All you need to know about B7 front bumper grilles, well allmost all.

And you have an SE bumper which is non s-line , that's means two things, one good one bad.
Good news is that the SE non s-line bumper has a lot more options for aftermarket grilles that fit, loads around.
Bad news , the oem Rs4 grille wont fit the se non s-line bumper , as the grille aperture is not deep enough, the rs4 will only fit s-line bumpers , which includes the A4's with s-line body kit , s4's and later cabs and the rs4.

 

Or you could change your se bumper for an s-line bumper and then the oem rs4 grille will fit, there is allways a way.

 

From the pic it looks to be correct, if in doubt just measure the height , but since there are very few if any aftermarket rs4 type grilles around for the s-line bumper it safe to assume your new grille is correct, how well they fit can vary wildly but that's aftermarket products though.
Give it a go chap.

 

yes, same grille on both rs4 b7 varaints.

 

Aftermarket grilles for the s-line bumper are very hard to find as very few if any are made, I've not come across one for a few years now.
Most people just opt for oem Rs4 grille or S4 grille or cut up an s-line and make their own grille.

 

thanks for the added visual info chap.
Don't rely on the second image though, the blue b7 looks to be a s-line cab bumper which is in fact the same size as the avant and saloon non s-line bumpers and therefore will only accept non s-line grilles.
The confusion arises here because the early B7 cabs had the s-line option but SE bumper , later cabs were fitted with the same s-line bumper as used on saloon and avant.
One needs to be very carefull when buying so called RS4 grilles as 99.9% don't fit s-line bumpers only the SE bumpers.
I did mention in my original post that the depth of the grille is the real giveaway on which fits what, the cab part of the equation is where things get a bit more complicated, but as long as you work on the grille depth you wont go wrong.

 

the surround is not available as a spare part, only as part of a complete grille assembly i'm afraid.

 

good luck chap, just get yourself a nice s-line grille and remove the chrome surround or just swap over the grille.

 

S-line is the one you need.

 

You have the s-line pack but not the later s-line front bumper found fitted to later cabs, so basically its the same dimension as the non s-line bumper but just a bit better looking.
The give away is not just the foglamp covers but the vent below the grille .
The later s-line bumpers will retro fit but you will also need the s-line grille etc.

 

If you are just looking to replace the grille then look for a non s-line grille as it will be the correct size , lots of aftermarket ones around aswell as oem grilles.
It is the s-line grille that is hard to replace with other styles other than the oem grille and rs4 grille as there just is not the aftermarket options out there , they are made for the non s-line fitment, even though yours is an s-line bumper.

 

It is a bit confusing but only from the cab side of things.
Normal saloons and avants are either non s-line or s-line bodywork , the exception is the DTM which has a specific bumper but it uses the same size grille aperture as the non s-line bumpers , so any non s-line grille will fit aftermarket or oem.
The RS4 has a specific bumper but it is has the same size grille aperture as the S-line bumper , which is why the rs4 grille will fit the s-line bumpers.

Now comes the confusing part,
B7 cabs depending on year of manufacture may have differing bumpers which will dictate which grille is fitted, even if they are fitted with the S-line body kit.
Yours has the s-line bumper but its the same size grille aperture as a non s-line bumper so only non s-line grilles will fit, later cabs came with deeper grille apertures which use the s-line grille found on s-line saloons and avants etc.

The good news is that you can retro fit the s-line bumper from saloons and avants etc to your cab along with the s-line grille that goes with it.
You will need a few extra bits thought such as the removable foglamps grilles etc and a few bit and peices
You will also need to source an s-line bumper that has headlamp wash as yours has that option, and swap over the parts from yours to it.
It is not complicated.
If you checkout the bumper section in the parts diagram in the b7 sticky section it will show you what parts ae fitted etc and to which variants.


hope that helps

 

here you go as an example
b7 cab with s-line bumper ( non s-line grille) like yours.

 

and b7 cab with newer s-line bumper and removable foglamp grilles etc and deeper s-line grille.

 

The later version is by far the nicer one, you can clearly see the difference in height of the grilles, top half is the same but below the plate holder the difference is very noticible.

 

look at the lip beneath the fog lamp on the later s-line bumper it is very prominent, but on yours there is hardly one at all.

 

RS4 cab, same bumper as the other rs4 variants , but the grille is still the same size as the s-line items, hence the ease of cross fitment.

 

finally, b7 S4 cab.
uses the same A4 b7 series s-line bumper and shares the same aperture dimensions for s-line grilles , uses a different sytle grille but size is s-line all the same.

 

So if you wanted , you could get yourself an A4 B7 s-line bumper , stick an rs4 grille in it and look very nice indeedy.
mines an avant but just to plant the seed...