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S4thrills 10-24-2013 07:18 PM
Originally Posted by subterFUSE (Post 24501891)
Picked up my car this morning from the body shop. They installed my black optics grill, along with some other cosmetic details which included:

Swapping my gray parking sensors with black ones

Painting the lower grill bright-work black

Painting my rear emblems matte black (rings and S6 logo)


Pics below. It was a cloudy morning so lighting is not the best. I'll try to take some more pics tomorrow.
I like that you blacked out the lower trim to match. Makes everything look tied together.

subterFUSE 10-24-2013 07:18 PM
Originally Posted by gatorguy7 (Post 24501914)
I like it. The more people I see that paint the front lower chrome trim the more I want to do mine. Probably just start with plastidip and just see how it looks. I agree that the black rings and emblem look great on the white.
Only time will tell whether or not the paint is durable. If I get rock chips knocking off the paint, then I may have to consider an alternative. Audi does sell the black optics parts for lower grills, but my dealer could only find the part with a matte finish. I had the paint done glossy to match the grill trim surround.

subterFUSE 10-24-2013 07:19 PM
Originally Posted by S4thrills (Post 24501920)
I like that you blacked out the lower trim to match. Makes everything look tied together.
LOL!

Just like that rug.... it really tied the room together. That is, until Wu peed on it.

S4thrills 10-24-2013 07:20 PM
Originally Posted by subterFUSE (Post 24501918)
Don't have a part number. The body shop recently had an Audi Q5 that was wrecked. They had old parking sensors left over from that repair which they gave to me. It was easier than having them paint my gray sensors.

If you order parking sensors from Audi, they don't come painted. They come with primer and you must have them painted.
Got it. So I guess it's just as easy to repaint the gray ones that came on the car?

S4thrills 10-24-2013 07:22 PM
Originally Posted by subterFUSE (Post 24501923)
LOL!

Just like that rug.... it really tied the room together. That is, until Wu peed on it.
It's a shame he pissed on your rug, Dude.

subterFUSE 10-24-2013 07:23 PM
Originally Posted by S4thrills (Post 24501924)
Got it. So I guess it's just as easy to repaint the gray ones that came on the car?
Yes. I just got lucky that they had some black sensors that matched my grill. Otherwise, we would have painted my gray sensors. I called the Audi parts department at my dealer and they were the ones who told me that all parking sensors arrive with primer and must be painted to match the car on which they are being installed.

subterFUSE 10-24-2013 07:24 PM
Originally Posted by S4thrills (Post 24501925)
It's a shame he pissed on your rug, Dude.
Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.

CreoS4 10-24-2013 08:28 PM
Looks good! I'm going to have my Black Optic grille installed in a couple weeks. I'll be installing a black-painted rear diffuser too, as I want it to blend in better with the AWE exhaust with Black Diamond tips I'm having installed at the same time.

For the parking sensors, I plan on just applying flat black vinyl over the grey ones (and to make it easily reversible once the lease is up).

tony7314 10-25-2013 06:26 AM
Originally Posted by CreoS4 (Post 24501938)
Looks good! I'm going to have my Black Optic grille installed in a couple weeks. I'll be installing a black-painted rear diffuser too, as I want it to blend in better with the AWE exhaust with Black Diamond tips I'm having installed at the same time.

For the parking sensors, I plan on just applying flat black vinyl over the grey ones (and to make it easily reversible once the lease is up).
Can you tell me a little bit more about what you are doing with the rear diffuser? I agree the gray doesn't look great and I have been looking for a carbon fiber rear diffuser for several months with no luck. Any info would be helpful. Thanks!

CreoS4 10-25-2013 11:22 AM
Originally Posted by tony7314 (Post 24502012)
Can you tell me a little bit more about what you are doing with the rear diffuser? I agree the gray doesn't look great and I have been looking for a carbon fiber rear diffuser for several months with no luck. Any info would be helpful. Thanks!
Nothing fancy... I bought a second rear diffuser and had a body shop paint it (satin) black. I didn't want to keep it the stock grey color due to adding the Diamond Black exhaust tips (with the AWE exhaust).

If you're interested in a carbon fiber rear diffuser, I would talk to EuroGear to see if they would be interested in making one;

http://www.eurogearusa.com/

I had their B8 S4 rear diffuser and it fit/looked great. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/creoucla/6320038353/


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