Has anyone used mesh (chicken wire) on the front and lower grills?

[golf#1]

If you have a front grill laying around let me know and I might buy it as a project. I have a 2000 2.7

[audihtp]

If you have a front grill laying around let me know and I might buy it as a project. I have a 2000 2.7

I have one from 99 2.8 I just bought mesh one on ebay and replaced it pm me.

[Switchblind360]

The smaller lowers can be found on ebay for really cheap.

[Mantis]

I have recently done this mod using expanded aluminum, check over at audiforums.com The post is tagged C5 front lower grille mods. This mod was really simple and definitely produced the desired affect. I will bump the post to the top

[audihtp]

nice write up. I'm getting ready to do the bottom soon since I bought upper at ebay and didn't find it at ebay for lower, I was going to make mold from original one and make it. nice write up!

[04A6SLine]

can someone post pics??

[Alpinevelo]

I have recently done this mod using expanded aluminum, check over at audiforums.com The post is tagged C5 front lower grille mods. This mod was really simple and definitely produced the desired affect. I will bump the post to the top

Do you have the link? I searched Audiforums and could not find it.
Thanks!
Alex.

Edit: Found it. Did you ever paint them black? I was going to keep following the thread, but was getting anoyed by all the opinionated dudes... :-)

[GreekAudi]

i'm bout to do it on mine within the next few weeks. I found these forums that are somewhat what you are looking for e/c they are for a b7 s4.

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4b7/msgs/49549.phtml

currently i'm looking for anything that looks like factory mesh. So far i've got this site that isnt exactly what im looking for, but im gonna keep looking

http://www.customcargrills.com/products.asp?id=1

[cerfus]

just pic up an RS6 grill of ebay and mod it to fit your grill, thats what I did, havnt done the install yet but I cut it to fit, just need to pop it in.

as for the fogs, just use he mod in that link that greek posted.

[Mantis]

link
http://www.audiforums.com/m_852277/tm.htm

first post has unpainted pics, post near the end has updated black painted pics (much classier)

[trapped]

Heres the problem do the Rs6 lower grills work on the 00 a6's? I know for a fact the 02+ grills do not fit, nor do the s6's or the Rs6. Also today I removed the "quattro" badge from my grill I have an 00 and it really makes the grill look better. IMHO. It just looks even, but I think I'll put it back on soon.

[Mantis]

I dont know about those grilles fitting our pre-facelift a6's. That is why I went with a DIY

[trapped]

I know the upper grill wont, but to me the lowers look very very similar. I might try to buy a set and then just sell them if they don't fit.

[Mantis]

Give it a try and let us know. I thought that the RS6 grilles would fit into the C5 4.2 but not the 2.7t. If you can make them fit, it would be one sexy front grille!!

[cerfus]

they fit you just gotta mod the shit out of it, Personally I cut the entire grill out of the RS6 one, cut it to fit my 99's grill then swapped the mesh into the shell of my 99's grill that I cut out the horizontal plastic lines out of, it looks OEM and will look great installed, I'll post up some pics soon.

[trapped]

Ok so on the 01-'s the medel bit that is under the grill, you left that in place right? I really would like to see pics. From my understanding you just cut the Rs6 grill to fit. How much chrome is left around the outside?

[cerfus]

alright I'll describe what I did:

I ordered an RS6 upper and lower grill off ebay 110$
I picked up an old pre-facelift (99') upper and lower grill 5$

I cut out the mesh parts from the upper and lower grill on both grills, leaving the chrome out side.

I placed the RS6 meshing over the 99' upper and lower grill and traced around where the meshing would sit into place.

I then trimmed the RS6 mesh to fit the 99' grill and mixed up industrial grade apoxy and glued it on there and then placed clamps on all 4 corners and let it dry for a day.

I now need to pop this into my grill, but I dont know how to remove the grill out of my car without breaking it, how do I do this? I didnt use the grill on my car incase this experiment went haywire but It didnt.

Im making another one for a buddy so Ill take step by step shots or just shoot a vid.

[trapped]

Post Pics, You could make a mini-business out of this! I might try this soon.

[oc-drop]

alright I'll describe what I did:

I ordered an RS6 upper and lower grill off ebay 110$
I picked up an old pre-facelift (99') upper and lower grill 5$

I cut out the mesh parts from the upper and lower grill on both grills, leaving the chrome out side.

I placed the RS6 meshing over the 99' upper and lower grill and traced around where the meshing would sit into place.

I then trimmed the RS6 mesh to fit the 99' grill and mixed up industrial grade apoxy and glued it on there and then placed clamps on all 4 corners and let it dry for a day.

I now need to pop this into my grill, but I dont know how to remove the grill out of my car without breaking it, how do I do this? I didnt use the grill on my car incase this experiment went haywire but It didnt.

Im making another one for a buddy so Ill take step by step shots or just shoot a vid.

LOWR1D3R made one awhile back

[cerfus]

that just doesn't look as good as OEM though..

basically mine, except i have chrome surrounding it, not brushed aluminum. same with my lowers, im gonna do my fogs asap, maybe next month or something too busy this month with my M3..

[oc-drop]

mmm i prefer the blacked out version

[trapped]

Yeah doesnt look OEM, but its deffinatly better than stock by far! Looks good

[Alpinevelo]

OEM is what I like, and Cerfus I am looking at doing this myself also, so let me know when you get it done. I'm local and would like to see how yours turns out. I also noticed that the AR lowers come with mesh already, I wonder if they would fit a sedan since both are C5 wide with 4.2 and narrow 2.7, 3.0, 2.8?
Just an idea...

[cerfus]

ok man, I'll keep you posted.