Need advice on installing a Frontier quick please!

[Wreckgoddess]

A friend of a friend has a Frontier they use as a backup car seat in her husbands car. They had a hard time getting it installed originally and recently had to take it out while the car was in the shop.
She is coming over in an hour and I am going to give installing it a shot with her assistance.
I am a new tech and have never installed a Frontier but I played with one in my class.

Any tips please??? We will be installing it in a 2007 Toyota Camry

Thanks in advance!!!

Kristin

 

[crunchierthanthou]

Make sure the recline block is in the forward/harness position.

Always tighten from the front, whether using LATCH or seatbelt. There are slits in the cover in front of the beltpath. Thread the tail of the LATCH strap back through that and tighten from in front of the seat. If using the seatbelt, reach through the slit to pull the shoulder belt.

Britax has great videos on their site. You can choose seat, mode, and installation method. Try this for the Frontier videos - http://webapps.easy2.com/cm2/flash/generic_index.asp?page_id=36015518

 

[Wreckgoddess]

thanks for your help! I tried the LBP and the SBP and couldn't get a good tight install. So we used LATCH. Her son only weighs 30 lbs. and we discussed LATCH limits etc.
At least she has a safe install until 40 lbs and it buys her some time.

Thanks for the tips on flipping the thing on the bottom of the seat and pulling latch straps through the cover to tighten!!

 

[tam_shops]

Thanks for posting the link w/ the video!

Did anyone watch the booster mode one? What's the deal with removing the screw from the head rest and storing it? Obviously you store it so you don't loose it, but why do you remove it in the first place? What does it *do*?

tam

 

[canadiangie]

Thanks for posting the link w/ the video!

Did anyone watch the booster mode one? What's the deal with removing the screw from the head rest and storing it? Obviously you store it so you don't loose it, but why do you remove it in the first place? What does it *do*?

tam

It allows the headrest to raise up reeeeally high. Like to the moon, almost.

 

[crunchierthanthou]

Thanks for posting the link w/ the video!

Did anyone watch the booster mode one? What's the deal with removing the screw from the head rest and storing it? Obviously you store it so you don't loose it, but why do you remove it in the first place? What does it *do*?

tam

Removing the screw allows the headrest to go taller in booster mode than it does in harness mode.

 

[Brianna]

It allows the headrest to adjust higher than allowed in harness mode.

Sent from my DROID4 using Car-Seat.Org

 

[joolsplus3]

The screw is a physical action the parent has to take to turn the seat into booster mode, so they don't inadvertently raise the headrest too high on a child who's still in the harness. Britax wants parents to be awake and aware, really. It doesn't serve any reinforcement purpose in a crash or anything, so if it gets lost before the seat gets turned back into a harness for a younger child, no biggie (Paraphrasing several meetings I've had with Sarah Tilton from Britax)

 

[joolsplus3]

thanks for your help! I tried the LBP and the SBP and couldn't get a good tight install. So we used LATCH. Her son only weighs 30 lbs. and we discussed LATCH limits etc.
At least she has a safe install until 40 lbs and it buys her some time.

Thanks for the tips on flipping the thing on the bottom of the seat and pulling latch straps through the cover to tighten!!

Did you get any feeling for why the belt install wasn't getting tight enough? It's pretty unusual to hear of a FR that doesn't install pretty much rock solid once you get the lapbelt twanging tight, so I'm wondering what the issue might have been?