Britax Convertible Help

[angiekay84]

Calling all Britax convertible owners! We just got done installing our Pavilion G3 (almost identical to a boulevard) and does this look right to you? Hubby read the manual and installed the carseat and is usually very good at these types of things, but I have two main questions.

1. Is the car seat supposed to be that close to the backseat? I know people talk about how little leg room there is, but dang! My 98% in height child is going to struggle making it to two.

2. This is the fully reclined position as stated by the manual for rear-facing....but it still seems almost too high? Am I just so used to the infant seat?

Oh and Sophia was testing it out for us, she says "hi all!"

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The legroom won't be an issue. Kids just bunch themselves up to fit.

It does look a little upright? Is the line on base part of the carseat level with the ground? It does look pretty close to our installation though. I will attack a photo in my next post.

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Here is our boulevard in a Prius.

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There is a line on the base/side of seat that needs to be level with the ground. Your car's seat looks like it dips in a lot. You will either need a rolled up towel or pool noodle to make the angle correct.

Adele was 36" tall and still RFing at 2yo. They cross their legs.

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Marathon RFing in Infiniti M35.

[angiekay84]

Thanks for the pictures! Yes, the dipping forward is what doesn't seem right. I will check the level markings again. Also, this is the middle of the car...I find that the seat overlaps a little with one of the seats and is slightly tilted....does that happen in your cars if the seat is in the middle? I've heard middle is safest, but should I move it so the seat doesn't tilt to the right?

Glad to hear the feet room is normal, that makes me feel better and have more confidence she will last.

[bebeetmoi]

This is the Marathon installed in my (messy) Volvo XC-70.

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Jan 10, 2013 17:25:02 GMT -5 angiekay84 said:

Thanks for the pictures! Yes, the dipping forward is what doesn't seem right. I will check the level markings again. Also, this is the middle of the car...I find that the seat overlaps a little with one of the seats and is slightly tilted....does that happen in your cars if the seat is in the middle? I've heard middle is safest, but should I move it so the seat doesn't tilt to the right?

Glad to hear the feet room is normal, that makes me feel better and have more confidence she will last.

You need to read the manual for your CAR. My Car's manual says no kid seats in the middle b/c of the hump.

We have the 2 seats in the window positions.

Check your car manual.

[angiekay84]

Jan 10, 2013 17:55:29 GMT -5 @softskate31 said:

Jan 10, 2013 17:25:02 GMT -5 angiekay84 said:

Thanks for the pictures! Yes, the dipping forward is what doesn't seem right. I will check the level markings again. Also, this is the middle of the car...I find that the seat overlaps a little with one of the seats and is slightly tilted....does that happen in your cars if the seat is in the middle? I've heard middle is safest, but should I move it so the seat doesn't tilt to the right?

Glad to hear the feet room is normal, that makes me feel better and have more confidence she will last.

You need to read the manual for your CAR. My Car's manual says no kid seats in the middle b/c of the hump.

We have the 2 seats in the window positions.

Check your car manual.

We did, and it said car seats can be in the middle, we just have to use the seat belts and not the LATCH system. I just don't like that it's not perfectly level like our infant seat was. I might move it to the side and use the LATCH system because it really bugs me. It might help the overall forward tilt as well.

Thanks for all the pictures and the tips, ladies!

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We did the middle for the infant seat. I kept getting annoyed that the seat kept getting looser and had to fix it every few weeks, it was a seatbelt installation.

I now do the side with latch, it is tighter and I don't have to keep fixing it. I know center is safer but I felt the better installation might make it a wash.

[jaime183]

ours also tilts like that because our seats are really tilted to add leg room for tall adults. I had mine installed by a carseat tech and it is level it's just tilted more than other cars.
as long as it's level it's ok