Horace's Caddy

[horace01]

Received a couple of items in the post today. Looks like I'll be doing some fitting on the weekend.

The forecast is for little rain so hopefully I'll finally be able to take some photos of the van now it's been panel beaten, smoothed, painted, tinted, and colour matched.

[horace01]

Got a chance to wash the van yesterday and get a couple of quick photos. Still needs a final polish and wax but I will be waiting a couple of months for the new paint to gas out first.

Cannot believe I have 2 stone chips already in the new paint [DIZZY FACE]

[nicholas787]

Your van is looking seriously good.

I think its about time we did a group buy on some 2016 rear lights from the UK

[k2evo]

Very nice ! Great looking van you have there

[Neo]

Looks superb, love the colour

[dubantony]

looks mint, love the colour too

[c13uko]

very nice caddy thumbs up to the build thread

[Tonycane]

One of my favourite caddys

[torque777]

Just a quick question... I see you have fitted parking sensors... Do they work? I only ask as I fitted mine the same area but mine pick up the road and go crazy

[Pezza]

Nice looking van that.
What colour is it?

[horace01]

Your van is looking seriously good. I think its about time we did a group buy on some 2016 rear lights from the UK

Thanks for the compliment. Not sure I like the 2016 light but if you want to organise it count me in. I can always punt them on if I don’t like them.

Very nice ! Great looking van you have there

Looks superb, love the colour

looks mint, love the colour too

very nice caddy thumbs up to the build thread

One of my favourite caddys

Nice looking van that. What colour is it?

Thanks all. Always nice to get feedback. Even better when its positive.

Colour is actually LN6F, Lambadagruen - Lambada Green. It’s a very different shade of green and I can never capture the true colour in photos. It always looks blue rather than green. Shame because I cannot show it in its full lushness.

Just a quick question... I see you have fitted parking sensors... Do they work? I only ask as I fitted mine the same area but mine pick up the road and go crazy

If the road is dead flat they work fine. (slow beep about 7m away from object / fast beep 3m / constant tone <0.5m)
If there is any incline at all then they start fast beeping right away.
As I get closer to an object they start with the constant tone.
Basically the initial slow beep (about 7 meters away) is skipped.

I knew this could be an issue, especially as I had read it on your thread. I decided to have them installed anyway as I plan on completely blacking out my back windows.

Although I have a reverse camera I figured it would not hurt to have the sensors too. Not convinced it was the right thing to do because I prefer the smooth look of the bumper without them.

As my panel guy said though "If they stop you reversing into something once they are worth it." As he was repairing the damage I had done to the back doors on a bollard that was higher than the bumper and lower than the windows, that I didn't see, it was a bit of a no brainer to have them installed.

[torque777]

Mine are useless.. I've even added spacers rings but still no good

[horace01]

Birthday present from my girlfriend.

[ben_faulkner]

where did you get your wind deflectors mate?

[horace01]

I got them off eBay but be aware they don't sit very flush at the front. I'm thinking I'm going to change them for some Team Heko ones.

I did have genuine VW ones but lost one on the freeway the day I collected the van. The previous owner had stuck them one that day and didn't use enough double sided tape on it.