B8.5 Fog Light / Air Intake Grill modification pics

[s4ve]

Two things bothered me with the front end of the B8.5...well, I won't say bothered because I do think the front end is really stunning but things that I would change if I could.

The gray strips in the middle of the grill just looked odd, seemed to split the grill apart when I think it should be one big, stunning grill. I overlaid those strips in matte black vinyl which made a HUGE improvement in my book.

The second thing was those fog light grills, I thought the aluminum optic stripes through them again, broke them in half and made them look less sporty. The RS models have nice black, honeycomb grills that looks big and menacing, these are kind of.... old man. First thing was to order the Black Optic grills, got them from Tag motorsports and snapped them in. I loved it, but I thought the foggies threw the look off with their bright, chrome contrast. So, I tinted the fogs with pre-cut fog overlays from grfxp in dark smoke and now, i feel like the front end is complete.

Here are some pics, hope you like it!

http://s24.postimg.org/a0m8n4d6t/grfxp_s4_audi_b85_black_grill_smoke_blacked_out.jp g

http://s24.postimg.org/k84rzizet/grfxp_s4_audi_b85_black_grill_smoke_blacked_out.jp g

http://s24.postimg.org/nit4zepc5/grfxp_s4_audi_b85_black_grill_smoke_blacked_out.jp g

http://s24.postimg.org/9zcatpbd1/grfxp_s4_audi_b85_black_grill_smoke_blacked_out.jp g

Also, is it just me or does this car like to be photographed? I mean come on...these are just iPhone 5 pics!

[S4morris]

Nice work......I need to try the vinyl on the strips. I originally did plastidip on just the strips to black them out, but the OCD in me wasn't happy with it not being completely perfect so I removed it.

[YelloJello]

I was planning to do the same! Except plastic fog grilles black and plastidip smoke the lens.

Yours came out clean! But I think it doesn't go as well with a non-blacked out grill.

[mattchat]

I couldn't agree with you more on this so I did exactly the same thing!! Except I did not tint the fogs, I really thought about it though and might do it now that I've seen your pics. Great Job. My project was slightly more expensive however, because I bought the black optics grill and swapped my OE grill chrome onto the black optics. Difference being that the plastic is all black now, so even in between the audi symbol, inbetween the grill bits, etc it's all black. I am happy with the look, but the most menacing was the grey bumper cover so just putting the black vinyl on it was a win for you, nice work. Here's some pics to share in the OPs for comparison.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5454/9548634085_4b16170e6b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattchat/9548634085/)
New Grill (2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattchat/9548634085/) by mattchat1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattchat/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/9548632813_16c43b941a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattchat/9548632813/)
New Grill (4) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattchat/9548632813/) by mattchat1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattchat/), on Flickr

[Amorphic]

Its funny because us lowly A4 folk like the S4 foglight grilles. I want to upgrade mine to the S4 ones with the chrome strip lol.