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wildeyes
03-21-2008, 04:51 PM
i want to put dd2 more upright. if you can tell from this pic, will i need one noodle or none? or a small towel insted of the noodle?
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/wildeyescl/carseat%20stuff/S7300406.jpg
snowbird25ca
03-21-2008, 05:00 PM
Definitely 1 I'd say. I think your seats are sloped enough that it would be too upright without a noodle or towel.

I have really sloped seats in my truck and have been using 1 noodle. I recently made it more upright and am still using the 1 noodle, but I pulled the base of the EFTA slightly away from the seat bite while still having it on the noodle - similar trick as installing the MA more upright. It's way more upright now, despite still having 1 pool noodle in there. :thumbsup:

(I should take a pic after dh is home tonight to show the difference between before & after, it's quite dramatic despite still using 1 pool noodle.)
Nisha
03-21-2008, 05:10 PM
Do you just have one noodle in there right now?
snowbird25ca
03-21-2008, 05:19 PM
Do you just have one noodle in there right now?

It's either 2 or 3, IIRC from when it was initially installed it's 2 noodles. :thumbsup:
wildeyes
03-21-2008, 05:36 PM
yeah it's two noodles in there. you have a good memory :thumbsup: i am not going to do it today, as i am alone with a very wide awake baby, so i will have to wait till my mom comes over tomorrow. i will def take pics tho, and would love to see more!! :D
snowbird25ca
03-22-2008, 12:48 AM
Ask and you shall receive. ;)

Before:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2296264697_d1ae949309.jpg

After:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/snowbird25ca/Carseats%202/DSC00755.jpg

Close up showing base away from seat bite:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/snowbird25ca/Carseats%202/DSC00751.jpg

Also worth noting, I found that I could get similar angles but with different locations of where the knobs touched the seatback depending on how I positioned the seat and where I put pressure when tightening it.

Both of the installs pictured above are rock solid. ;) The knobs are easier to access now than they were with the seat more reclined, but it took me a good 30mins to find the best positioning to get the recline I wanted with the knobs positioned the best. I could use the knobs in all the ways I tried, I just realized it was possible to get them more accessible through positioning and decided to fool around with it. :cool: