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 noticed that the Volkswagen Routan of “companies” are more affordable to purchase and seems to be an appealing offer. However, these Volkswagen Routan 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 Volkswagen Routan into a 5-seater , to achieve this, first, we will make an overview of the essential key steps to be taken, then, we will find out what are the modifications to be done on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Volkswagen Routan company into a 5-seater.
The main key actions to convert a Volkswagen Routan 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 Routan company or commercial in 5 places:
- Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the company
- Take his Volkswagen Routan to the roadworthiness evaluation to have the changes checked
- To run his car through mine control.
- Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the vehicle to convert a Volkswagen Routan 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will therefore start our content page on the transformation of a Volkswagen Routan 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be performed straight on the vehicle in order to enable it to be established as a Volkswagen Routan 5-seater.
Convert its Volkswagen Routan to 5 seaters without help
If you want to do most of the process yourself, you should know that it will be difficult. Indeed, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Volkswagen Routan 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 vehicle by a professional.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Volkswagen Routan into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Put in the kit as indicated by the tightening standards (torque)
For all these aspects, it is less complicated to ask an approved technical who will execute these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still want to undertake the transformation of your new Volkswagen Routan on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your area to get the needed parts and look for manufacturer information relating to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion done by a professional
If you want to convert your Volkswagen Routan 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, you have made the simplest resolution. Indeed, 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 accomplish the following steps without the slightest pressure.
The administrative steps to be taken to convert a Volkswagen Routan into 5 places
Now that we have seen the first technical steps in the transformation of a Volkswagen Routan 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative action.
The different steps to be carried out in order to have one’s Volkswagen Routan 2 places accepted as a 5 places
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You will find below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Volkswagen Routan converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Volkswagen Routan, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be vital to stick to all the steps fairly quickly.
- You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a vehicle.
- Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can testify to the change in the number of seats in your Volkswagen Routan li>
- Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Volkswagen Routaninto 5 places
Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a Volkswagen Routan 2 seats to 5 seats can generate, it is necessary 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 Routan company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
If you want more tutorials on the Volkswagen Routan, go to our Volkswagen Routan category.
