After 3 installments of ‘Horrors of the Supercar tuning world’, we thought it was about time we addressed the balance…

The Mercedes McLaren SLR has been the subject of many horrific modifications in recent years, mainly at the hands of Hamann and Mansory. Well now, the SLR has been replaced at the top of the Mercedes range by the Mercedes AMG developed SLS. Normally sporting 563bhp and some very lovely gullwing doors, it has already been fettled by some tuning companies, some of which will undoubtedly feature in future ‘Horrors…’ posts. But when we saw these photos of the ‘Kircherer SLS Black Edition’, we had to share them:

Kircherer have taken the SLS, and added a matte black vinyl wrap to the exterior. Then all of the chrome accents on the outside have been repainted in matching matte black. A new front lip spoiler and rear diffuser are added to spice things up a little more. The final finishing touch is a gloss black stripe, standing out in the dull matte paintwork.

A set of new light alloy wheels of Kircherer’s own design are added too, 20″ in size, gloss black with a polished silver rim.

The interior is mostly Mercedes’ own, with a few small additions to make it a little more personalised. But in this car’s bright red, it stands out fantastically against the mate exterior.

The engine hasn’t been ignored either, with a revised ECU and a stainless steel sport exhaust system yielding 620bhp, more than enough to move the 6.2 V8 along.

But this post is all about the looks, and we think this is a really good looking car. The SLS is stunning away, with the theatrical gullwing doors, but the Kircherer version really does add menacing presence and a bit of evil to the mix. Just look at it…

So what do you think? Does it deserve the praise heaped on it in this article? Feel free to comment and tell us how wrong we are…