You’re most probably 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 second hand car searches you have most probably realized that the BMW X6 of “companies” are much less expensive to purchase and appears to be an interesting offer. Nevertheless, these BMW X6 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 BMW X6 into a 5-seater , to get this done, first, we will make a summary of the main key guidelines that must be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be made on the car, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to finalize the conversion of your BMW X6 company into a 5-seater.

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The main key steps to convert a BMW X6 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 X6 company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Install the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the company
  • Take his BMW X6 to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes confirmed
  • 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 X6 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will so begin our guideline on the transformation of a BMW X6 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed directly on the car in order to allow it to be established as a BMW X6 5-seater.

Convert its BMW X6 to 5 seaters all alone

If you want to do most of the work your self, you should know that it will be hard to do. Indeed, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial BMW X6 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the motives:

  • You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the car by a specialist.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your BMW X6 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Set up the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)

For all these reasons, it is much easier to call on an approved repair shop who will perform these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still wish to undertake the transformation of your new BMW X6 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the necessary parts and search for manufacturer information relating to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.

Have the conversion done by a specialist

If you want to convert your BMW X6 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least complicated decision. 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 let you to perform the following steps without the slightest apprehension.

The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a BMW X6 into 5 places

Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a BMW X6 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now deal with the administrative stage.

The different steps to be done in order to have one’s BMW X6 2 places approved as a 5 places

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You will find just below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your BMW X6 converted into 5 seats..:

  • After the changes made on your BMW X6, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be vital to follow 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 a vehicle.
  • Take the car to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your BMW X6 li>
  • Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a BMW X6into 5 places

Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the cost that the passage of a BMW X6 2 seats to 5 seats can generate, 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 X6 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

Whenever you have any further questions about the BMW X6, do not hesitate to consult our BMW X6 category.