Car seat install pics in Integra and Corolla

[safeinthecar]

OMG wow, and here I just read this AFTER getting out the laser level, angle finder, doing some trig, etc. I checked again with my iPhone and it confirmed my calculated laser findings.

Well, with the MR 65 in the position shown above with the ball just borderline on the green zone, the back is right at 30.5° plus another 0.43° slope to the garage floor, which puts me right at 31° on perfectly level ground.

I can only get 25° on the Integra's seat, though. If I lean it back to 30 with a towel under it, I'm afraid the front seat may be unusable. This seat will get such seldom use, but when it is used it's typically for an hour-long ride, and it's not fun to ride that long with your knees on the dashboard (nor is it safe, being that close to the airbag).

I may go back to FF with this seat only, seeing as how DW rides in the other seat 98% of the time. FF, or RF with angle at 25°. What to do?

Did you try the middle? Have you tried switching which seat is in which car?

If it was a choice between ff a 1yo or rfing at 25*, I would choose rfing every time. I have with my own children, and would again in a heartbeat. The really good Swedish rfing seats sit more upright than 30* and do a phenomenal job at protecting kids.

 

[PatrickGSR94]

Did you try the middle? Have you tried switching which seat is in which car?

If it was a choice between ff a 1yo or rfing at 25*, I would choose rfing every time. I have with my own children, and would again in a heartbeat. The really good Swedish rfing seats sit more upright than 30* and do a phenomenal job at protecting kids.

I agree, seems to me that RF a bit more upright than 30° would still be safer than FF.

The Integra coupe does not have a center rear seating position (see the pic above of my car). There's a plastic tray there, and no seat belt.

I'm pretty sure the MR65 leans back more than the Scenera so that wouldn't do me any good. Plus the fact that DS will only ride in my Integra maybe 1% of the time, so really the MR 65 needs to be in the car he rides in 99% of the time.