You’re most certainly ready to buy 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 most certainly noticed that the Kia Rio of “companies” are much cheaper to purchase and appears to be an appealing offer. Nevertheless, these Kia Rio only have 2 seats and will therefore need a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this guideline how to convert a 2-seater Kia Rio into a 5-seater , to get this done, first, we will make a summary of the main key actions that must be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be made on the automobile, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Kia Rio company into a 5-seater.

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The main key methods to convert a Kia Rio 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 Rio company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Get the certificate of conformity from the company
  • Take his Kia Rio 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 Rio 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will consequently begin our guideline on the transformation of a Kia Rio 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be performed straight on the automobile to be able to allow it to be accepted as a Kia Rio 5-seater.

Convert its Kia Rio to 5 seaters without help

If you want to do the majority of the process yourself, you should know that it will be difficult. In fact, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Kia Rio easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:

  • You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will necessitate a visit to the automobile by a specialist.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Kia Rio into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Install the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these reasons, it is less complicated to contact an approved mechanic who will conduct these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still want to undertake the conversion of your new Kia Rio on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to obtain the required parts and search 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 Rio 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the easiest resolution. In fact, he will have a easier access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will let you to conduct the following steps without the slightest apprehension.

The administrative steps that should be taken to convert a Kia Rio into 5 places

Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Kia Rio 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative action.

The different steps to be conducted in order to have one’s Kia Rio 2 places approved as a 5 places

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You will find down below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Kia Rio converted into 5 seats..:

  • After the changes made on your Kia Rio, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential to adhere to all the steps quickly.
  • 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 confirm to the change in the number of seats in your Kia Rio li>
  • Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Kia Riointo 5 places

Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Kia Rio 2 seats to 5 seats can be, 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 Rio company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

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