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L3 Ducato, VRT and adding a double rear seat.

  • 09-05-2025 09:04PM
    #1
    dashcamdanny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭


    Hi.

    I have a 3 year old van. Ducato commercial, I'm doing a bare minimum conversion to pass VRT to a camper for my son and I.

    I would like to ditch the double bench seat in front and buy a proper belted double seat frame for the rear.

    I have 2 new factory singles for the front. Ready to go in as well

    I have about 2k saved for VRT , but I'm worried about adding the rear seats as it's going to add 1 extra belted seat to the log book. I can't find anyone with experience of this VRT process.

    Should I put the van through VRT with the standard 3 front seat set up and modify it after, or do the mod before VRT. I want to keep everything legal but hate throwing money down the drain in tax.

    I'm running outta money on this build and really don't want to blow the budget on vrt. Any sound advice would be really appreciated

    Thanks



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  • #2
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,136 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Am I misunderstanding what’s going on in this thread, you need to pay VRT when you do a camper conversion from a van to a camper?

    I was looking at 221 VW transporter lwb being bought with no vat from a dealer, if converting it, would it mean I have to pay VRT on the difference between the van value and a similar priced original vw camper of the same year?

    The van is about 20k, if I was to buy the camper it’s probably 50 or 60.



  • #3
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,104 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123513357#Comment_123513357

    Yes, in order to convert an N1 to a camper you will have to pay VRT since the N1 type as originally registered carried a much lower vrt rate. It's to stop people registering M1 cars as N1.



  • #4
    mrman40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭mrman40


    And the vrt is priced on what the insurance company thinks your van is worth after conversion so ul be paying 13.1% on top



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