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Title: Hello all!
Post by: Flippy on 15 November 2005, 16:40
Hello folks, WICKED site u got going here, very very impressed!

Found you from a mate "Horney" who i know from the mini scene!

Well ive just got my 1st VW which i picked up yesterday after selling the Escort RS2000 earlier in the morning.

Its a White F reg Caddy which  plan to keep very very tidy, its not been much of work horse over its life so its very tidy, its had a big plastic van sort of cover on hte back for 8 years so the bed is in great condition with very little rust!

It came with 12mts mot and 6 tax, perrelli alloys with brand new rubber on them and a small box of odds and sods!

If any one has any good surgestions to what can be done to these car please let me know! im new to Dubs and havnt really paid any attention to the parts available!

I want to deck it asap so any info on how would rock!

I do have a small list of parts id like already so ill post them up in the Wanted section if i can find it!!

Flippy aka Ryan
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Rhyso on 15 November 2005, 16:46
howdy!!

welcome to the world of VW  :smiley:

plenty of knowledgable people on the site so i'm sure you'll find answers to your questions quickly  :smiley:

enjoy mate and congrats on ditching the blue oval  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 15 November 2005, 16:47
Arrow.  :cool:


G6dub on here has a caddy, and they have 20vt'd it. So i would think they are the people to get in touch with if you need any massive tuning advice from them. Other than that, mk1 section is your place to be.  :cool:
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Flippy on 15 November 2005, 16:54
Nice one, ill look out 4 him!!

Blue ovals aint that bad, shame there bolted onto fords!!
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Daz... on 15 November 2005, 16:59
Hey mate, welcome to the forum  :cool:
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: ...joe on 15 November 2005, 17:05
hi mate welcome to the forum. recently i've been thinking about how much i want a caddy but haven't got anywhere to store it. they're soo easy to make look good!!
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Flippy on 15 November 2005, 17:11
tell me about it, ive only got wheels on it and it looks rather funkey!

Looks better with my bike in th eback to!
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: ...joe on 15 November 2005, 17:14
all you need to do now is drop the front using mk1 golf shox and flip the rear axle over to lower the back. i think you can buy a kit to do it but its meant to be easy enough with whats already there.
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: [han] on 15 November 2005, 17:15
fantastic i love caddys.. my lil brother has his eye on my grandads... one day i'll have a family of VW's!

Welcome to the mad house!  :kiss:
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Flippy on 15 November 2005, 17:19
Warm welcom there han, thanx

What do u mean by "flip2 the rear axle? cant just turn it upside down can u? dont u mean springs?
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: ...joe on 15 November 2005, 17:26
no i mean the axle. in stead of sitting under the springs it sits above them. i'll dig out the article about how to do it if i can find it. they did a write up in a golf+ magazine a few years back.
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: tobz. on 15 November 2005, 17:28
Yes you just flip the rear axle over and bolt it back on top of the leaf springs as opposed to underneath!

(d'oh beaten to it)

oh well welcome anyway flippy
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Flippy on 15 November 2005, 21:39
humm will have ago at that then! a days work maybe??
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Dinky on 15 November 2005, 21:43
welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Cra1g on 15 November 2005, 23:35
Hiya.

Craig
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Horney on 17 November 2005, 09:11
Yo Dude!

Good to see you on here too. How many forums do we both post on now? Must be about 6!!!!!!

Hope your looking after my old mini and enjoying the dub.

Catch you soon me Amigo,

nick
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Flippy on 17 November 2005, 16:00
mate, Kylie is a dream come true! 3 bloody years i waited for u to part with her, 3 bloody years!
Caddys goin ok mate, looking for help to lower the back end at the mo, got me some Black 13s for it which will be on when i get rubber fitted then i wanna sort out the stuff in my wanted post!

And i post on 11 forums now,
Minifinity.com
westcountryminis.co.uk
nimas.org
miniresource.com
m4minis.com
rs2000-16v.com
mini2mini.com
staffsminis.com
rsownersclub.co.uk
vwcaddy.com
golfgti.co.uk
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: gibby on 18 November 2005, 11:11
Welcome to the forum.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Hello all!
Post by: Jet on 18 November 2005, 11:15
welcome dude ..

Jet :smiley: