Honeycomb grill?

[M60gov]

I have a 2015 s-line and want to get an all black honeycomb grill. I’ve done some research but most of the links don’t work. Where can a get a good quality black honeycomb grill without the front license plate?

[CrunkGoat]

I believe the only place you can really get them now is on eBay from overseas due to copyright/legal issues in North America

[MarcMonte]

I have the same Q5 and also looking for a Honeycomb Grill. Would love to find one I dont have to trim for the B8.5.

[M60gov]

Does anyone have a link to one that they used, is still available and they’re happy with the quality of it?

[2.0tdi]

https://www.lltek.com/grills_q5.htm
Try this one, bit pricey, I was going to get one but waiting for them to go on sale
Cheers

[M60gov]

https://www.lltek.com/grills_q5.htm
Try this one, bit pricey, I was going to get one but waiting for them to go on sale
Cheers

Thank you, that looks like a nice one. I’ll see if they have a Black Friday or cyber Monday sale but that’s probably going to be the one I get.

[bozack]

surprised there isn't more feedback on the Ebay ones. One the A6 forums there has been great luck with Ebay ones.

[NYSpeedRacer]

I just ordered Enthusiast Brand’s honeycomb grille to replace mine, which a lady backed into. I’ll give you an update on their quality, when I get it. I believe they have them for all Q5 models, check their site

https://www.enthusiastbrand.com/sear...t&q=RS+Grilles

I originally ordered one off eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/RSQ5-Style-...-127632-2357-0), but the box and grille arrived cracked. They send me a return label and promptly refunded me back.

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[A4edwin]

I was looking at the enthusiast brand one the other day. Anxious to read what you think about it once you get it.

[NYSpeedRacer]

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Finally got around to picking it up.

Packaging was solid, study box. Unlike the eBay one.

Grille - looks great with no damages.

Ordered it on 11/17 and missed delivery on 11/30. It was shipped from China via USPS. Tracking was prompt.

Overall, I’m happy with it, I don’t foresee any issues with the install and I’m replacing a cracked one. Was it worth the additional few bucks? Yeah, I think so.


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[M60gov]

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Finally got around to picking it up.

Packaging was solid, study box. Unlike the eBay one.

Grille - looks great with no damages.

Ordered it on 11/17 and missed delivery on 11/30. It was shipped from China via USPS. Tracking was prompt.

Overall, I’m happy with it, I don’t foresee any issues with the install and I’m replacing a cracked one. Was it worth the additional few bucks? Yeah, I think so.


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If you don’t mind let me know how well it fits after install is complete. A few pics would be nice too. If all goes well I’ll order one.

[MarcMonte]

Looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing about the install.

[NYSpeedRacer]

Looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing about the install.

Oh, I don't plan on installing it until after my winter ski season. I currently have a honeycomb grille on my car, but a lady backed into it, hence the replacement.

I don't forsee any issues as it looks the same as the one currently on my car. I have the S-Line package and if I remember correctly, I have to trim the lower portion.

[MarcMonte]

Thanks. Thats what I was curious about. How much if any trimming. I also have a 2015 3.0T S line and am considering ordering and installing the Honeycomb. When you do get it installed after your ski season please post pics.

[NYSpeedRacer]

Thanks. Thats what I was curious about. How much if any trimming. I also have a 2015 3.0T S line and am considering ordering and installing the Honeycomb. When you do get it installed after your ski season please post pics.

Will do!


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[toddrhodes]

Xposted from the "what did you do today" thread, but I thought I remembered someone in here wanted impressions on the Enthusiast Brands version of the grille, and I just put mine on:

Found myself all alone in the house yesterday and this morning, and I needed a distraction so I decided to take off the front bumper and tackle the RSQ5 honeycomb grille install. These are all Chinese origin and I think they're for Euro market frontends so not all the tabs line up and it requires some creating fastening and wire routing. And a lot of plastic cutting - I employed my air saw, an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel, and for some tight spaces, a knife heated up with a blowtorch. In the end, it all fits well after a little adjustment. Took a couple hours and now that I know how the bumper comes off, it'll be easier next time when I go to do the heat exchanger swap.

Before (featuring 100k miles of being loved tenderly by road debris - up close it is pretty beat to hell):


After, will get better photos later:






Bottom fitment is where some have a tough time and just get it "good enough." I feel like this came out better than that:


That's it for awhile. While I was under there I got a good look at the lower control arms - they are indeed pretty shot at the bushing side. That'll be next, but I'm going to have a shop do that so they can align it after, along with updated front sway end links.

A little more detail - it was not a difficult install, and I did not have any help. The cutting takes time and the right tools. I had to cut off all the way up to the very bottom of what you see in the photos, and that's a lot of material, plus you have to take off the bottom corner "wings" on the grille as it arrives, to accommodate parking sensors if you have them. Otherwise, it comes together pretty easily. The bottom section is tricky if you have parking sensor wiring, but I managed to secure everything with some creative, hidden zip ties. The bottom portion, since it doesn't line up well, doesn't really have attachment points. So what I did was take fuel line (1/2" maybe?) and cut about a 5/8" long section of it and stuck the factory T25 screw through it. The hose acts as a spacer or a shim to hold the grill in place and you can use the factory screw hole. It's hard to describe without actually doing it or illustrating it, but I didn't take any pics of that process as I was kinda figuring it out as I went along.

Hope this helps!

[M60gov]

Looks great!

[nananana4k]

Looks great. Thinking about grabbing one too

[Leonthelion]

That's awesome and yes it looks awesome, I recently purchased one I'm glad to know it does fit but takes quite a bit if modification. So you left the parking sensors in the normal places?? What about the home link box?

[toddrhodes]

That's awesome and yes it looks awesome, I recently purchased one I'm glad to know it does fit but takes quite a bit if modification. So you left the parking sensors in the normal places?? What about the home link box?

Yep, left parking sensors where they normally were. As for homelink - as I pulled off the bumper initially (stock), it just kinda fell somewhere, hanging by its harness. I didn't see how it was attached to begin with, but it's basically just zip tied to other wiring and tucked away, held in place by the tension of its own and the other wires it's tied to. It's neither heavy nor very big, so I think it'll be fine. I also don't use it because my tiny little opener sits in the upper corner of my window and works from a long way away :D

It just takes some time and patience and a couple of the right tools - I'd at least want an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel and then just a utility knife you can heat with a lighter or a torch will get most of the finer detail work that's needed. A dremel with a few cutoff wheels and finer detail stuff would also make pretty quick work of it. But just so you know, the process is basically "cut a little," "ok now I have to cut a little there," "ok now that needs to be cut just a little more," "ok almost there," "nope, need to trim a little there," etc...It's an iterative process :)

I also pulled off the RSQ5 badging - it just unsnaps.

[toddrhodes]