HyperS4 and others: Grill options for Black Optic Retrofit
08-21-2013, 05:29 PM
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HyperS4 and others: Grill options for Black Optic Retrofit
Hello everyone. I saw a picture of the 2014 Black optic kit on a black S6, and it looks amazingly bad-***. Below is a picture.
I had a chat with my local dealer about the parts to convert my car to this look, and found out that Audi original parts (alone) cost $7700 all in -- (Wheels, grill, black window trim, etc.)
They recommended I look online for replica parts and have found a few:
1) Hartman makes the wheels for 70% less.
2) Ebay has grill at http://www.ebay.com/itm/S6-Front-Genuine-Sport-Gloss-BlackGrille-2011-2013up-Audi-A6-C7-S6-RS6-SFG-Grill-/190885912438?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c71afdf76&vxp=mtr
3) Other components can be had at OEMPlus for less.
Questions: Are these replica parts reputable? The grill? The wheels from hartman? Anyone try these parts out?
Of course, my car looks great the way it is, but the bad-***'ness of the Black Optic package is very desirable. Call it a mid life crisis, but I kinda want it... ;-)
I had a chat with my local dealer about the parts to convert my car to this look, and found out that Audi original parts (alone) cost $7700 all in -- (Wheels, grill, black window trim, etc.)
They recommended I look online for replica parts and have found a few:
1) Hartman makes the wheels for 70% less.
2) Ebay has grill at http://www.ebay.com/itm/S6-Front-Genuine-Sport-Gloss-BlackGrille-2011-2013up-Audi-A6-C7-S6-RS6-SFG-Grill-/190885912438?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c71afdf76&vxp=mtr
3) Other components can be had at OEMPlus for less.
Questions: Are these replica parts reputable? The grill? The wheels from hartman? Anyone try these parts out?
Of course, my car looks great the way it is, but the bad-***'ness of the Black Optic package is very desirable. Call it a mid life crisis, but I kinda want it... ;-)
08-21-2013, 06:45 PM
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Hello everyone. I saw a picture of the 2014 Black optic kit on a black S6, and it looks amazingly bad-***. Below is a picture.
I had a chat with my local dealer about the parts to convert my car to this look, and found out that Audi original parts (alone) cost $7700 all in -- (Wheels, grill, black window trim, etc.)
They recommended I look online for replica parts and have found a few:
1) Hartman makes the wheels for 70% less.
2) Ebay has grill at S6 Front Genuine Sport Gloss Blackgrille 2011 2013UP Audi A6 C7 S6 RS6 SFG Grill | eBay
3) Other components can be had at OEMPlus for less.
Questions: Are these replica parts reputable? The grill? The wheels from hartman? Anyone try these parts out?
Of course, my car looks great the way it is, but the bad-***'ness of the Black Optic package is very desirable. Call it a mid life crisis, but I kinda want it... ;-)
I had a chat with my local dealer about the parts to convert my car to this look, and found out that Audi original parts (alone) cost $7700 all in -- (Wheels, grill, black window trim, etc.)
They recommended I look online for replica parts and have found a few:
1) Hartman makes the wheels for 70% less.
2) Ebay has grill at S6 Front Genuine Sport Gloss Blackgrille 2011 2013UP Audi A6 C7 S6 RS6 SFG Grill | eBay
3) Other components can be had at OEMPlus for less.
Questions: Are these replica parts reputable? The grill? The wheels from hartman? Anyone try these parts out?
Of course, my car looks great the way it is, but the bad-***'ness of the Black Optic package is very desirable. Call it a mid life crisis, but I kinda want it... ;-)
08-22-2013, 03:40 AM
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If anyone could get me the part numbers, I could source the real OEM parts much cheaper. The wheels are $2700 plus $1000 for tires. That's $3700. I don't see window trim and a grill being another $4000.
08-22-2013, 03:53 AM
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Just a general FYI:
On Sunday I was at my dealer shopping for my car, and they had a 2014 A6 in Daytona Gray with Black Optics.
The gloss black trim looks outstanding!
The wheels look absolutely horrible, IMO. They have a two-toned paint color scheme, and looked very cheap. Kind of like wheels you might find at one of those "Rent-2-Own" wheel shops in the ghetto.
To be fair, they might look better on an S6 with the larger brakes. The A6 brakes looked too small and dinky for those 20" Ti Rotor wheels. That might have detracted from the overall look.
I would be very interested in ordering the grill and/or window trim parts only from this package. But I will keep the S6 20" 5 spoke wheels, thank you very much.
I am still of the opinion that the front grill will look better if the chrome frame is painted to match the body color of the car, rather than always black. I'm very possibly going to have my customs shop paint my trim black around the windows, and Ibis White on the grill frame piece.
On Sunday I was at my dealer shopping for my car, and they had a 2014 A6 in Daytona Gray with Black Optics.
The gloss black trim looks outstanding!
The wheels look absolutely horrible, IMO. They have a two-toned paint color scheme, and looked very cheap. Kind of like wheels you might find at one of those "Rent-2-Own" wheel shops in the ghetto.
To be fair, they might look better on an S6 with the larger brakes. The A6 brakes looked too small and dinky for those 20" Ti Rotor wheels. That might have detracted from the overall look.
I would be very interested in ordering the grill and/or window trim parts only from this package. But I will keep the S6 20" 5 spoke wheels, thank you very much.
I am still of the opinion that the front grill will look better if the chrome frame is painted to match the body color of the car, rather than always black. I'm very possibly going to have my customs shop paint my trim black around the windows, and Ibis White on the grill frame piece.
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08-22-2013, 04:15 AM
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Just a general FYI:
On Sunday I was at my dealer shopping for my car, and they had a 2014 A6 in Daytona Gray with Black Optics.
The gloss black trim looks outstanding!
The wheels look absolutely horrible, IMO. They have a two-toned paint color scheme, and looked very cheap. Kind of like wheels you might find at one of those "Rent-2-Own" wheel shops in the ghetto.
To be fair, they might look better on an S6 with the larger brakes. The A6 brakes looked too small and dinky for those 20" Ti Rotor wheels. That might have detracted from the overall look.
I would be very interested in ordering the grill and/or window trim parts only from this package. But I will keep the S6 20" 5 spoke wheels, thank you very much.
I am still of the opinion that the front grill will look better if the chrome frame is painted to match the body color of the car, rather than always black. I'm very possibly going to have my customs shop paint my trim black around the windows, and Ibis White on the grill frame piece.
On Sunday I was at my dealer shopping for my car, and they had a 2014 A6 in Daytona Gray with Black Optics.
The gloss black trim looks outstanding!
The wheels look absolutely horrible, IMO. They have a two-toned paint color scheme, and looked very cheap. Kind of like wheels you might find at one of those "Rent-2-Own" wheel shops in the ghetto.
To be fair, they might look better on an S6 with the larger brakes. The A6 brakes looked too small and dinky for those 20" Ti Rotor wheels. That might have detracted from the overall look.
I would be very interested in ordering the grill and/or window trim parts only from this package. But I will keep the S6 20" 5 spoke wheels, thank you very much.
I am still of the opinion that the front grill will look better if the chrome frame is painted to match the body color of the car, rather than always black. I'm very possibly going to have my customs shop paint my trim black around the windows, and Ibis White on the grill frame piece.
That is an interesting idea about the grille. Just thinking about it though I think it could look really good.
08-22-2013, 06:04 AM
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IMO that grille would look fantastic on an Ibis white car like mine. I asked the ebay seller if he has it with the camera mount and the hole for the IR camera. Will report. I'll take a shot at it for the low cost of entry. I've had two dealers quote me between $950 to $1200 for the black optics S6 grille. That's a lot, I also have a quote to have all the edge ion the grille wrapped in gloss black for $150 and the chrome window trim for $135.00. I'm not a fan of the grey wheels. I'll eventually upgrade to 20" HRE wheels.
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08-22-2013, 06:47 AM
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IMO that grille would look fantastic on an Ibis white car like mine. I asked the ebay seller if he has it with the camera mount and the hole for the IR camera. Will report. I'll take a shot at it for the low cost of entry. I've had two dealers quote me between $950 to $1200 for the black optics S6 grille. That's a lot, I also have a quote to have all the edge ion the grille wrapped in gloss black for $150 and the chrome window trim for $135.00. I'm not a fan of the grey wheels. I'll eventually upgrade to 20" HRE wheels.
Very in-expensive route...
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Just a general FYI:
On Sunday I was at my dealer shopping for my car, and they had a 2014 A6 in Daytona Gray with Black Optics.
The gloss black trim looks outstanding!
The wheels look absolutely horrible, IMO. They have a two-toned paint color scheme, and looked very cheap. Kind of like wheels you might find at one of those "Rent-2-Own" wheel shops in the ghetto.
To be fair, they might look better on an S6 with the larger brakes. The A6 brakes looked too small and dinky for those 20" Ti Rotor wheels. That might have detracted from the overall look.
I would be very interested in ordering the grill and/or window trim parts only from this package. But I will keep the S6 20" 5 spoke wheels, thank you very much.
I am still of the opinion that the front grill will look better if the chrome frame is painted to match the body color of the car, rather than always black. I'm very possibly going to have my customs shop paint my trim black around the windows, and Ibis White on the grill frame piece.
On Sunday I was at my dealer shopping for my car, and they had a 2014 A6 in Daytona Gray with Black Optics.
The gloss black trim looks outstanding!
The wheels look absolutely horrible, IMO. They have a two-toned paint color scheme, and looked very cheap. Kind of like wheels you might find at one of those "Rent-2-Own" wheel shops in the ghetto.
To be fair, they might look better on an S6 with the larger brakes. The A6 brakes looked too small and dinky for those 20" Ti Rotor wheels. That might have detracted from the overall look.
I would be very interested in ordering the grill and/or window trim parts only from this package. But I will keep the S6 20" 5 spoke wheels, thank you very much.
I am still of the opinion that the front grill will look better if the chrome frame is painted to match the body color of the car, rather than always black. I'm very possibly going to have my customs shop paint my trim black around the windows, and Ibis White on the grill frame piece.
Thoughts?