OK got a question for ya!

 

Has anyone fitted a baby or child seat into their Z?

Because for me to go to JAE I need to fit my wife and 12 month old boy in the car.

 

Your input would be greatly appreciated.

very intresting ,we are expecting in feb and have been thinking about this for mine

Vodkashots has baby seats in his. I'm no expert but I would have thought you'd be best to upgrade the rear belts to UK spec if you both have the jdm lap belts.

 

I'm sure voddy will tell you all when he gets online.

If you do not have a UK car or jap car that has UK rear seat belts, then the first thing you need to do is source some UK spec seat belts, rear panels and rear quarter window plastic, or you could just get the rear panel and seat belt and drill the hole in the plastic you need to get the top mount on the 3 point belt, bolted to the car.

Yes we have lap belts so will definitely have to change to 3 point belt if either of our current seats would fit in the back or retro fit isofix, can this be done? Neither car seat is isofix so that's not really ideal as we'd have to buy another one.

 

Sdriver I would imagine the infant rocker/carriers are easier to fit in than the bigger extended rear facing or rear and forward combi car seats but only if you also upgrade your seatbelts or fix isofix.

You wont be able to do isofix, thats a new system designed for newer cars, but if you source some UK spec rear seat belts and rear quarter panels, you can fit a forward facing car seat into the rear seats, i had 2 car seats (thrown now as they where involved in an accident in my last zed) that has a bit that folds under to accommodate bucket seats, other wise what you will find is the seat tends to lean to one side, unless you have the tweed interior, as the car seats tend to squash the foam better and hence hold the seat more stable, im going to try that expanding shaping foam and make some bases from my other leather seats, that fill the bucket part of the seat to allow car seats to be more stable when in the rear leather seats. also, if you only have the one child, i find its best to put them behind the passenger so the passenger seat can be quite far forward, the biggest issue with the early forward facing booster seats, is the amount of protective plastic they have, it can mean they have less leg room until around 4 years old, not to bad when still babys with short legs, but between the ages of 3 and 4 when they tend to have a growth spurt and sprout long legs, then unless the front seats are forward almost to the max point, then they have very limited leg room.

 

Once they turn 4, you can swap to the booster seats that utilise the normal belt system and you get a lot less plastic to push the child seat forward, this gives them plenty of room in the back to dangle them leggy's.

cheers mate

im running a uk zed so all good here