You’re most certainly 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 used car search you have most certainly discovered that the Volkswagen Eos of “companies” are less expensive to purchase and appears to be an appealing option. Nevertheless, these Volkswagen Eos only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to find out in this guideline how to convert a 2-seater Volkswagen Eos into a 5-seater , to do this, first, we will make an overview of the main key guidelines that must be taken, then, we will find out what are the modifications to be made on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Volkswagen Eos company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Volkswagen Eos 2-seater into a 5-seater
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Here is the list of the main lines to follow if you want to to pass your Volkswagen Eos company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the company
- Take his Volkswagen Eos to the roadworthiness evaluation to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Notify your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be made on the vehicle to convert a Volkswagen Eos 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore begin our guideline on the transformation of a Volkswagen Eos 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed directly on the vehicle to be able to enable it to be recognized as a Volkswagen Eos 5-seater.
Convert its Volkswagen Eos to 5 seaters without help
If you want to do the majority of the process on your own, you should know that it will be hard to do. In truth, the companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Volkswagen Eos easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:
- You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will require a visit to the vehicle by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Volkswagen Eos into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Install the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these explanations, it is less difficult to contact an approved repair shop who will carry out these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still desire to undertake the transformation of your new Volkswagen Eos on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to find the needed parts and look 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 Volkswagen Eos 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least complicated decision. Obviously, he will have a easier access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will enable you to perform the following steps without the slightest apprehension.
The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Volkswagen Eos into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Volkswagen Eos 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now tackle the administrative stage.
The different steps to be conducted in order to have one’s Volkswagen Eos 2 places recognized as a 5 places
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You will learn down below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Volkswagen Eos converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes made on your Volkswagen Eos, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be essential to follow all the steps as soon as possible.
- 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 confirm to the change in the number of seats in your Volkswagen Eos li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Volkswagen Eosinto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the cost that the passage of a Volkswagen Eos 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 necessary to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Volkswagen Eos company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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