frybear

All of these seem to have the camera angle issue and I don't have the wherewithall to deal with trying to find a place to have the 3D camera mount printed. Are there any companies that have figured their **** out and gotten these right? I don't for the life of me know why this is such an issue for these Chinese (I assume) manufacturers? They know it's a problem... I tried the one place in Canada, they told me it's a problem with theirs. I tried to contact Carbnlbs or whatever it's called but as everyone else seems to know, they aren't responsive and people are still waiting for their grills and they supposedly HAVE fixed the issue with an extra camera mount included in the sale. Help me!!!!! Tech support!!!!!!

Nikon1

The unfortunate part is you are about 3 years too late to find a reputable source for a grille for a 4 year old car. When I bought my RS-style grille there were any number of sellers, either on eBay (pay your money & take your chances), US-based resellers who bought from China but sourced good products and stood behind what they sold & any number of scammers who sold Chinese products but the offered zero support (and changed their business names and bought a new website to continue their scam as a new business when buyers started reporting problems).

I would make the analogy that it’s like buying an old 8 track tape recorder and looking to find blank 8 track tapes to record on. (That certainly dates me!)

— John

frybear

makes sense...

ChicagoNB

But there are dozens of online companies that sell part from cars declared as "totalled" by insurance. I bet there are a few OEM grills for sale on those sites.

Nikon1

“Honeycomb” grille was never an OEM option on the S5; the OEM RS-5 grille will not fit an S5! OP’s only option would be a scrapped S5 where the non-OEM, honeycomb grille was not damaged.

— John

ChicagoNB

You could see how much tinkering this would need to make it fit you B9. There's also a B9 A4 honeycomb grill for sale same site.

https://www.partrequest.com/auto-par...m-165522650674

JohnEnglish

They would need a new hood and bumper (and most likely the underlying brackets to attach it to the car).

tempests4

How about https://carbnlab.com/shop-1/ols/prod...lash-a4-s-line

I was still thinking about getting one for my 2019

JohnEnglish

Carbnlabs has less than stellar customer service.

frybear

I have sent 2 emails to carbnlab - ignored.