Ok to leave car seats in a car while it's being painted?

[lgenne]

Our car needs to be repainted. Aside from the possibility of needing car seats in another vehicle while it's in the shop, is there any reason to take the car seats out? They apparently use heat to dry the paint, but it seems unlikely that the interior will be heated more than if it were left out in the sun on a 100 degree day. But I'm just guessing.

 

[wendytthomas]

It wouldn't bother me, other than worrying about them removing them for some reason.

I'd probably take them out, to have them for another car.

Wendy

 

[lgenne]

I got the PWSGL out, but the other 2 are challenging to get in and out. I'm not really concerned about them trying to get them out. They're RF seats in the 3rd row of a Mazda5, both RF tethered.

I have seats in the house for 2/3 children. If the 4 yo needs to go somewhere and our other vehicle is so unavailable that I can't even get his car seat out, I'd probably just get him a Sureride.

 

[AllieK]

I had body work done on my car (rear bumper) and they had to uninstall the car seats for some reason. I didn't ask why, but it appeared they laid down the back seats (I have a sedan). The stuff in my trunk was also taken out.