Just out with some buddies the other night, got some good pics. The STI has about 400 miles on it. Just got it saturday, the RX-8 just got the Racing Beat exhaust put on earlier that day.

Enjoy

 

I really like the cars in the arches. It looks really cool. All the cars are looking hot.

Also those are some pretty good picture taking skillz.

 

haha...thanks! Thats one of my favorite places to take pictures. I needed a wider angle lense and about 10 more feet behind me (i was blocked by about 6 feet of shrubbery) so I could get a better shot, but oh well!

 

yup. i dig the arch pic too. your rims look pretty sweeet there!

pretty awesome pics. nice rides.. nice setting.. i can't wait to pay off the car more so i can start modding!

 

That looks incredible man.... Great Job!! Badass cars

 

Thanks guys! The RX-8 is awaitng 19" Hiro's and a mazdaspeed suspension (sitting in his garage) then i will be detailing it, and more pics will come soon after that.

 

very nice

 

hahh...thanks! more to come this weekend, hopefully during the day! Its going to be detail day on saturday morning, then some early evening pics soon after.

 

Damn! Looks great. Are all the cars your's?

 

haha...no. I wish. The STI and RX-8 are both friends of mine.

 

I really liked this pic. It looks like your looking out of the passanger side from the RX-8.

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Nice photography...

But what is the handle on the back of the Subaru for? Can you hang it up when you are done with it?

 

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first time ive seen that, very creative!

 

Yeah, it's not like it's functional or anything like on the WRC car...

Good pictures.

 

Well it would be functional if you used it for an ironing board. Or maybe for gutting trout? How about a bartop for tailgate parties???

 

Haha....thanks guys!

The arches was a last minute thing. I was standing outside the "garage" and thought it would make for a cool picture, so i gave it a shot (no pun intended!)

 

Now which one is faster.........Nice Photoshoot

 

haha....well, the STI definitely takes the cake, but I demolished the RX-8....he was so pissed he wanted to get a turbo kit. Then he found out they are about 5K and he said forget it!

 

thats freaky i just saw those ASA rims about 20 min ago on a maxima and i thought to my self i bet those look nice on a TL and they do!

 

Or maybe you just need to read up on the STI's aerodynamics and how the roof vortex sends down fresh, undisturbed air to the spoiler which effectively adds 100 pounds of additional downforce at 100 mph+.

STI's focus is function over form. Virtually everything on that car comes directly from the race-proven WRC STI. You might not like that spoiler, but others do... but more importantly, whether you like it or not, it is functional.

This isn't your typical ricer wing. This is wind-tunnel tested and race-proven. I suppose you're going to tell me next that the big spoilers on F1 cars are only functional as an ironing board, too.

 

haha....nice!

 

ummmm...humor?

If you follow the thread, it simply was a humorous attempt following the previous poster's comment about functionality.

I am not challenging the aerodynamic value of the wing. I am certain is does all all the things you researched.

And should I see an F1 along side me (or likely passing me) on my daily commute on the public roads I will find that much more humorous than the wing being used to gut a catfish.

Boeing 777's have aerodynamic functionality too. I do not dispute that. I just don't expect to see one tooling around the local roads or in line at a stoplight.

 

ok ok....enough about the wing already. It's big, it's functional, and some people think it's ugly. Another buddy of mine wants to get an STI and take the wing off completely. He likes the clean look. It's all personal opinion. Lets just leave it at that.

 

I personally like the wing. I bet it come's in handy when after washing it you need to hang your towls somewhere! lol... Nice pics thnx

 

nice pics, i fourth (5th, 6th??) the arches picture.

 

looking good!

 

lmao... i didnt get the "handle behind STi" joke unil about 3, 4 posts after that.... but that was really funny...

 

wow great pics! great angles and great cars!

 

NIce Pics Johnny

 

Thanks guys! Look for another thread soon. We had a detail day yesterday and went out for a few quick pics after the bars last night. I will try to get them up today if I can.

 

Good pics. nice Shoot. I think number 6 was my fav

 

nice cars + pics! id go with a different wb though. i really like how the cars were arranged though. everything looks good!

 

Thanks! I will hopefully be doing another shoot this coming weekend, so Im gonna go to the same place and play with the WB some more!

 

cool! im no photographer but i play around with the camera as a hobby. so i know a bit from experience.

to get good pics, play around with the aperture, iso, wb, and shutter speed. im assuming with these pics you used a tripod.

low aperture = lots of depth of field, brighter pic
high aperture = requires more light, less depth of field
high iso = brighter pics, ---> more noise but able to get higher shutter speed to keep the pic sharp
low iso = good for day pics, less noise. requires more light

just a little tip i hope it helps

 

yeah, the problem is the lights in that structure. They are a pure orangish yellow color, so even with WB corrections it still didnt help much.

 

Nice pics. It's been 4 weeks since I traded my RX-8 for my 06 TL 6MT. The only time I have missed it was when I was trying to take a hairpin at 55MPH.