Black Grill
03-24-2010, 11:46 PM
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Black Grill
I painted my s4 grill black and im not sure about how much i like it with the meteor grey would any body be interested for trading with a stock grill all of the chrome on the grill was painted glossy black and the grey was painted flat black the grill looks great
03-25-2010, 08:37 AM
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Yeah - I'm not super surprised here. I think the "blacked out look" doesn't look that great on darker cars. I think the contrast between the dark paint and silver accents looks much better.
Maybe sell it to that dude that was wanting to paint his wheels
Maybe sell it to that dude that was wanting to paint his wheels
03-25-2010, 08:46 AM
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I totally agree. It would look great on the car with the black wheels and he might be interested in buying it. You should take some great pictures and put it up on eBay - it should sell quickly. I don't get it myself but "the blacked out look" is in and many people want it.
03-25-2010, 08:47 AM
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Ya, I wanted to upgrade to darker wheels to "hide" brake dust but after a lot of research and pic-browsing, it became obvious to me that dark-colored wheels look terrible on meteor gray. They simply get lost on the car visually because there is little to no contrast.
This is why I opted to not get the black-optics grille and why I think the entire black optics pack looks much better on lighter-colored cars. Completely murdered-out cars aren't my style either; they tend to just look like a black "thing" rolling down the road. It suits Batman I suppose
This is why I opted to not get the black-optics grille and why I think the entire black optics pack looks much better on lighter-colored cars. Completely murdered-out cars aren't my style either; they tend to just look like a black "thing" rolling down the road. It suits Batman I suppose
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03-25-2010, 08:53 AM
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What do you guys think of diamond black/gunmetal wheels with a silver/polished lip on Meteor Gray. Such as Diamond black RS-GT's or something of the sort, where the lip will define the outer edge of the wheel to provide some contrast.
Not sure if this would look good or not.
Not sure if this would look good or not.
03-25-2010, 11:59 AM
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I just painted S5 grill to matte black but kept the chrome trims and installed into my Meteor Gray A5.. and it looks HOT!!!!!!!!!! I love it.. I'll post pic later...
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03-25-2010, 01:24 PM
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Does anyone have the horizontal piece of the grill painted the same color as the car? My wife hates the size of the grill and I told her we could paint it the same color of the vehicle. Trying to convince her that the S4 is our next car and move away from BMWs. Would really like to see Ibis White as that's what I'd want to get but any color would do. Thanks!
03-25-2010, 04:42 PM
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Here is my Meteor S4 with all the gray grill bits painted mat black. I live in a "front plate required" state and can't get a black plate holder without having one painted - so I had all the gray plastic in the grill painted mat black while leaving the chrome as is. I think it ties the whole front design together to have the main grill elements the same color as the intercooler side grills.
