You’re almost certainly thinking about 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 second hand car search you have almost certainly discovered that the BMW i3 of “companies” are less expensive to purchase and appears to be an appealing option. However, these BMW i3 only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this article how to convert a 2-seater BMW i3 into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make an overview of the essential key actions to be taken, then, we will see 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 BMW i3 company into a 5-seater.
The main key steps to convert a BMW i3 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 BMW i3 company or commercial in 5 places:
- Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his BMW i3 to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the car to convert a BMW i3 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will consequently commence our article on the transformation of a BMW i3 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out directly on the vehicle in order to allow it to be established as a BMW i3 5-seater.
Convert its BMW i3 to 5 seaters all alone
If you want to do a majority of the work on your own, you should know that it will be difficult. In fact, the manufacturers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial BMW i3 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:
- You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will necessitate a visit to the vehicle by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your BMW i3 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these reasons, it is much easier to ask an approved auto mechanic who will execute these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still desire to undertake the transformation of your new BMW i3 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to get the needed parts and look for manufacturer information relating to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion achieved by a specialist
If you want to convert your BMW i3 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the simplest resolution. Indeed, he will have a easier access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will let you to perform the following steps without the slightest pressure.
The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a BMW i3 into 5 places
Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a BMW i3 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now tackle the administrative stage.
The different steps to be accomplished in order to have one’s BMW i3 2 places approved as a 5 places
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You will discover down below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your BMW i3 converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your BMW i3, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to follow all the steps soon.
- You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a vehicle.
- Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your BMW i3 li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a BMW i3into 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the cost that the passage of a BMW i3 2 seats to 5 seats can be, it is important 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 BMW i3 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If you want more guides on the BMW i3, go to our BMW i3 category.
