You’re probably in the instance of purchasing 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 probably discovered that the Kia Picanto of “companies” are much less expensive to buy and seems to be an interesting option. However, these Kia Picanto only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to find out in this content page how to convert a 2-seater Kia Picanto into a 5-seater , to do this, first, we will make an overview of the main key steps that should be taken, then, we will find out 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 Kia Picanto company into a 5-seater.
The main key steps to convert a Kia Picanto 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 Kia Picanto company or commercial in 5 places:
- Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the producer
- Take his Kia Picanto to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes confirmed
- To run his car through mine control.
- Report to your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the car to convert a Kia Picanto 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore commence our content page on the transformation of a Kia Picanto 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be conducted directly on the automobile to be able to enable it to be recognized as a Kia Picanto 5-seater.
Convert its Kia Picanto to 5 seaters alone
If you want to do the majority of the work on your own, you should know that it will be complicated. In truth, the companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Kia Picanto easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:
- You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the automobile by a professional.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Kia Picanto into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is less difficult to ask an approved technical who will undertake these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still want to carry out the conversion of your new Kia Picanto on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to obtain the necessary parts and search for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion achieved by a professional
If you want to convert your Kia Picanto 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, 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 apprehension.
The administrative steps that should be taken to convert a Kia Picanto into 5 places
Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Kia Picanto 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now tackle the administrative action.
The different steps to be carried out in order to have one’s Kia Picanto 2 places accepted as a 5 places
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You will find just below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Kia Picanto converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Kia Picanto, 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 testify to the change in the number of seats in your Kia Picanto li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Kia Picantointo 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Kia Picanto 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 crucial to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Kia Picanto company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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