What did you do to your van today?

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Woody , thank you . Ordered 👍👍👍
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Fitted my new, more discreet reverse cam today.
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the swan fiend wrote:Fitted my new, more discreet reverse cam today.
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Nice!
Think I have the same one as your old one, is the picture better?

Where did you get it from?


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It’s about the same quality mate. Due to the angle of the camera, you can’t see as far behind you as the old one, but still enough to see what’s what.
It was £7 on eBay mate


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Just got it back from auto electrics that sorted out the battery drain... turns out the previous owners fitted airhorns very poorly :oops:
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Added wireless CarPlay to my pioneer sph-da120 with a CPLAY2AIR adapter (also works with stock VW head units)
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Will that fit a Sony CarPlay unit ?


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Ryzar1 wrote:Will that fit a Sony CarPlay unit ?


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Message them with the model number and find out https://carplay2air.com


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Ok messaged them playing the waiting game now


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Cracking job on that grille gazza! The hard work def pays off, I want to do the same to mine but also thinking about wrapping it along with the grey front bumper inserts...
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Roguedata wrote:Cracking job on that grille gazza! The hard work def pays off, I want to do the same to mine but also thinking about wrapping it along with the grey front bumper inserts...
Thanks mate, yea quite happy with it, worth all the swearing in the end hahaImageImage

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I have an indium grey mk4 like you, I think the gloss black really sets it off. Did you spray the colour coded side strips and rear door handle yourself? I want to do this but am thinking off getting a body shop to do it while they do my rear spoiler and side rail cover.
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I did it all myself, if I did it again id do it differently, Iv learnt alot about it.... Just too late lol.
The side strips are gloss black, they were quite easy after smoothing them out, place on eBay does rattle can indium grey, and the match is pretty much perfect, £20 for a can and laquer, just used Halfords primer, but soon realised the 1k lacquer is just shit, (Halfords one is even worse) even after 4 coats and left to dry for days you can still mark it with your finger nail, got some two part 2k lacquer off eBay and that was 10x better dries much harder.

My main error was not buffing after the lacquer (still havnt with the spoiler or number plate trim and side rail cover) but honestly if you don't really look hard you would never notice,
Been spraying a few interior bits over last few days and I'm polishing them up with T-cut like I did with the grill and they look almost mirror like.
I must say it's been a f**king pain to do though, so much messing up and doing it again!
I'm just cheap and think ahhhh why not try it myself, how hard can it be??? Then I find out!!

If u do decide on doing it yourself
That's the indium grey eBay number
362115802712

That's the 2k better lacquer
173938341611

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Awesome thanks for the tips and part numbers mate. I think I will get a quote from the body shop and if it seems a bit steep I think I will have a crack myself - like decorating the house it’s all in the prep init haha
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