Louis Vuitton car mods. Can they be done well?

"SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)" (sammauri) 10/14/2014 at 19:18 • Filed to: None

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Sponsoring your car with designer logos doesn't mean you have any taste. Or opulence. Or a car worth not vomiting on. While one of my favorite designer brands that I will never own anything from (unless it was bought out of a strange maroon van in Chinatown) is Louis Vuitton, that doesn't make LV "sponsored" cars any better. I am a man who likes leather luggage. Louis Vuitton does leather luggage well, especially in their more subtle black/grey checkerboard pattern. While their luggage may be pretty, their unofficial car sponsorships are not. LV car modifications are are usually god awful. I mean, absolutely horrendous. I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about, but here are some examples anyways:

Let's not mince words here. These are all vomit inducing.

So, I was wondering if anyone in the entire world had ever done a Louis Vuitton car modification well. I found two examples that don't make me want to kill myself. That's a damn good improvement over the ones above.

Now, the first one is and interior treatment on a Bentley. Thats one good mark. Most of the cars above cost less than a piece of Louis Vuitton luggage (minus the Rolls). If your going to give your ride an LV treatment, it should be worth of the LV logo. Right? Second good mark is the color scheme. It's pretty much as tasteful as you can while still being as tacky and ostentatious as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The third good mark goes to apparent craftsmanship. It looks to be a very well don't reupholstering job with leather luggage straps on the headrest being a good touch. Fourth good mark... the woman in the drivers seat is very attractive.

Now, I know what you're thinking. Sure, she's hot, but the interior is still tacky and she doesn't completely distract from that point.

Yes. You are correct, hypothetical commenter. Which is why I've saved the best for last.

I want this.

I want this so hard.

It's subtle. It's pretty. It's my favorite LV pattern. But most importantly, it looks like something that Louis Vuitton might have actually been involved in. That's amazing, and its in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, which is also amazing. I love the Gallardo, and I love black and grey Louis Vuitton luggage, and I will probably never own either.

But before you get too excited and impressed and start drooling on your computer or phone because one person in the entire world managed to pull off a tasteful Louis Vuitton themed car, let me show you something...

What you are about to see may be upsetting. Viewer discretion is advised.

Yup. Matte orange. Full tint. Back Hamman wheels with color matched orange lips. Full halloween themed with a bad aftermarket wing. Yikes. You might be thinking that that's pretty bad. Bad enough to detract from the well executed LV interior.

And yes, you are correct again. You are a very astute hypothetical commenter. Here's a cookie. But before you eat that cookie, I have to show you something else. No, that was not the end of it.

Something looks a little off about this picture, and since you are so astute I assume it will take you no time at all to realize that the goddamn stripes aren't centered.

THE GODDAMN STRIPES ARE NOT GODDAMN CENTERED.

Who does that? Who the hell did this person hire to paint crooked stripes on their goddamn Lamborghini. If thats not a sign of poor taste, I genuinely don't know what is.

So people who LV mods are tasteless, tacky, and either want you to think they have more money than taste or actually have more money than taste.

The answer to the question above is, shockingly, is no fucking way.

Duh.

Thanks for reading my answer to a super obvious question that no one asked. Writing this distracted me from approximately half an hour of coursework, and I am grateful for that.

Steve in Manhattan > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/14/2014 at 19:20

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No. Next question.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/14/2014 at 19:27

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The ONLY LV wrap I would consider is a steering wheel wrap and *maybe* a shift knob to go with.

Schep9d > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/14/2014 at 19:32

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Real luxury cars for the one percent come with their own luggage.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 10/14/2014 at 19:35

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I really like the interior in the Lamborghini. I think in something like this it would be okay. I'd still rather have the Lambo as it came from the factory, but whatever.

GhostZ > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/14/2014 at 19:40

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Real question: When did this become "high class"?

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/14/2014 at 19:49

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I know a guy that ran a tint shop and they cut little LV logos out of the mirrored tint, and then added a second layer of smoked tine underneath so it would show through. Tasteful? No. Clever, yup.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > GhostZ 10/14/2014 at 19:50

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The car or the pattern?

Car: The minute the owner took white paint to his tires.

Pattern: The minute Louis Vuitton actually got away with selling a $2,500 backpack, a $4,500 duffle, or an $11,000 briefcase (pictured).

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 10/14/2014 at 19:51

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Thats actually kind of awesome. I hate it, but it's awesome.

GhostZ > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/14/2014 at 19:59

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For $11,000, my suitcase better be bombproof with advanced key cryptography to open.

I can't complain too much though, because these are wonderful ways of getting money out of the hands of stupid people.