S3 black front grille on a3 sline?

[Davec30]

I recently bought this front grille to put on my 8v sline. I didn't realise that the design is slightly different and there's a bracket where the s3 badge goes. I bought a sline badge for it but I'm not sure?

Just looking for opinions and/or photos from people who have done this or seen it done( photos if possible) my car is black also.

Thanks.

David.

 

[Davec30]

Decisions, decisions

 

[Davec30]

I take it nobody has done this before so just looking for opinions on what you guys think.

Anyone?

 

[Bandicoot51]

I went for this:

 

[Davec30]

I do really like that. Think I'm going to fit it and see how it looks.

 

[Bandicoot51]

Yeh it completely changes the look doesnt it, also got teh chrome vinyl wrapped, be good to see some pics of when you have it done man. It took me and a mate a few hours

 

[Gaviiin]

I went for this:

thinking about the honeycomb as well, how much did the grill set you back?

 

[Davec30]

Yeh it completely changes the look doesnt it, also got teh chrome vinyl wrapped, be good to see some pics of when you have it done man. It took me and a mate a few hours

Did you wrap it yourself or did you get someone to do it for you?

 

[Bandicoot51]

thinking about the honeycomb as well, how much did the grill set you back?

too much! I tried plasti-dipping but the finish wasnt completely there

 

[Bandicoot51]

Did you wrap it yourself or did you get someone to do it for you?

I got someone to do it for me, tried wrapping a badge back in the day but wasn't very good at it, i found a guy who does the wrapping at the local audi dealership

 

[Davec30]

too much! I tried plasti-dipping but the finish wasnt completely there

This was my issue when deciding what to go for. I didn't want to fork out all that cash and not like the black look. I may go for it in the future.

 

[Bandicoot51]

Yeh its tricky isnt it, well I hope I helped your decision!

 

[Bandicoot51]

Just a thought but I wasnt sure if i had the tech knowhow to do it until i saw this

http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/fitting-the-rs3-grill-guide.237350/

This is an awesome guide that i followed. Be careful of the torx bolts in pic 7 as they are easy to round off

 

[Tony1982]

To the OP: I don't see why not, it looks better than the standard one fitted

 

[Davec30]

Got it done. Here's a before and after

I'm glad I went for it.

 

[Bandicoot51]

Ooo nice, that's what I'm talking about

 

[mfl]

Got it done. Here's a before and after

I'm glad I went for it.

Looks good - keeping the audi rings in chrome...sets it off nicely against all the black