Author Topic: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?  (Read 5931 times)

Offline noj66

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Hiya folks,
I bought the above car yesterday from a used car dealer in Nottinghamshire.I live in St.Helens,about 100 miles from dealer so didn't have a chance to view.I decided to leave a deposit over the phone as I'd been looking for a well specced 5 door Pirelli with low mileage.The car is spot on but on the drive home it was apparent that it wasn't standard.I'm ashamed to say I hadn't even lifted the bonnet when collecting the car.I knew it had a Milltek exhaust but didn't expect it to drive like it did.It is seriously fast.I have owned an S3 and a Mk6 Golf R in the past and it feels a fair bit faster than those.
It may be that I have been driving a GTD for the last year but this is spinning up it's wheels in 3rd when I put my foot down.It's DSG by the way.Previous owner must have been an enthusiast as the car is really spot on in every way,even down to having four P-Zeros.
It has a carbon air intake with APR branding.I'm not really into the tuning scene so don't know where to look for tell tale signs of the black arts.

Offline th3_f15t

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Well, chances are it's got a panel filter along with that carbon feed, you mentioned an exhaust so likely hood it's at stage 1 tuning. This should net you around 280bhp I believe which is more than a Golf R or S3 at stock tuning.

The fact it is also FWD instead of 4motion will also make it feel more lively. Best thing I can suggest is to get a picture up of your engine bay so we can look at what other clues are lurking there... :whistle:

Or just post pictures of your Pirelli, always worth a look!

Moving over to Flickr, sorry for the broken picture links!

Offline noj66

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #2 on: 28 September 2015, 19:47 »
Better late than never.A few pics of the Pirelli Edition I bought a couple of months ago.
The road springs are blue,does that suggest suspension fettling?I'm honestly a bit clueless to mods. It goes like sh!t off a shovel and sounds great.I just wish I had got more info on the work that has been done.And my old Mk2!





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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #3 on: 28 September 2015, 20:07 »
call the local apr dealer to where you bought the car and local revo dealer to see if they have ever mapped the car  :smiley: or write a letter to previous owner

Offline noj66

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #4 on: 28 September 2015, 20:13 »
Tried contacting the guy via Facebook but no reply. Just hope it doesn't go bang!Had it into my local specialist,he said it was spot on.He showed me underneath when it was up on the ramp.All bushes have been replaced with polyurethane. Lovely car but rides like a sled,very stiff.

Offline noj66

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #5 on: 28 September 2015, 20:33 »
Faster than these(in the dry!)


Offline Nige BCS

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #6 on: 15 December 2015, 16:38 »
Think I've seen this in town - but it was a lady driver  :smiley:

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #7 on: 23 December 2015, 22:00 »
Are they the standard alloys? 8)
My Red MK5 "Terry" is a work in progress.

But Red is the only colour worth having. I did have a Black MK1, what was I thinking!

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #8 on: 23 December 2015, 22:14 »
Are they the standard alloys? 8)
yes they wheels are standard on black mk5  :smiley:

Offline Bifferman

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Re: Anyone familiar with a black 5-door Pirelli Edition YR08F**?
« Reply #9 on: 30 December 2015, 21:22 »
Any Chance you could post a picture of your seats? have they got the tyre tread pattern?
I have just had a look online and they look amazing. :nerd:
My Red MK5 "Terry" is a work in progress.

But Red is the only colour worth having. I did have a Black MK1, what was I thinking!