Back when Rolls-Royce unveiled its first all-electric model, Spectre, in October 2022, the aftermarket realm jumped with joy at the thought of upcoming custom-build projects. Almost two years later, Los Angeles, California-based RDB LA is making do with their promises.
The good folks over at the world-renowned aftermarket shop were happily imagining the changes they would apply on the Spectre to make it even cooler – and there was absolutely no doubt that they would nail some of the best possible combinations. After all, they had ample experience with its predecessor, the Rolls-Royce Wraith, as well as with just about every luxury, supercar, or exotic model out there.
Jump forward to May 2024, and after working on a bunch of Spectre units, Vik – the boss from RDB LA – has come across his favorite customized example, mostly because this is the one they worked on more than all the others. At first sight, the exterior is nothing fancy – just an all-black Spectre that would make Darth Vader pretty darn proud to call it home if dwelling around planet Earth. Luckily, he's not.
Anyway, inside, there's a Mandarin Orange cockpit with contrasting black inserts. By the way, Rolls-Royce now puts stars in the doors, not just the 'ceiling!' Going outside, Vik explains that a lot of work went into a car that seems pretty close to OEM specifications when, in fact, they took all the chrome bits and pieces and hand-painted them to match the exterior's black metallic color. There are also some very subtle orange details here and there to make sure there's a hint of what is going on inside, too. The emblems are black-and-orange now, the Spirit of Ecstasy is all black (!), and the car now has a clear bra (satin PPF – paint protection film) – though only for the top half, making it look as if there's a dual-tone glossy and matte black shade on the car (!!).
Last but not least, which is actually the main feature of the car, are the full-face RDB Wheels TS (which is short for 'Trendsetter') 24-inch aftermarket wheels, and of course, the Rolls-Royce Spectre was lowered on top of them to make it look even more elegant and menacing at the same time. But wait, as there is more. At the end of the video embedded below, Vik announced the start of 'Phase II' for this Spectre as they are going to put the first-ever 1016 industries body kit on it!
Also, RDB LA has released the initial CGI renderings of the Rolls Royce Spectre x 1016 Industries – it's a black-and-white model that certainly doesn't look as fancy as this black-and-orange one. Hopefully, the body kit will look much better on a real car than in these digital previews you see embedded below at the bottom of the social media posts for the dark one.
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