So I got tired of the chrome bezels around my tail lights, and decided to paint them black. I think it looks a lot better now. I'm also planning on having my stripes painted on when I get my Sinister hood, and I'm thinking about having the portion of the trunk lid between the tail lights painted black also, to break up the huge chunk of orange that is the rear end of my car. When I installed my Heritage Grille, I left off the bowtie emblem from the grille, because I thought it looked a little cleaner, and I like it without the bowtie. I did put the SS emblem on the grille, though, but the bowtie, to me, was just too much, and I prefer the Heritage Grille without it. Anyway, because of that, I'm trying to decide if I want to do a blackout strip between my tail lights either with, or without the bowtie, or if I should even do the blackout strip.
Here's how it looks right now, with just the bezels painted black:
And, with the miracle (sarcasm) that is MS Paint, I mocked up how it would look with and without the blackout strip, and with and without the bowtie.
With no blackout panel, and with no bowtie, it would look like this:
With just the blackout strip, with no bowtie, it would look basically like this:
And finally, with the blackout strip, with the bowtie emblem, it would look like this:
So I'm looking for opinions. Personally, I think I'm going to go with a blackout strip, because I think it breaks up all the orange. I think it looks too plain without the strip. But I am undecided about the bowtie. I think it probably would look a little better with the bowtie, but since I de-badged the bowtie off of the front, it might be a little weird to still have the bowtie on the rear. I think it looks pretty good with just the blackout strip and no bowtie, too, though, and I can't make up my mind. I figure, worst case scenario, when I have my trunk repainted to paint my stripes, I can get the blackout panel done, and leave off the bowtie, and I can always add it later, if I end up wanting it.
So, what do you guys think?
Option 1: No blackout panel with bowtie emblem
Option 2: No blackout panel w/o bowtie emblem
Option 3: Blackout panel w/o bowtie emblem
Option 4: Blackout panel with bowtie emblem