You’re likely 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 investigation you have likely discovered that the Ford Transit Connect of “companies” are less expensive to purchase and appears to be an interesting offer. However, these Ford Transit Connect only have 2 seats and will therefore require a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this content page how to convert a 2-seater Ford Transit Connect into a 5-seater , to get this done, first, we will make a summary of the essential key guidelines to be taken, then, we will see 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 Ford Transit Connect company into a 5-seater.
The main key actions to convert a Ford Transit Connect 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 Ford Transit Connect company or commercial in 5 places:
- Put in the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Ford Transit Connect to the roadworthiness evaluation to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the automobile to convert a Ford Transit Connect 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore commence our content page on the transformation of a Ford Transit Connect 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be done directly on the car in order to allow it to be accepted as a Ford Transit Connect 5-seater.
Convert its Ford Transit Connect to 5 seaters all alone
If you want to do a majority of the work on your own, you should know that it will be difficult. Indeed, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Ford Transit Connect 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 Transit Connect into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is much easier to ask an approved technical who will conduct these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still want to undertake the transformation of your new Ford Transit Connect on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to obtain the needed parts and search for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion carried out by a specialist
If you want to convert your Ford Transit Connect 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult decision. In truth, he will have a much simpler access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will allow you to carry out the following steps without the slightest stress.
The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Ford Transit Connect into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Ford Transit Connect 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now tackle the administrative stage.
The different steps to be performed in order to have one’s Ford Transit Connect 2 places authorized as a 5 places
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You will discover down below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Ford Transit Connect converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Ford Transit Connect, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to stick to all the steps quickly.
- 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 testify to the change in the number of seats in your Ford Transit Connect li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Ford Transit Connectinto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the cost that the passage of a Ford Transit Connect 2 seats to 5 seats can generate, 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 Transit Connect company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Ford Transit Connect, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Transit Connect category.
