Tara
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So with my friend getting the Radians it made me think some more about our future plans. I want to get the Frontier for Doodles. Figured we'd move around the other 2 kids, in her Radian and the Marathon.
But wait..how long have we had that MA? Eek! Checked the date..yeaaaah...I have it until Feb of next year. Well that's not going to help a whole lot. I still need another seat.
Figured it'd be a good idea to go ahead with a Radian since I'm putting in an order of 3 anywho
But first, let's test the Radian in a few spots in the truck so I know what works and what doesn't. When we bought ours we tried it ff and rf in the center seat of the 3rd and 2nd rows...I kept thinking it fit rf in both spots but ff was iffy.
We'd need to know that for sure before purchasing another as we'd have to have one in each of those spots and it's very likely that it would be rf in each of those spots for a while.
So, I finally played with my Radian. Remember, I was pg when we got it and sooooooo not up to playing around
It has been in use ff, center seat, 3rd row of our Expedition. Great fit! A bit tricky on the install..getting the belt just so. But it fits nice and snug once you figure out how to manhandle that buckle.
I'll try to get this added to the radian install thread, but for now, I just had to share my fun
I got out the rf boot and tried it rf center seat 3rd and 2nd row as well as passenger side outboard 2nd row. All worked great. No problems.
Then ff in the same positions. Already know it fits center 3rd row. So, ff center 2nd row...nope. Not happening. The buckle is too far forward, I couldn't make it work. Ff outboard 2nd row worked fine. I didn't get it *quite* as tight as I would like, but it was close and I'm sure I could tweak it..I just needed to finish up out there.
Oh, all were seatbelt installs...outboard was the only l/s belt and the outboard position was the fold down seat of that 2nd row. I wasn't about to uninstall the Snugride base to play on that side. I had a time with it before, ended up not so happy and had hubs do it. I can and have done it...just wasn't up for it yesterday
So, yep, I'm a geek...I spend a gorgeous day outside rearranging carseats
But wait..how long have we had that MA? Eek! Checked the date..yeaaaah...I have it until Feb of next year. Well that's not going to help a whole lot. I still need another seat.
Figured it'd be a good idea to go ahead with a Radian since I'm putting in an order of 3 anywho
But first, let's test the Radian in a few spots in the truck so I know what works and what doesn't. When we bought ours we tried it ff and rf in the center seat of the 3rd and 2nd rows...I kept thinking it fit rf in both spots but ff was iffy.
We'd need to know that for sure before purchasing another as we'd have to have one in each of those spots and it's very likely that it would be rf in each of those spots for a while.
So, I finally played with my Radian. Remember, I was pg when we got it and sooooooo not up to playing around
It has been in use ff, center seat, 3rd row of our Expedition. Great fit! A bit tricky on the install..getting the belt just so. But it fits nice and snug once you figure out how to manhandle that buckle.
I'll try to get this added to the radian install thread, but for now, I just had to share my fun
I got out the rf boot and tried it rf center seat 3rd and 2nd row as well as passenger side outboard 2nd row. All worked great. No problems.
Then ff in the same positions. Already know it fits center 3rd row. So, ff center 2nd row...nope. Not happening. The buckle is too far forward, I couldn't make it work. Ff outboard 2nd row worked fine. I didn't get it *quite* as tight as I would like, but it was close and I'm sure I could tweak it..I just needed to finish up out there.
Oh, all were seatbelt installs...outboard was the only l/s belt and the outboard position was the fold down seat of that 2nd row. I wasn't about to uninstall the Snugride base to play on that side. I had a time with it before, ended up not so happy and had hubs do it. I can and have done it...just wasn't up for it yesterday
So, yep, I'm a geek...I spend a gorgeous day outside rearranging carseats