Pirelli got APR'd Today!

[kryten2001]

It's the act of not disclosing something that's the key here.

The mods themselves are almost secondary, as evidenced by some posts where people have disclosed, and the Ins coy have agreed to cover.

Insurance law from way back is based on "Uberrima Fides", the principle of "Utmost Good Faith", which means if they know all about the object and or person being insured, they can set a fair premium to cover the risk. They have the right to set the premium, and the right to accept or decline your proposal. You have the right to accept or decline their counter-offer, and you have the right to go elsewhere if you don't like them or their offer.

But as soon as you don't disclose something, they can justifiably void the policy if they would not have insured you had they known, and that can mean a rejected claim.

Oh no, we have a lawyer in our midst!

[kryten2001]

KWs

KW coilovers going in on Wednesday.... w00t!

[Maverick]

Oh well. At least the radio antenna shouldn't be affected. I've not touched that yet.

There is still time!



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[kryten2001]

There is still time!



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Doesn't work with Sat Nav I'm told..

Otherwise I'd be happily voiding the warranty there too!

[Maverick]

Doesn't work with Sat Nav I'm told..

Otherwise I'd be happily voiding the warranty there too!

The satnav still has the stick up screw on antenna though so all you do is swap them around. The stick up antenna is only for radio, the round part that sticks out the front is the gps antenna (if you have factory sat nav).

[G-rig]

Doesn't work with Sat Nav I'm told..

Otherwise I'd be happily voiding the warranty there too!

this antenna is just for looks, doesn't get as good reception as the stock whip!

[Maverick]

this antenna is just for looks, doesn't get as good reception as the stock whip!

Only a problem with AM radio I hear.

So only R32 owners are affected

[G-rig]

Only a problem with AM radio I hear.

So only R32 owners are affected

Who listens to AM .

I'm talking with regards to my Alpine HU, the stock one most likely you couldnt hear the difference. But in all seriousness the stubby can't get a good signal in the garage or in carparks.

[Maverick]

Who listens to AM .

I'm talking with regards to my Alpine HU, the stock one most likely you couldnt hear the difference. But in all seriousness the stubby can't get a good signal in the garage or in carparks.

No problems here with my stubby

Must be where you're using yours

Go the stubby!

[DaveMack]

I've got a stubby and it's OK around the city ... but go any distance out
and reception gets pretty patchy.

Dave

[gareth_oau]

It's the act of not disclosing something that's the key here.

The mods themselves are almost secondary, as evidenced by some posts where people have disclosed, and the Ins coy have agreed to cover.

Insurance law from way back is based on "Uberrima Fides", the principle of "Utmost Good Faith", which means if they know all about the object and or person being insured, they can set a fair premium to cover the risk. They have the right to set the premium, and the right to accept or decline your proposal. You have the right to accept or decline their counter-offer, and you have the right to go elsewhere if you don't like them or their offer.

But as soon as you don't disclose something, they can justifiably void the policy if they would not have insured you had they known, and that can mean a rejected claim.

Its also the fact that they could have been earing a much higher premium from you, and so have in fact been providing you cover on the cheap

[zz2]

jesus christ how come i have only just discovered this thread?!

your Pirelli is looking insane Kryten! its a freaking WEAPON.
so how is it going with the KWs? was that you who John at Wheels World telling me about with issues of rubbing at the front?

(waits for zz2 to chime in hehe )

and Geoff... shut it

[gareth_oau]

seems to be a bug in the site - every so often, I'll discover a 'new' thread that has been around for a few weeks and a few hundred posts

wierd!

[geoff_gti]

Oh Mark, I so nearly got away with that...why'd you have to spoil my fun?

[kryten2001]

jesus christ how come i have only just discovered this thread?!

your Pirelli is looking insane Kryten! its a freaking WEAPON.
so how is it going with the KWs? was that you who John at Wheels World telling me about with issues of rubbing at the front?



and Geoff... shut it

Yeah mate that was me. The original setup was a little low, and I was having issues with the tyre touching under _extreme_ cornering (the point just beyond where the ESP kicks in.. hehe)..

Anyway it's all good know. John knows his stuff and it's set up just right. It's a tad higher than I'd hoped, but that's OK. There's not much clearance under the Mk5's guards, so if you want it low low, you have to trade off cornering speed. I wasn't prepared to do that, so now it's about 20mm lower than standard Pirelli, or about 45mm lower than a regular GTI.. Looks good.

John raised the front for me on the spot so I could get to my track day, but then I brought it back the following weekend to get the rears matched up.

I'm now sold on some byoootiful new rims, I just need to save up some beans, cos they cost about $1500 each. yow.

Then there's the upgraded Intercooler and Fuel pump. Won't add much in the way of power, but it'll let me finish what I started. The car's had a diet too (taken out spare wheel,toolkit,jack etc), but the upgraded wheels should make a big difference to rolling resistance. It would be getting very close to 5.0 sec 0-100 now, the wheels should hopefully get it under.