So, my little supermodel has outgrown her carseat. She exceeds the height threshold, which means the seat is VERY uncomfortable for her. Her carseat was a combo seat that was good from birth to 3. Well, she is just about 3, so we did well. My problem is that I cannot find a high-back booster that fits the rear bucket. Right now, I am using a standard booster (no-back) which fits, but is definitely too big for my little supermodel. My parents gave me an older high-back which fits, BUT, it's older than 8 years old...which makes it out of code and technically illegal. My little one is #1, and if I can't fit her in the car safely, the car goes. I'm asking for advice as a last-ditch effort to hang onto my car, because I have bought and returned multiple car seats (and I think the people at Target, WalMart and BabiesRUs are starting to get annoyed). If I don't find a seat soon, I'm going to have to sell the car. Brands and model names are appreciated. In an ideal world, the seat would also be less than $50 as well. If you have pictures, even better (without kid is ok). I have the leather seats, but will be doing a black cloth swap soon. It also doesn't have to be a combo seat that disassembles to a no-back, because I will most likely end up replacing the seat when she hits the no-back threshold.

Never thought a car seat would cause me to have to think about selling the Celica, but like I said, my little one is #1.

We had this problem in a truck
We put some firm foam on top of the seat to fill in the buck so the booster seat fit right

That would help, but then we have the seatbelt issue, as the belt is inside the bucket. Looks like cloth seats have less of a bucket, was planning on converting anyways...

Find a buckle that is longer
Weve gotten use the the buckle issue but our son is also in a backless seat too
If all else fails you could make a medal bracket to the bottom buckle onto to make the stick out farther

Im using a Recaro Vivo, fits right in there with no problem.

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Hey Spider, any chance you could snap me a pic of it in the car? I see it online, but no one near to me carries Recaro, so I'd have to order it (to the tune of $90). Not a bad price I know, but I forgot to mention that I am a single dad, and I have no help from the mother, so a $90 gamble on a non-returnable item isn't something I can afford.

Look for pics tomorrow ....

Sorry it took so long, ive been on mobile for the last few days...

I hope that works for you. I personally have no problem fitting 1 child back there. But I recently just had a second, and its rough driving a stick with the driver's seat either straight up or scooted in from a comfortable position. I have a good idea of what you're going through, my pediatrician jokes with us that my 2 year old is a perfectly healthy 3 or 4 year old. She's about 95% in height and weight.

She's quickly outgrowing her seat too, but I'm going to try and hold her in it for as long as I can. Let us know what you end up getting.