Rear kid seats

jason thompson · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:08 pm

So now that the kid is 1 and can sit facing forward we got her a new seat
in the store it did not look that big in the KJ it is huge
What are others using in their KJ's?
It is not a huge issue but it is tight and we want a little more rear seat room
also if it fits good in the KJ it will be better in the TJ because the one we have now works but the passenger seat and the kid seat touch and it is still a little close for my 5' 6" wife and I hate ridding and not driving when we have the baby with us

what are ya'll using?
I want to just go get a bigger ride ,Commander
tow the TJ when we want to go wheelin

TDI4BY · **Joined:** Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:56 pm **Posts:** 644

Put the kid seat in the middle. they love being able to see anyway. My wife is the same height but she likes sitting way forward so there is alot of room. Right now we have a forward facing seat for our youngest in the middle, a booster for my 3.5 year old on the passenger side, and my 8 year old on the drivers side. Tight but doable. The CRD gets 10 plus MPGs better than the Denali!

ROADHAWG · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:13 pm

Both of my kids are in forward facing Graco seats. These are both forward and rear facing seats. We tried all kinds of seats in the KJ and they alll seem like they do not leave much room for your kids legs. The only solution we came up with was to sit a little closer to the dash. I know it's not the best solution but it works. The funny thing is I sold a 1994 f250 powerstroke to get my Jeep because I could not even make a car seat fit in the extra cab. No regrets though I enjoy the Jeep more.

TDI4BY · **Joined:** Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:56 pm **Posts:** 644

We should just let kids stand up on the back seat like when I was a kid. I never died. Shoot, my mom would just hold her arm out to save me everytime. the funny thing is that back when car seats were not required the cars were much bigger. I used to ride around in the back of a 79 T-Bird

My mom also had an AMC Ambassador (have you seen how HUGE those where?)

jeepskate · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:30 pm

What brand of seat did you buy? We've got a Britax Decathlon, which is pretty huge, for my 3-year-old daughter. Like someone mentioned earlier, the middle is the best place (and the safest too) if you don't have a reason not to put it there. I used it on the driver's side once when I needed to fold the split seat down for cargo, and I didn't have any issues with bumping the front seat.

Drove a couple of rental Commanders on vacation recently. Much roomier than the kj, of course. The third-row seats were either folded away or removed (I wasn't using em so didn't investigate), but one thing that I noticed, if you put the kid's seat in the middle of the second row, which we did, you lose the cupholders for any other passengers back there (they're in a fold-down armrest that's trapped behind the kid's seat). That was kind of annoying.

Bill.Barg · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:57 am

Forward facing seat (BRITAX) for our youngest in the middle, a booster for my 5.5 year old on the drivers side, and my 7.5 year old on the passenger side.

iambob · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:39 pm

I used the Graco foreward facing seat in the middle with my daughter, she is now 5 and has been in the Graco Turbo Booster for 3 years almost . I like it becasue it has the removal back for everyday use & for longer trips I put the back support on it. It is also a lot easier to move between cars. She is not in the midde anymore, she likes the window seat with the window down.

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:22 pm

Foward facing Britax for my Boy, he loves to see whats going on, and gives him roon to strech his legs...

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