2014 Caddy from Finland

[lollero2]

Hi everyone!

I bought this caddy around 6 months ago mainly for doing electrical work on the side. At first I had a 2003 vw polo with the backseats removed but I just needed more space. As I started building my side business the amount of work started growing fast.

I still have the 2003 polo 1.4 petrol and also 2009 polo 1.4 tdi. In the picture below theres also my moms 2008 polo 1.4 petrol. I have made custom projector headlights for the green and black polos.


I traded my 2014 Jetta 1.2 tsi for the caddy. The Jetta was a great all around car but the tdi polo and caddy fill the position of it nicely. I really loved this car and did a lot of mods to it also. Including building my own custom sequential led taillights.


But anyway here is my caddy on the day I bought it. It was completely stock besides the rims that the previous owner had bought for it.




The first thing I did was soundproofing the rear.


Then added an led strip so that I could actually see something.


Tinted the barn doors and the bulkhead windows so that I could store tools without people seeing inside.




After this I had to use for work for a couple of days. I will do a new comment with more progress photos.

[lollero2]

After using it for a while I continued on the modifications.

First I sound proofed the barn doors and fabric covered the door panels.



Then I also covered the bulkhead with fabric.


In the top right corner you can see a plastic pipe that I added throught the bulkhead. The other end is in the cabin above the sunvisors. This pipe allows me to store 2m long wire channels and aluminium led profiles.


I pulled a 7x1.5mm wire from the front fusebox area to the back for future upgrades and mods. It was easy to do while removing the panels for fabric and soundproofing.


And more soundproofing


And fabric

[lollero2]

Now I could really start using the van for work so I installed some shelves and storage boxes.


And mounted some battery tools to the walls.


You can also see a 12v outlet and usb charger mounted to the small wall panel. (Remember the 7x1.5 wire I pulled earlier. Here is one use for it)

After sound proofing the walls I wanted to make similar panels that were installed from factory to all the empty spaces.
Before

The one space is without soundproofing due to it having a dent that was later pdr fixed.


After


Now all the loose wire and tools were sliding around due to the slippery floor. So I got some terrace carpet with similar texture and color to the fabric on the walls.



Then for security the rear windows were covered with tool wall board cut to shape.




Since this the cargo area has stayed pretty much the same.