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 investigation you have almost certainly discovered that the volvo v70 of “companies” are much cheaper to purchase and appears to be an interesting option. However, these volvo v70 only have 2 seats and will therefore necessitate a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this article how to convert a 2-seater volvo v70 into a 5-seater , to do this, first, we will make a summary of the main key steps that must be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be done on the car, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your volvo v70 company into a 5-seater.

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The main key guidelines to convert a volvo v70 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 volvo v70 company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Put in the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the company
  • Take his volvo v70 to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes validated
  • To run his car through mine control.
  • Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.

Modifications to be done on the car to convert a volvo v70 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will therefore start our article on the transformation of a volvo v70 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be undertaken directly on the car in order to enable it to be accepted as a volvo v70 5-seater.

Convert its volvo v70 to 5 seaters on his own

If you want to do the majority of the process on your own, you should know that it will be challenging. In reality, the companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial volvo v70 easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:

  • You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will necessitate a visit to the car by a professional.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your volvo v70 into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Set up the kit as outlined by the tightening standards (torque)

For all these aspects, it is much easier to contact an approved mechanic who will carry out these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s standards.
If you still wish to carry out the conversion of your new volvo v70 on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to obtain the required parts and search for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.

Have the conversion done by a professional

If you want to convert your volvo v70 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, you have made the simplest 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 stress.

The administrative steps that must be taken to convert a volvo v70 into 5 places

Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a volvo v70 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative action.

The different steps to be conducted in order to have one’s volvo v70 2 places authorized as a 5 places

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You will find just below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your volvo v70 converted into 5 seats..:

  • After the changes done on your volvo v70, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to adhere to all the steps fairly quickly.
  • You have to bring the car to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a vehicle.
  • Take the car to the mine so that they can confirm to the change in the number of seats in your volvo v70 li>
  • Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a volvo v70into 5 places

Finally last part, to give you an idea of the price that the passage of a volvo v70 2 seats to 5 seats can reprensent, 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 volvo v70 company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

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