2012 VW UP!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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johnwilliams77 said:

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

Got a couple more interior changes on the way. Hopefully get the engine swap sorted next year

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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?

Its a 1 litre. Absolutely pointless doing anything to the engine

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Ari said:

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

You really dont want to know put it this way. Wheels alone £2.5k

Edited by L3WUP on Tuesday 11th July 09:47

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Mr2Mike said:

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.

Its bagged. Press a button raise it up speedbumps are not a problem

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Golgarth said:

Do the steering wheel controls work? Kinda tempted to do that to the Mrs' car too

I can get them to work just need to install the module

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The Spruce goose said:

yep looks awful, but i'm 37. i guess to a 18 year old it look great.

My old mans 42 this is his.

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PowerslideSWE said:

I'm an old fart and I gotta say: I love it, it looks very cool, god job

Thanks nice to have some more positive feedback 😂

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sagarich said:

What on earth possessed you to do that? I feel old...

You must be. Have you not seen cars at shows these days?

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Ari said:

L3WUP said:

sagarich said:

What on earth possessed you to do that? I feel old...

You must be. Have you not seen cars at shows these days?

Interesting response. So because all the other cars at shows look broken you thought you'd better make yours look broken too?

I'm still interested to know what it cost but I guess that would be a little embarrassing so I don't blame you for not sharing. Do you ever look at what else you could have bought for the money (and cry yourself to sleep)?

Your dad's Up looks quite nice by contrast, nicely judged - different without looking, well, broken...

I dont need to say how much I've spent its how I want to spend it haha why look at something else? Id do the exact same to that

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HugoFastmann said:

That thing's mad! Good on you for doing something to it. I'm not a fan of the Up! but you've done some cool stuff to yours.

Thanks bud

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Bowen86 said:

Recognise this from ED38. Credit to you Lew.

I like it.

Thanks. I never miss ED38 one of the best shows

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FIREBIRDC9 said:

You are brave for posting that here

Not my cup of tea.

I don't understand the "Dub" scene

Its all fun and games

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sc0tt said:

Looks awesome. Nice work.

Cheers man

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Ari said:

L3WUP said:

I dont need to say how much I've spent its how I want to spend it haha why look at something else? Id do the exact same to that

Because I suspect you could have bought something genuinely interesting, and perhaps more pertinently, actually enjoyable to drive for less.

What you've spent I'm going to guess a significant five figure sum on is a very ordinary car and made it drive worse.

Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with an Up, my niece has a nice one and it's a perfectly adequate little car.

But hers cost four grand...

Drive worse? Its comfy to drive and I've never had a problem with it?