You’re almost certainly ready to buy your first motor vehicle, or, you want to buy a new car but you don’t really know which model to go for. While doing your used car searches you have almost certainly discovered that the Alfa Romeo 156 of “companies” are much less expensive to purchase and seems to be an interesting option. On the other hand, these Alfa Romeo 156 only have 2 seats and will therefore require a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this guideline how to convert a 2-seater Alfa Romeo 156 into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make a brief explanation of the most important key actions that must be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be made on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Alfa Romeo 156 company into a 5-seater.

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The main key actions to convert a Alfa Romeo 156 2-seater into a 5-seater

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Here is the list of the main lines to respect if you want to to pass your Alfa Romeo 156 company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Install the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the company
  • Take his Alfa Romeo 156 to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes validated
  • To run his car through mine control.
  • Inform your insurance company about the change in the car.

Modifications to be made on the car to convert a Alfa Romeo 156 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will consequently start our guideline on the transformation of a Alfa Romeo 156 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be performed directly on the vehicle to be able to enable it to be established as a Alfa Romeo 156 5-seater.

Convert its Alfa Romeo 156 to 5 seaters all alone

If you want to do most of the work yourself, you should know that it will be hard to do. In truth, the manufacturers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Alfa Romeo 156 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the motives:

  • You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the vehicle by a professional.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Alfa Romeo 156 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Set up the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these aspects, it is easier to contact an approved technician who will perform these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still want to undertake the conversion of your new Alfa Romeo 156 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to obtain the required parts and search for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.

Have the conversion conducted by a professional

If you want to convert your Alfa Romeo 156 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, you have made the simplest resolution. In reality, he will have a much simpler access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will enable you to carry out the following steps without the slightest pressure.

The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Alfa Romeo 156 into 5 places

Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Alfa Romeo 156 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative stage.

The different steps to be done in order to have one’s Alfa Romeo 156 2 places recognized as a 5 places

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You will learn just below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Alfa Romeo 156 converted into 5 seats..:

  • After the changes made on your Alfa Romeo 156, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to stick to all the steps fairly quickly.
  • You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on an automobile.
  • Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your Alfa Romeo 156 li>
  • Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Alfa Romeo 156into 5 places

Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Alfa Romeo 156 2 seats to 5 seats can reprensent, it is required to know that a kit seats plus installation will cost you at a dealer on average 2500 to 3500 euros and that it is necessary to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Alfa Romeo 156 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

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