You’re probably 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 used car searches you have probably noticed that the Mercedes Viano of “companies” are more affordable to buy and seems to be an interesting offer. On the other hand, these Mercedes Viano 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 content page how to convert a 2-seater Mercedes Viano into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make a summary of the most important key actions that must 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 Viano company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Mercedes Viano 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 Viano company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Mercedes Viano to the roadworthiness evaluation to have the changes confirmed
- To run his car through mine control.
- Inform your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the automobile to convert a Mercedes Viano 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will so start our content page on the transformation of a Mercedes Viano 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be accomplished straight on the automobile in order to allow it to be established as a Mercedes Viano 5-seater.
Convert its Mercedes Viano to 5 seaters without help
If you want to do a majority of the work yourself, you should know that it will be complicated. In truth, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Mercedes Viano easy only for the manufacturers, here are the motives:
- You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the automobile by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Mercedes Viano into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these explanations, it is less difficult to ask an approved technical who will conduct these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still wish to undertake the conversion of your new Mercedes Viano on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to get the needed parts and search for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion achieved by a specialist
If you want to convert your Mercedes Viano 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult 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 allow you to execute the following steps without the slightest pressure.
The administrative steps that should be taken to convert a Mercedes Viano into 5 places
Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Mercedes Viano 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative stage.
The different steps to be completed in order to have one’s Mercedes Viano 2 places approved as a 5 places
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You will learn below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Mercedes Viano converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Mercedes Viano, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be vital to stick to all the steps fairly 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 testify to the change in the number of seats in your Mercedes Viano li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Mercedes Vianointo 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Mercedes Viano 2 seats to 5 seats can be, it is necessary 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 Mercedes Viano company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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