You’re almost certainly 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 almost certainly noticed that the Opel Astra 5 of “companies” are much less expensive to buy and seems to be an appealing option. On the other hand, these Opel Astra 5 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 Opel Astra 5 into a 5-seater , to do this, first, we will make an overview of the most important key steps that must be taken, then, we will discover 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 Opel Astra 5 company into a 5-seater.
The main key actions to convert a Opel Astra 5 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 Opel Astra 5 company or commercial in 5 places:
- Add the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Opel Astra 5 to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the vehicle to convert a Opel Astra 5 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will so start our guideline on the transformation of a Opel Astra 5 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be performed straight on the vehicle to be able to allow it to be accepted as a Opel Astra 5 5-seater.
Convert its Opel Astra 5 to 5 seaters all alone
If you want to do a majority of the work on your own, you should know that it will be hard to do. In truth, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Opel Astra 5 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:
- You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the vehicle by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Opel Astra 5 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these explanations, it is less complicated to ask an approved repair shop who will undertake these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still desire to carry out the conversion of your new Opel Astra 5 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to get the required 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 Opel Astra 5 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least difficult resolution. 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 enable you to execute the following steps without the slightest stress.
The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a Opel Astra 5 into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Opel Astra 5 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now deal with the administrative action.
The different steps to be accomplished in order to have one’s Opel Astra 5 2 places accepted 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 Opel Astra 5 converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Opel Astra 5, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to adhere to all the steps quickly.
- 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 testify to the change in the number of seats in your Opel Astra 5 li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Opel Astra 5into 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Opel Astra 5 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 crucial to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Opel Astra 5 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Opel Astra 5, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Astra 5 category.
