Black Optics B6 S4

[DSB]

Hi all,

Well after seeing AMARS new RS6 I have finally decided that I want to start blackening the chrome parts on my Noggy B6 S4 Avant. I have been thinking about it for months now and finally decided to act on it.

I cant really decide on a few things though.....

1) should I take the parts off and spray them or should I wrap them or should I buy new black ones from Audi (is that possible I didnt think black optics was avalible on the B6 ?) - I sort of like the idea of being able to swap back if need be though.

2) How far should I go ...... I'm thinking everything except the four rings and the mirrors - maybe a matt silver for those ??

Has anyone done this recently, and does anyone have any pictures of a standard noggy (or other colour) S4 avant with it done ? .....not really interested in images of super modified cars with black stuff as the rest of mine will stay standard - OEM + is my cup of tea.

Thanks

Dan

[1781cc]

I too have thought about this before and looked into some options, but cash stopped it at the time. I have a B6 Noggy Saloon, so not a million miles from your car.

1) wrap is best, no long term damage, reversible, quick
2) I would leave badges, rings, mirrors, thats it

Maybe a satin black for the optics? or better still, carbon?

[DSB]

Yeah I'm very much swaying towards wraping it, and defo matt black - carbons not my bag.

I've never seen it being done but can you actually get a 'good' wrap around small fiddly parts like the grill and around the badges ?

[xyber]

The chrome separates from the grilles. So it's well easy to do

I had mine apart a few weeks ago to spray the grilles satin black

[DSB]

Xyber why didnt you wrap it then out of interest ?

[1781cc]

Xyber... piccys or GTFO! lol

[xyber]

Still undecided on if I'll be keeping the chrome trims on the grilles and windows, so just sprayed the grilles for now.

Scotch padded and degreased, 1 coat of plastic primer, then satin blacked. Looks OE and abit moodier than standard grey.



The other thing was I had my wheels powder coated and I think loosing the chrome may be too much

[gottanS]

Hmm, not really convinced as it looks like the bog standard B6 A4 grill except for S4 badge..

[1781cc]

Xyber, cheers for the pics, you may not-GTFO now, thanks

as for the black on the wheels, I totally see what you mean, this is why I went for graphite wheels as they lift it a little. One thing I did on my old 2.2 Si Lude (which was black) is have fitted gleaming Honda Championship white alloys, it looked stunning, that may not work for you given it was a Jap look, but might be worth exploring in photoshop.

Would certainly be unique!

[Rick_RS4]

ive just wrapped mine, painted the mirrors though, but could easity wrap your style mirrors, took about an hour and a half to do a side. better than paint imo as 1 you can remove to sell etc and 2 paint doesnt like sticking to that silver trim

[DSB]

Pics ?? ^^

[xyber]

Xyber, cheers for the pics, you may not-GTFO now, thanks

as for the black on the wheels, I totally see what you mean, this is why I went for graphite wheels as they lift it a little. One thing I did on my old 2.2 Si Lude (which was black) is have fitted gleaming Honda Championship white alloys, it looked stunning, that may not work for you given it was a Jap look, but might be worth exploring in photoshop.

Would certainly be unique!

Ive had white wheels before, my detailing OCD didn't agree with it as I was rinsing them every night.

[1781cc]

LOL ^^^ I know what you mean, when I had the white lude with white wheels it wasnt a problem, as soon as I bought a black one and swapped all the bits over, I got to cleaning the wheels all the time, weird huh?