I have to admit I'm partial to shiny wheels over dark, but that's just a generational thing....I much prefer to wear white socks, not black, with my running shoes, too.
However, I do like what you've done to the front end....still looks very stock, but much sportier.
The first thing that caught my attention when looking at your pictures was the concertina/razor wire over the buildings in the background....the last time I saw that was in the more upscale neighborhoods of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras in the recent past.