You’re almost certainly ready to buy 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 investigation you have almost certainly realized that the Peugeot 308 of “companies” are less expensive to buy and appears to be an appealing option. Nevertheless, these Peugeot 308 only have 2 seats and will therefore need a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to find out in this content how to convert a 2-seater Peugeot 308 into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make an overview of the most important key steps that must be taken, then, we will find out what are the modifications to be done on the automobile, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to finalize the conversion of your Peugeot 308 company into a 5-seater.
The main key actions to convert a Peugeot 308 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 Peugeot 308 company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Peugeot 308 to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes checked
- To run his car through mine control.
- Inform your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the vehicle to convert a Peugeot 308 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore start our content on the transformation of a Peugeot 308 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be done directly on the automobile to be able to allow it to be established as a Peugeot 308 5-seater.
Convert its Peugeot 308 to 5 seaters all alone
If you want to do a majority of the process your self, you should know that it will be complicated. In fact, the companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Peugeot 308 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 Peugeot 308 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these factors, it is much easier to contact an approved repair shop who will conduct these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s criteria.
If you still wish to undertake the transformation of your new Peugeot 308 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to find the required parts and search for manufacturer information relating to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion done by a specialist
If you want to convert your Peugeot 308 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the simplest decision. In truth, 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 conduct the following steps without the slightest pressure.
The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Peugeot 308 into 5 places
Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Peugeot 308 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative step.
The different steps to be done in order to have one’s Peugeot 308 2 places accepted as a 5 places
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You will discover below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Peugeot 308 converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Peugeot 308, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to follow 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 Peugeot 308 li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Peugeot 308into 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Peugeot 308 2 seats to 5 seats can be, 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 necessary to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Peugeot 308 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If you have any further questions about the Peugeot 308, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 308 category.
