What did you do to your van today?

[petrev]

Sprayed my bumper as beginner with 2K spray cans

Looks great

[Poffe]

Sprayed my bumper as beginner with 2K spray cans

Yeah, I agree, it looks mint!

Ive thought about doing it to my van ever since I got it!


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[STP]

It looks really smooth finish, did you have to rub down the texture first? I'd like to do my bumpers body colour.

[davoc220]

Yesterday I ordered a set of rear spring poly bushes, purple 1s cause I couldn’t get the black 1s and got 2 tyres for the new alloys


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[mirogo]

Thank you guys — it’s not perfect, but it was fun

I sanded everything by hand. 300 grit wasn’t enough, so I did the whole bumper with 240 grit, then 600 grit, followed by a water wash, degreaser, taping and masking. After that I applied one coat of adhesive primer, then a 1K primer coat, then another 1K primer coat. I wet-sanded with 600 grit, added another 1K primer coat, and wet-sanded again with 600 grit.

Then I made a small mistake — I used too much water and it leaked under the fine line tape, so I ended up with a bit of contamination where I didn’t want it. Since it was my first time doing this, the result isn’t perfect.

After that I applied 3 coats of 1K base paint followed by 3 coats of 2K clear coat. Tip: use strong lighting while spraying, so you don’t overspray or lay it too wet — otherwise you’ll create runs and make the clear coat messy. Another tip: remove the side inserts for the fog lamp area so you get clean edges and lines.

I did the front bumper first, which was a bad choice — I think it’s better to start with the rear bumper because it’s much easier. And one more tip: clean the lines where the fine line tape goes with alcohol as thoroughly as possible, so the tape sticks 100% and you get a clean, sharp paint line.

The bumper pattern structure must go completely OFF and Adhesive primer is must have

[petrev]

Wow !

Amazing work

Top tips too.

Now that I know all the things that you have to do I will definitely be giving this job to someone else

Too many ways to fek-up !

Again, amazing work

[gazza31112]

Vans not been used since late October, I bravely/ maybe stupidly took her on a 700 mile road trip over the last 4 days and she didn't miss a beat!
Quick wash this afternoon and back into hibernation for hopefully just a few more weeks until she's needed as the family daily

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[STP]

Looking fresh mate! Lovely van.

[Cornish caddy]

Second time out in my new (to me) caddy and being so used to my petrol peugeot partner and my motorcycles.... I of course managed to put 5+ litres of petrol in the diesel tank
.. luckily only had to wait a couple of hours to be rescued and drained ... stickers now applied to diesel cap ... ha

[saltnsauce]

planned the upgrades when it arrives from the dealer. Mats first I think

[petrev]

Second time out in my new (to me) caddy and being so used to my petrol peugeot partner and my motorcycles.... I of course managed to put 5+ litres of petrol in the diesel tank
.. luckily only had to wait a couple of hours to be rescued and drained ... stickers now applied to diesel cap ... ha

At least it was petrol in a diesel !!!

Much worse the other way around.

Have fun with your new Caddy

[gavzzorz]

got a New to me caddy Highline a few days ago and working on swapping all my nice bits as the new one is completely stock.

one of the little tasks tonight was to swap the Tweeters and was surprised to find that the Mk4 didn't have any!
Fired up the old Fusion360 and whipped up an adapter, got the tolerances so tight it doesn't even need any glue

[spacewalker]

after many many years ... finally EPB is working good

[Jack-uzii]

Shes back baby!

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Great pic!

Where are the headlights from if you don’t mind me asking? Looking to upgrade mine and not seen those before! Especially with the colour changing, looks amazing!


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[Be4ny13]

Didn't do anything to the Caddy today but have bought a Touran to donate its dashboard and front seats to the caddy! I'll be stripping it down and selling parts eventually so if anyone wants carpets, door cards (2 switch) or a rear seat conversion let me know

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