You’re most certainly 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 second hand car searches you have most certainly realized that the Renault Espace 5 of “companies” are less expensive to purchase and seems to be an interesting offer. On the other hand, these Renault Espace 5 only have 2 seats and will therefore need a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to find out in this content page how to convert a 2-seater Renault Espace 5 into a 5-seater , to do this, first, we will make a summary of the most important key actions to 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 Renault Espace 5 company into a 5-seater.
The main key steps to convert a Renault Espace 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 Renault Espace 5 company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Obtain the certificate of conformity from the producer
- Take his Renault Espace 5 to the roadworthiness testing 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 Renault Espace 5 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will so commence our content page on the transformation of a Renault Espace 5 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed directly on the automobile to be able to allow it to be accepted as a Renault Espace 5 5-seater.
Convert its Renault Espace 5 to 5 seaters without help
If you want to do the majority of the work your self, you should know that it will be difficult. In reality, the manufacturers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Renault Espace 5 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the motives:
- You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will necessitate a visit to the automobile by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Renault Espace 5 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these factors, it is less complicated to call on an approved repair shop who will accomplish these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still want to carry out the transformation of your new Renault Espace 5 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to obtain the necessary parts and search for manufacturer information related to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion achieved by a specialist
If you want to convert your Renault Espace 5 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least complicated decision. In fact, 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 pressure.
The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a Renault Espace 5 into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Renault Espace 5 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now tackle the administrative action.
The different steps to be executed in order to have one’s Renault Espace 5 2 places recognized as a 5 places
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You will learn just below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Renault Espace 5 converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Renault Espace 5, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential to adhere 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 Renault Espace 5 li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Renault Espace 5into 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Renault Espace 5 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 crucial to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Renault Espace 5 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If you want more guides on the Renault Espace 5, go to our Renault Espace 5 category.
