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Canty25
Groupie Joined: 27 Jan 11 Location: Shropshire Status: Offline Points: 41 |
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Posted: 16 Mar 13 at 23:10 |
Got me a new whip. this is my Daily / Weekend (Show) Camper. Caddy 2K, diesel, silver. DSG 80,000 on the clock coilovers Turbines and best of all, a mini camper. Full custom handmade install with Waeco compressor (beer) fridge, Smev Sink/Hob, plenty of storage, bed/seat, great little setup for shows and it's small enough to use as my daily. Only ever seen a couple of Caddy's done like this, so real happy with it, just a shame i'm a bit large for the bed haha! Trained eye may see it's had a bit of paint. Plans. Blue Vinyl Roof. Off. it's gash. change of rims, not into them so much. wind the coilovers down a bit. split charge relay. possible addition of another leisure battery sound system (pretty big mods) new front seats (standard van ones suck, preferably 3 door fronts for ease to flick forward to get the bed out easier). eventually looking at Touran front. what ya think? |
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1990 TinTop T3, 1989 MK2 Golf, Bora TDi
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max and caddy
Vanorak Joined: 12 Dec 09 Location: Lancaster..uk Status: Offline Points: 4866 |
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I like it...is the paint a massive mismatch in the center tho?
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Canty25
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yeh, had a bit of a scrape so they got the whole side painted. i'm not overly bothered, but crazy how noticable it is in the right light!
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1990 TinTop T3, 1989 MK2 Golf, Bora TDi
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D&D
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its cool as |
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jason k
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I like that!!
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Vdub_heaven
Yardie Joined: 26 Feb 09 Location: north wales Status: Offline Points: 344 |
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Sweet!
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T3Panel
Vanorak Joined: 18 May 10 Location: Surrey Status: Offline Points: 1815 |
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Nice one Tom
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Bromy
Vanorak Joined: 26 Feb 12 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 1303 |
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Ive left my light on
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"follow the masses, do the opposite"
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Canty25
Groupie Joined: 27 Jan 11 Location: Shropshire Status: Offline Points: 41 |
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So, bit of an update! spent yesterday up at Dubshire Works sorting a couple of bits. 1. Getting the vinyl off the roof 2. More Lows So off came the vinyl, right shitter of a job. after a while we decided it would work quicker in the sunlight. it did! looks at least a thousand times better! then got to the lowering, didnt get pictures of the process and mods (may have been useful for others, whoops!) started on the rear, they come with brackets (shaaccckkkllleeess) attached to the leaf spring with 4 different sets of holes for different heights, each hole lowers about half a mm, useless. so custom jobby of drilling holes further up on the brackets! so this was done with pure precision, put back together and lowered it was! but only by half an inch. realised they were jammed on the bump stops, so we had to hack the already chopped ones. Then front coilovers only had about an inch left on the thread, so they're now all the way to the bottom, again, surprised at how low it isn't despite this. so without flipping the axle, much easier job, not slammed, but it's at a really nice height for it's practicality being a camper, but just closed up the arch gap a bit and it looks crackin! so again, many thanks to the boys at Dubshire Works, lot of effort gone in, really appreciate it. some snaps. next part of the plan is a good thrashing with a polisher, gonna give it a detail this week ready for Early Edition! First time i've had a car at a show for over a year! |
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Bromy
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Id say thats plenty low enough
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"follow the masses, do the opposite"
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surf dude
Yardie Joined: 11 Apr 05 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 470 |
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I really really like that, looked at a Caddy before I bought the last Golf, but was a bit worried about the whole insurance thing. How long is the bed when it's out?
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Too many projects..... Not enough time!
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Canty25
Groupie Joined: 27 Jan 11 Location: Shropshire Status: Offline Points: 41 |
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Thanks! Insurance isnt too bad, got it on a camper policy, slightly cheaper than my Bora TDi sport, which i wrote off and lost 2 years no claims, so not so bad!
The bed is about 6ft max, i've never actually checked! Im 6'1, and its no problem for me. The front seats have to go forward too, and my bed has an angled front and sits against the back of the centre console. I know the loading area in the rear is 6ft if thats any use! |
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surf dude
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Nice one, thanks for the info.
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Too many projects..... Not enough time!
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