2012 VW UP!

[L3WUP]

Been building this slowly over the last 4 and a half years so here goes.
Started life as a pov spec Take Up


Then done the standard thing dewiper & debadge


After that I added some lowering springs and some BBS RAs


I soon realised that this was not low enough so bought some coilovers and upgraded to my first set of splits. BBS RMs


Then I made a start on the interior. I replaced my Up seats with some Audi A1 S-Line seats as well as the steering wheel to match, S1 gearstick and the headliner wrapped in Audi fabric




Then I pulled out the dashboard, center console, all pillars and sunvisors and had them flocked in a grey flock




So i got bored of the RMs as they were a little too small for the car. So next came my second set of splits. 16 inch OZ Futuras


After having to buy some adapters and a little bit of messing around I finally got them fitted



I fancied another change up in the inside of the car so deleted the rear seats and put in a bootbuild


After it had been to the bodyshop for the bodykit to be installed and the front smoothed


Next up was the main thing the car needed. More lows. Custom airlift performance struts were installed alongside v2 management and a notch to make the car literally touch the ground


So now onto this year first thing I did was book it into the bodyshop to have the rear screwholes smoothed over and the whole rear bumper painted. I also deleted the rear boot button to give it a smoother look.


Next up after owning the Futuras for 2 years they were looking a bit rough so gave them a full makeover. Radinox dishes, gold spiked bolts, gold valves and the faces refinished in candy red with a diamond cut under layer


I then finished the rear off with the rear diffuser to go with the rest of the kit and an extended spoiler



Had the whole front end repainted as well as the rear quarters as they had flaked after burning through them whilst static. As it currently sits.



Also upgraded to a mk7 gti steering wheel


I have since added wide wings with the indicators smoothed out but dont have any pics of them yet. More updates to follow

[mybrainhurts]

UP yours, op.....

[BoRED S2upid]

I liked it the way it was in the first pic.

[SAS Tom]

I liked it on the RA's and normal suspension. Then it got ruined.

[steve-5snwi]

I like the interior, not so keen on the ride height and i'm not keen on how the rear wheel sits off centre in the rear of the arch.

[L3WUP]

steve-5snwi said:

I like the interior, not so keen on the ride height and i'm not keen on how the rear wheel sits off centre in the rear of the arch.

Unfortunately thats what happens when you lower it unless an idf plate is installed. Obviously cant drive it like that hence the air suspension

[steve-5snwi]

Ahha.... we are all different and while i like what you have done i'm too old for it .... i think

[L3WUP]

steve-5snwi said:

Ahha.... we are all different and while i like what you have done i'm too old for it .... i think

Never too old for it

[MrMoonyMan]

Like it. The new front and rear look good smoothed off although I appreciate why it may not be too popular on here. Are you planning an engine swap of any kind in the future?

Also, did you have a picture of the Up!, sitting up? As in, normal driving height on the air ride.

[BlueHave]

The lowering is one thing but adjusting the camber and caster just looks horrific.

Perhaps i'm just an old fart before my time .

[L3WUP]

MrMoonyMan said:

Like it. The new front and rear look good smoothed off although I appreciate why it may not be too popular on here. Are you planning an engine swap of any kind in the future?

Also, did you have a picture of the Up!, sitting up? As in, normal driving height on the air ride.

That I do fancy a 1.4tfsi conversion.
Also this is drive height

[maxdb]

Doesn't look too bad - not sure on the front though as it looks a bit too white - have you considered doing it black or getting it wrapped?

[L3WUP]

maxdb said:

Doesn't look too bad - not sure on the front though as it looks a bit too white - have you considered doing it black or getting it wrapped?

Nope it looks awful like that

[steve-5snwi]

I do like the flocking on the interior, i would paint the inset on the vw badge black on the front and white on the rear, or the same colour as the wheels. I'm still old though so its probably wrong. Has anyone whacked a turbo on one of these yet ?

[L3WUP]

steve-5snwi said:

I do like the flocking on the interior, i would paint the inset on the vw badge black on the front and white on the rear, or the same colour as the wheels. I'm still old though so its probably wrong. Has anyone whacked a turbo on one of these yet ?

They got a gti coming out next year 1 litre turbo 113bhp

[InitialDave]

Sorry OP, but no thanks.

[johnwilliams77]

V nice. What else do you have planned for this beast?

[Quhet]

I'm sure it's taken a lot of work but it seems like a bit of a waste if you've done nothing to the engine. Surely these mods will have just slowed it down?

[Ari]

I'm curious. If you don't mind me asking, what has it ended up costing you in total - car and mods?

[Mr2Mike]

Quhet said:

I'm sure it's taken a lot of work but it seems like a bit of a waste if you've done nothing to the engine. Surely these mods will have just slowed it down?

Especially in the vicinity of speed bumps

A standard set of regulation Dubsheep mods right there.