terrymcg Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Has anyone put the rear retrofit blinds in their B7 A4? I am on about the ones you can buy from audi-accessories. Is there much effort in fitting them, and once in are they a permanant fixture? Anyone with pics!?!??! Cheers Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quattrophenia Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Good question - I was wondering about those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenbend Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Take a look at this thread. Various options including retrofit of official Audi ones discussed. Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrymcg Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Nice one! Cheers Mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I fitted them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I got the genuine Audi ones from Nelson a couple of weeks ago - hope to fit them this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkPrincess Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Were getting tints instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I got mine from Nelson for my B6 saloon. It's a little bit of a nervous job drilling into your doors but quite straight forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeyboy Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 been thinking of getting these with the summer coming, but have also been considering tints, windows are already slightly tinted but not enough to cut out the sun for the little uns. Would prefer darker tints as it still allows the litte uns to look out and makes the car look meaner but would want top quality ones not something that will look tatty. So can i get this done and if so where and at what sort of cost. Depending on the above i may just go for the blinds from Nelson. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Personal point of view : I think tints look cr4p when only on the rear...and you can't legally have them all around so for me it rules them out. Additionally in the grey days of winter I can drop the blinds for additional visibility out for my kiddie and more light in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDiAvant Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I like tints and I'm thinking about getting them done on the S4. I was thinking of using these guy's http://www.pentagonglasstech.com/ got a quote for £360 +vat I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeyboy Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 So you cant get tints on the front side (drivers & pasanger doors) ? That nay change my mind then - just been out to Palm Springs and there were a fair few A4's with full tints which did look very nice, which is what was making my mind up - but just on the backs im not sure. Plus didnt think abount less light in the winter - dont you just hate it when someone bursts your bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDiAvant Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I've seen a few S4's and Had an RS4 with tints and it looks fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Personal point of view : I think tints look cr4p when only on the rear...and you can't legally have them all around so for me it rules them out. Additionally in the grey days of winter I can drop the blinds for additional visibility out for my kiddie and more light in the car. [/ QUOTE ] Couldn't agree more. We have the factory fit ones on our S4 and they are great but finding a 2nd hand car with them is very hard. They are under £100 at the factory and >£500 as a retro because the door cards need replacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quattrophenia Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Mine has factory tints and think it looks really good. It is possible to get the fronts tinted by some specialists (not officially though - i.e. you won't get a receipt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] They are under £100 at the factory and >£500 as a retro because the door cards need replacing. [/ QUOTE ] I priced up the parts on ETKA to fit the factory ones to my RS4 Avant - came to just over £1000 including blinds (£100 each), door cards (£300 each), trims, nuts & bolts. Can't justify that, hence the Audi retrofit ones ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Don't blame you. Any photos of the retro ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_G Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Avants with tints do look good so long not too dark, however not so sure about saloons with no continuity in glass colour (i.e one with, one without, know what I mean?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Don't blame you. Any photos of the retro ones? [/ QUOTE ] See link already posted by RottenBend here and go to the top of page 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeyboy Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 TDi how darek where the tints you had and are considering from pentagonglass. PG what do you call not to dark ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_G Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Around the 5% mark. If I were to consider tints I would have to have ones that were uniform optical density on driver / passenger and rear windows which I think max is 35% Like ScoTTy, blinds seem to be the logical choice for me as in winter the increased light from pulling them back down would be handy. And they would only be in use when P_G Jnr is in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDiAvant Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 [ QUOTE ] TDi how darek where the tints you had and are considering from pentagonglass. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not sure how dark they were, but I'm sure they know what the Audi standard tint is. This is a picture of the RS4 Avant with the rear window tinits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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