Most clubs, official runs and off road meetings require you to carry a fire extinguisher onboard your vehicle for safety. Now most fire extinguishers are not going to put out a raging fire, but they will stop a small one from becoming a big one if you get to it in time. I usually have one mounted to the side of the seat frame, or somewhere in the back, but a friend gave me one of these as a birthday gift, so I figured I would install it and see how it held up. Installation is pretty simple and I almost didn't write anything up, but this is a pretty nice holder, so I figured I would show it off a little. The straps are nice and thick, good heavy duty velcro, metal buckles to take up the stress points of cinching down the straps. Very good quality, especially compared to the cheap knock offs that you can purchase in other location.
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This holder comes with heavy duty straps, a strap to hold the bottom of the fire extinguisher, metal buckles and loops, and a rubberized logo sewn into place on the top strap. Much better quality than I've seen from any of the cheap knockoffs that you would find on Amazon, and in reality for not much more than those.
Installation:
1. Undo the bottom Velcro strip and slip it through the loop in the base. This will allow you to hold the fire extinguisher in place without it falling out through the bottom.
2. I test fit the extinguisher to see how it fit and how the bottom strap looked and test fit it onto the Jeep. You will need to remove the extinguisher to properly mount the holder.
3. Having the soft top really limits your locations that you can mount one of these. The bows of the top come down on either side of the rear roll bar, but there is just enough room to get a small extinguisher mounted to the back side of the bar. It would be better underneath, but then it would interfer with the seat belts. If you have a hard top, you won't have the same issues.
4. Undo the velcro straps on the bottom of the holder and slip then around the roll bar. Make sure you don't catch the seatbelt under the strap. Slide the end through the metal buckle and pull tight.
5. Loosen the velcro straps one the top side and slide the fire extinguisher down inside the holder. Once you have it in position, I found that if you snug up the center strap first, it's a little easier to get the bottom and top position and tight. Then just go back and retighten the center strap.
6. You can put the soft top up and down with the extinguisher installed, you just need to be a little extra cautious on that side. I did need to slide the holder up a little closer to the seat belt mount for better clearance.
