You’re most likely thinking about 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 likely figured out that the Kia Niro of “companies” are much less expensive to buy and seems to be an interesting option. Nevertheless, these Kia Niro only have 2 seats and will therefore necessitate a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this guideline how to convert a 2-seater Kia Niro into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make a summary of the most important key actions that should be taken, then, we will see what are the modifications to be made on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Kia Niro company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Kia Niro 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 Kia Niro company or commercial in 5 places:
- Put in the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the company
- Take his Kia Niro to the roadworthiness assessment 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 made on the vehicle to convert a Kia Niro 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore commence our guideline on the transformation of a Kia Niro 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be done directly on the vehicle in order to allow it to be accepted as a Kia Niro 5-seater.
Convert its Kia Niro to 5 seaters without help
If you want to do most of the work yourself, you should know that it will be complicated. Indeed, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Kia Niro 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 vehicle by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Kia Niro into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Fit the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these reasons, it is easier to contact an approved mechanic who will undertake these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still want to carry out the transformation of your new Kia Niro on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to obtain the needed parts and look for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion done by a specialist
If you want to convert your Kia Niro 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the easiest resolution. Indeed, 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 pressure.
The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Kia Niro into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Kia Niro 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative step.
The different steps to be done in order to have one’s Kia Niro 2 places authorized 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 Kia Niro converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Kia Niro, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential to follow all the steps fairly quickly.
- You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a car.
- Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can testify to the change in the number of seats in your Kia Niro li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Kia Nirointo 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Kia Niro 2 seats to 5 seats can reprensent, 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 Kia Niro company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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