New grill fitted to b8 S4

[rocko_n82]

So I've had my S4 Avant for a few weeks now, one of the upgrades I really liked the look of was the RS4 style grille. I ordered one up and set into fitting it yesterday following one of the guides on here. I have virtually no experience working with cars but do work a lot with mountain bikes so I had all the tools I needed. The whole job took me about 3 hours but that was mainly due to having to consider the parking sensors.

The guide was excellent but what I didn't bargain for was the parking sensors! Thankfully the grill I had ordered had slots for them but I'll admit I was in a bit of a panick when the guide didn't show all the extra wires. After a bit of thought and a trip to halfords I got it sorted, I had to trim a bit off one of the sensors mounts and mount it behind the grill with a cable tie. I painted the alloy bar behind the grill with a brush and some Matt high temp paint just to keep it all tidy. It had dried by the time I had the the new grill attached to the bumper. The S4 badge wouldn't clip back on due to the grill shape of the grill so I attached this using some black Sugru, for those of you that aren't familiar with this stuff it's like blue tac but it dries hard like plastic and you can mould it into any shape.

A few pics, didn't have time to clean it.

 

[jdp1962]

Nice work

 

[benjie]

^^ +!. I especially love the colour!

 

[losirob]

Looks good bud .i have a RS3 grill to fit to my A3 later today if it stays dry

 

[rocko_n82]

Thanks for the comments. Yeah I'm pleased with it, it's still subtle but it makes it my own. Have some supercharged badges to fit and a roof rack which I'd rather not fit but I want to use the car as I intended to so the rack is going on. It's a Thule aero one and I've already trimmed the bars down to make it as flush a fit as possible.

Next on the list is revo.

 

[benjie]

Fitting guide to the Supercharged badges (if you don't already have it)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wbpwbxgybuqus4/SuperchargedBadgeTemplate.pdf?dl=0

 

[Boydie]

Nice buddy. I'm still in two minds whether to do it or not

 

[razza1]

Nice buddy. I'm still in two minds whether to do it or not

Don't do it, as then it won't be as common lol

 

[skiptowncat]

Mines going on next Monday, along with anti roll bars and forge charge cooler

 

[razza1]

Mines going on next Monday, along with anti roll bars and forge charge cooler

What anti roll bars?

 

[skiptowncat]

What anti roll bars?

Eibach with 034 end links

 

[razza1]

Do people fit RS4 ones or as it's an avant will they not fit?

 

[KudoWarrior]

Awesome job mate. Which guide did you use? I'll be doing this in a month or so.
Cheers.

 

[rocko_n82]

Just one of the guides that was on here, http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/thread...rs4-grille-fitment-step-by-step-guide.209727/

As I've said, it was easy to follow. It the parking sensors threw me a bit.

 

[KudoWarrior]

Just one of the guides that was on here, http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/thread...rs4-grille-fitment-step-by-step-guide.209727/

As I've said, it was easy to follow. It the parking sensors threw me a bit.

Cheers buddy.
Yea I have sensors too so I'll have to be extra careful there.

 

[razza1]

The grill I got had the sensor brackets already in place, unclipped the sensor from old grill, just popped into new one, no modification needed but had to cable tie the wires in place behind the plate holder.

 

[KudoWarrior]

The grill I got had the sensor brackets already in place, unclipped the sensor from old grill, just popped into new one, no modification needed but had to cable tie the wires in place behind the plate holder.

You got yours from http://precisionupgrades.co.uk/, right?

 

[razza1]

Unfortunately for you, no....