Z4 and baby seats?

According to the brochure I have for the facelifts ISOFIX was an option on all models, but the Coupe Options Price List shows it as standard. :?

So it looks like BMW weren't sure!

I think the option to disable the passenger airbag wasn't fitted until sometime in 2007. All my 3 Coupes were built in 2006 and none had that feature.

But looking at the photos in this thread it is obviously possible.

https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=149951&start=15
 
In that thread, my daughter is in my Exige and Ed's son is in a Tillett seat, so neither are in an OEM BMW car seat. However, the key is to find a booster seat (or child seat for younger kids) with a sufficiently narrow base to fit between the side bolsters of the car seat base. If the booster seat has a upright rear panel, then the side bolsters of the car seat back also dictate the width of both the rear panel of the booster seat and also any integrated armrests.
The adjustable seat back of the OEM Z4 sports seats helps when making a child seat fit, but my Exige has fixed bucket seats with no adjustability at all, so I struggled to find something suitable. The upside is that the booster seat I purchased fits fairly easily into the Zed too, although the fixed 'tombstone' head restraint pushes against the back of the booster seat head restraint unless I recline the car seat a little.
 
Ilogik said:
Hey bit of a thread revival, and looking for a usable car seat for my E86 coupe, it has M sport seats, would this have Isofix points or would it be standard belt fastening. Thanks.
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In M sport seats just run a finger between seat base and seat back to feel/see if it has Isofix loops. An old thread with my experiences regarding different seats: https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=139136. I really liked the Cybex, a test winner which sat perfectly between the M seat’s bolsters, had good side impact protection and adjustable seat back height.
 
Annoyingly no, had a look at the on off switch to the side of the dash is missing. Does this mean I can have a front facing but need seat pushed back or no child unless turned off. this throws a bit of a spanner into the works if so

RMB said:
I Think it depends on model year. You should be able to see them if you have them I assume. (I haven’t got them). Do you have the passenger airbag off option too? This will be important I guess.
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My understanding is that the ability to switch off the airbag is only important when using a rear-facing child seat. You’ll have to check the local legislation, but usually a child has to be rear-facing for a minimum of the first six months.
We planned to keep our kids rear-facing for the first year, but they were both too big to sit comfortably in a rear-facing capsule by about nine months. The limitation wasn’t the size of the car (Jaguar F Pace), rather their leg lengths.
I don't have the switch to disengage the airbag in my Zed nor isofix, but I’m happy to put my daughter in the car on a booster seat.
The booster seat uses only a conventional lap and sash belt to secure both the child and the seat, but I have a device called a CG Lock (now discontinued) that statically locks the lap belt. I have them in all our (fun) cars because they anchor the driver’s bum into the seat as well as a harness does, whilst allowing upper body movement to lean forward and see out of junctions, adjust the heater etc. By statically locking the lap belt, the CG Lock minimises the chances of the child / booster seat couple moving around on the car seat. A similar effect but without the easy adjustability and tensioning could be gained from using something like this once they’re old enough to use a booster seat:

https://www.amazon.com.au/InfaSecure-SafeGrip-Belt-Clamp-Red/dp/B07XY4S31Y/ref=asc_df_B07XY4S31Y/?tag=googleshopmob-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=712245545733&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2850609866475517956&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000286&hvtargid=pla-1743109612455&psc=1&mcid=86270975aae1396c9db1abce31c0ff34&gad_source=1

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BMWZ4MC said:
My understanding is that the ability to switch off the airbag is only important when using a rear-facing child seat. You’ll have to check the local legislation, but usually a child has to be rear-facing for a minimum of the first six months.
We planned to keep our kids rear-facing for the first year, but they were both too big to sit comfortably in a rear-facing capsule by about nine months. The limitation wasn’t the size of the car (Jaguar F Pace), rather their leg lengths.
I don't have the switch to disengage the airbag in my Zed nor isofix, but I’m happy to put my daughter in the car on a booster seat.
The booster seat uses only a conventional lap and sash belt to secure both the child and the seat, but I have a device called a CG Lock (now discontinued) that statically locks the lap belt. I have them in all our (fun) cars because they anchor the driver’s bum into the seat as well as a harness does, whilst allowing upper body movement to lean forward and see out of junctions, adjust the heater etc. By statically locking the lap belt, the CG Lock minimises the chances of the child / booster seat couple moving around on the car seat. A similar effect but without the easy adjustability and tensioning could be gained from using something like this once they’re old enough to use a booster seat:

https://www.amazon.com.au/InfaSecure-SafeGrip-Belt-Clamp-Red/dp/B07XY4S31Y/ref=asc_df_B07XY4S31Y/?tag=googleshopmob-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=712245545733&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2850609866475517956&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000286&hvtargid=pla-1743109612455&psc=1&mcid=86270975aae1396c9db1abce31c0ff34&gad_source=1

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