Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project **Feb 2012 update**(Wheels)

[dan81]

this is gonna be class matt uve got good taste, tailgate far nicer

[Bigvw]

Loving the updates on this, keep em coming Matt

cheers Paul

[feeman]

cant wait to see this van finished its guna look unreal, good work matt.

[shaun]

Keep the updates coming love the new front end.

[dooka]

Went to see Matt today, great workshop there, with a rather nice car sitting next to your van, yup the black one ..

Van is looking sweet, can wait to see it finished..

Matts work is second to none, good to see proper panel beating these days..

[mk4-mat]

any more updates matey????

[Matt@Reflex]

any more updates matey????

No mate.
Claire has got us an 8 week old black lab so its home for lunch and straight home after work.
Can't wait for the weekend so i can crack on.
Still looking to tax at the end of the month though

[Matt@Reflex]

I had a bit of time to make a start on the Touran mirror conversion today so this should answer any questions about them being a straight forward swap.

The red dots are where the holes need to be.


I then had to weld a couple of washers/spacers to make the mirror sit right.


As you can see the caddy door is completely different to the Touran one and the mirror base is much smaller.


I then cut some bits of plastic from some old damaged Caddy mirrors and bonded them on to the Touran mirrors.






Next i will strengthen the joint with fibre glass matting and then blend the outside and re-texture.
I will then have nice fully working Touran mirrors withe working flashers becase i dont have thenm in the wings now.

[lovelydubly]

Is "M6 TVW" on another Caddy??

[Matt@Reflex]

Is "M6 TVW" on another Caddy??

Its still on my old one untill we swap it to the new one.
This one

[lovelydubly]

wow mate!

[DADDY]

Excellent info as usual Matt , what way do you get the texture onto the mirror mounts after doing the GRP work Matt

[Liam]

Any more pictures of that matt black one ?

[firedfromthecircus]

So the mirror swap isn't really an easy mod then
Again, great to see your work.
And has the red one had a wrap? Need more info on that one please

[Matt@Reflex]

Excellent info as usual Matt , what way do you get the texture onto the mirror mounts after doing the GRP work Matt

We have a textured paint system.
Its in rattle cans so good for diy. I'll get some more info for you