Question Help with toddler seat for F150 crew cab, please!

mkbdvm · Apr 22, 2010

I recently purchased 2 Britax Frontier seats for a great deal and love it in my mazda 5 but DH has an F150 with crew cab. The back seats are short (the bench portion) and the frontier hung over the edge a bit. I need to go to CHP (they do our seat checks here) to double check, but this isn't safe, right? We aren't using it now, in fact, I sold it on CL.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a similar seat with a smaller footprint? I like the 5 point restraint as long as possible. DD#1 is about to outgrow her roundabout and DD#2 (6 mos) will be inheriting it. FWIW, DD#1 is 3 1/2, 38 lbs and almost 40" tall. She is long legged and long torsoed (I think i just made that word up)

Thanks so much!

joolsplus3 · Apr 22, 2010

The Frontier only needs 80% of the bottom to be on the vehicle seat cushion. It's only the Nautilus that insists 100% of the base be on the vehicle seat. Now, you said it hung over 'a bit', so it might be a bad thing you already sold it, but if it was more than 20%, then just as well. The Evenflo Maestro is very short and might work perfectly, I think you can get it at Sears, at least online, not sure about in the store.

skitle1802 · Apr 22, 2010

I have a Frontier 80 in my F150. Its a 2002 Supercrew, the one with 4 full size doors. The Frontier fits on the seat with more than 80% in the center position, I haven't tried the outboard.

mkbdvm · Apr 22, 2010

I'm new here so forgive any inane questions. What does outboard mean?

We have two seats installed in each car, one is a britax roundabout and one will be whichever.

I will make an appt to have my seats checked with our local CHP and put the one from my car in DH's to see if the frontier is safe in his truck. He didn't care for it anyway b/c the one I got for $179 was pink. LOL

Jeanum · Apr 22, 2010

Hi, outboard means on the driver's side or passenger side and not in the center.

skitle1802 · Apr 22, 2010

I love the bench in our F150, we have a Roundabout 50 rear facing (rf) behind the drivers seat, frontier center, and an Evenflo Titan rf behind the passenger seat. They fit perfectly, good luck! And you can always pick up a spare cover that isn't pink. $179 is a great price.

mkbdvm · Apr 23, 2010

I got it at diapers.com and it was either 10 dollars or 10 percent off for new customers.

:thumbsup:

autumnlily · Apr 23, 2010

I'd second the Maestro (Sears or Baby Depot... Sears will deliver to store for pick-up (free) and there is an online coupon for $5 off a $50 purchase). Also, a Radian - It doesn't turn into a booster but it has a small foot print.

And, with the stats of your first child... I'd verify her shoulders are not over the Roundabout top slots. A tall torsoed child would most likely be over the top slots. A replacement seat would be imperative immediately (which sounds like you are already doing

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Seats with high harness slots: Frontier(& 85), Radian, Graco Nautilus (most likely not a good fit in the F150), Maestro, (if head rest support) the Apex 65.

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