Question Need help fitting our car seats side by side

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

I was on here a few months ago and needed a narrow car seat for our vehicle. We have the Marathon and by the other window was the infant seat. A lot of you recommended the Radian so we bought that for my 3 yr old and took my baby out of the infant seat and into the Marathon. We needed a slim car seat because i have a 15 yr old that has no where to sit! Well we got the Radian in and unfortunately there is no more room than before.

We are going on a trip soon and i need to know if there is anyway possible that a radian and Marathon can go beside each other so my son can have a window seat. My husband says there is no way that would work because at least one of the car seats would be on a slant because of the way the seats are sunk in.. sort of bucket style i guess. We have a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe. I hope someone can recommend a way to put these seats in to have more room.

Maedze · Jul 19, 2010

Radians fit nicely next to each other in the Santa Fe, but the Radian and Marathon do not.

Also, your son needs to sit OUTBOARD, NOT in the middle. There is no head rest in the middle seat and it is not safe for him to sit there.

I would purchase a second Radian for your baby and use it in the center position.

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

Maedze said:
Radians fit nicely next to each other in the Santa Fe, but the Radian and Marathon do not.

Also, your son needs to sit OUTBOARD, NOT in the middle. There is no head rest in the middle seat and it is not safe for him to sit there.

I would purchase a second Radian for your baby and use it in the center position.

Ya i know he can't sit there that's why i wanted to find a way for the 2 girls to sit next to each other so my son could have the window

So there's no way for them to go side by side then right?

Maedze · Jul 19, 2010

Not that combination, unfortunately. I believe the 2004 is pretty much the same as the 2003, and trust me, I tried

If baby still fits in the infant bucket, you could install the infant bucket in the center position without the base, to tide you over until you can get a second Radian.

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

Maedze said:
Not that combination, unfortunately. I believe the 2004 is pretty much the same as the 2003, and trust me, I tried

If baby still fits in the infant bucket, you could install the infant bucket in the center position without the base, to tide you over until you can get a second Radian.

Okay thank's.. i don't think you can install ours without the base though. It's an evenflo.

An Aurora · Jul 19, 2010

I had a RF Marathon outboard and a FF Radian in the center of my MIL's 2002 Santa Fe. I wonder if they changed the body style significantly between 2002 and 2003-2004?

I know it's not the best picture in the world

but it's the only one I had of the car seats in the Santa Fe (at Disneyland

)

Maedze · Jul 19, 2010

An Aurora said:
I had a RF Marathon outboard and a FF Radian in the center of my MIL's 2002 Santa Fe. I wonder if they changed the body style significantly between 2002 and 2003-2004?

I think they did...the outer slopes got more pronounced and stupid, causing the outboard seat to sit even closer to the inside of the vehicle, if that makes sense.

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

An Aurora said:
I had a RF Marathon outboard and a FF Radian in the center of my MIL's 2002 Santa Fe. I wonder if they changed the body style significantly between 2002 and 2003-2004?

Hmm that is interesting.. i wouldn't know as the radian is new to us but they must have changed it then.

An Aurora · Jul 19, 2010

Maedze said:
I think they did...the outer slopes got more pronounced and stupid, causing the outboard seat to sit even closer to the inside of the vehicle, if that makes sense.

Yes, that makes sense

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

okay so will a graco safe seat installed beside the Radian fit in the middle with out the base?

Maedze · Jul 19, 2010

Ryalee said:
okay so will a graco safe seat installed beside the Radian fit in the middle with out the base?

IIRC, yes :thumbsup:

Pixels · Jul 19, 2010

Maedze said:
Radians fit nicely next to each other in the Santa Fe, but the Radian and Marathon do not.

That's weird, usually the Radian+Marathon facing the same direction takes up the same amount of room as Radian+Radian.

Maedze · Jul 19, 2010

Pixels said:
That's weird, usually the Radian+Marathon facing the same direction takes up the same amount of room as Radian+Radian.

These seats aren't facing the same direction; the Radian is forward facing and the Marathon rear facing....

Uh oh, did I read it wrong?

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

Maedze said:
IIRC, yes :thumbsup:

Not sure what IIRC is but the yes is a good sign. lol My friend has one i can borrow

Ryalee · Jul 19, 2010

Maedze said:
These seats aren't facing the same direction; the Radian is forward facing and the Marathon rear facing....

Uh oh, did I read it wrong?

You are right. The baby is RF in the Marathon

Maedze · Jul 20, 2010

Ryalee said:
Not sure what IIRC is but the yes is a good sign. lol My friend has one i can borrow

Sorry....nerd-speak for "If I Recall Correctly"

Ryalee · Jul 20, 2010

Maedze said:
Sorry....nerd-speak for "If I Recall Correctly"

LOL! Okay thank's for your help

mommyfrog · Jul 20, 2010

Just brainstorming!! If the three year old could still fit in the Radian rf, would the Radian and Marathon fit side by side both rf?

Maedze · Jul 20, 2010

mommyfrog said:
Just brainstorming!! If the three year old could still fit in the Radian rf, would the Radian and Marathon fit side by side both rf?

That's a definite maybe. If it works, I'd put the Radian in the center position and the Marathon outboard. The Britax base works better offset on those sloped seats than the Radian, and the Radian takes up less recline in the center than outboard.

Ryalee · Jul 20, 2010

Maedze said:
That's a definite maybe. If it works, I'd put the Radian in the center position and the Marathon outboard. The Britax base works better offset on those sloped seats than the Radian, and the Radian takes up less recline in the center than outboard.

hmm never thought of that. Right now 3 yr old dd id ff but we can turn her around if it works. Is the radian easy to install RF?

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