i really didnt think it would look that much better.. but i must say it does.. i know Audi likes to look "class" with all that chrome bling .. but they should have had the grill black on the B5s it looks sooo much better

before (obviously)




after

 

Looks great!!...
Have you considered the cc mod?

 

i just put in a mesh upper grill, but i painted the lower grill frame black also, just like you did
best thing i did, it looks so much nicer

 

Yeah that looks pretty 'hot'.

Ok so what paints did you use. I am doing this tomorrow, enough waiting and procrastinating.

 

ya still considering it.. .. i've never like the idea of opening up the headlight housing.. i've seen it go wrong several times..

but i also picked up some "smoke" paint.. for smoking my sidemarkers.. will be doing that this weekend.. also thinking about "smoking" the clear part of my taillights.. the clear part for the reverse lights.. not the whole light..

 

i went to pep boys and got HIGH HEAT spraypaint can (i figured since it gets hot, i want the paint to be heat resistant...)
for 10 bucks, i'm sure i glad i did it

 

i picked up some adhesive promotor from wal-mart and some black krylon spray paint i had laying around.. sanded it down a little.. put the adhesion promotor on.. black spray paint.. and a little bit of clear coat.. but i didnt want it real "shiney" so i didnt go overboard ..just a little for protection from chipping..

 

Its sooo easy.. You drill a couple small holes and thats it, when your done you just get some apoxy or any kind of sealer to plug the holes up so moisture doesnt get in there. You just have to be careful drilling so that you dont drill into the silver relflector.

 

looks great.

IMO, do the CC mod instead of smoked signals.

 

ill probably be doing the CC mod sometime in the near future.. .just havent really had time for it yet..