I think you are talking about a flat sheet of mesh vs. a grill. A flat sheet of mesh is almost as much as the price of a second grill to cut up and it doesn't have the curvature and angles to the mesh that mesh out of a grill has. It would end up being a lot harder to fit and wouldn't look...
I responded to your PM but it doesn't show up in my sent mail so I don't know if it was received. Here's the link to the cheepy ebay grill. It's not OEM quality but once modified and painted you have to put your face up to it and even then it's next to impossible to tell.
SILVER/BLACK Front...
Yes they're just painted with hypersilver aluminum wheel paint and a clear matt finish. I had been trying to come up with a solution for my grill surround and decided at the last minute to get the mirror covers painted to match. I had my doubts before painting thinking they'd end up looking...
I wish we were able to get the three door in the states. Here's some photos of my five door.
I know someone is thinking of something to say about my mismatched tow hook cover.
Mods
Aspherical Euro Blue Mirrors
Euro LED tail lights
ST Coilovers
VMR V715 wheels / oem center caps...
I think the merc centers look good although if you haven't seen them before you might consider the Mercedes AMG Affalterbach centercaps, I think the silver ones would look good on your car and wheels.
3M makes a product, but honestly, I'd take it to a high end detailing shop that could wet sand the clear and respray it to match if you want it to be seamless.
The colonies just below Canada ;-)
I had the idea, but MattAndrews gave me the solution of using the A6 grill but after reading this thread I was unsure if you were needing to cut them up for the mod. I attached a few photos of the steps involved with the one on my car.
Thanks for the info.
This is my modified non-oem (ebay special) A6 grill hacked to fit into a standard S-Line 3.2 A3 grill frame (What a mouthful). One cool thing about this mod is that it allows you to remove the rings completely if you choose to do so.
I noticed that you all have S3 fronts - Audi doesn't import...
Here's my grill on an 08 3.2 8P - It was a chinese ebay grill I cut and epoxied into a cut out A3 frame
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With the A6 mod you need to marry an A3 8P frame to the mesh of an cheep Ebay A6 all mesh grill using an epoxy and then either plastidip or paint it when finished. Here's a couple picts of my Left hand drive.
then and now
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