So I've had my S4 Avant for a few weeks now, one of the upgrades I really liked the look of was the RS4 style grille. I ordered one up and set into fitting it yesterday following one of the guides on here. I have virtually no experience working with cars but do work a lot with mountain bikes so I had all the tools I needed. The whole job took me about 3 hours but that was mainly due to having to consider the parking sensors.
The guide was excellent but what I didn't bargain for was the parking sensors! Thankfully the grill I had ordered had slots for them but I'll admit I was in a bit of a panick when the guide didn't show all the extra wires. After a bit of thought and a trip to halfords I got it sorted, I had to trim a bit off one of the sensors mounts and mount it behind the grill with a cable tie. I painted the alloy bar behind the grill with a brush and some Matt high temp paint just to keep it all tidy. It had dried by the time I had the the new grill attached to the bumper. The S4 badge wouldn't clip back on due to the grill shape of the grill so I attached this using some black Sugru, for those of you that aren't familiar with this stuff it's like blue tac but it dries hard like plastic and you can mould it into any shape.
A few pics, didn't have time to clean it.
The guide was excellent but what I didn't bargain for was the parking sensors! Thankfully the grill I had ordered had slots for them but I'll admit I was in a bit of a panick when the guide didn't show all the extra wires. After a bit of thought and a trip to halfords I got it sorted, I had to trim a bit off one of the sensors mounts and mount it behind the grill with a cable tie. I painted the alloy bar behind the grill with a brush and some Matt high temp paint just to keep it all tidy. It had dried by the time I had the the new grill attached to the bumper. The S4 badge wouldn't clip back on due to the grill shape of the grill so I attached this using some black Sugru, for those of you that aren't familiar with this stuff it's like blue tac but it dries hard like plastic and you can mould it into any shape.
A few pics, didn't have time to clean it.