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While this is a pretty convenient spot to store it, it is unsafe if you slam on your brakes quickly--the flashlight may slide out and become entangled in your feet and pedals.

I wanted to mount my 4-cell MAGLITE in a place where it was easy to access while safely stored. I looked around a bit and ended up mounting it below the driver's seat.

There are several places you could mount a MAGLITE in your vehicle. I drive a Discovery II; hence, everything below is based on my installation.

MAGLITE makes mounting brackets to hold their flashlights. While you'd think you would be able to find the mounting brackets everywhere you'd find a the actual flashlight, this has proven to not be the case... especially in Houston. I ended up finding them at the Bass Pro Shops in the Katy Mills Mall.

The mounting brackets come with some cheapo screws, so I went to my local hardware store and purchased the following to allow for a more secure and professional installation:

• #8-32X3/4" stainless steel screws - 4 each
• #8-32 stainless steel nuts with nylon inserts - 4 each
• 5/32"X7/8" stainless steel fender washers - 4 each

The first thing I did was remove the three screws and one little plastic "thing" that secured the plastic cover surrounding the lower section of the driver's seat. The screws were straightforward to remove. The little plastic thing came out by gently removing the color-coded pin from the black piece with a flat-head screwdriver (you can see the two pieces and how they fit together in the picture below). Once I had the color-coded piece removed, I removed the black piece as well.

When I removed the plastic cover and flipped it over, I noticed there were raised areas on the back. I wanted to ensure the washers didn't interefere with these raised areas so I postioned the mounting bracket in such a way that the installation of the washers would not require me to cut away any of these rasied areas.

I simply marked the holes and drilled them with a 5/16" drill bit and screwed everything together.

Once both mounting brackets were installed, I put everything back together and snapped in my light.

Overall this is a very simple installation. It took me more time to take the pictures and write this article than it did to actually install the mounting brackets in the vehicle, but if you have any questions or need any help, let me know.

- Bill Mallin