LM4M
CPST Instructor
I have been ripping my car apart trying to get a good configuration in my car and at this point, I'm trying to figure out if there's a different combination of seats I can use because I am just getting frustrated trying to rearrange everything 20 times to get a good set-up. I just am not having good luck with getting good installs with some seats this week, and after getting some great help on here and getting better installs, now I'm not liking the setup.
I'd ideally like to have an open capt chair in 2nd row (and eventually will need one for the new baby come early June)... I have a 2004 Suburban. Third row bench (all seatbelts) and 2 capt chairs with latch. Can't have anything RF on back bench that reclines too far because capts chairs aren't on tracks on the floor, they dont move front to back.
I would like to use my three RNs in my saturn with a very slim backseat, but we dont ever have all three kids in that car, so two RNs in the saturn would leave my with one spare RN, 2 Regents, 2 MA's, 1 MyRide and I'm considering buying either a truefit or a nautilus, or possibly both as I'd want one to pass to the new baby after the bucket seat sometime next winter, and at that point oldest DD would be 7.5 and possibly in a HBB.
Should there be any other seats to consider? I cannot fit a RN RF third row outboard, nor can I get a upright enough install for a MA RF third row outboard to get the capt chair to not interfere with the MA (making MA install crooked from capt chair headrest putting too much pressure on the third row MA).
Kids exact stats (just did it) are....
DD, age 6, 46" tall, 48lbs, 16.5" torso (seat to top of shoulders, against the wall, sitting criss-cross-applesauce as she calls it lol)
DD, age 3.75 (will be 4 in 3 weeks), 38.5" tall, 30 lbs, 14.25" torso, and 22" seat to top of head, sitting criss cross on the wall (for ERF purposes)
DS, age 3, 36" tall, 27 lbs, 13" torso, 20.75" seat to top of head
I'd ideally like to have an open capt chair in 2nd row (and eventually will need one for the new baby come early June)... I have a 2004 Suburban. Third row bench (all seatbelts) and 2 capt chairs with latch. Can't have anything RF on back bench that reclines too far because capts chairs aren't on tracks on the floor, they dont move front to back.
I would like to use my three RNs in my saturn with a very slim backseat, but we dont ever have all three kids in that car, so two RNs in the saturn would leave my with one spare RN, 2 Regents, 2 MA's, 1 MyRide and I'm considering buying either a truefit or a nautilus, or possibly both as I'd want one to pass to the new baby after the bucket seat sometime next winter, and at that point oldest DD would be 7.5 and possibly in a HBB.
Should there be any other seats to consider? I cannot fit a RN RF third row outboard, nor can I get a upright enough install for a MA RF third row outboard to get the capt chair to not interfere with the MA (making MA install crooked from capt chair headrest putting too much pressure on the third row MA).
Kids exact stats (just did it) are....
DD, age 6, 46" tall, 48lbs, 16.5" torso (seat to top of shoulders, against the wall, sitting criss-cross-applesauce as she calls it lol)
DD, age 3.75 (will be 4 in 3 weeks), 38.5" tall, 30 lbs, 14.25" torso, and 22" seat to top of head, sitting criss cross on the wall (for ERF purposes)
DS, age 3, 36" tall, 27 lbs, 13" torso, 20.75" seat to top of head