I agree, man. The sub is definitely on the shiny side of things, but I honestly believe the finished model will have a black basket. I'd like to see a full face inverted dustcap too, but that won't happen.Black basket would look sick. And I am very aware of the chromy motors. I have two LVL 4XLs in my car. I am just saying, that if we were to judge on appearance alone, it definitely has that "shine" factor.