You’re most probably 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 probably figured out that the Opel Insignia of “companies” are more affordable to purchase and seems to be an interesting offer. On the other hand, these Opel Insignia only have 2 seats and will therefore need a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to see in this content how to convert a 2-seater Opel Insignia into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make a summary of the essential key actions that must be taken, then, we will see what are the modifications to be made on the automobile, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to finalize the conversion of your Opel Insignia company into a 5-seater.

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The main key actions to convert a Opel Insignia 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 Insignia company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Put in the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
  • Take his Opel Insignia to the roadworthiness assessment 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 vehicle to convert a Opel Insignia 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will therefore commence our content on the transformation of a Opel Insignia 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out straight on the automobile to be able to enable it to be established as a Opel Insignia 5-seater.

Convert its Opel Insignia to 5 seaters alone

If you want to do most of the process yourself, you should know that it will be complicated. In fact, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Opel Insignia 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 automobile by a specialist.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Opel Insignia into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Fit the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these aspects, it is more convenient to contact an approved auto technician who will conduct these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
If you still wish to carry out the transformation of your new Opel Insignia on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the needed parts and look 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 Insignia 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least complicated decision. In fact, 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 carry out the following steps without the slightest stress.

The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Opel Insignia into 5 places

Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Opel Insignia 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now deal with the administrative action.

The different steps to be carried out in order to have one’s Opel Insignia 2 places approved as a 5 places

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

  • After the changes made on your Opel Insignia, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be vital to adhere to all the steps soon.
  • 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 Opel Insignia li>
  • Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Opel Insigniainto 5 places

Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Opel Insignia 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 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 Insignia company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

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