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Hi all,

just picked up my Caddy last week.. loving it so far.

First VW, first diesel, first (sort of?) commercial vehicle for me.

Whilst it's essentially a BMR Autowerkes 'shop car' it'll be my daily drive a lot of the time I guess.

Pros so far:
- fantastic fuel economy!
- comfortable ride
- great DSG + TDI engine combo

Negatives:
- Tyre roar
- Hearing the fuel tank sloshing around

Onto some pics

Picking it up at the dealer!


Getting it 'home' to the workshop



Hmm had some 17" Detroits lying around from a GTi. First set of many wheels likely to go on


More to come!!

[Caddy]

Picked up 2 x Bulk packs of Dynamat in an effort to try quieten things down in the back. Will eventually carpet/trim the rear.





Ordered an ANS-810 with the current Group Buy going on... really looking forward to the reversing camera!

[fmflex]

Congratulations on becoming one of many happy caddy owners.

In regards to some of your negative observations, what sort of tyres did you have on to have all that road noise? Reason I ask is that although mine's the Maxi, I haven't really had any road noise issues with the stock Bridgestone B250s in a 15" size or the Toyos I'm currently running in a 16". To be quite honest, I've got more road noise with the tyres on the 32 as it spends alot of time sitting around.

I also haven't got an issue with hearing fuel sloshing around either.

Either way, congratz and what else do you have planned?

[Caddy]

Congratulations on becoming one of many happy caddy owners.

In regards to some of your negative observations, what sort of tyres did you have on to have all that road noise? Reason I ask is that although mine's the Maxi, I haven't really had any road noise issues with the stock Bridgestone B250s in a 15" size or the Toyos I'm currently running in a 16". To be quite honest, I've got more road noise with the tyres on the 32 as it spends alot of time sitting around.

I also haven't got an issue with hearing fuel sloshing around either.

Either way, congratz and what else do you have planned?

Stock tyres were Hankook 'eco' tyres on the 15" steelies
Currently got OEM GTI spec Bridgestone Turanzas

Road noise is perfectly acceptable on smooth roads and OK roads... just on poor roads that the noise triples for some reason! I spoke to Doyle's about getting the rear carpeted and they said that the Caddy's they run still have the same issue in that there is lots of road noise.

Lots of other mods planned!
Getting tint shortly.
Next up, probably lowering, pretty sure I'll go with KW coilovers.

I'm still undecided on colour coding the bumpers. At first I thought I would straight away but I kinda like the front bumper in black. The rear I will probably 'clean up' by painting it white, along with the trim strips, door handles and possibly mirrors. I also want to delete the rear wiper, I think it looks cumbersome.

Got some gunmetal 19" VMR V701 wheels to go on shortly:


Items for the wishlist:
- Golf R steering wheel (or an improvement of sorts)
- Gti seats (or something to that effect)
- Big brake kit

[fmflex]

Sounds good mate, you'll end up with a sweet looking ride.

My Maxi is a daily workhorse so in some ways limited to what i can do with it. Mine is dropped 3 1/2" closer to the deck and rolls on a set of 16s off I think a mk5 tdi Golf. I'd like to go bigger but couldn't get enough load rating with anything large than 16s. I've linked a couple of pics. I apologize for the unwashed state and the shopping trolley dent.

I'm currently looking at fitting a full airbag setup front and rear. In talks with someone about it, just sorting out the nitty gritty details.

I've made some additions to the interior as well.

[Caddy]

I'm currently looking at fitting a full airbag setup front and rear. In talks with someone about it, just sorting out the nitty gritty details.

Keen to hear more about this!

What are you currently lowered on?

[Caddy]

No major updates, applied a few more sheets of dynamat to the vehicle... will be getting the rear trimmed in carpet shortly.

Also I have pretty much made my mind up on doing air suspension.

[fmflex]

PM me and I'll pass you details of the guy I'm getting most of my kit from. It's aimed to be passed by an engineer so should be top notch.

[Caddy]

OK final bit of dynamat done and going in for carpeting and stuff today!

Also bought some bentley wheels .. but need some lowering before I put them on!

[Caddy]

Carpeting done!
Haven't driven it extensively yet so not sure if it'll quieten things down but here's hoping it will! The carpet is quite plush with a nice thick underlay.
There's also a nifty pocket on the driver's side wall as that was previously spare space (and another pocket in the rear right hand door)

Dodgy iPhone pic