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 searches you have most certainly noticed that the Ford Kuga of “companies” are much less expensive to purchase and appears to be an interesting offer. However, these Ford Kuga only have 2 seats and will therefore necessitate a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to find out in this article content how to convert a 2-seater Ford Kuga into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make a brief explanation of the essential key steps to be taken, then, we will find out 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 Ford Kuga company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Ford Kuga 2-seater into a 5-seater
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Here is the list of the main lines to follow if you want to to pass your Ford Kuga company or commercial in 5 places:
- Put in the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the company
- Take his Ford Kuga to the roadworthiness evaluation 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 made on the automobile to convert a Ford Kuga 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will consequently commence our article content on the transformation of a Ford Kuga 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be conducted directly on the car to be able to enable it to be accepted as a Ford Kuga 5-seater.
Convert its Ford Kuga to 5 seaters on his own
If you want to do the majority of the process on your own, you should know that it will be complicated. Indeed, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Ford Kuga easy only for the manufacturers, here are the motives:
- You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will require a visit to the car by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Ford Kuga into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these reasons, it is less complicated to ask an approved auto mechanic who will accomplish these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still want to carry out the transformation of your new Ford Kuga on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to get the necessary parts and search for manufacturer information related to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion carried out by a specialist
If you want to convert your Ford Kuga 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult resolution. Obviously, he will have a easier 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 that must be taken to convert a Ford Kuga into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Ford Kuga 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 Ford Kuga 2 places approved as a 5 places
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You will learn just below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Ford Kuga converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Ford Kuga, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be vital to follow all the steps quickly.
- You have to bring the car to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a car.
- Take the car to the mine so that they can testify to the change in the number of seats in your Ford Kuga li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Ford Kugainto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Ford Kuga 2 seats to 5 seats can reprensent, 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 crucial to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Ford Kuga company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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