ttk5

great pics man and looking good as normal. glad to see your also enjoying the new camera

HondoGermany

Great car. For me it looks like you can put maybe 5 or 10mm Spacers in the back.

swarlos

Thanks TTK. The camera is awesome. Kinda want a telephoto lens now...And it begins. lol Money pit #2. Well actually #3. My road bike was #1.

Couldnt agree more. I think a 5mm in the back would really set it off and complete the look without creating major rubbing issues. I think a 10mm may rub unless i throw some negative camber into the mix. I've almost hit the "buy it" button on some ichibas more times than i can remember now. But when i start reading about the safety and premature wear and tear issues, i stay away. Once i burn out the rear tires, i may just go with some wider tires to achieve the meaty flush look. my 255/35s are a slight stretch.

ed_423

how mcuh does a pair of 255/35s cost anyways? i know benben's 275's cost a pretty penny lol

swarlos

yea they definitely arent cheap. its about $200-250 range for a decent 255/35. Thats why you dont see me running -3 deg of camber. Gotta get the most outta these things.

HondoGermany

I never had problems with my H&R spacers. I got 20mm each side with 8,5x 19 offset 40 wheels on my Accord, TSX. On my Prelude I hav 30mm one side. And I race my cars on curved streets and on the Autobahn. If you take 5mm you dont have to mount longer bolts, with 10mm you need longer bolts.

swarlos

Thanks Hondo. Might give it a try a little down the road. Need to re-verify my measurements to see what size i will need.

swarlos

Tried taking some night shots. Emphasis on tried. lol I think i need to put the timer on next time to avoid the vibration caused by hitting the trigger button. =/ lovin my new polarized filter though. Spacers are going in on the rears soon. Got some 5mm H&Rs sitting next to me right now.

benben01

Not wanting to sound biased.. But I think the 2G TSX is Honda's best looking sedan to date. Just look at that sculpted rear

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

damn Swarlos looking great....are you ever gonna black out your roof ? that will look awesome !!!

kowloonsniperhk

just clean and sexy

ttk5

I like the rear mud guards alot! , beefs up the rear

FlipRizzi

ahhh nice and clean man. PWP looks so good

maiku

iTrader: (9)

nice, very nice, that is one sweet looking cu2

swarlos

I agree. The ass on this car is part of what sold me. And the two little points of the spoiler are like the tsx's back dimples. a key feature to any great ass. lol

Thanks Swoosh! I dont know. It's not in the cards for now. Trying to keep the look as clean and simple as possible. But blacked out roofs do look sexy. Next mod is going to be some spacers for the rear wheels to nail down the stance.

Thanks Kowloon! cant wait to see what you got planned for us after nursing school.

Thanks! Yeah the mudflaps do a lot for this car. Makes the body look wider and lower.

Thanks Flip! Might start doing some performance mods soon. All your mods lately have been making me super jelly. lol

Thanks Maiku! I just wish I could shoot my car as well as you shoot your cu2 and cl9. Your pics are always top notch

VortexBlueTSX

Looking good man! Loving how its coming along!

defconskylude

man the white cars are getting cuter and cuter these days ::

love the drop man! wish i can get that low too

HondoGermany

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Amazing Pics

rearender

I agree, the mud guards are a very nice touch.

ed_423

since you are pretty low, does it bottom out or scrap when you go over bumps with mugguards on?

swarlos

Thanks. Although nothing much has changed lately. Just been practicing shooting it. I've got my fingers crossed that these 5mm spacers will fill out the rears nicely.

Thanks. I think your car looks great at the height its at. Plus, any lower and you'd start ripping off your custom lip kit. =/

Thanks Hondo! Been trying. Means a lot!

and theyre cheap too

Nope. mudflaps have never touched. Worried about the same thing when i lowered the car more after switching to the pentagons. The only thing that lightly scrapes are the flaps in front of the wheels. I can actually head into speed bumps straight on and not scrape (knock on wood). I've gone up against some pretty beefy speed bumps too (with 3 passengers). You just gotta go slow and be careful. It probably helps that my front dampers are set to full stiff.

4dr4bangrAccord

Did you install your rear decklid yourself?

swarlos

factory installed. i recommend drilling for it. given its location, you would want a strong connection to rely on.

tobwac

third picture is my favorite perfect angle and lighting
you got some skills

slickooz

Car looks good dropped! And nice photos, don't get telephoto lens unless your shooting sports/wild. I would get a ultra wide angle or upgrade to a better walk around lens. You shooting with Canon right? Canon 15-85mm is really sharp and is versatile.

swarlos

Thanks man! Means a lot. Much appreciated. I guess everyone really does have a different eye for these things. I was thinking photo #3 was the weakest because it looks almost over exposed. I shot that one with a very low shutter speed to experiment.

Thanks slickooz! yea just shooting with the canon 15-85 kit lens with a hoya polarized filter. Looking to upgrade as I get better. Dont want to be the noob with really expensive equipment I dont know how to use. lol You got a recommendation on a good beginner wide angle? The photos in your thread are beatiful btw!

slickooz

The kit lens is 18-55, good beginner lens. The 15-85mm is a bit wider and longer, better build and has a metal mount. It is very sharp and can also do macro shots. The lens is about 650-700 new and can find one for around 550 used.

Depend on what you like to shoot, Canon has a great 10-22mm, Tokina also makes a good one. I would also add a prime lens in your set up, you can get a Canon 50mm 1.8 for real cheap. It's around 100ish and you will get amazing bokeh for portraits.



Did you use any PP for these photos? This one came out AMAZING!!



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swarlos

wow. Looked up the prices on the canon 15-85. Guess you got to pay to play in the camera world too. Actually you might have to pay more. haha. Yea sorry, i have a 18-55 not the 15-85. That photo was actually taken with my old cheapy point and shoot lol. I guess I just got really lucky with that one. Storm clouds were rolling in and I guess it created just the right level of lighting. =/

swarlos

well had some time to jack up the car today and test fit the 5mm spacers. The spacers ended up covering up the hubcentric lip completely. Did not feel comfortable installing them like that. Some may argue that it is completely fine, but I prefer not to chance things. I think scooterb84 ran H&R 5mm spacers with no problems.

I'm thinking I will have to run a 10mm instead. The 10mm spacers actually come with extended hub lips. But a 10 mm spacer will require me running more neg camber. Probably -2.5 to -3. Probably just going to give up and get new rims. lol

Anyone in central FL wanna pick up some brand new 5mm H&R spacers and extended studs for cheap? $40 bux??

MoaarLow

Sick Bro, Car looks great

1supafly

The car looks amazing. You should get a front sports bumper!! still looks very clean. Nice job.

swarlos

Thanks dude!

I've thought about that. But I'm not sure I 100% like it. Looks great from the front. But from the profile it looks ehh. I'm thinking about either getting the jdm type s front lip or doing a 2012 se conversion.

I saw a slammed pwp cl9 with some gunmetal advan rs wheels today in Lakeland. It was stunning. Its not often you see a truly well done car. Might try some racier looking wheels next go around.

ed_423

^ +1, profile view of sports bumper is meh, makes the car looks elongated

swarlos

Havent updated in a while. Got my 10mm spacers on in the back. Went with Ichiba v1s. really liking the results. I can see my wheels rolling when looking back through my side mirrors now. lol

jgarcia19

looks good! i can definitely see the difference. can you feel a difference when driving?

tobwac

what a difference really clean
so now the rear spec is 9.5" et 30? with 255/35 tire?

ttk5

you can see your wheels rollin! yay

benben01

Very Clean! If IIRC, you are using a Cannon T3i, right?

savclaude

so sick

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

SICK !!! loving the stance/flush-ness