W4X Caddy!

[W4X LG]

Picked up my Caddy on thursday afternoon, after trading in my old Combo. Its not the greatest spec but was tidy, pretty low mileage and ment I could get rid of the combo!

Here she is a 2007 2.0sdi with 64k on the clock.


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Having put down a depsoit last week I had started stockpiling some bits ready for the pick up! First off was to sort the rear cabin.

Before (tidy but soon to change!)


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I then removed all the ply to find the dirt!


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All clean!


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Then trimmed the floor in lino and the walls in black carpet


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As the van came with glass rear windows I had got some VW solid rear window guards ordered from TPS to help keep the contents safe!

Before


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After fitting


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Need to finish trimming the sliding door panels then all done. Also started to mount my tank and generator but didn't get any pics, will post some when its all finished.

Whilst doing the interior bits I also did a few basic external changes

Started with the front indictor bulbs, I hate the orange bulbs showing!!

Before


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After fitting some osram bulbs


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Rear indictors swopped for chrome bulbs

Before


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After


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I also removed the rear wash wiper to be replaced with a tap blank and removed the badges.


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Today I gave the van a good detail, again no real pics as the battery was flat and the weather wasn't looking great.


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Also trial fitted my personal plate which should hopefully be back on after the transfer next week and added a web address to the rear.


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My bro is sorting some photoshops of possible sign writing ideas and then once I have decided what to do I will get my mate to make them up for me.

Tomorrow I hope to get a bit closer to finishing getting everything mounted in the back and hopefully get my handsfree installed.

[minky monkey]

I've run one for a few years now, good van. Nicely put together, so much better than the belingo I ran before.

Shocking lack of power though coming from the 2.0 HDI engine though! lol.

[inVINCEable]

I have such a van fetish, that is really smart. One day I will have a reason to have my own van, and it will be a great day

[Johnnytheboy]

Great vans, on my second one now, both 104hp like this.

Plenty enough power for a van.

[Chr1sch]

There is a mega cool silver one in worcester. It has body coloured bumpers, lowered on mk5 r32 wheels and a full bonnet bib - it looks bloody ace!

[minky monkey]

Johnnytheboy said:

Great vans, on my second one now, both 104hp like this.

Plenty enough power for a van.

2.0 SDI is the non turbo lump. About 69bhp.

[bamberwell]

minky monkey said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Great vans, on my second one now, both 104hp like this.

Plenty enough power for a van.

2.0 SDI is the non turbo lump. About 69bhp.

i've had a non turbodiesel van before, and fk me it was slow............

[cookj]

i have the 104 tdi and there the one to go for but the sdi is also very strong engine the sdi is A 2ltr and the tdi 1.9

[Johnnytheboy]

minky monkey said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Great vans, on my second one now, both 104hp like this.

Plenty enough power for a van.

2.0 SDI is the non turbo lump. About 69bhp.

Oh god, you're right. They aren't good.

[exigepete]

Looking good Luke, will be in the spotted thread soon!

[W4X LG]

I would have much preferred a TDI but couldn't find a decent one in budget without a lot of miles on so went with this. Could always drop a TDI in at some point.

Pete - should be sign-written soon so should be easier to spot!

[Beefmeister]

Are you going to stick some alloys on it? A set of 16" Golf wheels would look great on that van.

[Lets Torque]

Nice to see a van in these pages every once in a while.

Great looking van.

[W4X LG]

Picking up a set of 17'' RS4 reps off a mate for free, just need a bit of a refurb, got a set of tyres I can use on them. Hopefully get them this week and start on the refurb. Eventually I want a set of BBS CH reps and coilovers on it!

Need to get my bluetooth wired in and possibly put my alpine stereo with ipod in aswell, but quite like the look of the standard head unit.

[danposs86]

I'm going to hazard a guess and say that you are a car detailer/valet and this is your new works van. If you were a builder or some sort of trade, the wood interior would have been perfect

[Lets Torque]

W4X LG said:

Need to get my bluetooth wired in and possibly put my alpine stereo with ipod in aswell, but quite like the look of the standard head unit.

When we loaned a VW Caddy. I really liked the stereo. It has much bigger buttons than my dad's 2010 Citroen Berlingo 1.6 which have small and fiddly controls IMO.

Is there a IPOD socket that can fit into the glovebox/somewhere similar? It would look a bit nicer than an aftermarket stereo IMO. Just a thought.

[RenesisEvo]

W4X LG said:

Picking up a set of 17'' RS4 reps off a mate

I'm no expert but I have heard that some alloys don't have a high enough load rating for vans, probably ok in your case but perhaps worth checking just to be sure. I suspect someone knows this issue better than I.

[W4X LG]

RenesisEvo said:

I'm no expert but I have heard that some alloys don't have a high enough load rating for vans, probably ok in your case but perhaps worth checking just to be sure. I suspect someone knows this issue better than I.

Your right, I ran various sets of alloys on my last van with low profile tyres and never had any problems, there are loads of caddys running reps so shouldn't be a problem. Will have to see what they come out like after a refurb.