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EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2024 1:54 pm
by 02Holdend
Owned my van for about a year now. Was pretty tastefully modified upon purchase but bought it as a "75% there" job. In the year I've had it I've battered it as a joiners work van. Good few dents. Somebody snapped the mirror off, pot hole cracked an alloy, bumpers need spraying again etc so now starts the big resto to get it how I actually want.

Issues / upgrades needed

Rear seat conversion (completed last week)
Strip and repaint bumpers (just rattle canned by previous owner and flaking)
DIY PDR adventures!
New front seats (Mk8 golf purchased last night)
New headunit and rear sound
Full interior carpet / alcantara cover
New alloys
New lowering system (stance plus on it are ROUGH)
MFSW (Mk8 golf purchased last night)
New design headliner
Rear electronics (USB etc)
Mk8 hybrid bumpers

The list will no doubt evolve as I go ! Starting a thread so I can keep track of it and share how I'm getting on.

First post will be newly fitted rear seat conversion
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Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2024 2:58 pm
by 02Holdend
1st job in the redo was the rear seat conversion last weekend. Seatbelts arrived this week to fit this weekend as currently rolling with 5 seats and 3 working belts!

Also managed to find the Caddy life sliding door trims the finish off properly into the new footwells. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:37 pm
by 02Holdend
New parts collected yesterday ImageImageImage

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Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:44 pm
by Tubey
Looking good that seat conversion mate

Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 5:38 pm
by 02Holdend
Wheels are off being refurbished. Life mirrors on today !

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Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 8:13 pm
by JiMsHaDy69
Looks good. This will be the first upgrade for me when I collect my van at the end of the month.

Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:14 am
by A18XVW
02Holdend wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 5:38 pm Wheels are off being refurbished. Life mirrors on today !

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Whats the difference with life mirrors? is it that they are heated?

Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:40 pm
by 02Holdend
A18XVW wrote: Whats the difference with life mirrors? is it that they are heated?
They're both the same shape for a start ! The standard mirrors being different shapes killed my OCD. They look more like a golf mirror than a van. Pic attached for comparison Image

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Re: EX BG maxi build/rebuild/modify.

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:24 pm
by JiMsHaDy69
I just picked up my Caddy on Monday and spent a good five minutes trying to work out if the mirrors were different shapes or if I was just imagining it.