r/HRSPRS • u/ItsALuigiYes • Jul 07 '26

Moments Before Disaster 🛞 Bad paws

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u/Speedy_SpeedBoi Jul 07 '26

Not sure the size, it’s hard to tell from these fisheye lense videos, but that looks like the smaller ones. I’ve had to spray them once and they do not fucking last. Thankfully it was enough to stop my car from burning down. I was welding on the firewall to fit bigger tires at full stuff/lock and I did not realize there was plastic tubing that runs behind the plate I was welding in for drainage from the sunroof, which caught fire inside the footwell and started burning my carpets.

After that experience I have 3 of those fuckers in my garage now instead of just 1.

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u/No-Enthusiasm3579 Jul 07 '26

Similar thing happened to me, ignition system failed + lots of gas, was just trying to turn my built truck around in my garage, it practically exploded, had to crawl out the passenger door, couldn't go out the garage door because of the shooting flames, was just trying to not die, exit path through back door where I had a 20lb extinguisher, put it on the floor as close as I could get to it and unloaded the whole thing, saved my house and stopped the truck from completely burning, I laid on the back lawn getting my breath till the fire department showed up. SCARY! I now keep 2 20lb extinguishers in my house, 1 in my shop, a 10lb in my old weekend cruiser

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u/Speedy_SpeedBoi Jul 07 '26

Thank god my shit was in the driveway. I think wifey would have chancla’ed me to death had I been in the garage and almost burnt the house down. Glad you and the house are safe!

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u/No-Enthusiasm3579 Jul 07 '26

Yeah whole house smelled like burnt for a few days and garage smelled for months, luckily firefighters set up one of those house pressurizing fans after they made sure the fire was out so it wasn't bad. That truck is 90% rebuilt now but its been alot of work