Diablo SE 30 pictures

I just picked up my SE30 from Speed Gallery. These guys are total professionals, extremely fair and honest and wonderful to deal with. I have only come across two entities with such great ethics in this business. One is Speed Gallery in Sherman Oaks and the other one is Franco's European in Van Nuys. Franco has been the mechanic for my Lambos, Ferraris etc. He is one of the most honest Lamborghini certified mechanics. His number is 818-994-5656.

Dan and Alan at Speed Gallery are total fanatics. They did so many little things on my car. From suggesting to paint the break calipers silver to the mesh work that they did for all the intakes. They removed the black(90s) look spoiler pieces and added mesh. They also painted all the black panels in the rear to purple for a modern monochromatic look. They made 3/4 inch spacers for the wheels. The car handles so much better and looks so much wider.

However I love what they did with the interior. This is the only purple SE in the US with royal blue alcantara interior. We matched the exact shade to the original sample that was lining the inside of the storage compartment. The workmanship on the alcantara and the finish is better than factory. I am very pleased with the outcome.

I hope you guys enjoy these pictures.

 

I have 18K km and I've had it for 2 years. This is my 4th diablo that I've had and it is my favorite car of all times. It is very smooth and you can clearly feel the light weight. Since I removed the muffler and put borla, I've cut down another 100 lbs. The car is just a tad over 3,000 lbs. It's lighter than the GT. I like my SE better than my Murci!

 

It should be within the next 2 months. There is still no concrete date for the issue. It is going to be in European Car Magazine. I will let you know as soon as I get the word on it.

 

I do have AC and it works very well. It would be impossible without AC. Although having to make certain hand gestures to certain drivers on the street becomes a bit difficult through the small window, but if you try hard the necessary fingers can be extended through the small opening!

I did paint the front bumper as every diablo gets painted many times over. Especially with the SE sitting barely 2 inches off the ground with no hydraulic lifts. I also painted the lower lip of the spoiler for a monochrome appearance.

My car is a US car and is 9 car imported. It is a very strong car.

As far as Franco!!!!!!!! What can I say. A wonderful HONEST man and an excellent mechanic. As I said before in a previous post, never drive a Diablo until you get Franco to put his style of Borla exhaust on it. Franco has also a system where he can change your ignition coils (as they get old) to some other system that he designed. It is cheaper than factory and makes the car run much smoother. My SEs coils went bad and he did his thing on my car. The familiar wobbling upon low RPM acceleration is gone. I strongly suggest everyone upgrade to this. By the way if anyone of you wants to add a supercharger.....!!!! Franco's got his own design that's crazy.

I remember in 94 when I first saw the prototype purple SE with the royal blue alcantara interior, I literally was drooling at the color combo and the extreme daringness of Lamborghini. With all the aerodynamic components that found their way to the newer Diablos for years to come to ample and expensive carbon fiber interior and engine covers. I was very dissappointed that the US cars did not come with the alcantara interior.

I am going to be taking the Murci in also for jet black alcantara work. I am going to do partial alcantara and partial leather on the Murci.

 

I do not like the clear bra. It gets dirty between the finish line of the bra and the panels. However I do have a bra that Franco designed. It comes all the way up to the windshield and covers almost all of the front area of the car, except the upper part of the front quarter panels where the groves are. Since the time that I got the bra, I have no problems tailgating even a caravan of Diablos. I drive with a peace of mine. Well worth the $1,500 investment. It saves numerous unnecessary paint jobs and down time. Let alone having to color match the paint. Made of 2 pieces and easy to install and take off.