You’re probably ready to buy your first car, 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 searches you have probably figured out that the Bmw Serie 1 of “companies” are less expensive to purchase and seems to be an appealing offer. On the other hand, these Bmw Serie 1 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 article content how to convert a 2-seater Bmw Serie 1 into a 5-seater , to accomplish 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 done on the car, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Bmw Serie 1 company into a 5-seater.
The main key guidelines to convert a Bmw Serie 1 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 Serie 1 company or commercial in 5 places:
- Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Bmw Serie 1 to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes checked
- To run his car through mine control.
- Inform your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the car to convert a Bmw Serie 1 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore start our article content on the transformation of a Bmw Serie 1 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out straight on the car in order to enable it to be recognized as a Bmw Serie 1 5-seater.
Convert its Bmw Serie 1 to 5 seaters all alone
If you want to do most of the work your self, you should know that it will be complicated. In reality, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Bmw Serie 1 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 car by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Bmw Serie 1 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is less complicated to ask an approved mechanic who will execute these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still want to undertake the conversion of your new Bmw Serie 1 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the needed parts and search for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion carried out by a specialist
If you want to convert your Bmw Serie 1 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult decision. Obviously, he will have a easier access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will allow you to carry out the following steps without the slightest stress.
The administrative steps that should be adopted to convert a Bmw Serie 1 into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Bmw Serie 1 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative step.
The different steps to be done in order to have one’s Bmw Serie 1 2 places accepted as a 5 places
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You will discover just below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Bmw Serie 1 converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Bmw Serie 1, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be crucial to stick to all the steps as soon as possible.
- You have to bring the car to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on an automobile.
- Take the car to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your Bmw Serie 1 li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Bmw Serie 1into 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Bmw Serie 1 2 seats to 5 seats can generate, it is necessary 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 Serie 1 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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