Think two Britax convertibles (any flavor) will fit SBS in a Forester?

Splash · Apr 1, 2009

One RF, one FF. Would prefer FF to be in the middle.

I've got a Marathon, BVs, and a RA. I'd like to put Charlie in the middle in the MA and Sam outboard in the RA, but I have my doubts as to if that will fit. I could put Sam in the SS1 sans base, but would rather keep him in a convertible.

bubbaray · Apr 1, 2009

Not center and outboard in an '09 Forester. We had one for a weekend. I could do pretty much any seats outboard, but nothing would fit center and definitely nothing 3 across. I even have 2 Radians to put in the mix and it was a no go. The seats on the '09s have a funny curve, so it also d/n matter if you install via LATCH or belts -- the seats can't be pushed further outboard even with a belt install b/c of the curve of the vehicle seat.

I really liked the '09 Forester otherwise, though.

carseatcoach · Apr 1, 2009

I once had a RF RA center and FF MA outboard (and Turbo other outboard) with belts in my 2003 Forester and it was acceptable, but I didn't feel really good about it. There's a chance I could have felt better about it if I had more time to play, but it was a quasi-emergency.

crunchierthanthou · Apr 1, 2009

maybe. check out this thread for when I tried the same thing in my Outback (end of first post).
http://car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=31148

It was close and I only gave it one try. If I still had the RA, I would try reversing the order I put them in. There still wasn't much room for a third passenger, but it would at least allow the front seat to be back all of the way.

Splash · Apr 1, 2009

crunchierthanthou said:
maybe. check out this thread for when I tried the same thing in my Outback (end of first post).
http://car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=31148

It was close and I only gave it one try. If I still had the RA, I would try reversing the order I put them in. There still wasn't much room for a third passenger, but it would at least allow the front seat to be back all of the way.

Thanks! I especially like this quote from that thread, in 12-07

crunchierthanthou said:
I'm not Splash with an hour to devote to a so-so Subaru center install.

:ROTFLMAO: Wow, I have quite a reputation, eh? I tried to rep you for that quote alone, but rep is disabled on a post that old I suppose. Or maybe rep didn't exist then.

Anyway, thanks! If I know it *fits* then I can wrangle the install. The RA installs better with the belt RF anyway, LATCH just doesn't cut it. I know I can get an acceptable install of each independently, I'll just have to make them work together.

And make sure Charlie doesn't poke the baby.

Think two Britax convertibles (any flavor) will fit SBS in a Forester?

Splash

New member

bubbaray

New member

carseatcoach

Carseat Crankypants

crunchierthanthou

New member

Splash

New member

Car-Seat.Org Facebook Group

Sponsors

Forum statistics