You’re almost certainly in the instance of purchasing 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 almost certainly figured out that the Volkswagen Caddy of “companies” are much cheaper to buy and appears to be an appealing option. However, these Volkswagen Caddy 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 how to convert a 2-seater Volkswagen Caddy into a 5-seater , to do this, first, we will make an overview of the main key steps to be taken, then, we will find out what are the modifications to be made on the automobile, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Volkswagen Caddy company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Volkswagen Caddy 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 Volkswagen Caddy company or commercial in 5 places:
- Add the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Volkswagen Caddy to the roadworthiness testing to have the changes confirmed
- To run his car through mine control.
- Notify your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the automobile to convert a Volkswagen Caddy 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore start our content on the transformation of a Volkswagen Caddy 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out straight on the automobile in order to allow it to be accepted as a Volkswagen Caddy 5-seater.
Convert its Volkswagen Caddy 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 producers make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Volkswagen Caddy 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 professional.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Volkswagen Caddy into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is less difficult to call on an approved auto mechanic who will conduct these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still wish to carry out the transformation of your new Volkswagen Caddy on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to get the required parts and look for manufacturer information relating to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion conducted by a professional
If you want to convert your Volkswagen Caddy 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, you have made the simplest 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 enable you to conduct the following steps without the slightest stress.
The administrative steps that should be adopted to convert a Volkswagen Caddy into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Volkswagen Caddy 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative action.
The different steps to be executed in order to have one’s Volkswagen Caddy 2 places authorized 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 Volkswagen Caddy converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Volkswagen Caddy, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to stick to all the steps quickly.
- You have to bring the automobile to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on an automobile.
- Take the automobile to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your Volkswagen Caddy li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Volkswagen Caddyinto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Volkswagen Caddy 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 Volkswagen Caddy company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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