Caddyvan take 2

never thought that would be an option. keep us posted on how it holds up!

CaddyRage wrote:

Rather than search for a black carpet, i coloured my original pikey stylee

Before


After hoovering it for approx an hour it was like new apart from the oil stains. I then applied the plasti-kote satin black paint




The marks are the pile of the carpet from when i hoovered it, not my bad spraying technique.

Hope ya likey

would a polo one (cut obviously!) fit? ive got one sitting at home if ya need it?

Believe it different again mate, although i now intrigued as to whether it is useable. Does it look the same?

from what i remember it looks the same...

as far as i can remember most, maybe all, the interior can be swapped between the polo and ibiza.

bob_drinks_beer wrote:

from what i remember it looks the same...

as far as i can remember most, maybe all, the interior can be swapped between the polo and ibiza.

Are you home now, i wanna re-fit my carpet today.

yes most the interior is transferable, seats and some plastic's fit.

The dash is slightly shorter in polo 6n and the doorcards dont fit.

im stuck at work unfortunately :(

Few pic's for ya

Doorcards i got off AL on vwcaddy.com had a lovely blue pattern to them so i toned them down by painting them too lol

The light bits in them still show a tad but they dont clash with the red details as much now.

Pic of interior, just gotta paint the B post plastic's then fit the sill trim and give it a wipe down with trim cleaner.

I now have fully working electric's , remote locking, windows, mirrors


Also fitted tinted rear windows


Now need to roll/fold the lip back on the front wings due to these. Tyres look like balloons so i may have to change them. Want to stick to 50 series tyres so my speedo reads right though

Here's a few pic's of my van with the new wheels i collected last weekend

How come you aitn runnin the BBS's now lee? think the mirrors need satin blacking if you keeping the bandies on now.

matty_mk1 wrote:

How come you aitn runnin the BBS's now lee? think the mirrors need satin blacking if you keeping the bandies on now.

Because they finally going on what they was intended for mate, the truck

I got the bandied steelies for that reason as the standard 60's just dint cut it lol

I was also going to revert back to 50 series tyres so my vans speedo ran correct and i knocked my rev's back down to get better mpg again.

The wheels came with 195/50 tyres so did a deal for 400 notes on them
Drives much better now too

Mirrors will be gone soon, just looking for a passenger mirror

look sweet lee, are you intending on doing anything with the center caps?

Ashley wrote:

look sweet lee, are you intending on doing anything with the center caps?

Cheers

I have original G60 caps that take separate nut covers but me and gem decided on the flush caps for now.

I may paint the wheels so the original caps will work better

like the new boot dude, need change of colour i think to really pull em off but defo onto a winner

looks cool on the steels m8.

steels deffo need to be silver for sure.

Tiz wrote:

steels deffo need to be silver for sure.

yeh defo agreed, will look more original too

i like the black steels.

see you parked outside the greyhound last night

Went to norwich on a minibus from the greyhound mate.

Had a trip to the breakers yesterday, thought i'd go get some de-locked door handles as my remote locking works great. Fitted them this morning



Just thought i'd keep my thread updated with what i do

Changed my Coilovers for some FK's that came on a 16v Golf. Only changing as i have FK konigs on truck so i can atleast interchange parts if i end up ordering replacements for breakages across the 2 sets.
I gave them a quick clean, greased the threads so they dont seize then used a pair of socks to keep most of the dirt out

Sold the red polo classic mirrors so here's pic's of the replacements
Mk3 ibiza or late polo classic(2001) mirror
Gone for these as they the same style as mk4 golfs and other newer vag. They also stick out approx an inch more than the early polo classic mirrors so vision should be better.

Unfortunately, both mk3 ibiza and late polo classic's have a stubby version for the passenger side so i still on the look out for a LHD mirror so i have both large rather than both stubby's like you see on other Dubs.
Decided to make a mirror black using a base plate that Bob(bob drinks beer) gave me.

That will do til i get a mirror sorted
Also going to colour code them when i have both

Like the new mirrors, and good call goin for both large 1s, think theyll fit the shape of the van better. i think texture black mirrors would work well with the wheels

Cheers matt, if all goes to plan then they'll work with the wheels alright

How hot did you have the oven to seperate you headlights m8? and how long you leave them in for?

matty_mk1 wrote:

How hot did you have the oven to seperate you headlights m8? and how long you leave them in for?

Bout 200 degrees for 10 to 15mins matt