Caddy R32
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:00 am
Having been a member of the forum for some time I never set up a build thread for my van. I thought now is probably a good time as I’m finally getting round to doing some of the jobs that I’ve been intending to do for a few years.
Here are a couple of pictures of the van when I got it.
It was just a standard 1.6tdi but I loved the colour and it had only been used for Light duties.
Around 12 months later I had done a fair amount of work.
All the work done on the van has been carried out by my own hands, including building the mk7 gti front bumper and most of the spray work (some help off a good mate in the paint department).
The list of mods:
Mk7 Golf gti Bumper grafted to touran Bumper.
Touran electric mirrors fitted with Home made adapter bracket.
Mk6 R multi function steering wheel
Mk7 Golf gt seats.
Sliding door rail cover.
Carpeted rear and bulkhead.
Home made security plates over the rear windows (also carpeted).
Bilstine coilovers and axel flip on the rear. Coils are wound right down to the very bottom.
19inch audi alloys with stretched tyres.
Colour cluster (fitted by doc)
VanX glovebox door.
Dpf and egr delete along with remap
The last 18 months of my have been really busy with a new job came massive challenges and then the birth of my son even more! Now things have settled down a bit have started thinking about the van again.
Having cruised many a mile up and down the m6 and m1 for work the van gearbox started whining. I decided that I wanted to make a little bit of an upgrade rather than just making a straight swap. I wanted to give the van a more enjoyable replacement gearbox and engine. I purchased a lovely 3.2l dsg eos to rip apart and transplant everything good into the van (eos being a good choice as it’s fwd and keeps things simple for a daily driver and amateur mechanic).
Of course with work and child getting in the way the eos was parked up and the van driven daily until finally.
The gearbox gave up 200 Miles from Home.
Now with new vigour (and a pass from the mrs who finally realised the van isn’t going away) I’m cracking on with the transplant and hopefully other jobs. Progress may not be fast here, my work is pretty involved and has me working away from home and many hours, but I normally get 1 day a week to do a bit.
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Here are a couple of pictures of the van when I got it.
It was just a standard 1.6tdi but I loved the colour and it had only been used for Light duties.
Around 12 months later I had done a fair amount of work.
All the work done on the van has been carried out by my own hands, including building the mk7 gti front bumper and most of the spray work (some help off a good mate in the paint department).
The list of mods:
Mk7 Golf gti Bumper grafted to touran Bumper.
Touran electric mirrors fitted with Home made adapter bracket.
Mk6 R multi function steering wheel
Mk7 Golf gt seats.
Sliding door rail cover.
Carpeted rear and bulkhead.
Home made security plates over the rear windows (also carpeted).
Bilstine coilovers and axel flip on the rear. Coils are wound right down to the very bottom.
19inch audi alloys with stretched tyres.
Colour cluster (fitted by doc)
VanX glovebox door.
Dpf and egr delete along with remap
The last 18 months of my have been really busy with a new job came massive challenges and then the birth of my son even more! Now things have settled down a bit have started thinking about the van again.
Having cruised many a mile up and down the m6 and m1 for work the van gearbox started whining. I decided that I wanted to make a little bit of an upgrade rather than just making a straight swap. I wanted to give the van a more enjoyable replacement gearbox and engine. I purchased a lovely 3.2l dsg eos to rip apart and transplant everything good into the van (eos being a good choice as it’s fwd and keeps things simple for a daily driver and amateur mechanic).
Of course with work and child getting in the way the eos was parked up and the van driven daily until finally.
The gearbox gave up 200 Miles from Home.
Now with new vigour (and a pass from the mrs who finally realised the van isn’t going away) I’m cracking on with the transplant and hopefully other jobs. Progress may not be fast here, my work is pretty involved and has me working away from home and many hours, but I normally get 1 day a week to do a bit.
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