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Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:43 pm
by dan81
this is gonna be class matt uve got good taste, tailgate far nicer

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:36 pm
by Bigvw
Loving the updates on this, keep em coming Matt 8)

cheers Paul

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:41 pm
by feeman
cant wait to see this van finished its guna look unreal, good work matt.

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:40 pm
by shaun
Keep the updates coming love the new front end.

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:00 pm
by 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..

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:17 pm
by mk4-mat
any more updates matey???? :?

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:36 pm
by Matt@Reflex
mk4-mat wrote: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 ;)

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 6:49 pm
by 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.
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I then had to weld a couple of washers/spacers to make the mirror sit right.
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As you can see the caddy door is completely different to the Touran one and the mirror base is much smaller.
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I then cut some bits of plastic from some old damaged Caddy mirrors and bonded them on to the Touran mirrors.
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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.

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:07 pm
by lovelydubly
Is "M6 TVW" on another Caddy??

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:10 pm
by Matt@Reflex
lovelydubly wrote:Is "M6 TVW" on another Caddy??
Its still on my old one untill we swap it to the new one.
This one ;)

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Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:16 pm
by lovelydubly
:shock: :o

wow mate!

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:44 pm
by DADDY
Excellent info as usual Matt ;) , what way do you get the texture onto the mirror mounts after doing the GRP work Matt :?:

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:10 pm
by Liam
Any more pictures of that matt black one ?

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:38 pm
by firedfromthecircus
So the mirror swap isn't really an easy mod then :lol:
Again, great to see your work.
And has the red one had a wrap? :o Need more info on that one please :mrgreen:

Re: Matt@Reflex's new Caddy project

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:02 pm
by Matt@Reflex
DADDY wrote: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 ;)