I'm on the fence about this one sir...

Too much chrome indeed looks tacky. Having said that, I think the blacked out look is, (to quote my valley-girl friend) "Soooo five minutes ago." A very nicely done paintjob, with gloss black and clearcoat looks pretty sinister. But it also makes it look like a base model. I agree with above sentiments that if you're going to black out literally every other bright part on the car, the wheels need to be black as well.

Perhaps it's just me, but I think the thing that adds a lot of class to the X-fire is the subtle brushed metal accents. Many of your classier cars (Audi, Spyker, etc) utilize the muted look of brushed metals. When everything is body-color, it makes me think "low rent" like Nissan, Mitsu, and the like.

Not all cars can pull off the accents like the Crossfire does. If a mustang or 370Z owner was jonesing for metallic accents, I'd tell them to shy away as it would look tacky and overcompensated.

If nothing else, maybe give them a darker satin treatment like what Woody did. The accents still pop, just not as loudly. But the X looks better with accents in my opinion.

Cheers,