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Old 09-10-2003, 05:46 AM
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I'm not sure whether to go with an RS4 bumper that should fit the shrouds great but which is more difficult to install, or whether I should go with a Reiger bumper.

Will the Reiger require modification to fit RS4 IC shrouds?
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I think the OEM RS4 bumper looks MUCH better than the Reiger one.
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the reiger is designed a little beefer, don't know if the shrouds will fit
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Default I always thought they looked really similar

What don't you like about the Rieger. The Rieger has the advantage of being significantly cheaper.

JoshD's car with OEM RS4 Bumper
<img src="http://www.s4.org/joshd/images/rs4front/IMG_3252.jpg">

Car from llteck web site - and A4 I think
<img src="http://www.lltek.com/images/riegertek/A402_rgr_fullfront.jpg">


My car is silver, so of course it's faster
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I think the Rieger makes our cars look cheap. It's too squarish
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And significantly easier to have it installed right i believe.
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Default The Reiger is cheaper and easier, but it just doesn't look as good as the OEM RS4 one.

I'd agree with the comment above about the Reiger being too squarish. It looks aftermarket and doesn't match the contours of the car as well as the OEM RS4 bumper. I prefer the S4 front to the Reiger. But that's just my opinion. Plenty of people seem to like the Reiger front.

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I think most that use the reiger bumper don't worry about the shrouds, just let them breathe.
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Default Compare these two shots...

<img src="http://www.s4.org/joshd/images/rs4front/IMG_3253.jpg">
<img src="http://www.lltek.com/images/riegertek/A402_rgr_rs4bump34_p.jpg">

OEM RS4 looks so much nicer.

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Shrouds facilitate airflow over the ICs - no way I'm going to leave them out


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