and have put em' in my cars. I don’t get the pretty chrome ones though, just get a small standard red one (I mount mine just under my seat), I would get a halon if I could find one (though they are hard to find). The halon is the best for a wide range of fires, class I II III. As a firefighter we see a lot of diffrent cars burn for stupid reasons.
Car: in the thousands
Extinguisher: under 100

SuperchargedRS

Here is one I just found, not too bad in price...

http://www.safeair1.com/Merchant2/me...gory_Code=FSS1
and for chrome a little more $$$

http://www.yearwood.com/Accessorieshtm/H3R344T.asp

SuperchargedRS

lol
*not I II III I ment A B C

MizfitCreations

I have one where the parking brake lever used to be

Timz2882

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hey SuperchargedRS thanx for those links, i looked at the second one and saw the Haylon ones and this coming paycheck im ording one of those. those prices are cheaper then the swap meet prices. some guy wanted $110 for the small one. but i think $89 to help save my car in a case something would happen is good thinking.

86IROCNJ

Yeah man, thanks for the links. I just re-did my whole interior with electrical guages, and well, i don't trust my work that much!! lol Seriously though, you never know what can happen. Hell, even stock cars go up in flames. My friend had a 94 Z28 M6, sweet car. One day it just caught fire going down the highway, it was stock, never touched. These things can happen.

MrDude_1

a fire extinguisher should be standard equipment on every car on the road today. peroid.


just my opinion... after being in the fire dpt since i was 15, ive seen enough burnt cars to know..... if you cannot put out the fire yourself, your car is lost.
if you're lucky, someone else will have one nearby... if you have to wait for the FD, you're SOL.

i had to use mine twice on my old camaro, and theres one in the vert. yes the poweder will corrode everything. if you leave it on there.
wash it off good, and theres no lasting ill effects.... esp compared to your car being totaled.

it should be mounted. NOT sitting somwhere out. imagine me TAPPING you on the head with it... now imagine it flying at your head at 40mph. sucky huh? or imagine it going off in the car.


if you dont want to spend $50 at a auto store for a POS one, goto lowes, home depot, walmart, ect and get one there. they range from $10 - $50 for a in car size. get the biggest you can reasonably carry in your car. a tiny 3lb special one will not put out even the smallest of engine fires...

when choosing size, consider this. by the time you notice the smoke behind you on the road, your car is already a good deal on fire.

go get one today. still worried about the poweder? spend the $12 on one today, keep it in the car until you "get around" to getting that $50 halogen or whatever one you wanted to get. you can always retire the old car one to the kitchen (do you have one in there? you should.) or to some other part of the house, or garage, or your other car...

all fire extinguishers should be red. peroid. i have various reasons for this i learned in the FD, but im too lazy to type them.

this is somthing i feel extremly strong about.
i challange anyone to give me one good reason not to have one in the car.... because there isnt one.

MNformula350

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I was thinking of mounting mine on the bottom of the floor storage cover the cover the trunk well, i need to take the carpet off of it anyways to redo it since i messed it up the first time.then it wouldn't be rolling around back there and be up out of the way.

and even if there's no power you can still open the trunk to get it out.

Xophertony

my fire extinguisher is white, whats wrong with that, you cant leave us hanging like that man tell me tell me....

19doug90

haha 50 bucks is terrible eh? Just wondering how much do you pay every year in car insurance? Even if it was a hundred bucks its (hopefully) a one time purchase and will give you fire protection on your car.....50 bucks doesnt seem so bad anymore does it?