Matt's Blacked out TL Lowered on Vossen CV3's (Matts Acura)
03-18-2013, 04:37 PM
#241
His drivers handle is differant than the base... he's got the button on his the bases don't...
03-18-2013, 08:53 PM
#243
Drifting
Are those painted or wrapped?
03-20-2013, 10:57 AM
#248
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They are wrapped. Not too difficult, maybe 5 minutes per handle.
Thanks man, I really appreciate the feedback!
Thanks potmilkz!
Thanks! Still got things in the pipeline.
Thanks man, I really appreciate the feedback!
Thanks potmilkz!
Thanks! Still got things in the pipeline.
03-20-2013, 03:57 PM
#250
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03-20-2013, 04:19 PM
#251
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you should vinyl that color on the rear windshield silver pillars.. i want to paint mine cbp but too lazy to take it off.. i might just vinyl it black
03-20-2013, 06:32 PM
#252
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Yea I had been thinking that too. I think its gonna be a pain to cover it though. I tried pulling it off one day but I didn't want to break it, didn't seem like it wanted to come off like that lol.
03-20-2013, 06:51 PM
#253
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lol thats the sole reason why i didnt bother to do it yet.. i dont want to break it or have anything misaligned..
but let me how you take it off if you ever do it
but let me how you take it off if you ever do it
03-23-2013, 07:44 AM
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So since my body decided to wake me up early as hell this morning figured I'd take advantage. These turned out a bit better then my last set. Need more practice but not bad for shooting with my new camera for the 2nd or 3rd time.
03-23-2013, 01:25 PM
#259
New pics look great, your white balance is still off a bit (hence why the road is blue), but you're getting the hang of it. Don't go too crazy post processing until you have a photo that's truly extraordinary that you want to spruce up, alot of people ignore the basics (focus, composition, lighting) in favor of after effects.
Quickest improvement you can make is learning the rule of thirds, never center the car in a photo unless you absolutely have to. Always have it towards the left or right along with top or bottom third of the frame.
The vossens look downright amazing though, i would hate to scroll through 7 pages do you mind relisting your tire sizes and wheel specs? offset width etc.
Quickest improvement you can make is learning the rule of thirds, never center the car in a photo unless you absolutely have to. Always have it towards the left or right along with top or bottom third of the frame.
The vossens look downright amazing though, i would hate to scroll through 7 pages do you mind relisting your tire sizes and wheel specs? offset width etc.
Last edited by Alexander.; 03-23-2013 at 01:27 PM.
03-23-2013, 11:42 PM
#260
I love it
03-25-2013, 07:04 AM
#261
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Thanks!
Thanks!
Yea it was a nice morning, hopefully as my photography skills get better my pics will get better.
Haha yea me too man! I have been hoping the same too. I guess as the car ages hopefully more stuff will come out for it.
Thanks for the tips, they are definitely welcomed suggestions! user_error was able to show me where the white balance and stuff is and a little tutorial Sunday. Never realized how complicated a camera could be.
No worries, I wouldn't want to go through 7 pages either. The front is 9" with +35 offset tires are 225-35 and rear is 10.5 and +42 offset tires are 255-30. Gives a nice stretch but nothing extreme.
Thanks man, Me too!
Thanks!
New pics look great, your white balance is still off a bit (hence why the road is blue), but you're getting the hang of it. Don't go too crazy post processing until you have a photo that's truly extraordinary that you want to spruce up, alot of people ignore the basics (focus, composition, lighting) in favor of after effects.
Quickest improvement you can make is learning the rule of thirds, never center the car in a photo unless you absolutely have to. Always have it towards the left or right along with top or bottom third of the frame.
The vossens look downright amazing though, i would hate to scroll through 7 pages do you mind relisting your tire sizes and wheel specs? offset width etc.
Quickest improvement you can make is learning the rule of thirds, never center the car in a photo unless you absolutely have to. Always have it towards the left or right along with top or bottom third of the frame.
The vossens look downright amazing though, i would hate to scroll through 7 pages do you mind relisting your tire sizes and wheel specs? offset width etc.
No worries, I wouldn't want to go through 7 pages either. The front is 9" with +35 offset tires are 225-35 and rear is 10.5 and +42 offset tires are 255-30. Gives a nice stretch but nothing extreme.
Thanks man, Me too!
03-26-2013, 07:02 AM
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I didn't have to roll my fenders. If I have maybe a 265 or 275 width tire yea I would probably need to roll as they would likely rub. If you use coils to lower I would definitely roll the fenders though.
03-27-2013, 02:49 PM
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Stop centering the damn car though!
03-28-2013, 02:49 AM
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03-28-2013, 10:26 PM
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Matt, it looks good from every angle!
03-30-2013, 04:31 PM
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Thanks!
Thanks man, I got some more coming!
Appreciate it Steven!
Thanks man!
Appreciate it Steven!
Thanks man!
03-30-2013, 04:40 PM
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I had origanlly wanted to vinyl wrap my chrome trim however the bottom chrome strip was really hard to get right. Since I wasn't able to get it perfect I decided not to do it.
I figured I'd just paint the trim since for me that's easier. I wasn't sure if I wanted to live with the painted trim for ever so I decide to lay a base coat of plastidip so if I didn't like it I could easily remove it. After about 3 coats of plastidip I used my can of paint that matches the wheel color and did about 2 coats of it over the plastidip.
The carbon grey on top of the plastidip worked out great! I wanted to trim to be a matte color so the base coat of plastidip would have been ok but I wanted to give the black a minor break up by using the carbo grey over it. When the sun hits it it looks pretty awesome. All in all I'm happy and it really only took about 2.5 ours to finish. Washing the car afterwards in the florida sun was a bitch with the hard water. Anyways here are some before and afters.
Before
After
I figured I'd just paint the trim since for me that's easier. I wasn't sure if I wanted to live with the painted trim for ever so I decide to lay a base coat of plastidip so if I didn't like it I could easily remove it. After about 3 coats of plastidip I used my can of paint that matches the wheel color and did about 2 coats of it over the plastidip.
The carbon grey on top of the plastidip worked out great! I wanted to trim to be a matte color so the base coat of plastidip would have been ok but I wanted to give the black a minor break up by using the carbo grey over it. When the sun hits it it looks pretty awesome. All in all I'm happy and it really only took about 2.5 ours to finish. Washing the car afterwards in the florida sun was a bitch with the hard water. Anyways here are some before and afters.
Before
After
03-31-2013, 12:19 AM
#279
Did the plastidip smooth out the lines in the trim? Hit me up this week... I'm finally about over the stupid cold...
