stevechurcher

Hya wonder if anyone can help.. we are looking for a car seat for a new born.. we have seen on the Britax website that the rock-a-tot car seat is suitable for the IS200 but we have been to both Toys-r-us and Halfords and neither could fit it properly and both said that the buckle is too high and would get 'buckle crunch'? Therefore not advising it (nor any others they had!) We had a similar problem when we needed a car seat for an older child. We eventually settled on the Britax Renaissance but neither store recommended that neither, but both failed to know about the way the seatbelts pull out, lock and retract to lock the seat in to the back of the chair, which is now giving a good fit.. just wondered if there is another trick with the rockatot that the fitters did not know that would make it fit better? I think its quite avwidely used seat on the IS200?? Many thanks Steve

ah cheers mate, just been out and done this and it has made alot of difference.. a much securer fit which has made us much happer.. why the fitters did not even try this I cannot understand, or is that because we went to Halfords!!! Thank you very much

yep will be contacting them Monday as it was only today we tried to sort it out.. just wondered if anyone else had this problem. cheers

Hi I have just purchased an IS200 Sport w reg (2000). We have a young son (8 months old) and are having problems finding a baby car seat which fits well in to the car.. We have taken the car to 3 different Halfords to get different opinions, each not knowing we have been to the others, and all of them couldn't really commit to saying that any of the seats they have were in their opinion good enough fits.. We have got a Britax rennaisance car seat which we had from a previous car which they have fitted the best they could, the Britax website also says it gives an 'acceptable' fit to the IS200 model but the approved fitters in all 3 Halfords were not happy themselves so we are not too sure what to do.. Does anyone else have a car seat they use in the IS200? Our car does not have the Isofix fitted, this came a year later I believe.. can this be fitted as an after install?? I think the main problem is that the buckles in the back come out from the seat quite a bit and so when the car seat is fitted the buckle is too high up the side of the car seat to be able to get enough tightness to pull the babyseat into the back of the rear passenger seat.. can they be replaced at all with shorter buckles? I am sure we are not the first to have come across this problem so any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Steve