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    Veteran Member Four Rings Bimmerchop's Avatar
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    3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

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    Sharing some more goodies I picked up for my new toy. First on the list, my red BBS caps finally came in today. Here's a quick shot I took after putting them on...



    Second on the list is for the poll; Right now, I have an RS4 grill on my car, however, the outer trim is painted in pearl to match the body color, but I'm considering repainting it in black. Here's an animated gif cycling between both. Take a look and please vote on the poll (I added a black roof in the gif as well since I plan on doing it after winter)...



    And finally 3rd on the list is my teaser. Along with my red BBS caps, the FedEx guy dropped off another addition, or should I say 2, for the S4...

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    sweet! car looks great. Do it in black.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    def go black grill. Black roof looks good too.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Black roof,black Grill
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    black grill, skip the black roof. looks more classy that way.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    does anyone else notice the massive rear brakes? ..plz explain hehe

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    328 Stop Techs..Wow looks sick.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Quote Originally Posted by hyperlight944 View Post
    does anyone else notice the massive rear brakes? ..plz explain hehe

    cheers

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Black roof, keep the grill white.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings Sleeeper X's Avatar
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Black Grill, Black Roof, Black mirrors = sex
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    car looks sick... black roof + black grill for sure!
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    there was someone selling a vinyl cut out for our roofs. Dont know where he went. My friend owns a sign shop with all kind of expensive machines. I can ask how much it will cost to make some for our cars. I dont want to make any money, just trying to help out AZ. I learned alot from this site and still learning,lol.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    if you had balls your black out your grill.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Black roof and grille. It looks sick.

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    love the black roof... for some reason i think the grille surround should stay body color. just my $.02
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    as is

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    red roof and grille to match the center caps

    looks nice though. either way will look badass.

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    definitely black out the grill.

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    i would say keep the grill the same. black out the roof, tint (if you don't already have, two lazy to scroll back up haha) and possibly black mirrors. That is sex

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Black grill, white roof (says the guy with a white car with a black roof ha) Are those Ch's 18's?
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Black grill and roof

    Edit: Oh yeah, and I like the red too.
    Last edited by jukesandz; 10-16-2008 at 06:32 AM.

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    no option to view black roof with pearl grill?

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    Black roof and black grill, I must be stupid cause it took me awhile to notice the picture was changing showing us the choices.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    I have a pearl too, love yours. Never seen the matched painted trim on the rs4 grill, I like! But i'd say if your going to black out the roof, just go ahead and do the grill too.

    Makes me want to paint my grill now...but I was thinking of painting the trim black and the mesh pearl. It would be different.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Thanks to everyone who posted. I appreciate the feedback.
    Quote Originally Posted by will175 View Post
    there was someone selling a vinyl cut out for our roofs. Dont know where he went. My friend owns a sign shop with all kind of expensive machines. I can ask how much it will cost to make some for our cars. I dont want to make any money, just trying to help out AZ. I learned alot from this site and still learning,lol.
    Ideally, I would prefer to do a vinyl black roof instead of painting. This way, when/if I go back to having a pearl roof, i wouldn't have to worry about the color matching. Too bad I don't know of any shops around here that do vinyl roofs

    Quote Originally Posted by Daness373 View Post
    i would say keep the grill the same. black out the roof, tint (if you don't already have, two lazy to scroll back up haha) and possibly black mirrors. That is sex
    Thanks, I already have tint though. 35% all around, and 42% on the windshield
    Quote Originally Posted by jibberjive View Post
    Black grill, white roof (says the guy with a white car with a black roof ha) Are those Ch's 18's?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TRANS4M View Post
    no option to view black roof with pearl grill?
    I can make one later today when I get back home
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Man, I have the same wheels. I wish my brakes looked like that :(

    I vote for Black roof and grill.

    Love the red centercaps too!! My buddy has those on his CHs, I love the way they look

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Not sure about the roof, but definitely black out the grill

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    roof black an grill black, hope your build go well,
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    leave the grill alone and paint the roof black
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Looks like majority is to black it out. I have some black vinyl lying around, maybe I'll toss that on the grill temporarily and see how I feel bout it.
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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    I meant to say this earlier but, I had no idea you were nasty at photography. Wanna do a shoot with the pretty fall trees? I know you wanna....

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    Maybe this will help:



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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    I wouldn't bother with the paint, nobody is going to notice it and you'll know its there, but you'll rarely see it. seeing as how you made the no option first in your poll, it seems to me you've already made up your mind not to do it anyway, follow your gut feeling.

    you'll get more satisfaction from spending the money on something under the hood. if you really want to get something painted, get the charge & intake pipes ceramic coated to shield them from heat soak.

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    Re: 3 Threads in 1; Red BBS caps/Poll/Teaser

    Quote Originally Posted by grAh4m View Post
    I meant to say this earlier but, I had no idea you were nasty at photography. Wanna do a shoot with the pretty fall trees? I know you wanna....
    I would be up for it Graham, just gotta find some free time soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacDaddy View Post
    I wouldn't bother with the paint, nobody is going to notice it and you'll know its there, but you'll rarely see it. seeing as how you made the no option first in your poll, it seems to me you've already made up your mind not to do it anyway, follow your gut feeling.

    you'll get more satisfaction from spending the money on something under the hood. if you really want to get something painted, get the charge & intake pipes ceramic coated to shield them from heat soak.
    Well, painting the grill I would do myself. It would be pretty much free considering I already have all the tools and supplies needed from other previous projects I've done that involved painting.
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