Black edition Vantage

[Kelsy]

I have posted a pic here before however now I've finished adding some what you would call black extras to my Vantage
Mods include
Plasti spray front grille
Black gloss wheels with black wheel centres and cap covers
Carbon wrap strakes
Black gloss wrapped window surround
Clear rear lenses
Lowered by 25mm r and r uprated springs
Rear wheel spacers 20mm
Happy with the result
v

[BlackV8]

Very cool, what about black exhaust tips? I have them on mine and they are looking stunning (my personal opinion)
Cheers

[markiep1]

Loving the look

[wtdoom]

That's my kind of car .
Great job

[avinalarf]

Good job.

[old phart]

Interested to know if you've dyno'd it since blacking everything out and what HP gains you've seen?
Seriously - looks great. Although with a black one myself I know there's about a 10 minute window after washing it that it is dust free for pictures.

[Dingle Dell]

Nice. Would like to lower mine a similar amount but have been worried about clearance on speed humps and kerbs.

[Mansfield]

Looks really good, I've done some similar mods to mine.

Did you have to cut the wheel studs on the rear to get the spacers to fit?

[bogie]

Looks great, I too had a black Vantage for 9 years and it looked fantastic on the day it was cleaned. Then we moved to the country and a house on a farm track thats used....and every vehicle that goes past leaves a layer of dust on the cars..mmmm perhaps not such a good choice with 3 black cars at the time ...doh

..this time around tungsten silver was the choice and although it does not look as shiny as my old Vantage when clean, it kinda just looks the same all the time and is real easy to look after.

[Ian_UK1]

Kelsy said:

I have posted a pic here before however now I've finished adding some what you would call black extras to my Vantage
Mods include
Plasti spray front grille
Black gloss wheels with black wheel centres and cap covers
Carbon wrap strakes
Black gloss wrapped window surround
Clear rear lenses
Lowered by 25mm r and r uprated springs
Rear wheel spacers 20mm
Happy with the result
v

Looks superb - the lowered ride height and all-black look gives the car a really menacing presence.

Quick question if I may - which wheel spacers/bolts did you use? I'd really like to add the same to my car.

Thanks in advance

[Kelsy]

Thanks for the positive comments.
I bought from RSC tuning from the states. Posted to the UK. Came with bolts I seem to remember. Sorry did that element of the mod 3 years ago when I bought the car
Thanks

[Kelsy]

Also has anyone gone for tinted/black Windows aftermarket on a vantage?

[wtdoom]

Mr Kelsy, have you thought about the black carbon badges ? I specced them on mine and they look fantastic .

[Mansfield]

Kelsy said:

Also has anyone gone for tinted/black Windows aftermarket on a vantage?

I used the static non-permanent type, cut to shape and apply with soapy water.
Fairly cheap mod (even with shipping from USA).
If you take your time you can do a decent job.
If you dont like it you can just peel it off, no adhesitives are used.

Try some different shades, here is the darkest:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YJW95M/ref=o...

[Kelsy]

Mansfield said:

Looks really good, I've done some similar mods to mine.

Did you have to cut the wheel studs on the rear to get the spacers to fit?

Thank you
The spacers came with the studs :-)

Edited by Kelsy on Saturday 12th August 21:37

[Kelsy]

Mansfield said:

Kelsy said:

Also has anyone gone for tinted/black Windows aftermarket on a vantage?

I used the static non-permanent type, cut to shape and apply with soapy water.
Fairly cheap mod (even with shipping from USA).
If you take your time you can do a decent job.
If you dont like it you can just peel it off, no adhesitives are used.

Try some different shades, here is the darkest:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YJW95M/ref=o...

That's interesting. Thank you. I'll consider doing that

Edited by Kelsy on Saturday 12th August 21:33

[Kelsy]

BlackV8 said:

Very cool, what about black exhaust tips? I have them on mine and they are looking stunning (my personal opinion)
Cheers

Can you buy just the tips? yes up for that. How much are they? Thanks

[Kelsy]

bogie said:

Looks great, I too had a black Vantage for 9 years and it looked fantastic on the day it was cleaned. Then we moved to the country and a house on a farm track thats used....and every vehicle that goes past leaves a layer of dust on the cars..mmmm perhaps not such a good choice with 3 black cars at the time ...doh

..this time around tungsten silver was the choice and although it does not look as shiny as my old Vantage when clean, it kinda just looks the same all the time and is real easy to look after.

Yep black looks great when clean but in a kind of cheeky way, cool when dirty :-)

[Kelsy]

Dingle Dell said:

Nice. Would like to lower mine a similar amount but have been worried about clearance on speed humps and kerbs.

Yes I'm always on the go slow on speed bumps but it's worth it just for the low look

Edited by Kelsy on Saturday 12th August 21:38

[bogie]

Kelsy said:

Also has anyone gone for tinted/black Windows aftermarket on a vantage?

Yes I had mine done when I got it, security film legal tint to sides and a little darker to rear. Looked great and helps keep it cooler in the odd bit of warm weather we have

can see a little in this pic