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 used car searches you have probably noticed that the Land Rover Defender of “companies” are much cheaper to purchase and appears to be an interesting option. On the other hand, these Land Rover Defender only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this content how to convert a 2-seater Land Rover Defender into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make a summary of the most important key guidelines to 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 finalize the conversion of your Land Rover Defender company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Land Rover Defender 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 Land Rover Defender company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Land Rover Defender to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Report to your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the automobile to convert a Land Rover Defender 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore commence our content on the transformation of a Land Rover Defender 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out directly on the vehicle in order to enable it to be established as a Land Rover Defender 5-seater.
Convert its Land Rover Defender to 5 seaters without help
If you want to do a majority of the work your self, you should know that it will be challenging. In reality, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Land Rover Defender easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:
- 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 Land Rover Defender into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these reasons, it is less difficult to ask an approved repair shop who will accomplish these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still want to carry out the transformation of your new Land Rover Defender on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to obtain 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 Land Rover Defender 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult decision. Indeed, he will have a much simpler 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 Land Rover Defender into 5 places
Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Land Rover Defender 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative step.
The different steps to be performed in order to have one’s Land Rover Defender 2 places authorized as a 5 places
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You will learn below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Land Rover Defender converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Land Rover Defender, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential to adhere to all the steps as soon as possible.
- You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on an automobile.
- Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can attest to the change in the number of seats in your Land Rover Defender li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Land Rover Defenderinto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Land Rover Defender 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 necessary to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Land Rover Defender company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If you want more guides on the Land Rover Defender, go to our Land Rover Defender category.
