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IbisA7TDI
09-11-2020, 05:27 PM
Picked up my Ibis White 2016 Audi A7 TDI Prestige about a month ago, and have been enjoying ownership of this beautiful car.

Long story short, I had looked for this particular car for months in this color combo. As a plus, it's almost fully loaded except for night vision (to my knowledge).

Packages:

S-line
Black Optic Package
Driver Assistance Plus
Cold Weather Package
Comfort Seating Package (Individual Contour Seating w/ Black Valcona Leather)
20" 5-Spoke W-design High Gloss Black Finish Wheels
Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System
Soft Close Doors
Rear side airbags


Today, I took it into EuroFed in Atlanta to swap out the Black Optics grill (which looks great too) with the RS-style grill. I think it looks pretty solid and even more aggressive than before. For those curious, the crash bar was painted flat black with Rust-Oleum truck bed liner spray ordered from Amazon.

What I'm going to do next

I took advantage of the Labor Day sale and ordered the Ecode sway bars and end links, so I'm excited to get those installed, and also am looking to either vinyl wrap my mirror caps gloss black, or buy some CF caps. Ideally...someone would sell me their S7 black mirror caps [:)]

Then, next up would be the OEM flat bottom steering wheel.

I also have the Maxton Designs front lip...was going to install it today along with the grill, but backed out last minute and told the shop I wanted to think more. Any opinions on it?!

Overall, I consider myself lucky to have found such a loaded TDI A7 in this beautiful color combo! It had been meticulously maintained and was a one-owner vehicle.

For those that wonder why I'm into TDIs, I say it's because of the torque, which is really addictive. And, call me strange but something about the diesel clatter with the whine/spool of the turbo is music to my ears. The cherry on top is the 23mpg in the city and 35mpg on the highway that I average! For a 4000lb+ car, I'll take it!! [o_o]

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bakes
09-11-2020, 05:37 PM
Looks great!!


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IbisA7TDI
09-11-2020, 06:15 PM
Looks great!!

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Thank you!

Krucialx
09-11-2020, 06:40 PM
That's NICE!!!

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tnjed
09-11-2020, 09:49 PM
Nice find!


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IbisA7TDI
09-12-2020, 02:31 PM
Thanks!

Going to take it in for a paint correction and ceramic coating soon!

Robs_16S7
09-12-2020, 03:14 PM
Where did you find that grill


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IbisA7TDI
09-12-2020, 04:05 PM
Where did you find that grill


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I bought it from https://german-car-accessories.com

Robs_16S7
07-02-2021, 04:54 PM
I have the Maxton design front lip and I love the look


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esemes
07-02-2021, 06:53 PM
just got this a few days ago....

https://german-car-accessories.com/collections/2016-2018-c7-5-audi-a6-s6-rs6/products/2016-2018-audi-rs6-honeycomb-grill-c7-5-a6-s6?variant=39938674098332

recommended by my local shop.


will install after i give it the once over!

SoKalC7
07-02-2021, 07:31 PM
Picked up my Ibis White 2016 Audi A7 TDI Prestige about a month ago, and have been enjoying ownership of this beautiful car.

Long story short, I had looked for this particular car for months in this color combo. As a plus, it's almost fully loaded except for night vision (to my knowledge).

Packages:

S-line
Black Optic Package
Driver Assistance Plus
Cold Weather Package
Comfort Seating Package (Individual Contour Seating w/ Black Valcona Leather)
20" 5-Spoke W-design High Gloss Black Finish Wheels
Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System
Soft Close Doors
Rear side airbags


Today, I took it into EuroFed in Atlanta to swap out the Black Optics grill (which looks great too) with the RS-style grill. I think it looks pretty solid and even more aggressive than before. For those curious, the crash bar was painted flat black with Rust-Oleum truck bed liner spray ordered from Amazon.

What I'm going to do next

I took advantage of the Labor Day sale and ordered the Ecode sway bars and end links, so I'm excited to get those installed, and also am looking to either vinyl wrap my mirror caps gloss black, or buy some CF caps. Ideally...someone would sell me their S7 black mirror caps [:)]

Then, next up would be the OEM flat bottom steering wheel.

I also have the Maxton Designs front lip...was going to install it today along with the grill, but backed out last minute and told the shop I wanted to think more. Any opinions on it?!

Overall, I consider myself lucky to have found such a loaded TDI A7 in this beautiful color combo! It had been meticulously maintained and was a one-owner vehicle.

For those that wonder why I'm into TDIs, I say it's because of the torque, which is really addictive. And, call me strange but something about the diesel clatter with the whine/spool of the turbo is music to my ears. The cherry on top is the 23mpg in the city and 35mpg on the highway that I average! For a 4000lb+ car, I'll take it!! [o_o]

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g huns
07-06-2021, 11:40 AM
...The cherry on top is the 23mpg in the city and 35mpg on the highway that I average! For a 4000lb+ car, I'll take it!! [o_o]


First, she's a beaut. Love the A7s in white.

Second, that's it?

I looked for months for a A6 TDI before settling for my gasser. I've been hitting 24 city, 32 highway pretty consistently. Your #s make me feel better about settling.

widebodyfx
07-06-2021, 12:11 PM
The TDIs are good on MPG, the part that is not obvious is the fuel cost differences. Premium vs. diesel pricing is generally weighted towards diesels being lower costs, second good check mark on the TDIs is the low end torque; not saying the SC engine doesn't have good torque but the diesels have good pedal feel.

Chadderwick
07-08-2021, 04:07 PM
Looks great…I have a white a7 as well and just had mine installed
I don’t have black optics package so I did chrome trim,black honeycomb
Also, live in il so I have to have front plate so did no Quattro at bottom.

Curious what you did with the foam behind your factory grill?

My shop recommended leaving it and kept all the wiring behind it as it was. Attached pic…very obvious with all the light behind, but not so bad on the carhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210708/a49b5cdfa5c1ae88dede7f5e17726723.jpg


Not sure how well this is going to hold up.


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