It will be going in a 06 Ford Explorer via Latch
We installed one in an '03 Ford Explorer with seatbelt. We got a great install at a 35 degree angle. It would not install properly at a 45 degree angle (the lock-offs got in the way of the seatbelt geometry)... since you don't need the 45 degree angle, this should be a great option for you. I'm just mentioning it in case you were needing it at this angle for any reason.
The harness adjuster does get buried in the vehicle seat, but the continuous loop seems to work well when rear facing (I don't find that it works well FFing at all, but the harness adjuster is not buried FFing
)... so you shouldn't really need to adjust (if you take advantage of the continuous loop) other than for seasonal clothing.
It installed surprisingly upright forward facing (well... normal upright compared to most other carseats). I've generally found this seat to be very reclined when forward facing and I don't like that... however, in the Explorer it was similar to the recline of an upright Marathon, which was nice to see.
The only other thing you should be aware of is this... I'm just going to cut and paste from another thread because it's easier. As long as you are aware of this issue and tighten accordingly, you'll be fine.
"I've talked about this before, but it really scares me. The Trufit's straps are quite folded over in the buckle tongues (about 1/4 of them on the seat we saw today). This causes the buckle tongues to not move up/down the strap which is a nice feature for parents (no more digging by the hips trying to find the buckle tongue). However it also causes an issue when tightening the harness properly.
The buckle tongues do *not* move without force applied to them. We installed the seat, put a 12 month old child in it and proceeded to tighten the harness. We pulled all the slack out of the harness using the adjuster strap between the legs. The shoulders passed the one finger test *and* the pinch test.
Then we checked by the hips. There was still a good inch of slack down by the hips and even hard tugging on the adjuster strap will *not* allow this slack to come loose.
You *must* pull on the harness directly above the buckle tongues to remove the slack from the hips and then pull on the adjuster strap to remove the remaining slack.
Due to all the extra infant padding that comes with the seat, that extra slack is often hidden and you don't even know it's there.
The Radian (older models that have the narrow buckle tongues) used to have this issue to a degree, but not to this severity. SKJP has also since switched to wider buckle tongues and this is no longer an issue on the new model Radians.
Other than that, I have never seen this issue with any other seat. The manuals all tell us to make sure the slack is pulled from the hips, but how many parents read their manuals and *no* other seat requires the amount of force the TruFit requires to remove this excess slack from the hip area."
As long as your watching the harness, it sounds like it should be a good option for you.