Hello everyone,
I initially posed a question off-topic on another thread and thought it would be more appropriate to start a new discussion here.
Recently, I discovered an appealing A3 S3 grille, without the S3 badge, which has chrome details (refer to attached picture). The part number is 8Y0853651C, though I noticed other colours with the same part number, which makes me uncertain about its accuracy.
Upon reaching out to the seller, I was informed that two more components, termed "closing pieces/elements", are essential for fitting this grille to an A3 S-Line (sportback). However, he was unable to provide the part numbers for these components. My subsequent research led me to some diagrams that seem to depict these exact parts.
(the part just below the headlight, shown here once, but is installed two times in the vehicle (right and left) and have slightly different part numbers)
(number 11, shown here once, but is installed two times in the vehicle (right and left) and have slightly different part numbers)
This brings me to two main (and one extra) questions:
I initially posed a question off-topic on another thread and thought it would be more appropriate to start a new discussion here.
Recently, I discovered an appealing A3 S3 grille, without the S3 badge, which has chrome details (refer to attached picture). The part number is 8Y0853651C, though I noticed other colours with the same part number, which makes me uncertain about its accuracy.
Upon reaching out to the seller, I was informed that two more components, termed "closing pieces/elements", are essential for fitting this grille to an A3 S-Line (sportback). However, he was unable to provide the part numbers for these components. My subsequent research led me to some diagrams that seem to depict these exact parts.
(the part just below the headlight, shown here once, but is installed two times in the vehicle (right and left) and have slightly different part numbers)
(number 11, shown here once, but is installed two times in the vehicle (right and left) and have slightly different part numbers)
This brings me to two main (and one extra) questions:
- Are the "closing pieces/elements" different for the Audi S3 and the Audi A3 S-Line? Essentially, is the S3 grille compatible with the A3 S-Line?
- Is there any difference between a strictly S3 grille (with S3 badge) and a grille labelled as an A3 S3 grille (without S3-badge)? I've observed both "S3 grille" and "A3 S3 grille" descriptions and am curious about their distinctions. My challenge lies with the parts websites, which don’t clearly differentiate between the A3 and A3 S-Line.
- Just out of curiosity; what is part 12 on the picture? It is called a "trim" with part no. 8Y0-807-837. Is this on all S-Line models or is it also S3 specific?
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