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RS6 Plus "look"
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:51 pm
by mattler
Thinking about de-chroming my RS6 as I think the plus looks so more agressive.
Has anyone done this??
If so is it a costly nightmare or an easy option to make the car look better?
Matty
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:00 pm
by estrop77
KDS Keltec of Gillingham resprayed the trim on one I believe. not sure of the cost though
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:12 am
by BigMo
from what I am led to believe, spraying the black trim on peels after a while
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:06 am
by A20LEE
i'm looking into have matt black vinyl applied to my chrome trim for the black optics look.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:06 pm
by Duffs
Hi Guys, i bought my RS over 12 months ago now and unfortunately i did not consult this web site first and so bought with my heart rather than my head. Saying that i have had no serious problems with my car other than the usual DRC failure.
Shortly after purchase it was taken to KDS Keltec for paint correction, detailing and to have my chrome work sprayed black so that the car looked as good as a 22k car should (yes i was stung within months by the prices crashing!!!!).
So far after 5 months the black optics look still looks as good as the day Kelly (proprietor of KDS) sprayed them. The previous owner decided to try to copy the black optics look by using black vinyl - not very succesfully!!!!Please refer to the KDS website to view my car during the transformation, including pictures of the dreaded black vinyl.
http://www.kdskeltec.co.uk/audi_rs6_saloon_1.phtml
I hope this post is of use
Duffs
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:26 pm
by TIMSRS
I started to price up the black optics trim pieces got to price the one side of the window trims and found that it was VERY expensive and complete nightmare to do, all doors have to be stripped down to fit the kits. Looking at the previous thread painting is much, much cheaper.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:44 am
by Duffs
My final bill with Kelly was 2k, but that included all four wheels refurbished and some bodywork repairs after i let my wife loose in the car, plus four tyres, paintwork correction, detailing, a new tyre pressure sensor, a few trim pieces and of course the black optics spray, if i remember rightly the spray work was around 250 quid for the door and window surrounds, fortunately i already had the black grille and tail pipes fitted.
If you go the spray route i cannot recommend Kelly highly enough, you won't be disappointed!!!!