Question Seat Covers Safe to use with Car Seats?

noahsmom24 · Feb 12, 2012

I was really wanting to get some decent looking black seat covers for my front and rear seats, but hadn't thought about how safe this would be with a car seat install?
Ds will be in a FR85 that's on it's way now and we might possibly have my nephew who rides in a booster every once in a great while...(think once per every few months or so).
So are fitted seat covers safe to use with his FR85?

noahsmom24 · Feb 12, 2012

Anyone know? I haven't bought them yet, but have them in my cart at walmart.com with some other things, but if they aren't safe to use then I plan not to buy them.

lourdes · Feb 12, 2012

NoahsMom24 said:
Anyone know? I haven't bought them yet, but have them in my cart at walmart.com with some other things, but if they aren't safe to use then I plan not to buy them.

I am not a tech but I have read here that if you have a car with side air bags or air bags that come from the seat then they are not safe to use because they will interfere with the air bags

noahsmom24 · Feb 12, 2012

lourdes said:
I am not a tech but I have read here that if you have a car with side air bags or air bags that come from the seat then they are not safe to use because they will interfere with the air bags

Thanks for the reply, but older car with no airbags.

jourdysmom · Feb 13, 2012

I wouldn't think it would be any worse than a receiving blanket under the seat (which is perfectly fine). My only concern would be if the cover was thick/baggy/bulky under/behind the car seats, or if it changed the seat belt geometry of where the buckles come up thru the cover.

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noahsmom24 · Feb 13, 2012

jourdysmom said:
I wouldn't think it would be any worse than a receiving blanket under the seat (which is perfectly fine). My only concern would be if the cover was thick/baggy/bulky under/behind the car seats, or if it changed the seat belt geometry of where the buckles come up thru the cover.

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I could make sure the cover doesn't become bunched up under the seat and as far as the geometry of the seatbelt coming out I could always do a little cutting if I had to, to make sure the seatbelt wouldn't be coming out at a different angle or be constricted. Maybe this is a question for Britax themselves. I don't want to put all the effort I can into my sons safety then find out I'm hindering it with a seat cover. I normally think seat covers are ugly and tacky looking, but I've found a couple that I think are nice and better looking then what the seats look like now.

lourdes · Feb 13, 2012

If you make sure that everything is just right then it should be fine

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