My ex BG caddy
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My ex BG caddy
Alright guys,,
Iv been a member on here for a while now and thought i may aswell start a little build thread. Funds aint unlimited so progress may be slow but its the small things i can do myself that i enjoy doing. Hope you enjoy
Sooo before my caddy i had a VW golf 1.4 tsi 160 which i had mapped to 188bhp..i loved it it had every extra you could think of (bit different in the caddy now ) few pics for you—
The reason for the change is i having the motocross bike and pulling a trailer around just wasnt for me ..
I picked up the ex bg at 95000 and in pretty decent condition. It was used but i was happy with it..
First day on the drive..
That night the racking came out...
Bike fit great and i was able to salvage the already connected LED strips which i have now attached to the roof and they work brilliantly (A little pic for the mx’ers out there)You can see the strips being used in the background ...
Started wrapping the interior.
It wasnt great and has since been removed whilst on a long boring drive i had a another go recently with some vinyl i was given which i think looks better but will probs do it again to try and get it perfect
Swapped the front and rear badges to matte black and changed the DRL bulbs and headlight bulbs to try and get away from the yellow look ..
The latest thing is i had a set of 18’s delivered today from LK after a good mate and new fellow caddy owner put some on his and I thought they looked the dogs. Got home picked the wheels up and was straight round to jacks house (Caddy0802) and he helped me get them on. I know it needs lowering because it is riding so high but that is something on the to do list..pics aint great because it got dark so fast..
He has a very nice coded maxi which you find his thread on here somewhere
Meeting up with him again tomorrow for a wash, vinyl and tinkering day so will have better pics from that... thats it for now really. Will try to update when i can
Much love
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Iv been a member on here for a while now and thought i may aswell start a little build thread. Funds aint unlimited so progress may be slow but its the small things i can do myself that i enjoy doing. Hope you enjoy
Sooo before my caddy i had a VW golf 1.4 tsi 160 which i had mapped to 188bhp..i loved it it had every extra you could think of (bit different in the caddy now ) few pics for you—
The reason for the change is i having the motocross bike and pulling a trailer around just wasnt for me ..
I picked up the ex bg at 95000 and in pretty decent condition. It was used but i was happy with it..
First day on the drive..
That night the racking came out...
Bike fit great and i was able to salvage the already connected LED strips which i have now attached to the roof and they work brilliantly (A little pic for the mx’ers out there)You can see the strips being used in the background ...
Started wrapping the interior.
It wasnt great and has since been removed whilst on a long boring drive i had a another go recently with some vinyl i was given which i think looks better but will probs do it again to try and get it perfect
Swapped the front and rear badges to matte black and changed the DRL bulbs and headlight bulbs to try and get away from the yellow look ..
The latest thing is i had a set of 18’s delivered today from LK after a good mate and new fellow caddy owner put some on his and I thought they looked the dogs. Got home picked the wheels up and was straight round to jacks house (Caddy0802) and he helped me get them on. I know it needs lowering because it is riding so high but that is something on the to do list..pics aint great because it got dark so fast..
He has a very nice coded maxi which you find his thread on here somewhere
Meeting up with him again tomorrow for a wash, vinyl and tinkering day so will have better pics from that... thats it for now really. Will try to update when i can
Much love
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Re: My ex BG caddy
Looks nice dude! Keep us posted with the mods! Im tempted to use either gloss black or 4d carbon on my interior
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Thanks mate, i did mine again today in just plain silver but because it was thin you can see the plastic pattern underneath and i think it looks great.. Il try and get some pics onLimbo118118 wrote:Looks nice dude! Keep us posted with the mods! Im tempted to use either gloss black or 4d carbon on my interior
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Had a bit of caddy today with Caddy0802 which you may have already seen.. The van still has the residue from the BG vinyl so it isnt perfectly clean but looks alot better than it did
Picture of the wheels..
Wrapped the interior with plain sliver but the plastic make it look pretty good i reckon...
Pictures were taken in the dark so aint great.. Thing im going to take off the 2 on the steering wheel and do them gloss black, think it may be a bit much. What you rekon?
Much love
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Picture of the wheels..
Wrapped the interior with plain sliver but the plastic make it look pretty good i reckon...
Pictures were taken in the dark so aint great.. Thing im going to take off the 2 on the steering wheel and do them gloss black, think it may be a bit much. What you rekon?
Much love
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Thanks, il run with it for a while see if it grows on meLimbo118118 wrote:Looks good dude. Id keep its silver all matches then!
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Re: My ex BG caddy
Had some pressed plates delivered today.. Get them on tomorrow
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Plates on..
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Re: My ex BG caddy
hi van looks great! can I ask specifically where you got the new drl's and black badges from please
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Re: My ex BG caddy
Another vote for the silver. I also really like the black wheels and badge!
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Hi, sorry not been on here for a while. Both the drl and badges are ebay ...MikeVsLife wrote:hi van looks great! can I ask specifically where you got the new drl's and black badges from please
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2758427525
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2060505242
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its still silver at the minuteDedecker1 wrote:Another vote for the silver. I also really like the black wheels and badge!
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I kinda like it dirty
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So i took delivery of some ebay tint today and got started on the lights...
May as well do the brake light while im at it..
Pictures aren't great, will probs get some taken in the light. Not bad for £2.99 and a free sqweegee
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May as well do the brake light while im at it..
Pictures aren't great, will probs get some taken in the light. Not bad for £2.99 and a free sqweegee
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Re: My ex BG caddy
Lookin good bruv
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