The Ruby Caddy

[Johnjourno]

Ok, so it’s not Ruby Red but it’s a name that works I guess.

I bought myself a Caddy because I wanted a small van for gigs, going out with my mountain bike and general flexibility with the space. I set myself some criteria when shopping…

Has to be a 2 litre (got a 2.0 CR140)
Preferably not white (red)
Preferably not AdBlue (it’s not)
Preferably not moon miles (almost full service history with 175k)

Anyway, so far I have bought the van, bought an Audi A7 SE interior for the front seats and I’ve bought some MK6 Golf GT alloys to tidy it up.

Externally there’s some flaws but nothing horrific and it’s going to be small steps, but I like to plan. With this, the plan is to do the following (in no particular order)

Seats in (currently doing research for the wiring to b supplied)
Fit the alloys (easy)
Add cruise control (which I need to research)
Find a nicer steering wheel (research)
Retrofit electric windows and mirrors (research)
Potentially look into replacing the instrument cluster, it’s a base model so doesn’t have any display other than the trip. To be honest that part is more of a “you haven’t shut the door properly” aspect or the MPG etc, but again, not really needed. There will probably be more as time goes on, but the initial part is making the inside of the van nicer to be in, and once that’s done the outside will be next.

I’m hoping being part of the group here will help me find out what I need, and I’m looking forward to getting stuck in to it.[/img][/img][/img]

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Ok, so it’s not Ruby Red but it’s a name that works I guess.

I bought myself a Caddy because I wanted a small van for gigs, going out with my mountain bike and general flexibility with the space. I set myself some criteria when shopping…

Has to be a 2 litre (got a 2.0 CR140)
Preferably not white (red)
Preferably not AdBlue (it’s not)
Preferably not moon miles (almost full service history with 175k)

Anyway, so far I have bought the van, bought an Audi A7 SE interior for the front seats and I’ve bought some MK6 Golf GT alloys to tidy it up.

Externally there’s some flaws but nothing horrific and it’s going to be small steps, but I like to plan. With this, the plan is to do the following (in no particular order)

Seats in (currently doing research for the wiring to b supplied)
Fit the alloys (easy)
Add cruise control (which I need to research)
Find a nicer steering wheel (research)
Retrofit electric windows and mirrors (research)
Potentially look into replacing the instrument cluster, it’s a base model so doesn’t have any display other than the trip. To be honest that part is more of a “you haven’t shut the door properly” aspect or the MPG etc, but again, not really needed. There will probably be more as time goes on, but the initial part is making the inside of the van nicer to be in, and once that’s done the outside will be next.

I’m hoping being part of the group here will help me find out what I need, and I’m looking forward to getting stuck in to it.[/img][/img][/img]

Looking forward to seeing a red van makes a change


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[Johnjourno]

Looking forward to seeing a red van makes a change


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It’s busy at the Haus Of Dub


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[Johnjourno]

So far, I have bought an Audi A7 SE interior and some MK7 Golf GT alloys. I’ve ordered the looms and hopefully they will land this week so I have something to play with over Christmas


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It’s busy at the Haus Of Dub


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Quality looks great in that colour


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[Johnjourno]

[mention]Flog_TSC [/mention] cheers. It’s definitely easy to spot where you park it

I like the fact that you don’t see them in red normally


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[Johnjourno]

My new seat wiring has arrived! Not had the chance to replace the seats yet but gave the current ones a clean which made a massive difference. Took a couple of passes but it worked fairly well.

The question is, do I get Touran bases or adapt the Caddy ones? People seem to want a fair amount of money for the bases and part of me wants to just adapt them for that reason, but I’d rather have ‘plug and play’ if you get me? Choices choices.








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[Johnjourno]

So, a bit of an update.

I’ve been using the van and apart from a random cut out occurrence which happened once it’s been spot on. I had ordered a wiring harness for the seats from StanTheCaddyMan and that come between Christmas and the New Year and I ordered the switch panel through eBay from Germany. I was getting concerned when we got to a week into January and nothing had been updated so I dropped them a message. They said once the warehouse dispatch it they will update it. A week later it becomes updated and it finally arrives today. Strangely it has arrived bubble wrapped with the original box folded up with it but not in its original box. Perhaps to protect the item better but still give the original box, who knows.

Anyway, that will hopefully happen this weekend, and last weekend I gave the van a service. The cabin filter was disgusting

Photos just to show the ongoing of the van











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[Johnjourno]

Work in progress










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[stu_b]

The seats are looking good
Are they heated ?
I didn't see that on the control panel

How easy of a job would u say it was to install the looms, seat bases n seats ??

[Johnjourno]

The seats are looking good
Are they heated ?
I didn't see that on the control panel

How easy of a job would u say it was to install the looms, seat bases n seats ??

It’s not a hard job. I kind of forgot about this thread as it seems a bit quiet for interactions.

I got my loom from StanTheCaddyMan on Instagram and he made a fantastic loom with decent instructions. The heater control I bought brand new from eBay and that come from Germany and was cheaper than what people ask for second hand in the U.K.

To enable the heating I used VCDS to activate it in the BCM and that was the only remotely specialist thing required. Best advice is to take your time and take the full interior out for routing it.

[Johnjourno]

So, a quick update. The interior is in and it’s fantastic. The full electric adjustment works including lumbar and the heated seats are coded in and working great!


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[stu_b]

Hahaaaa I think all threads have gone quiet

Why didn't u buy the control panel from STCM ?
Yeah I think the seat n bases out etc is the way to go, good opportunity to give everything a clean n fresh start again !!

I didn't think your control panel had heater option ?
I just looked again and saw the dials...
I see some of the control have a simple on / off but the dial is good

I don't have vcds, one day !!

[Johnjourno]

Hahaaaa I think all threads have gone quiet

Why didn't u buy the control panel from STCM ?
Yeah I think the seat n bases out etc is the way to go, good opportunity to give everything a clean n fresh start again !!

I didn't think your control panel had heater option ?
I just looked again and saw the dials...
I see some of the control have a simple on / off but the dial is good

I don't have vcds, one day !!

At the time Stan didn’t have a panel for mine. With mine being ‘poverty spec’ it’s the base panel unlike the later with climate control and the push button centres for the seats so it’s quite uncommon.


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[xs2man]

Looks like a solid upgrade. I'll probably have to retrofit heated seats too. The wife loves a heated seat, so needs must I guess.