Red or clear lights on black v12sm ?

[wtdoom]

Gents i have great news (for me ) my black ( and I mean blaaaaack) V12VS (spectre) is almost finished . It's almost done , I have one decision left to make and that's regarding the rear lights .
At first I asked for red but the car is built with clear (red fitted later ) then I saw the pics in build and it looked wonderful clear .
Now HWM have sent me pictures to help me decide and it's made things even worse !

I thought I'd do a poll just out of interest , please take a second to vote .


So what's it to be , red or clear ?

[Kawasicki]

can you post pictures of the options?

[wtdoom]

Kawasicki said:

can you post pictures of the options?

Yes , sorry I'm just really crap and slow at this , it's an all black(inside and out) v12vsm

Here's red :

[wtdoom]

And here's clear (FYI my car doesn't have shiny trim around the windows , or anywhere else come to think of it )

[Kawasicki]

maybe I'm a bit of a boring traditionist, but red for me.

[Mako V12V]

Kawasicki said:

maybe I'm a bit of a boring traditionist, but red for me.

I agree with you.... you are boring....no...no...haha, just joking!
I went red too. The clear looks slightly more modern but the red is a better contrast against the black, so for me looks better.

[DocW]

My last two Astons have been black, the first with clear and this one. I think the red is better, the clear looked a bit "unfinished ".

[ilikeAstons]

Red for me too!

[Jon39]

On grey cars, particularly those with the classic body (up to MY 2012.25) I very much prefer red.
A nice balance of colours.

With black, there is greater contrast between black and red, so I am less fixed on my preference, but think clear looks very good.
The AMR race cars now use clear.

What will happen if you get a 50:50 response ?

[IanV12VR]

Hate to be a contrarian but my vote went for clear lens. How would red lenses go with the rest of your scheme?

[AdamV12V]

Clear lenses for me everytime - well I would consider red lights if you have red brake calipers.

If you have gone with black DLO and black headlights and black exhaust tips and black, silver or grey calipers, then it has to be clear lenses! 100%...

[Mr.Tremlini]

I prefer red on my Tungsten, but I think the clear look more monochromatic, modern and tasteful (if that`s what you`re going for) on the black.

[V12VMan]

DocW - can't help thinking that looks very much like Villa Cortine Palace in Sirmione Lake Garda?

[C997]

Red with red calipers if you have them.

Black is probably the only colour that red would work on, just looks old school on most colours now.

[Jibberingloon]

How about Red with a smoked lacquer/film over it to darken it down a little more

You have 2 options Tint Film or Tint Spray

Both good solutions, but i think the Flim will last longer.


You know a Red Smoked look would be far better, and more unique. Just like Spectre is suppost to be.

Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3m1PUc8B68

Spray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU94dtteuL0

[Speculatore]

Clear

[Bobajobbob]

Red

[DocW]

V12VMan said:

DocW - can't help thinking that looks very much like Villa Cortine Palace in Sirmione Lake Garda?

What an observant chap you are!! The drive through the town was tight to say the least. After we got past the police barriers it was similar to trying to drive thro a football crowd. Everyone who commented was very positive even if I had just driven over their foot.

[David W.]

C997 said:

Black is probably the only colour that red would work on, just looks old school on most colours now.

I like red on my Aston Green car for that very reason.

[M5MarkM]

Clear