Convert jeep from estate to commercial

jocotty

Hi,

Does anyone know, can i convert my jeep (opel frontera estate) to a commercial vehical, by just removing the back seats, and covering/darkening the back windows? I want to keep my jeep, but the tax is too expensive, so i want to tax it as a commercial vehical. How do i do this - or who do i need to talk to?

Thanks,
Jo

Graham_B18C

I reckon you'll get more replies in motors

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darragh o meara

To convert to commercial you need to:

Remove the rear seats, seat belts
Weld up the mounting holes for both seats and belts (so you won't refit them 20 mins after the doe ) The holes have to be plug welded and not plated over.
Some regions will make you fit steel panels in place of rear windows and some won't.
Call into tax office and get a goods only declaration ( this needs to be filled out in the garda station )
Get the jeep weighed at an authorized weigh station
Get the jeep doe'd
Bring all your documentation to the tax office who will inspect it
Fill in the paperwork
Tax your vehicle..

NOw heres the bad part, In the past there was no real requirement to prove you were using the commercial vehicle for business purposes to the tax office i.e.. people had commercial jeeps and vans who were not using them for commercial reasons and in fact were using them as day to day vehicles. Now to get the cheaper rate of commercial tax you must prove you are in fact a business and provide them with a vat number otherwise your gonna still have to pay the same rate of tax as you are at the moment. So make sure before you go welding up mounting points in the back.

Hope this helps

aujopimur

No need to weld up bolt holes (fire hazard), plastic putty will do.

darragh o meara

aujopimur wrote: »

No need to weld up bolt holes (fire hazard), plastic putty will do.

I'm fairly sure doe manual says different. I used to work in this field and plastic putty was not allowed by either doe test or tax office inspector for the reason that plastic putty can be drilled out and rethreaded with relative ease. The idea being that the seats and belts can not be refitted. As for a cure hazard if it's done by somebody who knows what their doing it shouldn't be a problem.

Eric Cartman

plastic putty isnt really allowed , easiest thing to do is put the bolts back in and grind them down till its all flat