After owning Scirocco for the past 3 years and having nothing but trouble, I decided the only sensible option left was to buy another Volkswagen Let's hope this one is a little more reliable!
I was torn between having a maxi with the 1.6 or a standard caddy with the 2.0. Finally I decided that the standard caddy would be comfortable enough to sleep in if push came to shove and the 2.0 would hopefully be a more reliable and enjoyable source of power
It's very clean for a two year old van, although from what I can tell it has been wrapped / plasticoated in a blue colour for its life so far. Unfortunately the garage selling the van haven't been too careful in removing it and in places it's still left, and in others it's quite scratched where they have used what looks like a chisel to get it off I really wish the had left it on and I would have taken my time to do it myself!
Anyhoo, 2 weeks down and I'm loving the van life. If money allows my plan is to, sound deaden and carpet the rear,
Add an auto light switch, Colour code the rear windows and remove the wiper (doesn't work anyway ) and add the cruise control stalks / open up the mfd (I'm guessing they're midline clocks as they have the temp gauge.
And I almost forgot, remove the speed limiter so any advice on this would be very much appreciated!
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My first Caddy
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Re: My first Caddy
Just finished putting sound deadening in the back of mine, haven't done the carpet yet but it is noticeably quieter already.
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That looks like a good base to start a build on.
You will find lots of inspiration on this forum, maybe so much your wallet will think your hand is crazy.
You will find lots of inspiration on this forum, maybe so much your wallet will think your hand is crazy.
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@Emgee48 I've heard it's not too tricky and watched a few you tube videos. I'm thinking of going on ebay and purchasing a package from the sound deadening shop.
@Doc thanks, I hope it will be a nice base van and I'll start with some of the simple mods. I've been given a rail cover from a friend which is a nice start Ive already found a lot of help from the forum already, including from yourself
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@Doc thanks, I hope it will be a nice base van and I'll start with some of the simple mods. I've been given a rail cover from a friend which is a nice start Ive already found a lot of help from the forum already, including from yourself
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Re: My first Caddy
get yourself up to dubunit to have limiter removed and a remap First.......thatll get your juices flowing!
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Re: My first Caddy
@Stedlocks Is dubunit the place to go then? It's quite far away as I'm in Suffolk The juices are definitely flowing, the cash just isn't right now I'm a welder fabricator by trade so I should really set about making some sort of removable bed however I'm reluctant to start before getting the rear sound deadend and carpeted
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