colour of grill badge

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What colour my front grill badge

Matt black
3
43%
Gloss black
3
43%
White
1
14%
 
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colour of grill badge

Post by denboy1 » Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:10 pm

Don't know how to photoshop, so would like your opinion please





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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by stu » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:09 pm

#4. leave it as it is :P

Google 'white audi emblem grill'. Am mobile so can't insert a pic for you. No pretty though.

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Post by MartayMcFly » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:21 pm

Stick with silver/chrome, I say it every time.
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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by stu » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:23 pm

This man's got taste:

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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by PetrolDave » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:30 pm

MartayMcFly wrote:Stick with silver/chrome
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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by rob-s » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:34 pm

Stick with silver/chrome, I say it every time.
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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by MikeFish » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:38 pm

Either matt or gloss black. That silver looks really tacky, cheap plastic chrome! Yuck. Looks like phase one of 'bling my car with as much tacky shiny plastic as possible'.

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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by MikeFish » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:40 pm

I don't know why car manufacturers insist on putting plastic pretending to be chrome on cars... well actually I do cos it sounds like most of you like it. The only place for chrome on cars is real metal chrome plated as found on classic cars. My old AC Cobra kit car had lots of chrome bits and it looked right.

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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by stu » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:45 pm

I'd make the de-tangoing a priority over the rings TBH. Your car more than most: the white seems to exaggerate the orangeness.

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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by denboy1 » Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:17 pm

Personally I agree with Mike regarding the cheap look of the plastic chrome, was thinking Matt black myself. As for a de-tango, wouldn't where to start. :lol:
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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by MikeFish » Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:10 pm

denboy1 wrote:Personally I agree with Mike regarding the cheap look of the plastic chrome, was thinking Matt black myself. As for a de-tango, wouldn't where to start. :lol:
Yeah I agree on the detango (I think I pointed that out in your orignal thread), but this is not as easy and quick as the rings though.

To detango you have 2 options;
1) Buy the later headlights with the clear indicators. This is the easier of the 2 options but clearly more expensive.
2) Take your existing ones and heat them up to seperate the front part (clear plastic) from the rear casing. This will then allow you to get rid of the orange bit. Not sure if you just remove it or if you have to replace it with a clear version as I've never done it. Cheaper but harder.
Either way it involves removing the bumper.

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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by denboy1 » Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:50 pm

Thanks Mike, i'll leave the de tango for now, don't want to take the bumper off just yet. :wink:
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Re: colour of grill badge

Post by LunarWolf » Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:05 am

What about those emblems that light up white leds in them????
yay!

I like colour coded to be honest. but it really is a personal preference for everyone!....
I use my car and bike for business.... My company logo is Black and (mango) yellow, so they are both geared towards that theme....
The vehicles are black, with the yellow accentuations.... I plan to get the front emblem coloured too!
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