You’re most certainly 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 search you have most certainly discovered that the Citroen Cactus of “companies” are much cheaper to purchase and appears to be an interesting offer. On the other hand, these Citroen Cactus only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this content page how to convert a 2-seater Citroen Cactus into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make a brief explanation of the main key steps that should 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 finalize the conversion of your Citroen Cactus company into a 5-seater.

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The main key guidelines to convert a Citroen Cactus 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 Cactus company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Install the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
  • Take his Citroen Cactus to the roadworthiness evaluation 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 done on the automobile to convert a Citroen Cactus 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will therefore start our content page on the transformation of a Citroen Cactus 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be undertaken straight on the car in order to allow it to be established as a Citroen Cactus 5-seater.

Convert its Citroen Cactus to 5 seaters on his own

If you want to do a majority of the work yourself, you should know that it will be challenging. In reality, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Citroen Cactus 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 car by a specialist.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Citroen Cactus into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Fit the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these aspects, it is easier to ask an approved auto technician who will perform these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s criteria.
If you still wish to undertake the transformation of your new Citroen Cactus on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the required parts and look for manufacturer information related to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.

Have the conversion conducted by a specialist

If you want to convert your Citroen Cactus 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the simplest resolution. Obviously, 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 execute the following steps without the slightest stress.

The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Citroen Cactus into 5 places

Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Citroen Cactus 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative action.

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

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

  • After the changes done on your Citroen Cactus, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be crucial to follow all the steps soon.
  • 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 Citroen Cactus li>
  • Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Citroen Cactusinto 5 places

Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Citroen Cactus 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 Citroen Cactus company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

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