My Rear End

I'm thinking of 2 changes to the rear end of my Diablo.

I'd be interesting in hearing what anyone thinks.

Here's the back as it is today:



Here's the tail light surround in black:



And here's it in black with 6.0 tail lights (photoshopped in and showing it)



My thoughts:

The existing tail light surround is red and it stands out as the only large red area on the car, interior or exterior. The only other place red is used is as highlights (brake lights, etc.) The cars colors are metallic titanium and black.

With them blacked out and the lights containing white, yellow and red, the eye doesn't fixate on the surround as it does in the original picture. In #2 and #3, the surround blends in and the colors in the back end match the rest of the car (black goes with black wing, red lights go with brake light on top, etc.).

Black tail light surrounds were used in a bunch of Diablos (SVs mostly it looks like). In the 6.0, they painted the surround the same color as the car.

 

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I'm also debating about carbon fiber gils (for lack of a better term). Here's the side profile now (thanks Martin):



And here's what it would look like with black carbon fiber gils. I thought I would really like it but after seeing this.. I think I might like it as it is. I'm on the fence.



Here's two fun pictures. The first is with white rims.



And here's the car with spinners:

 

Some more rims. The only ones that work for me are the Murci ones but Murci's are 18 inch vs. 17 inch Diablo. I think stock is the way to go.

Existing:



w/ Murcielago



w/6.0



w/Gallardo

 

The opinion on the surround seems to be pretty universal that the tail light surround should be black or clear carbon. I agree.

On the carbon on the gils, I agree with Martin that it does tie the car together but I also agree with everyone else that its probably best to keep it as is. With the black, it looks a bit more like a racer than a "looker" and the car is more of a "looker" than a racer. So, I think I'll just leave that as is.

For the 6.0 taillights, I'm still on the fence. The white/yellow matches the front turn signal which is white/yellow. The other one is just red, as is the existing one. There is a blue roadster locally that has them and it looks OK. The comments are good, though (and its an easy swap in any case).

I looked at aftermarket exhausts too but because the car isn't a racer, I'm leaving that as is. On the interior, I'm looking at putting in a 6.0 interior light instead of the standard roadster interior light. But the size is different and so I'll have to see how that would go.

Also, the door handle insides are scuffed a bit (all diablos get that) and so I'm probably going to have carbon fiber ones put in. You can't see them so its not a visual change. And the side of the seats, I'll probably get that in carbon fiber. You can't see it from the inside, you can only see it when looking down into the car from the outside and the sills are carbon fiber so it goes with those.

I'm not getting a carbon fiber interior because I like the stock leather/black look. I'm toying with the idea of changing the climate control to a 6.0 climate control but that might require some electronics work and I found a guy who has worked on those a lot and want to see what he thinks about it.

Dexter, do you have a straight side shot of your car? It's better if I do a photoshop of your car itself since it won't be as easy to see if its on my car. I looked around on Martin's site and found a couple photos of your car but couldn't find a straight side shot.