my new black lip

Nam, you've lost me. I don't see any difference? Are you talking about a black grill?

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the trapezoidal, originally chrome, piece surrounding the grill. I was looking into, not too bad of a look, but personally I like the chrome effect on the stock version. Just my opinion... car still looks fresh with the black though.

i saw a pic on here with an a3 that had the audi symbol blacked out. looked great. thinking about doing the same when i get mine. how would you black out all the audi tags?

I agree that it looks nice, but not quite my style. I like the chrome look too.

When I stop in for dinner on Sunday night, you should check out the tint on my car. It is what you need if you're blacking out the grill. I think you should do it all the way blacked out now.

Cheers!

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ORIGINAL: Chef

I agree that it looks nice, but not quite my style. I like the chrome look too.

When I stop in for dinner on Sunday night, you should check out the tint on my car. It is what you need if you're blacking out the grill. I think you should do it all the way blacked out now.

Cheers!

That's what i'm going for, i'm planning on tinting my windows also, but i don't know if i should go as dark as 20, maybe 30 or 25 all around, the way i drive, i should have clear enough windows to look out for cops.

i just got my tint done, 20% and i love it. it's really not THAT dark (especially consider those folks out there that go for the 5%).

personally I got medium tint all the way around... (best window tint in tustin, CA) not only does it give me UV protection, it allows everyone on the outside to see who's riding in one of the freshest rides on the streets...

Nam,

I was very happy with 20%. I'd go darker if I didn't think that it would cause a greater likelihood of being pulled over. I'm about as light as I would like from tinted windows. The car would look very good with 15% all around and blacked out like yours. Maybe 5% on the rear???

I got the okay to spend some change in December on my car, so lots will happen before 2007!

Cheers!

Nam are you going for the euro plate look next? Or are you going to keep it clean?

Black grills look great on white, black and red Audi's, but not so much on the other colors. That saves me some $$$, as I have lava grey.

I agree with you yuppie i to have the lava grey and i'm keeping my grill stock. The chrome grill will have to match the emblem and the lips on my wheels.

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ORIGINAL: stryker

Nam are you going for the euro plate look next? Or are you going to keep it clean?

nah, i'm going to keep it clean, tint, smoke out my rears, and if i'll EVER have money, i'll get some black rims, but i'll keep dreaming.

Nam, Where'd you get that piece for your front grille?
How hard was it to install?

FYI VAG PARTS sells a tag insert for the grille where your euro tag will fit in instead of mounted on top of the original piece.
Pretty nice mod if one thinks about getting a euro plate, too bad i found out after i purchased mine.
Same piece nam has just picture it with a cut out space for the euro tag.

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ORIGINAL: uwhusky

Nam, Where'd you get that piece for your front grille?
How hard was it to install?

i got mine at ecstuning.com, i'm pretty sure you can find it for cheaper if you spend time searching the net. although i bought it with the chrome on it, i just took it apart and painted it black myself. same with the lip, i didn't buy an insert, i just painted the lip also.

20% in the back, 35% in the front. =) I was happy with that.
anything lower than 20% is very very hard to see at night time.
At least you can see some things with 20%

Give me a PM if you live near the Los Angeles area, I know 2 places that do good job with lifetime warrenty against peeling, bubbling, ect. =)

I guess I will jump on the bandwagon and say that 20% is not dark at all. No problems seeing at night. I have had 15% all around and that was a non-issue as well. Id say anything above 10% will be fine. On a separate note: has anyone heard of someone getting a ticket for having windows tinted too dark? I have mine 10% below legal limit, but I can't ever remember hearing of someone getting a "citation".

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ORIGINAL: a3_yuppie

Black grills look great on white, black and red Audi's, but not so much on the other colors. That saves me some $$$, as I have lava grey.

yep, and mine is white, hence the need for the black grille

tinted my Windows today, did a 35% all around, it's good for me, considering i need to watch out for cops while driving, 20% would've been great for me, but i like 35%, it looks clean on my audi.

Congrats!

Pics never do the tint jobs justice.
Can't wait to see it in person.

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ORIGINAL: evoic

Can't wait to see it in person.

can't wait to see YOUR project car in person also

hey nam, mind if i ask how u went about exactly painting those 2 chrome strips on the filler plate? just wondering what paint u used and what process, thnx.