My 3 yo dd just broke her collarbone on Thursday. Getting her in and out of her car seat was hurting her, so we swapped her and her brother's seats. I have never installed the radian rfing before. We found a local safety center that sells the angle adjusters and had a certified tech there instal it for us but there is still hardly any legroom for the front seat passenger. My knees are practically touching the handle on my glove box and I'm only 5'1. I've heard that there are some "tricks" for installing slightly more upright to allow more room for the front seat. It's in a 2008 Jeep Liberty. I can post some pics if needed. TIA.
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Help installing a radian r120 more upright rfing
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1mommy
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Have you checked to see if their is a board technician nearby you who might be able to help you? Let me go find the link....
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=59135
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=59135
Ooh there are actually 2! We are right outside of Madison, WI. I will PM them and see if either would be able to come help if I can't figure it out. It was installed by a certified tech, but as I said he left before I got in the car, so I didn't realize how little room there was in the front.
Just to make sure, I would pretty much install the seat as I would without the angle adjuster and then shove the angle adjuster under the seat until it touches the rear facing boot?
I also remember reading something about putting the front of the boot farther out on the seat if there's a raised seat bought? As long as the front of the boot touches where the raised seat bout dips down? (Does that make sense?). Is that ok? Would it help. Or should the boot be directly in the crack where the bottom of the seat meets the seat back?
I also remember reading something about putting the front of the boot farther out on the seat if there's a raised seat bought? As long as the front of the boot touches where the raised seat bout dips down? (Does that make sense?). Is that ok? Would it help. Or should the boot be directly in the crack where the bottom of the seat meets the seat back?
sarahknavy
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We always put the adjuster in then tighten... Wonder if I am doing it wrong. I pretty much kneel in it and pull. Those latch straps are kind of annoying. You could try using the seatbelt and see if that is easier. I kind of rock the seat side to side while I am pulling too.
Yeah, if I remember right, you place the seat in where you want, hook up the LATCH or buckle the seat belt (leaving it kinda loose), slide the AA (angle adjuster) under the seat, and then tighten.
As for the LATCH strap not tightening, what angle are you pulling it at? That makes a surprising difference for me sometimes.
As for the LATCH strap not tightening, what angle are you pulling it at? That makes a surprising difference for me sometimes.
Keeanh
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Have you put the recline foot back in? It has to be in when the seat is RF.
Scroll down to the recline adjustments part to see the difference between the recline foot out and in. http://carseatblog.com/14805/diono-radian-rxt/
Scroll down to the recline adjustments part to see the difference between the recline foot out and in. http://carseatblog.com/14805/diono-radian-rxt/
I "think" I got it. I put the latch tail through the slit on the side of the seat to tighten it mostly, and then fed the tail through the belt path to pull it tighter. Then I shoved the angle adjuster in. I think I'm going to have my husband try to get it a bit tighter though too. Thanks again for all of your help! Now I'm off to post a question about the reclining back seats of his jeep cherokee to see if they can be reclined when installing a car seat or if they have to be upright.
Yikes! I had no idea. Is there a way to tell without uninstalling? A certified tech had installed it rfing for us yesterday and he's the one who put the rfing boot on it, so I'm assuming it's ok, but want to make sure. I attempted to reinstall today to get it more upright bc from everything I read and what everyone had said, it wouldn't be hard to do. Boy was I wrong! Haha. If I can figure out how to post a I true here again, I will.
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