looks awesome. Just noticed the sidemarkers are painted. Did you do that? Was it a pain?
Also, what are you replacing it with?
a piece that small should be fairly easy to DIY. paintscratch.com has factory color spray cans you could try
^^^I had heard they were a pain to get out though. Not brutal, but just tedious fender liner removal.
I just push them to one side and pull it out. Real easy to remove and install.
cool. I am going to do that. Then my avatar won’t be a fraud.
LOL - I really was wondering about that!
I just did this over the weekend. I don’t know if the process is different for an RS bumper compared to the DTM bumper. I turned the wheel completely to access the fender liner, torx-25 to remove the two screws and then reach in there and finagle the reflectors and pop them out. I replaced with the ECS set. I think these go well with darker colors and in my case dolphin grey. I like it so I’m considering doing the rears. I haven’t confirmed if its the same size. I’m thinking so.
OP! Love the car and good luck! I would be tempted if I was seriously looking.
Push them out from behind?
Wonder if suction cup would work to pull them out.
How much are those ecs ones. I thought they were around $100 or something mental
Haha! You’ll be pleasantly surprised how much they cost. You need to reach in and fiddle with the little brackets on the reflectors. You’ll know where they are and what needs to be done when you have the new ones. I imagine you could also have them painted which is the cleanest look. http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_S4--V8/Lighting/Side_Markers/
Quick shot.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/16/yvevuvy2.jpg
Sorry OP, your car still is beautiful.
Guess they’re out of production
I looked a while back for some avus silver ones and they were mental expensive.
Now depending on your colour, they can be as little as $3!
Thanks for the link! I do believe I’ll be adding a complete smoked set to my vehicle. 
I bought the $3 sidemarkers and will sand, prime, and paint them mugello blue. Ends up a bit more costly with paint ($25+$10 shipping) and adhesion promoter/primer ($8 shipped) but I can use those other items in the future for other projects. Finally, I was pretty sure but not 100% that ECS sells the sidemarkers as a set so I went ahead and ordered 2. If I end up getting 2 sets, maybe I will prepare both as Mugello Blue and resell a set to recoup my costs!
you bought the beige ones or whatever they were? Smart.
What’s your total cost? Shipping, paint etc. $50?
LOL – maybe not clear in my original post. Let’s try again.
- ECS Sidemarkers (Dakar Beige) $3.19 x 2 (bought 2 in case so $6.26) — Note: price is back up to $69.95!
- ECS Shipping $8.63
- Paintscratch Spray paint (Mugello Blue) $25.95
- Paintscratch Shipping $9.95
- Amazon Duplicolor CP199 Adhesion promoter/primer $7.99 shipped
TOTAL: $58.78
But, I can use the paint and adhesion promoter for other projects. And, I can probably sell the extra set of sidemarkers for after I paint them Mugello Blue.
I would be interested in buying the extra set painted Mugello Blue.
Thanks, Bill
so you only did the front ones by the little louvres?
I just had a look at my car and noticed the rear ones. They’re red though, so they don’t look bad. The orange is a bit much upfront though.
I only did the front. I’m considering doing the rears for consistency. They appear to be the same size.
The Alpaka Beige ones were $3 yesterday
Now they’re $30
The ‘SMOKE’ ones are $13.
Thanks Saki. I just saw this as I don’t frequent here that often.
Lucky for me my car came with these already painted when I bought it.
As for my replacement - im looking at either an '07 or '08 997TT.
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