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 searches you have most certainly realized that the Mercedes Actros of “companies” are much less expensive to purchase and appears to be an appealing offer. However, these Mercedes Actros only have 2 seats and will therefore need a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this article how to convert a 2-seater Mercedes Actros into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make an overview of the main key guidelines that should be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be done on the automobile, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Mercedes Actros company into a 5-seater.
The main key guidelines to convert a Mercedes Actros 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 Mercedes Actros company or commercial in 5 places:
- Add the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the producer
- Take his Mercedes Actros to the roadworthiness testing 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 done on the car to convert a Mercedes Actros 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore begin our article on the transformation of a Mercedes Actros 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be undertaken straight on the automobile to be able to allow it to be recognized as a Mercedes Actros 5-seater.
Convert its Mercedes Actros to 5 seaters all alone
If you want to do the majority of the process your self, you should know that it will be difficult. Indeed, the companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Mercedes Actros easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:
- You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will require a visit to the automobile by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Mercedes Actros into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is less complicated to contact an approved technician who will carry out these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still wish to carry out the transformation of your new Mercedes Actros on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to find the necessary parts and look for manufacturer information relating to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion carried out by a specialist
If you want to convert your Mercedes Actros 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the easiest resolution. In reality, 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 execute the following steps without the slightest stress.
The administrative steps that should be adopted to convert a Mercedes Actros into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Mercedes Actros 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative stage.
The different steps to be conducted in order to have one’s Mercedes Actros 2 places recognized as a 5 places
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You will discover just below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Mercedes Actros converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Mercedes Actros, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to follow all the steps fairly quickly.
- You have to bring the automobile to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a vehicle.
- Take the automobile to the mine so that they can attest to the change in the number of seats in your Mercedes Actros li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Mercedes Actrosinto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Mercedes Actros 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 Mercedes Actros company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If you want more guides on the Mercedes Actros, go to our Mercedes Actros category.
