S3 grill on normal Sportback pre-face

[SinqDinq]

Hello folks, I have 8P Sportback 2008 pre-face and I wonder can I put S3 grill without changing the bumper or any part?

 

[bronco]

Hello folks, I have 8P Sportback 2008 pre-face and I wonder can I put S3 grill without changing the bumper or any part?

Hi SingDing,

I don’t have S3 grille but RS3 style grille. I bought it back in 2016 and I forgot where. Often these are products made in China and sold online.

To install, I had to take the front bumper off and cut a piece of the bumper that is in front of the crash bar (that I painted black so it wouldn’t shine through the grille).

Once you take the bumper off, you remove the grille (carefully, don’t brake the plastic tabs) and replace it with the new one (again, careful with the tabs). Typically, you have to mount the rings base and the rings on it. Also, mount license plate on where applicable.
Then bumper back on.

I am including a few photos I found, hope that helps:

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[bronco]

Forgot to include my original grille:

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[SinqDinq]

Hello, maybe Ive made a mistake. I meant front grill from Audi S3 8P 2 door before 2009 /like on the photo/ to put on my A3 8P Sportback 2009 /photo from first post/.