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 investigation you have almost certainly noticed that the Citroen Ds3 of “companies” are more affordable to buy and appears to be an interesting offer. However, these Citroen Ds3 only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this article content how to convert a 2-seater Citroen Ds3 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 see what are the modifications to be made on the automobile, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to finalize the conversion of your Citroen Ds3 company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Citroen Ds3 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 Ds3 company or commercial in 5 places:
- Add the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the company
- Take his Citroen Ds3 to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes checked
- To run his car through mine control.
- Notify your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the car to convert a Citroen Ds3 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore begin our article content on the transformation of a Citroen Ds3 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed directly on the automobile in order to enable it to be accepted as a Citroen Ds3 5-seater.
Convert its Citroen Ds3 to 5 seaters alone
If you want to do a majority of the work your self, you should know that it will be difficult. Indeed, the manufacturers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Citroen Ds3 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:
- You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will necessitate a visit to the automobile by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Citroen Ds3 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Set up the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is much easier to ask an approved repair shop who will carry out these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still desire to undertake the transformation of your new Citroen Ds3 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the required parts and look 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 Citroen Ds3 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the easiest resolution. In fact, 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 perform the following steps without the slightest pressure.
The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a Citroen Ds3 into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Citroen Ds3 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative step.
The different steps to be carried out in order to have one’s Citroen Ds3 2 places accepted as a 5 places
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You will find down below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Citroen Ds3 converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Citroen Ds3, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to adhere to all the steps as soon as possible.
- You have to bring the automobile to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a car.
- Take the automobile to the mine so that they can attest to the change in the number of seats in your Citroen Ds3 li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Citroen Ds3into 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Citroen Ds3 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 Ds3 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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