Question:
Picked up a good condition 2kg foam extinguisher today, just trying to figure out where to fit it. My Disco is a pretty standard 5 door 7 seater, and I'd like not to impinge into either the passenger space or the load space much. Options I can see are: 1) Mounted in the void under one of the front seats - probably the passenger seat with the actuator handle towards the front of the car. The downsides with this include things like the potential for the extinguisher to be damaged/set off by a fidgeting passenger - non ideal really. 2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher lined up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking about using Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with velcro straps around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it launch off its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard. 3) Mounted on the panel on the roof slope where the map pockets are. This has the downside of providing a large, metal obstruction for rear seat passengers to headbutt. I'm leaning towards 2) but would like any opinions on why this is a dumb idea. If I go for that then I'm planning on mounting a 2D maglite to one side of the extinguisher.

Answer: Q: Picked up a good condition 2kg foam extinguisher today, just trying to figure out where to fit it. My Disco is a pretty standard 5 door 7 seater, and I'd like not to impinge into either the passenger space or the load space much. 2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher lined up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking about using Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with velcro straps around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it launch off its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard. A: OK - I've done this now. I'm using a friction lock belt to stop it escaping, but other than that it's pretty much as described. Doesn't impinge into the load area at all, or inconvenience any passengers in the jump seats. I've also got a 2D maglite mounted on the flat bit beside the lock release - I'll probably have to remount that as I could only find one clip the right size and if the shops around here are anything to go by the Maglite is dying as a concept - they are all carrying the 2D, Mini and Solitaire and nothing else - no bulbs, no clips - no nothing.