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Custom RS4 Front.. guys i need your opinion.. (side gills or no side gills ? )

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Old 01-21-2002, 04:09 PM
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Default Custom RS4 Front.. guys i need your opinion.. (side gills or no side gills ? )

what do you think look best? gills or no gills? i'm thinking about doing an Rs4 front on my car but i wanna shave off the gills.. so i personally prefer no gills

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Default If you want to keep your intercoolers rock free then go with grills, factory ICs or FMIC

will get beaten in by rocks. A hole in one of those is not cheap.
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He is referring to the side Gills not Grills.
Old 01-21-2002, 04:32 PM
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hehehehe, opps, read it to quickly. I vote gills if functional
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think it looks great man, but id find a way to protect it from debris
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I agree, no gills... take care.

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Gills!!! I don't know why people don't like them.. *shrug*
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Default functional gills? Are we building an amphicar?

Ok sorry.. horrible joke...<ul><li><a href="http://www.amphicar.com/">http://www.amphicar.com/</a</li></ul>
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Get them. looks vaguely obscene without them
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For an S4 definitely gills. A4 w FMIC, not so sure... Wait, no gills.


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