Red or black tailights?

Red is the most elegant on that car imo. Black would look way too boy-racer for me.

 

Black looks out of place on the 599.

 

Blacked out tails looks like $h!t on any car in my opinion. It's the "altezza" trend of the current decade.

But like they say...opinions are like a$$h0l3s, everyone's got one.

 

Blacked out lights never grew on me and Ill be the first to admit there's a lil ricer in me.

 

Depends on what look your going for- red is classic eligence. The black, bad boy cool!

Made the car your personal statement - I love the blackout look.

 

Spell check!!!!!! Elegance

 

I prefer the stock red.

 

I prefer the dark lights - not so much for the tail lights, but for the side lights, which look much better dark. Especially for USA-spec cars.

 

Depends on the rest of the car and the colour. If it is standard and Rosso Corsa than it won't be great. If it already has a bunch of mods and is a dark colour than maybe it might work.

 

Dark Lights on 612 (US Spec)
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I really like it myself.

 

Factory Black tail-lights on a DBS, I think this is one of the few exceptions
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I think they look okay on the right car, but I just don't see the point in reducing safety for aesthetics. I want people to see my taillights. In this day and age, with how often you see people drifting, swerving or slamming on brakes because of sell phones, last thing in the world I want is my brake lights to be less noticeable.

 

Bob,

You couldn't be more correct about concerns over distracted drivers these days. However, the dark lights should really only look different when the lights are off. If they are on, they should be seen. And when it comes to these distracted drivers, it seems nothing short of shot-gun blast will get their attention.

One possible option are LED DRLs, but adding them to your Ferrari without hurting the original look can be challenging. Regardless, I've seen several attempts at it.

 

Perhaps not a valid concern, but I can just see an insurance company rejecting an expensive rearend claim because of an "illegal" mod.

 

Actually the DBS tail lights are clear plastic. The black you see is the plastic insert which matches the paint color of the car or in optional carbon fiber.