Question Two radians in GMC Sierra with leather seats?

Calgarymom

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Dear car seat gurus

I have a FF radian 65 and a FF radian XT and we are about to get a super deal on a 2007 GMC Sierra with extended cab (so the "real" backseat). I did a "test" install - there are two LATCH RHS and middle, and then seat belt for driver side passenger. My kids are better behaved with a gap between them.

They were super frustrating to install, and I was happy with the 65 on RHS with LATCH, but driver side with seat belt took two of us and was still frustrating / questionable?

Any advice for me? Also, the seats are leather, and I have never installed on leather (and we were just borrowing the truck to try it out). I was thinking of heading to Kacz Kids for seat protectors as I have a gift certificate to use. Are there certain ones that are best for Radians? and/or leather?

BTW 65 is for almost 5 yr old girl 38 lbs, and XT is for 33 month boy 33 lbs.

Thanks in advance, Nicole
 
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chay

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Don't waste your money on the seat protector - they aren't safe.

Leather in general is more challenging to install on. I don't have any experience with that particular vehicle but some cars really don't like Radians.

There is a list here -
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=67767
of techs and there are a couple in Calgary. I'm not sure who has a tonne of Radian experience but I'd recruit some help and see if they can help you get a good install.
 

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