3 across in 2007 4 door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited/ LATCH borrowing question

abbielynn84

New member
My husband just bought a Jeep. It's not our primary vehicle, but we'd like to be able to go places in it together as a family for fun outings and such. We have 3 kids and several seats that we can try, and I'm not opposed to buying another to make it work.

Kids are 6 (35lbs 44in) primarily in a booster, 5 (50lbs 45.5in) and has done great booster training and is pretty mature and safety conscious for his age, and 2 & 1/2 (35lbs 37.5in) rear facing.

Seats we have are
Graco Turbobooster
2 Britax Frontiers (the 85 models from 2012)
SK Radian XTSL
2 Britax Boulevards from 2010 (have whitish/gray shell and 65lb limits)
True Fit Premier

Will the XTSL fit rear facing in the middle seat? The seats are cloth, if that matters. The seat belt parts seem like they come out in a way that makes it very narrow. I know Jeep allows borrowing anchors, but 19 inches is too wide for the Radian to allow. Do either Britax or The First Years allow borrowing at that width?

Slightly related, is there a width difference in the regular turbo booster and the turbo booster with safety surround?

Thanks so much!!!
 
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T4K

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Hi! I also have a Jeep. :)

The Radian will fit in the middle and it's even better with the angle adjuster. I would recommend harnessing the middle child for ease of buckling.

I haven't had a frontier but I think it would fit. I fit a ProSport next to the radian.

So I'd try turbo/radian/frontier first.

I love my jeep!
 

T4K

Well-known member
Oh and the Britax seats will fit great RFing in the middle too. Use seatbelts for all installs!
 

abbielynn84

New member
Hi! I also have a Jeep. :)

The Radian will fit in the middle and it's even better with the angle adjuster. I would recommend harnessing the middle child for ease of buckling.

I haven't had a frontier but I think it would fit. I fit a ProSport next to the radian.

So I'd try turbo/radian/frontier first.

I love my jeep!

Thanks! I'd seen a post or two saying it was hard to tighten so I was a little concerned about it. We do have an angle adjuster with it in my car so that's no problem. I wasn't even thinking a Frontier would fit in the mix, so if it does that's even better.

If not, I'm planning on getting him a dedicated narrower booster anyway because the shape of the Frontier base and my floppy seat belts (the female end just nests down into the seat) makes for a very difficult combination for kid coordination or adult sized hands. But with him outboard I like the extra head support. In the meantime I don't think he'd have a conniption about being harnessed though. Thanks for the fast reply!
 

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