Changing jeep to commercial, what is involved?

spacekiwi

Hi, have 5 door diesel jeep, if were to turn it into commercial whats the procedure and cost approx..cheers

Polo_Cluvie

I enquired about that procedure here in Clare and the cvrt centre just outside Ennis would do it for approx 500e. They remove the seats and chemical weld the rear seat belt fittings and cvrt it. You'd have the relevant paperwork after that. Its up to you to get a floor put into it. Seemed a simple enough procedure. Hope this helps

Gumbo

spacekiwi wrote: »

Hi, have 5 door diesel jeep, if were to turn it into commercial whats the procedure and cost approx..cheers

Do you want to convert to a 2 seater commercial?

spacekiwi

Was poss thinking about it

Gumbo

spacekiwi wrote: »

Was poss thinking about it

Then it's relatively straight forward.
Mods done and certified by engineer.
Go to tax office and change class.

colm_mcm

Polo_Cluvie wrote: »

I enquired about that procedure here in Clare and the cvrt centre just outside Ennis would do it for approx 500e. They remove the seats and chemical weld the rear seat belt fittings and cvrt it. You'd have the relevant paperwork after that. Its up to you to get a floor put into it. Seemed a simple enough procedure. Hope this helps

Is that Gearys?

Polo_Cluvie

No that crowd in Darragh. I always find the lads there very helpful

mullingar

Crew cab certification is no longer available, so no back seat

Gumbo

mullingar wrote: »

Crew cab certification is no longer available, so no back seat

OP knows. He is going for 2 seater commercial as per post #4

cplwhisper

Talk to your insurer as you could have wall there. Cars converted , as not commercial at birth, may still need private insurance with class 2 added

Gumbo

cplwhisper wrote: »

Talk to your insurer as you could have wall there. Cars converted , as not commercial at birth, may still need private insurance with class 2 added

Nah, if it's converted then the new class is covered so fully commercial.
I would still advise talking to them first as some insurance companies require you to fit into their job profession list to get commercial cover.

spacekiwi

Also, can i have a private car insured, say with 123.. and own and insure a comm vehicle for work purposes with another insurance company?

UrbanFret

spacekiwi wrote: »

Also, can i have a private car insured, say with 123.. and own and insure a comm vehicle for work purposes with another insurance company?

yes and you can have your no claims bonus mirrored onto the commercial vehicle.

cplwhisper

Mirror bonus can be used but the is strict criteria

Just curious but what occup use for conversion jeep

spacekiwi

I work for a animal charity and am always traveling up farms and bad roads, rough going on my car ...

spacekiwi

Always putting big bags of feed and other stuff in back..

spacekiwi

Hi, if changing passenger jeep to comm vehicle, do rear dpors have to be welded shut? Someone thought they did...and do rear door windows have to be blacked out or boarded up somehow?
Thanks

e.r

spacekiwi wrote: »

Hi, if changing passenger jeep to comm vehicle, do rear dpors have to be welded shut? Someone thought they did...and do rear door windows have to be blacked out or boarded up somehow?
Thanks

Any commercial jeep I used the back doors could open, but they were blacked out. Once the seats and belts are removed.

RWD

As above,you just have to remove the rear seats and seat belts.

No need to weld doors or block rear windows,but might be a good idea to get them tinted if you are carrying tools,etc.