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Convert Range Rover into Commercial.

  • 09-03-2010 12:43pm
    #1
    kerryman10
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭


    Does anyone know what is required to convert a 06 Range Rover Sport HSE into a commercial?

    Thanks.
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  • #2
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    Moved to main motors, likely to be answered quicker here


  • #3
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Moved to 4x4


  • #4
    101sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭101sean


    Read this and other recent posts, it's a common question in this forum where you's has been moved.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055774210

    As well as gutting the vehicle, isolating the window switches and messing with seatbelts etc may confuse the body ECU, could have to go to a specialist to get it plugged in.

    Not sure it would be worth it, would destroy the value of the vehicle and be more difficult to execute well on a luxury vehicle than a more utilitarian older Pajero and the like.

    May be better off buying a Disco 3 commercial, it's the same T4 chassis and drivetrain anyway.


  • #5
    Fey!
    Registered Users Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭Fey!


    If it's Irish registered as a passenger, take out the back seats, plug the seat bolt points in the floor, tint the windows, disable the rear electric windows (pop out the switches and but in a blank, or leave the switches there but detach the electrice from the back of them), and notify your local motor tax office of the change of use. You'll have to also take out the spare wheel and get it weighed at an authorised weighbridge, then get it DoE'd (you can put back in the sare wheel after the weighing!).

    If it's not on Irish plates, then take out the back seats and put in a flat floor from the rear ccess to the front seats, stick some thin steel to the insides of the back windows (possibly tint or paint the inside of the glass first to keep it looking well, and glue some carpet to the inside of the steel), disable the rear electric windows (see above), and bring for inspection toyour local VRT office with either €50 or the equivalent of 13.5% of the omsp (depends on whether or not the loaded capacityof the vehcle is over 3,449kg, which can be found on the chassis plate). Then weigh it (don't forget to take out the spare first), put back in the spare, and bring it to the DoE centre (make the appointment early!!)

    Hope this helps.


  • #6
    Theanswers
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Theanswers


    Make sure not to destory certain aspects of the car. For example dont disconnect heated seats in rear as in leave the adapters in place. Leave the threaded bolts for seats you never what could happen 3,4 years down the line. These bolts will be covered by your flat floor anyways. As for the seats belts just take them out. Dont not weld over threaded holes. Your supposed to but usually you can get her through without this being done. Remove the fuse for the rear windows easier than cutting the wirers. I'm only saying all this as it improves the resale value of the car, if it can be easily be reconverted to passenger (VRT PAID), or exported back to the UK.
    Try all this, much better than destorying the car. Just be smart about what you are doing, what revenue dosent see cant hurt them and your still basically legit as you ARE using it as a commercial. Floor and all in place!
    Thats just my 2cent. :D
    PS
    Keep the seats!


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  • #7
    stephenmarr
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭stephenmarr


    ring your local tax office they will tell you what they want you to do.
    it differs from county to county


  • #8
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Fey! wrote: »
    If You'll have to also take out the spare wheel and get it weighed at an authorised weighbridge, then get it DoE'd (you can put back in the sare wheel after the weighing!).
    Well this is a new one to me.

    Why would you need to take out the spare wheel? It have no bearing on his tax rate. Once it doesn't weigh over 3500kg it is the same rate of tax being paid.


  • #9
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,379 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    that spare wheel trick is usually only used to increase the payload figure.


  • #10
    Fey!
    Registered Users Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭Fey!


    stephenmarr wrote: »
    ring your local tax office they will tell you what they want you to do.
    it differs from county to county

    How can it differ from county to county? Please give examples.
    Slidey wrote: »
    Well this is a new one to me.

    Why would you need to take out the spare wheel? It have no bearing on his tax rate. Once it doesn't weigh over 3500kg it is the same rate of tax being paid.

    It's for the DoE; before your vehicle gets it's very first DoE, even if you've bought it new, you have to get it weighed and bring the cert with you to the DoE. The regs state that you're supposed to weigh it empty with the spare wheel taken out, but doesn't say why (I forgot to take mine out, but noone noticed).


  • #11
    stephenmarr
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭stephenmarr


    some tax offices want you to remove windows and fit metal others dont, metal floor others dont etc i changed mine over and got Naas to check it out they were very helpful.
    just ring you tax office and see what THEY want. dont go doing a lot of work that may not be needed


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  • #12
    Theanswers
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Theanswers


    stephenmarr wrote: »
    Dont go doing a lot of work that may not be needed

    Exactly... Do the very minumin to the vechicle and still get it true. Doing anymore is basically destorying/ lowering the resale value of the vechicle in the future.


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