Is the Carbonio/APR stage 2 intake piping worth it?

[MrGTIandRfan]

More for completeness sake, and a slightly sportier sound. I know that there won't be much of a performance gain.

Your thoughts?

[team_v]

You have to ask yourself first how often you have your bonnet opened and actually look inside to see if it's worth the extra $$

[aDg3]

After something similar, does the APR intake make much noise? (youtube clips are hard to tell by)

[Ideo]

No.

It's quite quiet compared to other options.

[Lucas_R]

On the MK6 GTI (due to a different intake design over the MK5 GTI) the stage 1 intake sounds really nice. The stage 2 section is really only for looks, and although it does look nice, would make little to no difference in noise/power over the stage 1 part.

On the Mk5 GTI and Mk6 Golf R (both share the same engine cover and intake design) the Carbonio intake is only a bit louder than stock. If you want a design thats louder still with all the turbo whooshing and fluttering etc then you need to scrap the plastic engine cover and the restriction it poses and get yourself a complete replacement intake.

[aDg3]

I hear stage 2 only makes about 5-9kw difference. Is that true? If so spending $1325 for an APR DP is not really worth it...unless you plan to goto Stage 3 etc.

[T Go]

I hear stage 2 only makes about 5-9kw difference. Is that true? If so spending $1325 for an APR DP is not really worth it...unless you plan to goto Stage 3 etc.

The OP is posting about the "stage 2" pipe for the Carbonio intake, not the Stage 2 APR remap.

I got the Pipercross "stage 2" pipe because I wanted to keep a stock-ish look, and wanted abit more spooling noise. No performance gains at all, and marginal increase in spool noise.
Probably not worth it unless you're looking for engine bay bling.

[bwen]

I hear stage 2 only makes about 5-9kw difference. Is that true? If so spending $1325 for an APR DP is not really worth it...unless you plan to goto Stage 3 etc.

Don't want to go off topic, but it's not always about the peak power figure you see on a dyno (which differs from one place to another, temp and other variables).

[DkN]

If you're after bang for your buck you shouldn't have gone with APR period

In general though, if you already have a decent TBE and you're not getting a bigger turbo then don't waste your money.