ebelp

What do you mean?

veggiemonster

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make an L shape to hide the pole? to keep the mounting hidden?

ebelp

I guess it depends on what angle of the car I'm trying to capture. My vision is to capture a video of the ENTIRE car without any of it being cut off. I've seen car commercials do this and it looks really amazing. I'm sure the gear that use to pull that off costs thousands though...

veggiemonster

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if you were to have say your 80" pole, are you looking forward? or at the car itself for a profile?

if front/back direction. make the pole, but hook it into an L with 12" of forward/backward. then have another pole to triangulate from the back (or front) to keep it from rotating the cup and losing the whole setup...

veggiemonster

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soooo. you need this then?


or you need the massive crane style similar, which you mount on your roof

ebelp

I see what you're saying...that's definitely worth doing with a pole that long.

ebelp

Woah, that's nuts. That rig probably costs more than my car. The crane style is a good idea as well though.

veggiemonster

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check out this pr0n... http://www.pursuitsystems.com/crane.html

either way let me know how you tackle it. i need to make my own mounting stuff this year in conjunction with my drifter buddy, so i'm interested in this stuff and figuring out the best way to do it...

ebelp

^Nice!! That's insane. Sean, put that on your car and then drive over here and I'll follow you around hehe.

Another mounting thought....does anyone know the thread pitch of the tow hook??

veggiemonster

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hmmmm that sounds like a great deal...not!

i wish i could have something like that! with some crazy gyro shit so no vibrations. would be epic shit.

i bet jeremy knows since he swapped his over from his rsx and all

rockstar143

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No sir, mine required drilling into the trunk area!
I think he means the front bumper...
Take the hook out of the spare tire, swing by home depot and try threading it into one of those boards with all the sizes!

Video my car rolling...self made, that would be friggin stellar...I still think you can't beat the view from another car rolling and recording you...to get your car into perspective and not all fisheye-e...

ebelp

Good call.

I plan on bringing my GoPro with me to FL next week, so maybe if we have time we can try it. This is the kind of video I envision:

rockstar143

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FYI, that first gas station in the video and that curvy road the guy was on are across the street from my house. This starts off in Pembroke Pines...and the highway shot looks like it's I75 which is the highway you'll be on to get to Vista View.

PS...the silver Accord...way to use the brush on your rims/tires and then back on the car...same with the drying absorber rag. If he had NBP, that car's paint would be shot.

And on a side note, I love the cars and the Vossens on them...but way to have some variety! 3 friggin cars with same drop/rim combo!

ebelp

lol you hater. I was going to ask if those locations were anywhere near where you lived. I did notice the carwash faux pas on the silver Accord hehe...I just figured the clips were chronologically mistaken during the editing process, but who knows. Some people don't think the way we do.

veggiemonster

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i LOVE that video. i love the 8th gen coupes so much!

i want to make up a video like that too. but it seems like its A LOT too do very hurried or you'll have obvious changes in the temp of the light and shit like that, obvious shadow changes.

i wonder if these guys use 1 or 58 cameras for this shit...

rockstar143

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Probably a bunch of cameras...
John...even if they switched the order...how about the 200 people the day before that used that wand?!?!

I ain't no hater, player! I think a couple of these dudes were at Stance Nation meet a few months back. Very nice rides...LOVE the 8th GENS...as you all already know. No way my fiancee could handle being that low, spending that kinda money for the setup or upkeep etc...

BAM...represent!!!

ebelp

^ I always wonder the same thing. I feel like they either use really simple consumer equipment, or they're tricking us with mega bling pro-sumer gear.

Anyway, since we were on the topic of fisheyes in Sean's thread, I went out and used the photo mode on the GoPro to see what the static pics are like. This thing is so damn wide, it kept capturing my fingers in the corners lol. After seeing that, I ordered the LCD Bacpac attachment for it...I hate not being able to see what I'm about to capture. Here are some samples of my dirty ass car:





As you can see from the 2nd pic, when you hold the camera in portrait orientation, the barrel distortion is pretty extreme. The GoPro's lens captures 170 degrees if that puts it in perspective. Pictures are very clean and very large (11 megapixels). Each photo straight out of the camera was about 7MB.

SharksBreath

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nice fingers, bro.

yeah the bacpac is a good idea...let me know how you like it. i might pick that up for myself as well.

oh and that vossen vid is sick, me and a couple local guys have been drooling over the way they edited that one and we want to do the same sort of style.

ebelp

Here you go (in case you were wondering what it would look like):



Yeah, I'll let you know how I like the bacpac. It should be here Thursday. I almost with there was a grip attachment they could make for the GoPro too. It's too damn small for my hands lol.

veggiemonster

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i approve of all this stuff. the aspecs on the 8th gen looks so perfect. should have be the stock SE level wheels IMO

john those pictures are pretty damn good quality. i didn't realize they were that nice... droooool

ebelp

Thanks Sean. I'll take more once I've learned how to properly contort my fingers behind the camera while simultaneously pressing the shutter release.

veggiemonster

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LOL.

also, i forgot to mention, per your youtube video title, your wheels are works???? i never knew that hah. but i love 'em

ebelp

Thanks! Yeah, they're old school Works that are discontinued. Pretty sure I'm the only TL owner who has them.

rockstar143

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Works in the motherfkn house ovvaaahhhh heaahhhH!!!




I like your fingers John...very nice "touch" and thanks for the chop...trust me, I WISH but as it stands the suspension is pretty harsh on stock shocks and she scrapes her bumper already.

NBP-UA6

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Very nice my friend

ebelp

^Thanks man. You got your new suspension setup yet??

rockstar143

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John...you were on the fence about your red WORK lugs...
but in looking at that close up of your wheels...you NEED to get them. They would fill in that wheel hole so nicely!
Plus, they have the little W at the top to match the brand of rim. Super nice...
Now that I've done them by hand and done it right etc...I'm loving mine! J.

CLtotheTL32

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Your wheels were discontinued because they are ugly and no one bought them



Paint those calipers and then get matching lugs

SharksBreath

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^i know what color he's painting the calipers...

sourial84

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I think those Florida boys with the accords are coming to NJ for Honda Day I recommend a road trip for all
and check my friends car

ebelp

Stop your brainwashing! I know, I still want them, but the red Work lugs will totally clash with the color I want to paint my calipers. I don't want to paint my calipers red...going with something a little more unique.

Shouldn't you be studying?

I'm still having trouble deciding on which shade I want to go with, there are so many...this is worse than choosing new paint for the living room with the wife.

I forget, what's the date of that meet?

sourial84

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April 14-15

Beat-Freak...

I like that vossen video.
And at the end of the video when they all drive off together
all the exhaust sound at the same time was awesome.

ebelp

Another GoPro snapshot at work...

swoosh

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Holy Batman Apple !!!

love that desk John....what do you do professionally ?

SharksBreath

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i don't see acurazine on your screen.

i'm dissapoint.

ebelp

LOL thanks. I'm the sales manager for our Asia markets. We export forest products (aka lumber). Almost ready to plan my next trip to China and Thailand. Anyone want to tag along?

Yeah, I had closed at the time. I have to give myself breaks from AZ during the day so I can at least get a little work done during the day. LMAO.

SharksBreath

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china and thailand?

where do i sign up?

the coolest place i've traveled to for my job is wyoming...

swoosh

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^^^ ahhh i might be flying to the neighborhood....flying to Indonesia if things go as planned

it will be insane flying there:

Kansas City - Dallas - LA - Hong Kong - Jakarta

the Manila, Philippines was better:

Kansas City - Dallas - Tokyo - Manila

veggiemonster

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so ebelp will be posting more veggie related items soon????