Does anyone know approx how much it costs to get anchor bolts installed in your car? Also, do you have the go to a special place, or can my normal mechanic do it?
And one more questions - we currently have our seat in the centre, but when the baby comes i'm going to put them each on either side, cos if i have them next to each other they won't really fit on the middle seat properally as they are so narrow, and with the contouring of the seats i feel leaving the centre with a gap is probably the best (and it will hopefully stop DS touching the baby). Do i need to have a bolt put on each side (so then we will have 3), or can you hook a side positioned seat to a centre anchor bolt?
We will have a babylove capsule and a Safe'n'Sound Maxirider II (it will become 2x Maxiriders II once baby outgrows capsule)... and we have a normal sedan.
Yael, not sure where you would go in Vic for it, but in NSW some mechanics are approved to do it and put the new anchors in. You could try checking with Vic roads or RTA (not sure what they are called down there). We've been lucky and our car came with two - one in the middle and one behind the front passenger. You would have to have the three in there as you wouldn't be able to attach it correctly the way you've suggested. I don't think it would cost a lot of money to have it done though - it doesn't take long.
some baby shops have approved fitting stations, you can put the anchor bolt in yourself (or DH), just need spanner and some muscle power to ensure it is firmly in place, but for peace of mind its not that costly, we had rear facing seat contverted to forward facing and cost $16 at a baby shop with an approved fitting station and got receipt to verify it, so anchor only shouldn't cost that much??.
Definately have to put the anchor point DIRECTLY behind the seat you are using, dont use middle anchor point for car seat on side of car.
you may find if you contact RACV they'll have authorised installers too - we have a frind who works for RACV that said they do a fair amount of fitting of bolts.
my dad fitted mine in the old car and we just got it checked by the friend - and thankfully our current car already has the three points as a factory standard...
I was pretty sure i was going to have to put in 2 new ones, but thought i would check.
Our friend in a mechanic, so we will speak to him about getting it done, otherwise we will go to the RACV place.
We only do things for the baby once it is born, so i was just worried the car might be out of action for a while, and i'm sure the week i'm in hospital DH will have lots to do, but hopefully it should mean we only have to leave it for a few hours or something.
We had one installed in my car and i think it cost us $30. That was at a fittting station and was for the anchor and for the guy to install and test that it was ok.
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