You’re most certainly in the instance of purchasing 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 used car searches you have most certainly realized that the Citroen C4 Picasso of “companies” are less expensive to buy and seems to be an appealing offer. Nevertheless, these Citroen C4 Picasso only have 2 seats and will therefore necessitate a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this article how to convert a 2-seater Citroen C4 Picasso into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make an overview of the most important key guidelines to 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 finalize the conversion of your Citroen C4 Picasso company into a 5-seater.
The main key steps to convert a Citroen C4 Picasso 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 Citroen C4 Picasso company or commercial in 5 places:
- Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the producer
- Take his Citroen C4 Picasso to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes confirmed
- To run his car through mine control.
- Inform your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the automobile to convert a Citroen C4 Picasso 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore commence our article on the transformation of a Citroen C4 Picasso 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed straight on the vehicle to be able to allow it to be accepted as a Citroen C4 Picasso 5-seater.
Convert its Citroen C4 Picasso to 5 seaters alone
If you want to do the majority of the work yourself, you should know that it will be hard to do. Indeed, the manufacturers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Citroen C4 Picasso easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:
- You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the vehicle by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Citroen C4 Picasso into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is less complicated to contact an approved repair shop who will execute these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still desire to carry out the conversion of your new Citroen C4 Picasso on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area 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 Citroen C4 Picasso 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult decision. In fact, 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 accomplish the following steps without the slightest apprehension.
The administrative steps that should be adopted to convert a Citroen C4 Picasso into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Citroen C4 Picasso 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative stage.
The different steps to be conducted in order to have one’s Citroen C4 Picasso 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 Citroen C4 Picasso converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Citroen C4 Picasso, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to follow all the steps as soon as possible.
- 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 testify to the change in the number of seats in your Citroen C4 Picasso li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Citroen C4 Picassointo 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Citroen C4 Picasso 2 seats to 5 seats can be, 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 Citroen C4 Picasso company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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