Toms White caddy build thread

Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Fri May 13, 2016 7:43 am

Hi guys had my caddy a couple of months now so thought I better start putting together a build thread, got myself a completely standard white 2011 1.6 tdi caddy. Relatively low spec (which will soon change

) but did have air con and alloys. Only has 23k on the clock and is very clean definitely been looked after. going to be used for mountain biking and my every day vehicle so wanted something thats not battered... Here she is in all her glory the day I got her, i have a list of things i want to do longer than my arm

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Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Fri May 13, 2016 7:57 am

First thing I set too on was a couple of interior bits, I got my self a mk7 gti gear knob and scirocco flat bottom mfsw with red stitching too match,

I had to fit the gti gaiter to the caddy plastic surround with a staple gun, then cut the gear stick/shaft right down to allow the smaller gti gaiter to have enough slack to select all the gears, I then used a small grub screw to hold the knob in place

Next up I fitted the steering wheel and high line slip ring/control module and coded in the buttons to work with the mfd (soon to be changed for highline clocks), both these make such a difference to the feel of the cabin

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Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Fri May 13, 2016 8:09 am

While gathering bits and bobs for colour coding and waiting for my spot with the paint shop I cracked on with a few more interior bits, I got some leather a5 coupe front seats for a steal and in good nic, wanted them from a 2 door so I can slide/fold them over to get to the storage behind them under the floor !

Got them home gave them a good clean and condition and set about fitting them. I used the standard caddy bases and redrilled them as they seemed to sit high enough for me even though I'm a midget

Thought I was saving time Drilling them in the van but I got metal filings stuck in all the carpet under the rear floor, which took an age to clean

well worth it though here they are all fitted, hope to get the heated function sorted in the future

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Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Fri May 13, 2016 8:51 am

Got quite abit more to post til were up to date with where I am now, I will get on with that this evening, then will be posting regularly as I go from there

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Studley11 · Post by **Studley11** » Fri May 13, 2016 10:06 am

Looking good so far

m8ngn · Post by **m8ngn** » Fri May 13, 2016 10:40 am

Looks really good mate.

Mines my daily and only used to carry my mountain bike as well.

Loving the new wheel looks spot on.

Martyn

horace01 · Post by **horace01** » Fri May 13, 2016 11:08 am

Very nice. Love the steering wheel.

Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Fri May 13, 2016 11:45 pm

Cheers lads appreciate it

also got some leather touran door cards with switches and regulators off eBay as the previous owner had fitted aftermarket electric Windows with the switches by the gear knob and plugs in the door cards...I wasn't a fan. I managed to cut into the existing wiring which was handy but had to bolt the motors to my regulators and alter abit of wiring as the touran plug didn't fit the caddy door connector, I also had to drill and rivet the caddy regulator to accept the touran door handle support/mount. Finally made templates from caddy door cards and cut to suit. Completely forgot to take pictures of the process as I was cracking on with it but here's a picture of the finished job all working one touch and the passenger works from drivers side switch...much better

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Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Fri May 13, 2016 11:54 pm

The last interior pieces I have done so far is the high line clocks fitted and coded, can't wait to get an rns 510 to make use of all the functions

Also wrapped the facia/trim around the head unit which I may redo at some point as I'm not 100 percent happy with it

Now onto the outside bits

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Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Sat May 14, 2016 12:08 am

Now the cab felt abit better I wanted to get the outside looking presentable, so I put in a big order at tps for everything other than the front bumper and touran/ed 30 lights which came from eBay in Germany, that included front grille and badge, touran side strips, side rail and cover, and rear bumper. Managed to get a pretty good deal on the paint as I took off every part dropped it off and refitted. I also removed the door handles, plinth above the number plate and mirror covers (aswell as touran mirrors to be welded and fitted at a later date) to be colour coded, very pleased with the results

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Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Sat May 14, 2016 12:24 am

After it was colour coded it was time to give it a bash with the lowering stick, so I ordered one of the adjustable dampening vmaxx coilover kits

Was all going smoothly until I went to remove the drivers side front strut where one of the captive nuts had broken away underneath the top mount, it was so rusted away that I couldn't get anything on it to hold it! Was very difficult to get access to but After a long work out holding hacksaw blades and a few swear words it finally gave way, not sure if they're hardened or not but it blunted a good few blades and was an absolute bitch

Fitted new top mounts to both sides for good measure and a new drop links as they had to be cut off. I then moved onto the rears, I drilled two extra holes in each shackle before fitting so I wouldn't have to remove them in the future if i wanted to go lower, Ended up setting it straight on the first hole I drilled and was pretty level with the front of the van so happy days!

Fitted some heko wind deflectors which is a nice touch! Looks abit daft on the 16" wheels so that's the next thing to change if I can ever make my mind up

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torque777 · Post by **torque777** » Sat May 14, 2016 6:53 am

Looks really nice

chippi218 · Post by **chippi218** » Sat May 14, 2016 8:47 am

What kind of price was you charged to colour code all the parts. Cheers

Barbel330 · Post by **Barbel330** » Sat May 14, 2016 9:14 am

Love the interior touches, very smart.

Ts1441 · Post by **Ts1441** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:26 pm

After months of no progress on the van I finally found a bit of free time to start cracking on again

fed up with the noise when driving so next on the list is to line the back out, made a good start by going way over the top with sound deadening

but i don't mind the slight drop in MPG's if it means I can hear myself think...insulation, carpet and flooring to follow in the coming few weeks

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