For some celebrities, a regular Lamborghini just doesn’t cut it. 50 Cent gave his an all-chrome paint job, and Bam Margera of “Jackass” famously cut a sunroof into his Murcielago using a saw. For basketball start Shaquille O’Neal, his Lamborghini modifications were made, not out of vanity, but necessity.
Standing 7 ft 1 in and weighing 325 lbs, a regular Gallardo is understandably cramped. That’s where Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters came in. The firm stretched O’Neal’s car 12 inches through the middle with custom extended doors, roof and side windows.
The biggest challenge with a project like this was fabricating the glass while maintaining the proportions of the lines, making everything bigger,” says GFMI Chief Executive Officer George Gaffoglio. “We relied on our aerospace and coachworks divisions to make sure Shaq could fit in the car, but the naked eye could not detect any differences from the original Gallardo.”
05/02, 10:28 AM
posted by:
Mr.AMG
I hope he dosent race anyone with all the added weight. Wow My first Comment!!
05/02, 10:30 AM
posted by:
Mr.AMG
Just to let Everyone know Bam cut a sunroof into a Gallardo. He probably would be missing if he did that to a Murcielago!!!
05/02, 10:32 AM
posted by:
Mr.AMG
This is what i call XXL.
05/02, 10:47 AM
posted by:
CARnut
All I can say is, “It must be nice.”
05/02, 10:48 AM
posted by:
jamaicandude
LOL. I guess he just had to have one.
05/02, 11:04 AM
posted by:
PrimeGTP
Undetectable? I can sure see it! Still looks amazing though.
05/02, 11:07 AM
posted by:
devilsadvocate
Next will be extra AC units and re-upholstering the interior with neoprene.
05/02, 11:09 AM
posted by:
FieroGT88
It must be nice indeed.
05/02, 11:23 AM
posted by:
GBilbo070
how the hell can it be nice ffs all your getting is more headroom!
05/02, 11:48 AM
posted by:
Commandant
Us big guys need more than head room.
05/02, 12:32 PM
posted by:
Fromes
wow, they really did a nice job
05/02, 12:32 PM
posted by:
norsairius
haha, this is why I like being relatively short… I can fit in all kinds of nice sports cars. ever tried to sit in a BMW Z4? now that even felt a little small for me!
05/02, 1:00 PM
posted by:
Jazz
I’m 6′2″ and let me tell you it’s not easy being a car enthusiast. Most small sports cars are deathtraps to me.
Miata, Solstice, Exige,Elise, S2000.. I could go on but you see the problem. I guess I have more leg than most people my height. Dunno. I can seriously see why Shaq would do this to a perfectly good car. I did fit in a Z4 (auto) but not a Cayman/Boxter.
Anyway the car looks wrong at first but looks better as you stare longer.
05/02, 1:03 PM
posted by:
c4Menace
FY Bam didn’t really cut into his gallardo. It was faked.
05/02, 1:34 PM
posted by:
Jazz
American fighter pilots used to say that engineers are all short that’s why the ****pits are amall.
I think it has more to do with weight, center of gravity etc you know, physics stuff.
05/02, 2:25 PM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
Gotta respect Shaq for this, anything for a Lambo!
05/02, 2:45 PM
posted by:
Don
being tall is overrated
05/02, 2:54 PM
posted by:
Wickedated
I’d like a Lamborghini limo
05/02, 5:01 PM
posted by:
W16
Sure, if you have the money, why not. But doesn´t it change the performance?
05/02, 5:13 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Cool.
05/02, 5:53 PM
posted by:
wenzor
looks like a prius.
05/02, 6:03 PM
posted by:
Carl
You better call Lamborghini to do this job, than an after market screwdriver swinger. This car is seriously fast, didn’t they just think about that at Sant’Agata-Bolognese when they were engineering the Gallardo and its structures? Shaq, remember my words, when you’re hitting 150 mph…
05/02, 6:12 PM
posted by:
autonutt
The stretch is far from undetectable, but it seems to have been handled pretty well.. the window area is the most obvious, the lines don’t quite match up.. but unless they cut a Flintstones-style hole in the floorboards, where else would Shaq put his legs in a regular Lambo?
05/02, 8:34 PM
posted by:
ironpony42
Why? Because he can. Shaq has a rather impressive list of rides modified for him. I loved his classic Lincoln Continental. This was pretty extreme, but modding rides to fit is nothing new. I sat in a modified porsche 968 convertible belonging to former NBA center Kevin Duckworth. I couldn’t drive it if I wanted to, cause I couldn’t reach the controls! Duck also had a wild Bronco from the late ’80’s that was a mile high, and had a sound system any movie house would envy.
05/02, 9:01 PM
posted by:
jimothy
I swear to God, Shaq, if you ding my car opening those big-ass doors, I’m gonna kick your ass. Or, um, get somebody else to do it for me. Make that a lot of somebody-elses.
05/02, 9:31 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
Shaq Needs A Paycut Oops My Bad The Nba Has A Union Too
05/02, 9:35 PM
posted by:
SRT-4Ken
——–>jimothy does have a point, wider doors means a wayy bigger swing in parking lots…..
05/02, 11:32 PM
posted by:
Sharif
i would hate to be the pass. in that car cuz it would be so weird. I probably wouldn’t be able to reach the cup holder in that car. And god forbid shaq crashes that car would the airbags even reach me? NO.
05/03, 12:21 AM
posted by:
Blakkarr
Looks good and “natural” Maybe some rich jerk will say “do that for mine but make the extra space a trunk” or “make the seat recline all the way back” or “a baby seat” or “room for my gun rack” or “Flux capacity” or “statue of Buhda”.
LOL
05/03, 1:58 AM
posted by:
dpoleskier32
Bam has two Lambos, and he and Billy Idol actually cut a sunroof in his purple Gallardo, not Murciealgo, his Blue Murciealgo is a spider, so it would be kind of difficult to cut a sunroof on that.
05/03, 7:39 AM
posted by:
Mr.AMG
o4Menace How did bam fake that? It looked really real to me.
05/04, 4:37 PM
posted by:
James
5′9 is average for a male. I’m that and I fit in most cars fine. Fighter Jets have little room in them so most pilots are under 6′. I sat in a solstice once, I’m a little heavy so it was a tight fit, I never was one for shelled go karts like that.