Idea: Paint the B6 A4 grill to reduce it's apparent size

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:08:52 -0400, Doug Warner >
wrote:

>Here's a before/after GIF animation showing the chrome and cross bar
>painted to reduce the "joker face" appearance of the stock B6 A4
>
>http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/Grille.gif
>
>If I buy one, I'll probably have it done. Looks too much like a
>Chrysler product otherwise.

Imo...
Audi got the 8 and the 6 right this time - those are both awesome cars to
behold.

But they missed the mark on the 4. Not by a lot, but by enough to matter.
That beak just doesn't down-scale well, apparently. And the wiggle in the
outside lower quadrant of the headlights detracts from the look (though
thinking about that now, perhaps the word is "distracts" - takes the eye off
the beak and pulls it to the headlights).

It'll be just so much "flavor of the month", I think. No legs.

By contrast, there are classics with staying power. eg:
http://home.comcast.net/~day_trippr/..._S4_headon.jpg

Well, IMHO, I like the look overall, and think it works better on the
smaller carrs (A4, A3) than the larger (A8). But I do think they could
have done a better job on the rear - a little too generic/Honda on the
A4, a little too Saturn on the A6.

Oh, and it's a B7 now....

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

In message >
Doug Warner > wrote:

> Here's a before/after GIF animation showing the chrome and cross bar
> painted to reduce the "joker face" appearance of the stock B6 A4

What's wrong with the grill on the B6?

I'm beginning to get used to the grill on the B7, now that it is
becoming a more sight. The numbers of A3s, A4s and A6s with the new one
piece grill are increasing on the roads here in the UK.

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