My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
I like the idea of it showing temps etc, my caddy is a low low line, this may be better than changing the clocks
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Yeah mine is also, you can turn quite a few bits on in vcds (vag com) I did windows with the key, anti hijack and all sorts earlier.
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Mine has windy windows
I've turned on the auto lock feature but that's about all it has lol
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Haha windy windows. Less to go wrong!Mk2kompressor wrote:Mine has windy windows
I've turned on the auto lock feature but that's about all it has lol
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
You can probably get a loom and all the bits to make them electric pretty cheap thinking about it.Mark2K wrote:Haha windy windows. Less to go wrong!
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
So got a few little bits done tonight, the light drawing in early is ruining all my after work van fun
1. Fitted passat interior light with led bulbs, much better than the crappy standard one.
2. Fitted my WiFi hub, will find a place where I can hide it but in the fag lighter will do for now.
3. Treated some horrible rust spots on the bonnet, looks ok if you squint from a distance
Also managed to get a Touran front bumper for £40 after searching for weeks!! Will paint the rear bumper at the same time, hopefully next weekend.
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1. Fitted passat interior light with led bulbs, much better than the crappy standard one.
2. Fitted my WiFi hub, will find a place where I can hide it but in the fag lighter will do for now.
3. Treated some horrible rust spots on the bonnet, looks ok if you squint from a distance
Also managed to get a Touran front bumper for £40 after searching for weeks!! Will paint the rear bumper at the same time, hopefully next weekend.
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
I have seen that people are painting the inside of the headlights matt black, is this easy to do?
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Few more bits done this evening. Got the most of the sound proofing / insulating finished, can get the ply & carpet ordered now
Also put some smoked side repeaters on, might tackle the headlights this weekend ready for the Touran bumper
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Also put some smoked side repeaters on, might tackle the headlights this weekend ready for the Touran bumper
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
What size wheel and tyre are you using like the wheels a lot.
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
They are 2003 Mercedes E-Class wheels (17's), literally had them lying around as I changed the wheels on the merc for bigger ones. Offset is good, fill the arches nicely now I have the coilovers on now. I'll check the tyre sizeShane1987 wrote:What size wheel and tyre are you using like the wheels a lot.
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Time for an update!
So after 2 weekends of ripping my knuckles to the bone, finally got the coilovers fitted. (many learning experiences had, thanks for help on the rears from general chat )
I fitted the JOM coilover kit, all I can say is if it came with instructions I wouldn't have had to use all the swear words, you will see why further down.
Start with the rears, oh the rust. So much rust. Every bolt had welded itself shut. If your going to attempt this, just make sure you start on a Sat morning so you can give yourself a chance to chill out before work on Monday morning to avoid your colleagues getting throttled from Van hangover (also having the axle flip instructions would have saved many hours)
The fronts, not as bad but a few key learnings picked up.
1. Do both sides at once, make sure you undo the antiroll bar links as you won't be able to get the struts out.
2. You have to remove the scuttle, wipers, heat shield and wiper motor first.
3. Club hammer is your best friend.
Luckily my dad has a welder, one of the top mount bolts was spinning so he welded it back on the strut. (You can scrape the rubber off from underneath first)
End result, nice smooth ride not back jarring which was a surprise! Easy to adjust once fitted (could easily go another 15mm lower at the front and 20mm at the back) so for shows nice and easy.
If anyone is doing this and needs advice let me know as everything that could go wrong did go wrong anyway a few pics of my much earned hard work.
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So after 2 weekends of ripping my knuckles to the bone, finally got the coilovers fitted. (many learning experiences had, thanks for help on the rears from general chat )
I fitted the JOM coilover kit, all I can say is if it came with instructions I wouldn't have had to use all the swear words, you will see why further down.
Start with the rears, oh the rust. So much rust. Every bolt had welded itself shut. If your going to attempt this, just make sure you start on a Sat morning so you can give yourself a chance to chill out before work on Monday morning to avoid your colleagues getting throttled from Van hangover (also having the axle flip instructions would have saved many hours)
The fronts, not as bad but a few key learnings picked up.
1. Do both sides at once, make sure you undo the antiroll bar links as you won't be able to get the struts out.
2. You have to remove the scuttle, wipers, heat shield and wiper motor first.
3. Club hammer is your best friend.
Luckily my dad has a welder, one of the top mount bolts was spinning so he welded it back on the strut. (You can scrape the rubber off from underneath first)
End result, nice smooth ride not back jarring which was a surprise! Easy to adjust once fitted (could easily go another 15mm lower at the front and 20mm at the back) so for shows nice and easy.
If anyone is doing this and needs advice let me know as everything that could go wrong did go wrong anyway a few pics of my much earned hard work.
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Good job, lucky I’m not lowering mine!
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
So glad it's over, if I had known before I would have got someone else to do itMk2kompressor wrote:Good job, lucky I’m not lowering mine!
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
Just been reading you progress nice work I lowered mine but used my mates two post lift and access to all his tools so much easier
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Re: My Silver Caddy Day Van Project
I would kill for a lift! Rolling around on the floor for 8 hours at a time is not coolD green wrote:Just been reading you progress nice work I lowered mine but used my mates two post lift and access to all his tools so much easier
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