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My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 1:43 pm
by InformedLeek
Hey All,
So I picked this little gem up on Saturday morning:
Few bits already ordered:
Mk 5/6 GTI seats:
Seats obviously need some work, but have a guy who can retrim them for me, or at least sort the bolster out.
I've ordered the following list of bits too:
LED headlight bulbs.
LED rear bulbs.
Black carpet trim for rear.
Touran seat rails.
Exciting getting a new vehicle to mess around with - had a lease vehicle for the last 12 months so have been limited to what I can do to it.
Will be updated as regularly as possible.
Cheers!
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:44 pm
by InformedLeek
Seats are now in my possession.
Does anyone have a good upholsterer? Just need that drivers side bolster sorting.
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:30 pm
by InformedLeek
Managed to add the following bits:
LED Main / Dipped beam.
LED tail lights - full set.
Been considering a stage 1 map for it too. Place local will apparently map to get some good increase for £100.
Looking at sound deadening stuff too - trip to Scotland from Yorkshire and I was nearly deaf when I got back lol.
More updates to come!
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:59 pm
by RY_VW
Hey up,Yorkshire?? Where abouts bud? As far as upholsterers the only people I know of are the seat surgeons in york
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:15 pm
by InformedLeek
RY_VW wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:59 pm
Hey up,Yorkshire?? Where abouts bud? As far as upholsterers the only people I know of are the seat surgeons in york
Office in heckmondwike (dewsbury pretty much), and I live in Barnsley. You local?
I’ve spoken to a couple of guys local to the office about the upholstery - £120 to sort it out which I didn’t think was bad.
More updates next week.
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:56 pm
by RY_VW
Im in 'ull
also with you saying about remaps it may be worth giving dark side developments a call as they're on your doorstep
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:51 pm
by InformedLeek
Couple of updates for you all:
Debadged (no photo as it was raining when I finished),
Private plate on,
Seat booked in at upholsterers for couple of weeks,
Spoken to Carlton tuning (on my doorstep) they can remap for £100 (on offer at the moment) so will likely take it there ....Darkside are good, but I think they're pricey in comparison.
More updates to come!
Tom
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:13 pm
by 3rdLeg
Lovely base for a few mods.
Will be following progress with interest.
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 3:40 pm
by InformedLeek
So had the van mapped yesterday. Holy sh1t what a difference!!
100x more responsive on throttle, and generally drives much nicer. Very happy.
Had it done at Carlton Tuning in Barnsley - £100 and done while you wait usually - took an hour and half ish to download the current map, modify it and reupload.
Been looking for ideas on getting light / power into the back - anyone any suggestions?
More updates to follow!
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:03 pm
by InformedLeek
Just dropped off the drivers seat with a local upholsterer. Hopefully have that back in a week / 10 days.
Just need to get some Touran bases now - does anyone have any for sale?
Tom
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Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:30 pm
by RY_VW
If theure still there there was actually a set going very cheap in the for sale section buddy
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:06 pm
by InformedLeek
Thanks mate - managed to grab them before they went.
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Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:43 pm
by InformedLeek
Relatively easy update for this, managed to get the drivers side door sound deadened ready for the new Focal speakers up front:
Also managed to get the tweeter pods mounted in the sail panels - ready for filler and sorting this week:
New Android head unit in and working:
And stripped the rear end ready for sound deadening and carpetting:
Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:53 pm
by G1L8313
Good work so far mate keep it up!
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Re: My Silver 18 plate Caddy
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:41 pm
by InformedLeek
Thanks mate!
Will hopefully have the afternoon on it today too so will have more updates.
Tom
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