[DIY Guide] Audi Q5 S-Line Grille Retrofit onto non S-Line Bumper (No Mods Required!)
10-08-2011, 01:39 PM
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The honeycomb fog grilles only fits the S-Line bumper (shape is different). The rear honeycomb grille I believe only comes with the S-Line rear bumper.
I had a VW MKV GTI for the past 5 yrs before the Q5, thus I had enough of "honeycomb" on my car. I do like the styling of the S-Line front bumper, but not really feeling the honeycomb anymore.
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10-18-2011, 10:15 AM
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If I move to a State with license plate requirements (e.g. TX, VA), I will just replate the license plate filler/delete with a license plate bracket. The swap only takes 1 min. The S-Line grille stays regardless.
10-18-2011, 10:17 AM
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Excellent write-up. Wife noticed an S-line grille the other day and really liked it, so I might be taking this on soon. If you don't mind me asking approx how much did the the new grille run you?
10-18-2011, 10:18 AM
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08-26-2012, 11:18 AM
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Thanks for this guide c-dub,
I just changed my grill for an s-line grill using your guide and everythnig worked great. here is the result w/ honeycomb non s-line bumper (a bit more than 100 euros on ebay):
One notable difference is that I had PDC so here are the extra instructions for people in that case:
Altogether this is pretty straightforward, the first step is to unplug the connector that's on the upper-side of the grill:
Then you'll have to remove the little "holders" that hold the PDC wire around the grill on the inside:
It's a bit of a pain to remove but doable.
Altogether this was pretty easy, the screws are not very tightly screwed and it's quite easy to screw/unscrew manually.
I just changed my grill for an s-line grill using your guide and everythnig worked great. here is the result w/ honeycomb non s-line bumper (a bit more than 100 euros on ebay):
One notable difference is that I had PDC so here are the extra instructions for people in that case:
Altogether this is pretty straightforward, the first step is to unplug the connector that's on the upper-side of the grill:
Then you'll have to remove the little "holders" that hold the PDC wire around the grill on the inside:
It's a bit of a pain to remove but doable.
Altogether this was pretty easy, the screws are not very tightly screwed and it's quite easy to screw/unscrew manually.
08-26-2012, 11:33 AM
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Thanks for this guide c-dub,
I just changed my grill for an s-line grill using your guide and everythnig worked great. here is the result w/ honeycomb non s-line bumper (a bit more than 100 euros on ebay):
One notable difference is that I had PDC so here are the extra instructions for people in that case:
Altogether this is pretty straightforward, the first step is to unplug the connector that's on the upper-side of the grill:
Then you'll have to remove the little "holders" that hold the PDC wire around the grill on the inside:
It's a bit of a pain to remove but doable.
Altogether this was pretty easy, the screws are not very tightly screwed and it's quite easy to screw/unscrew manually.
I just changed my grill for an s-line grill using your guide and everythnig worked great. here is the result w/ honeycomb non s-line bumper (a bit more than 100 euros on ebay):
One notable difference is that I had PDC so here are the extra instructions for people in that case:
Altogether this is pretty straightforward, the first step is to unplug the connector that's on the upper-side of the grill:
Then you'll have to remove the little "holders" that hold the PDC wire around the grill on the inside:
It's a bit of a pain to remove but doable.
Altogether this was pretty easy, the screws are not very tightly screwed and it's quite easy to screw/unscrew manually.
02-10-2013, 07:31 PM
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Awesome DIY Guide
Just completed my retrofitting of the S-Line Grill on the 2012 Audi Q5 and All credits goes to
1. C-Dub DIY Guide to S-Line Grill retrofitting.
2. Nivco-PDC wire clip removal and reinstall guide.
3. Spijun-for the S-Line Grill Part numbers.
Audi should have just install the S-line Grill to all the Q5's....Considering what we paid for...
Here is the finish result on my 2012 Audi Q5 Monsoon Gray P-Plus models.
1. C-Dub DIY Guide to S-Line Grill retrofitting.
2. Nivco-PDC wire clip removal and reinstall guide.
3. Spijun-for the S-Line Grill Part numbers.
Audi should have just install the S-line Grill to all the Q5's....Considering what we paid for...
Here is the finish result on my 2012 Audi Q5 Monsoon Gray P-Plus models.
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