You’re most likely in the instance of purchasing 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 second hand car search you have most likely discovered that the Mini Countryman of “companies” are less expensive to purchase and appears to be an appealing offer. Nevertheless, these Mini Countryman 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 page how to convert a 2-seater Mini Countryman into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make a brief explanation of the most important key guidelines to be taken, then, we will see what are the modifications to be done on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Mini Countryman company into a 5-seater.

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The main key actions to convert a Mini Countryman 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 Mini Countryman company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Put in the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Get the certificate of conformity from the producer
  • Take his Mini Countryman to the roadworthiness testing 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 done on the car to convert a Mini Countryman 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will consequently start our content page on the transformation of a Mini Countryman 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out directly on the vehicle in order to enable it to be recognized as a Mini Countryman 5-seater.

Convert its Mini Countryman to 5 seaters all alone

If you want to do the majority of the work your self, you should know that it will be difficult. In truth, the producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Mini Countryman easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:

  • You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will require a visit to the vehicle by a specialist.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Mini Countryman into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Fit the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these explanations, it is more convenient to contact an approved repair shop who will undertake these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still want to undertake the transformation of your new Mini Countryman on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the necessary 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 Mini Countryman 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least complicated resolution. Obviously, 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 accomplish the following steps without the slightest apprehension.

The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a Mini Countryman into 5 places

Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Mini Countryman 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative step.

The different steps to be carried out in order to have one’s Mini Countryman 2 places authorized as a 5 places

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

  • After the changes done on your Mini Countryman, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential to follow all the steps soon.
  • You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a car.
  • Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your Mini Countryman li>
  • Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Mini Countrymaninto 5 places

Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Mini Countryman 2 seats to 5 seats can reprensent, 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 necessary to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Mini Countryman company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

If you need more guides on the Mini Countryman, go to our Mini Countryman category.