Fast forward to April, Rich is back! Lucky me, there is an S3 front bumper and a titanium S3 front grill in stock, yessssssssssss! Put me down for 1 please

A very long week and a half pass by until I am able to make the drive down to the UPS holding depot in Niagara Falls, NY to pick up the bumper and grill. I chose this option vs. shipping straight to my door mainly because I'd rather keep $650 worth of shipping/handling/duty/brokerage fees than give it to UPS. So I make the hour and a half drive across the border (in my girl's Altima) and to the UPS depot and pick up my BIG package.

Clearly, it wouldn't fit as it, so I had to cut the box up in pieces and throw everything in the car.

I get home and start unpacking my goodies.

Notice something missing? So did I! No fog grills

Contacted Josh and Rich at oempl.us, they apologized and shipped the fog grills to me right away. Thank you fellas

More waiting game

But wait, I have plenty of stuff to do to while I wait, such as get the bumper painted, and trim my OEM impact bar so that the S3 bumper fits.

Thanks to neonix and eltonsi for helping me figure out the nitty gritty details for this step. I took some helpful pictures for future S3 front bumper retrofitters:

Dimensions of impact bar needing to be removed: 2cm x 20 cm from each bottom corner.

I cut about 60-70% through the bar on the pre-marked lines with my dremel and cut off wheels, but that's as far as I was willing to go. My supply of cutoff wheels was quickly diminishing, I think I went through 9 of them after all was said and done. Finished the job the old fashioned way, with saw in hand. This was UBER tiring

test fitting time!

yay everything fits. Now to get the sucker painted. 180 bucks later, here are the results:

Now the second part of the picture, as you may have seen already, I sold my S-Line bumper + blackout grill to my buddy Chris (eggie) and we did a bumper swap/install day.

(Note to Chris: send me those pics dude!)

So I on eggie's car is now my (I mean his) S-Line bumper + blackout grill, and on my car, my naked S3 bumper, lol

still waiting, what to do......... I know, DYNO!

I know, you only see HP, they couldn't find a place to tap into RPM readings (searched 2.0T FSI forum, now I know where and I can tell them when I go back), so no torque for now. I'll post that up when I get that done.

Ok back to the S3 front. The grills have arrived!

FINALLY...

and just for fun...

The end!

Again, thanks to Rich and Josh @ oempl.us, neonix, eltonsi, and eggie, for helping to make this happen

Of course, comments/questions welcome

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A3 gt3071 A&L Perfomance

howd u get it painted for only 180$?

19" Work Eurolines Matte Black/Polished
17" MatteBlk OEM A3s
aFe Stg2 2.0T Intake

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Congrats! This is my favorite mod for the A3.

Neuspeed sport springs,koni fsd,Awe catback,Atp downpipe,Neuspeed p-flo&Carbon fiber engine cover,S-line blkout grill,Votex sideskirts,LED tails,6000k HID,S3 shiftknob&brake handle,TT alum light switch,TT alum pedals,S-line flat bottom steering wheel,forge dv,AWE Boost Gauge,ECS Spacers& Dogbone Mnt

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this will make cutting the bar much easier. takes all 30 seconds to cut thru

And yeah, minus the eyebrows.

Quote, originally posted by angryquattrorican66 »

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I think he meant the colors of the bumper and the body do not match. They seem pretty close but i can tell the difference slightly.

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Quote, originally posted by drew138 »

Are you looking to get rid of the blackout grill from your old bumper?

he sold it to his buddy...eggie

Quote, originally posted by 2.0T_A3 »

HEY NEX I MASSAGE YOU LONG TIME AGO ABOUT THE REAR ONE IT WOULD SUCK IF U JUST PASS ME OVER LIKE THIS.

I've debated over the eyelids before and in the end, I enjoy them and I like being different

Correct, the blackout and S-Line bumper are now on eggie's A3.

Yes, paint was done locally at http://maaco.ca/ for $180 cash. Yes, the colour is ever so slightly off from the rest of body as it currently stands. I gave them the ibis white colour code to paint the bumper, but instead maybe should have asked them to throw in just a bit of off white to account for the fact that my car has gone through a Canadian winter and is no longer as bright as when I first picked up the car. Hopefully after a clay bar job this weekend, the difference will be even less noticable.

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This was my initial thought when I first popped the fog grills in and saw so much white. I'll give it a couple days to see if it grows on me and if not, this is an easy and cheap flat black spray paint fix

Quote, originally posted by angryquattrorican66 »

FYI http://www.homedepot.com/webap...02949 this will make cutting the bar much easier. takes all 30 seconds to cut thru

I considered my Home Depot options as well! Was looking at the reciprocating saw and the heavy duty grinder. The associates there told me to opt for the grinder because it may be difficult to cut straight with the recip. saw. Either way, both options would run me in the $70-$100 range, or I could get a shop to do it for me for probably $50ish, but considering I already had all the necessary tools at home, I didn't mind saving that cash and getting my hands/arms a bit tired and dirty.

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Looks so sexy btw.

No low. No stance. 4x4. Mehh.

Quote, originally posted by dubbinjeastin »

Wheel gap can be compared to a vaginaa. The more fingers you can stick in the worse off you are.

"There's no reason to ever punch your girlfriend... unless she tells you shes pregnant"

..::The IKE & Audizine Build-Up Show::..

This is the one thing I forgot to measure before swapping bumpers. Just by eye balling it, the S3 front appears to be the same height off the ground as the S-Line front, or just a couple millimeters closer to the ground.

Quote, originally posted by Ultimatetaba »

OMFG!! You got the damn S3 front!! I hate you! Hahaha..I was actually contemplating getting it..idk though..too much $$$. I'm about to PM you for some details. Looks so sexy btw.

PM replied, haha thanks bud. I don't think you have much say in this, your car demands an S3 front. Does it not deserve one? Has it not brought so much joy to your life, enough so to warrant just a simple face lift only to make you smile even more, LOL

Quote, originally posted by eltonsi »

Good stuff Jason! You going to run the euro plate? Or is it just for the pic? Is the white a little "mismatched"? Or is it just the lighting?

Elton, mr. first-S3-front-in-Canada! I will not be running the euro plate on a regular basis, just for pictures/videos, and whenever I feel lucky I'm installing high strength magnets right behind the plate area for easy mounting/dismounting purposes

The white is very slightly brighter on the bumper. If the clay bar this weekend doesn't take care of that difference, then natural weathering of the bumper will

Quote, originally posted by the4ringer »

clean! love it. cant say enough about it

why thank you Jay k honestly, there are at least 5 A3 owners on here with the name Jay or Jason

Modified by kwanja_a3 at 5:28 AM 4-24-2008

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Quote, originally posted by kwanja_a3 »

k honestly, there are at least 5 A3 owners on here with the name Jay or Jason

Through my experience, Jason has always been one of the more less common names, in comparison to "Robert" or "Kevin," etc...until I came to Fourtitude!

No low. No stance. 4x4. Mehh.

Quote, originally posted by dubbinjeastin »

Wheel gap can be compared to a vaginaa. The more fingers you can stick in the worse off you are.

As I side note -- its sort of funny that you posted this up the same day official word of the S3portback. FWIW, I think I still like the current S3 front -- Mostly the fog grill area looks more aggressive than the new front. Stil haven't made up my mind.

Again, killer mod and killer DIY -- should be sticky'd or something.

Modified by drew138 at 7:43 AM 4/24/2008

Very kind words, thank you Drew!

the lower splitter was untouched. I looked closely at it before I painted the bumper and noticed that it had a bit of sheen/metallic look to it, just slightly more so than the rest of the primered bumper. So it appears that Audi purposely did something to that front lip area differently than the rest of the primered bumper. Color and darness-wise, it's about the same for the whole bumper. I love how it stands out against the ibis white.

About your side note, I was thinking the same thing last night Just waiting for OEMpl.us to get their hands on those sideskirts and maybe that rear valence (if they fit). I may be biased, but I too prefer the current S3 front look!

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LIES!! If you get your a$$ chipped already, and throw on a downpipe, we'll be putting down the same power mofo!!

You know what's sad? I'm putting my poor baby through Canadian winters and all the harmful salt crap, while you're plowing through in your ballin awd RDX!!!

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My oem bumpers don't match exactly, so unless it is way off, oh well.

btw we want MOAR pics!!!!

The A3!!

couple of audis

approx. $1500, minus the amount I sold the S-Line bumper, blackout S-Line grille and blackout plate holder bracket for.

Quote, originally posted by OpenSkye »

iiiiii LOVE it btw we want MOAR pics!!!!

I knowwwwwwwwwwwww I've been waiting to get the bumper repainted PROPERLY to better match the body, doing that on Tuesday, getting the car back Thursday, then I can finally pic whore it up

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