Black Optics Grill Installed
10-24-2013, 07:18 PM
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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.
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.
10-24-2013, 07:18 PM
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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.
10-24-2013, 07:19 PM
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10-24-2013, 07:20 PM
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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.
If you order parking sensors from Audi, they don't come painted. They come with primer and you must have them painted.
10-24-2013, 07:23 PM
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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.
10-24-2013, 08:28 PM
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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).
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).
10-25-2013, 06:26 AM
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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).
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).
10-25-2013, 11:22 AM
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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/
Last edited by CreoS4; 10-25-2013 at 11:33 AM.