About me: I’ll try and keep it short, I’m a dad of 3 very active kids and 2 not so active pugs. From the valleys of south wales and have a caravan down the gower. So travel back a forth a fair bit so I’ve always wanted some sort of van to do these journeys with and I’ve always like the idea of a 5 seater caddy, now here I am.
About the van: like I said the caddy is a 1.9 TDI with a DSG box, the last owner had it for about 11 years and he did a few mods on the van over the years.
Such as;
-lowered on some Audi S4 18” alloys,
-mk5 GTI brakes
-Touran front end
-TTS front seats
-remapped to around 170bhp
-it’s been sound proof/ insulated and carpets in the back
I’m still unsure of all the mods, im still finding new things now so please if you see anything on the pictures don’t be shy
I really liked the van and seen a lot of potential to create the family van I’ve been wanting for a while. I liked that’s it had electric mirrors, electric windows and AC, this was a big tick for me.
So the day I picked the van up I took it straight for a MOT as it’s been parked up for the last 3 years and it flew through which is a good sign, but before I start driving around I wanted it all checked over and have a big service so it’s currently in having some work.
It’s having a full engine service, a DSG box service, new battery, new timing belt and pump, 1 new damper on the rear, 1 new drive shaft. Also currently looking at why the cooling fan comes on straight away every time (possibly a thermostat sensor?) and something keeps draining my battery when the cars left over night so we are investigating that.
After the van is running and all healthy I’m going to jump straight into doing the rear Touran seat conversion, which I’ve been gathering all the parts while the van is in for servicing, I’ve managed to basically get it all (well I think so anyway), I’ve read and watch lots on what to do so I’m hoping I’m ready now. I bought a conversion off someone fairly local which was in his caddy, I bought for a very good price but when he took the rails out, he cut them out and haven’t left me a lot to weld back in so I decided to get new rails. After finding a VW Touran for spare and repairs in a local scrap yard I got to work getting out the rails… and oh my! It was way harder than I expected but I did it! Along with a lot more other things I ended up getting a full conversion for the rear seats ready to go, so that’s my next main project for when the van is back. Also have 2 side privacy windows ready with the whole kit to do and a new Apple play double din radio ready to go in as well.
So my main aim is, before I get to carried away with the van, is to make sure it’s running smoothly and all the bits are working (AC etc) and make sure it’s practical for us as a family to use.
Here’s some photos.
I’m going to just update my progress with the build, I have loads of ideas on what to do, some more than others. I’ll make a list on what mods I’ve been looking at and any tips or tricks or any help will be much appreciated!
Here’s to a new journey
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plenty of time to decide on that though 
so after some fault finding by a friend he found a make do fuse under the passenger side glovebox/ space which is feeding a live supply to the spot lights in the back but because they en connected up yet it keeps shorting out on the earth and draining the battery 
I nearly got them myself but didn’t know if the ET would give it to much poke.