canadiangie
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Is it that they install quite reclined? Or they over-recline over time?
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Rf radian in sienna captains chairs is not great, correct?
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christineka
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I don't have a problem with them outboard- just in the center-most seat. I now have an old style boot with the radian installed on the center seat and it does not over-recline.
canadiangie
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Is the Oddy that I'm thinking of then?
And Christine (I'm so glad you posted, I was hoping you would) can you fit 2 rn and a TF in your 3rd row? Rn would be rf, TF would be ff?
And Christine (I'm so glad you posted, I was hoping you would) can you fit 2 rn and a TF in your 3rd row? Rn would be rf, TF would be ff?
Holly
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I haven't tried my radian in the center seat, but in the captains chairs I can get a good install with the seatbelt but it takes a few minutes and I have to brace it behind the driver (can't brace it behind the passenger because there are advanced air bags). With LATCH it's even easier and more upright. I haven't tried it on the passenger side but I imagine it would work because on the driver's side it's upright enough that it's not braced at all and it hasn't changed angles over time so far.
When we first got the van, I was moving seats from the car to the van in the dark and the radian was over reclined then, I couldn't get it to install not over reclined until the next day when I had some light and more time.
When we first got the van, I was moving seats from the car to the van in the dark and the radian was over reclined then, I couldn't get it to install not over reclined until the next day when I had some light and more time.
canadiangie
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Oh that's right, Holly, you're a sienna mom too now.
ok so it sounds like rn captains chairs is fine. Very cool.
Now anyone know if 2 rf rn and 1 ff tf will work in the 3rd row?
ok so it sounds like rn captains chairs is fine. Very cool.
Now anyone know if 2 rf rn and 1 ff tf will work in the 3rd row?
christineka
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I haven't tried it, but I imagine they might. The radians, however, fit best when alternating directions and the true fit puzzles best with the radian when facing the same direction.
canadiangie
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Ok so space wise the 3rd row is pretty generous it sounds like. I've never done a 3 across in the 3rd row of a Sienna and work on so few minivans (it's weird how few) that I'm really thankful for your help on this.
There's also a Nauti in the mix, so it could always be tried back there if the TF won't work.
Eta: the Thanks button is being weird, but I did attempt to thank each one of you.
I can fit two RF'ing Radians driver side and center without overlapping any of the area for that passenger side in my 3rd row...bet I could fit a TF there in my 2008 Sienna.
(bolded mine) I thought Sienna's had the no touching rule for both driver and passenger front seats? I swear my owners manual said there were airbag sensors in the drivers seat as well...now I'm going to have to double-check that...because if I can put a Radian behind the driver and brace it, I'm in great shape and DS2 can really go back to RF'ing!
Holly
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I don't know, we didn't get an owners manual with the van, but Judi and Ketchupqueen told me it could be braced behind the driver but not the passenger.
farrbabies
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I had the exact problem of over reclining on my 2005 sienna 7 passenger. It worked in the centre latch back bench seat. I didn't like getting back there. Now I might be getting a 2005 8 passenger. Hoping it will work better with the new radian rfing wedge. Hoping to get 2 rfing and 1 ffing radians.
christineka
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I once tried the true fit on the third row passenger's side. It didn't puzzle rfing at all. (I don't remember what I tried next to it- probably a radian.) It puzzles better ffing. I currently have it center, ffing with a ffing radian and old style parkway outboard.
I have put two radians side by side, facing the same direction center and driver's side and they fit, but barely because of the wide parts of the seats touching.
I admit to bracing the radian in my sienna. As I understand it, the braced seat could add weight to the seat, making the advanced air bag sense more weight in the seat than is actually there. At my dh's size, I don't think the extra weight makes a difference. The seat is not braced when I'm the driver. You can simply, move the captain's chair all the way back and then it wouldn't be braced.
I have put two radians side by side, facing the same direction center and driver's side and they fit, but barely because of the wide parts of the seats touching.
I admit to bracing the radian in my sienna. As I understand it, the braced seat could add weight to the seat, making the advanced air bag sense more weight in the seat than is actually there. At my dh's size, I don't think the extra weight makes a difference. The seat is not braced when I'm the driver. You can simply, move the captain's chair all the way back and then it wouldn't be braced.
You cannot touch/brace against your driver's seatback, either.
Toyota disallows touching both front seatbacks in Siennas (and other Toyota models) equipped with advanced front airbags- there's a blurb in the airbag section of the Sienna manual warning against doing so. Here's a picture of the page with the blurb from our '05 Sienna's manual, it's in the bulleted list on the left hand side of the page:
Holly
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Jeanum said:You cannot touch/brace against your driver's seatback, either.
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Thanks! It's a good thing it installs easily without having to be braced when I use LATCH then!
VoodooChile
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I think it's the Odyssey that only disallows bracing on the passenger side? My Pilot seems to have that rule, as far as I can tell from my manual.
Mags462
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Not sure if this helps but i can get two TF's and a Turbo 3 across in my Sienna 3rd row.... RF TF outboard driver, FF TF in the middle, Turbo outboard passenger...... its TIGHT like i have to buckle/unbuckle the booster tight, but they are all independently tight (seatbelt installs)..... if 2 TF's and booster can fit in that third row throwing a Radian in the mix would only give you MORE room.
StillThankful
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What is the new wedge?
Judi
CPST/Firefighter
the toddler wedge thing that Diono is coming out with. The one that goes under the back part of the car seat.
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