well i did some searching and it seems car seats or/or baby seats fit in the 04-08 scabs ok but in all the older threads the pics have been removed.

Does anyone have some pics of car seats in the back of an 04-08 scab?? Me and the wife are talking kids and this is something that came up.
Thanks guys and gals

 

My buds car seat for his 2yr old fit perfectly with him in it on my 04 Supercab .

 

When I bought my truck I had 1 kid already and plans for another on the way. I didn't originally want a Screw so I was looking into Scabs. The seat would fit fine forwards or backwards but I was turned away from the third door thing. You will be fine and good luck with the kids.

 

thanks for the replies guys i would still like to see a few pics though......that goes over better with the wife as she has been talking about an exploder or equal SUV which i am NOT a fan of.....

 

Hey OP, you have a PM. I can send you a few pics if you want.

 

Ah I see have to convince the wife that the truck can still be a family vehicle too I understand.

 

I have two car seats in the back of mine. They fit but are a pain b/c of the clamshell doors and getting the kids in when in a parking lot as there is no room to open both doors. The other issue is leg room. I can only put a seat in the middle and pass side b/c i need my seat all the way back to drive and then I need to have the front pass seat moved fwd to give my son room in the back. ill upload a pic tomorrow of my setup. In my opinion, get a screw. I will be trading mine in soon for this reason. I love my scab but I need the bigger back seat more than the 6.5 bed now.

 

My friend's son in the back of my old 04 SuperCab. 2yrs old.

 

You want pics of a child seat in F-150 Scab?

Here's ours in our '07 FX4 Scab.



It stays in the truck, the base being built to fit and the ramp is well padded and covered in a matching grey towel to aid traction when "loading". I have another in the Forester that is maybe even a hair taller base that stays in there ..... and then there is a third "Abby Seat" with a shorter base that get's used in the '01 Merc GM or either the '92 or '05 T-Bird. In all cases, I added a full center seat belt from Advance Auto Parts bolted with the stock seat belt bolts.

Didn't cost a lot, we've had her since 2001 and I just added / built the bases and added belts as we aquired the cars. It started with the Merc and the shorter version back in 2002 or 2003 after I worked a wreck where a family's dog was thrown against a dash board and broke it's neck in a very minor crash.

And here's her seat on the GL1200 with my extra carry box out back, this is "max load travel mode".



Here's a pic taken on a different trip on the Trike this time.



Best I could do!

 

We have three abreast. Notice the infant seat in the far position in this pic. Just moved her to forward facing yesterday actually.

Three fits fine. Four: you better think about trailering the kids around. LOL

edit: Just noticed, you can tell how old the pic is by the low gas prices!

 

I have SCAB and 3 kids fit fine. One booster, one car seat and one just in a seat belt. If you do the rear facing the middle spot is the best. Front facing works in any spot. Sorry don't have a pic right now. I actually bought this truck because it had space for 3.

 

thanks for the pics guys i am now convinced and this helps the wife see it too cute kids BTW i cant wait we are getting excited about kids.....oh and all the "practice" is fun too

 

All the "practice" is what got in me in trouble with the third kid...oops

 

this looks like a screw, not a scab.

 

Now if you want to convince your wife you need a new truck, we can make pics of them not fitting I normally put my daughter in the middle in the back. That way if she needs something the wife or I can get it for her. She is almost 2 I'll probably move her to the outside when shes a bit older and can climb in easy by herself. She can get in now but I'm always scared she's gonna fall so I still help her in.