Two Million Crystals Make This Lamborghini Shine

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A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN in London has covered her Lamborghini Aventador in two million crystals. Daria Radionova spent over $450,000  on the Lamborghini but refused to say how much it cost to apply the crystals to the car. The Aventador is Daria’s fourth crystal-covered car, after she was inspired by a pair of crystal-covered Louboutin shoes she owns. The spectacular car modification was accomplished by a team that included cake decorators and henna artists and took over three months to complete. Incredibly Daria is now planning her next crystal covered make-over – on a $1.4 million Bugatti.   Video Credits: Videographer / director: Marcus Cooper, Cecilia Brunelli, Marcus Hessenberg Producer: Giacomo Brunelli, Ruby Coote   Editor: Pete Ansell

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00:00There are two million crystals on the Aventador. Some people say that I wasted so much money

00:05on this car, which is not true. I like something shiny.

00:14So it's actually impossible to take any crystal of this car because the glue is so strong.

00:18You can try it. If I had to describe my car in three words, it would be unique,

00:23photogenic and beautiful. In the world of supercars,

00:27the Lamborghini will always reign supreme. But what happens when you take an Aventador

00:33and give it the ultimate bling makeover?

00:47This is Daria and she's done just that. My name is Daria Rodionova and I own the world's first

00:54crystal-covered Lamborghini. It might be the first of its kind,

00:58but Daria's inspiration for her bedazzled car came from something a lot smaller.

01:03So basically, I had shoes from Laboutin covered in crystals and I was like,

01:09why not to cover my car like this, full of crystals? And that's how the idea came up.

01:17Girls, we love diamonds, we love everything shiny and sparkling. So that's why I decided to put crystals.

01:24Because I like something shiny, shiny look. There are two million crystals on the Aventador.

01:30It took around three months to finish the job. Every single crystal was applied by hand.

01:41Taking on the task of kitting out this Lamborghini with thousands of crystals was Amir.

01:45I'm the owner and founder of Cars in Cloaks and here we have a simple rule. If you can dream it,

01:51we'll build it for you. So the car came to us in red. I was scared. I was like, I'm not going to do it.

01:57So not only, I'm taking on a Lamborghini. Yeah, one of the most popular expensive supercars

02:04that I'm covering with two million crystals. No way I'm doing it. We had not done anything so extensive

02:11to a Lamborghini Aventador. And we end up doing the craziest thing to it. The process of covering

02:16the car in crystals was meticulous. The first layer is a see-through PPF layer,

02:20which protects the paint from stone shapes and whatnot. On top of that, we've got black vinyl,

02:26which still has a base for the crystals. The crystals are also black to enhance it. So we went

02:31for a gloss black finish underneath. And then there's glue on top of the vinyl, which holds the

02:35crystals down. So in theory, if she ever wants to go back to red, she can. The bonnet took probably

02:42about five days for two people to complete. There were times where I thought I would give up.

02:47Team almost had it. So a lot of late nights, a lot of pizzas. With the Aventador being one of the

02:54priciest cars on the market, covering it with crystals must have been expensive.

02:58I got the car for £350,000 and because it has crystals now, it's priceless. I can't say how much

03:08it costs because it's a secret. Covering one car in crystals is a huge challenge,

03:13but incredibly, this isn't a first for Daria. So Lamborghini Aventador is not the first car

03:20I had covered in crystals. Before that, I had Mercedes CLS covered in crystals. And then I had

03:27Bentley and then I had Lamborghini Huracan. So after Huracan, I decided that I want to upgrade it.

03:33And I got Aventador. Driving this pimped out supercar around London,

03:38it's no surprise it attracts a fair amount of attention.

03:42I do not predict how popular the car will become. In my opinion, Lamborghini is the,

03:49especially Aventador, is the best car on earth. I love the drive, I love the handle of the car,

03:55I love the power, the sound, the look, everything.

04:02Some people say that I wasted so much money on this car, which is not true.

04:08That's something that I really love. It's my hobby and I love fast cars. So the next car I'm

04:12planning to cover in crystals is going to be Bugatti. Just watch me.

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