You’re almost 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 second-hand car search you have almost certainly discovered that the Fiat Punto of “companies” are more affordable to buy and seems to be an interesting offer. However, these Fiat Punto 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 content how to convert a 2-seater Fiat Punto into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make an overview of the essential key actions that must be taken, then, we will see what are the modifications to be done on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to finalize the conversion of your Fiat Punto company into a 5-seater.
The main key steps to convert a Fiat Punto 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 Fiat Punto company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the company
- Take his Fiat Punto to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Notify your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the automobile to convert a Fiat Punto 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will consequently start our content on the transformation of a Fiat Punto 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed straight on the vehicle to be able to enable it to be established as a Fiat Punto 5-seater.
Convert its Fiat Punto to 5 seaters on his own
If you want to do a majority of the work on your own, you should know that it will be difficult. In fact, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Fiat Punto 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 vehicle by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Fiat Punto into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these reasons, it is less difficult to call on an approved auto mechanic who will perform these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still wish to carry out the conversion of your new Fiat Punto on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to obtain the required parts and look for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion achieved by a specialist
If you want to convert your Fiat Punto 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the simplest resolution. Surely, 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 carry out the following steps without the slightest pressure.
The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a Fiat Punto into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Fiat Punto 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now tackle the administrative action.
The different steps to be executed in order to have one’s Fiat Punto 2 places approved 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 Fiat Punto converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Fiat Punto, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential 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 attest to the change in the number of seats in your Fiat Punto li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Fiat Puntointo 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Fiat Punto 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 Fiat Punto company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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