Showing off our new toy!

Cath3114 · Jul 5, 2011

Our new seat is finally here (to replace the crashed AOE. We were using the bucket in the meantime.)! Ordered from AlbeeBaby, DOM 6/11! Just waiting for nap time to install it in the rented Jeep. Then it will go in my Santa Fe when it's out of the body shop. Hopefully it won't give me any trouble!

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gsdguenter · Jul 5, 2011

love it

violets_mommy · Jul 5, 2011

So cute!

Mom2FiveGirls · Jul 5, 2011

She is adorable!

SAHDADDY · Jul 5, 2011

Too cute, and the carseat is nice too

Cath3114 · Jul 5, 2011

Does my angle and RF tether look right? 2011 Jeep Liberty, using LATCH.

One more question. When using the lockoffs on a lap/shoulder belt, just the lap portion is locked, right?

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luckyclov · Jul 5, 2011

Love the pattern! And your DD is pretty cute, too!

Angle looks good for your DD, although I'm no good at estimating an exact degree. Somewhere nicely between 45 and 30 degrees

. If the line on the side of the base is level to the ground, it's around 37 degrees. My MA70 is roughly 35 degrees.

I'm not sure about your RF tether point, hopefully someone else will. If it does end up being a suitable tether point, you'll have to remember to loosen the tether strap any time that front seat is moved back or it'll overtighten the tether strap and stress your MA70 shell.

I'm going to PM a member (Chely) who I know also has a Liberty, maybe she can answer your question.

When we had our Liberty, we never tethered RF.

hrice · Jul 5, 2011

You'll want to get that tether strap off of the seat track. You can loop it around the front of that track so it doesn't interfere with the seat moving back and forth.

I absolutely love my MA70! And in case you didn't know, you can remove the HUGS for RF. Just make sure you put them somewhere secure because they are required for FF.

Kac · Jul 5, 2011

Cute kiddo and cute seat!

luckyclov · Jul 5, 2011

You can loop it around the front of that track so it doesn't interfere with the seat moving back and forth

That was I was thinking, but when I enlarged the pic, it didn't look like there was a way to thread the d-ring around the front...? Am I blind?

Chely7425 · Jul 5, 2011

Yeah, you are going to want to move the tether strap back a bit.. let me run out to my car and take a picture for you

Chely7425 · Jul 5, 2011

Hope this helps, it is a bit of a hand trick to get the tether around the front of the track but it is totally doable!!

Cath3114 · Jul 5, 2011

Chely7425 said:
Yeah, you are going to want to move the tether strap back a bit.. let me run out to my car and take a picture for you

awesome, thanks so much!

i'm glad i asked. i thought the track was a tether spot! the jeep is only a rental until my car is out of the shop in the next week or so, and of course the manual is missing :thumbsdown:

Chely7425 · Jul 5, 2011

Hope the picture helped

Cath3114 · Jul 5, 2011

Ok how about this...I think it's pretty much the same spot as yours, but my opening looks bigger, and I didn't have any trouble getting it through. It's more outboard than center, but everything I've read says it doesn't HAVE to be in a direct, straight line (correct me if I'm wrong). There's no slack in the tether, but a little bit of bounce back when I touch it.

I'm getting some error message when I try to directly upload (reached my limit ?) so here are my PB links

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luckyclov · Jul 5, 2011

Can you remove the plastic casing/housing without it being damaged (since it's a rental car)? That general spot looks about right, but the thick plastic-y looking thing doesn't. Is there not an area on the inner track area to loop the d-ring around the front? If it's questionable at all, I'd just not tether the seat. Actually, if I couldn't get the point to work on the inner/center side track area, I'd just not tether. It's not required. It's not even concretely evidenced that it's actually any safer then just a regular 'ol properly installed RF seat (which we do know is...SAFEST).

Personally, I like to just barely remove the slack from my RF tether. Faaaaar from the "tightness" of a FF tether strap.

KaysKidz · Jul 5, 2011

cathleencastle said:
One more question. When using the lockoffs on a lap/shoulder belt, just the lap portion is locked, right?

No, both the lap and shoulder belt go through the lock offs.

Chely7425 · Jul 5, 2011

That is perfect!! Here is my outboard tether point

Chely7425 · Jul 5, 2011

clov878 said:
Can you remove the plastic casing/housing without it being damaged (since it's a rental car)? That general spot looks about right, but the thick plastic-y looking thing doesn't. Is there not an area on the inner track area to loop the d-ring around the front? If it's questionable at all, I'd just not tether the seat. Actually, if I couldn't get the point to work on the inner/center side track area, I'd just not tether. It's not required. It's not even concretely evidenced that it's actually any safer then just a regular 'ol properly installed RF seat (which we do know is...SAFEST).

Personally, I like to just barely remove the slack from my RF tether. Faaaaar from the "tightness" of a FF tether strap.

The plastic doesn't come off, it is metal inside it. Wendy found/did my tethers the first time and multiple other techs have seen it as well

luckyclov · Jul 5, 2011

Chely7425 said:
The plastic doesn't come off, it is metal inside it. Wendy found/did my tethers the first time and multiple other techs have seen it as well

Good to know. It must vary by vehicle. Toyota told me I had to remove the plastic housing on mine. Actually, there's a little "door" on mine (later 2011 model) that opens and exposed the steel/metal/whatever it is and the d-ring is routed through there.

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