Hey fellow A-ziners! It's been nearly half a year since I posted pics! Nothing's changed... car still looks the same, no new parts. I did, however, get my hands on a new camera and some lenses... so hopefully these pics look a lot better (even though uploading the pics online seriously degrades picture quality).

I also managed to get rid of an annoying noise that I heard during acceleration at low RPMs. I browsed the forums and found that it could possibly be the half shaft heat shield. I crawled under my car a few days ago, found the heat shield, and sure enough... it was loose. It would make a buzzing noise on acceleration. I tightened it down and no noise! So if any of you are having this same problem, check that heat shield! It could very well be the problem. It's tucked just above where the j-pipe makes a "u-turn" so I'd suggest waiting until the car is completely cool before working on it, otherwise you'll definitely burn your hand. The bolts are 12mm... easiest if you use a ratcheting box wrench. The space is pretty tight.

ANYWAYS, on to the pics. Not much, but whatever.


Ah... the ever popular discolored bumper.




Decided to try out some rolling shots





Pics were taken with my Canon 5D Mark II and Rebel XSI with 16-35mm f/2.8L II and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II. Pics edited in Photoshop. Not good at taking car pics, so don't judge lol. Can't get the angles right!

 

car and pics look great!

baller camera too!

 

Very very nice! The picture in the tunnel is superb!

 

Great rolling shots I need to get some rolling shots of my car ...

 

Awesome pictures! Nicely done sir

 

Love the last pic

 

+1 ... Couldn't have said it any better.

 

+2 that ones definitely my favorite

 

Love rolling shots! Nice car!

 

Nice ride =)

More pictures of the SSM with base 07/08 tails? heheh

 

Thanks everyone for the comments!!! Much appreciated.

Do it! If you're gonna use a dslr... it takes some trial and error. It took me several tries to get it to look the way I wanted.

Not a sir! Quite the opposite lol

Sure! Will post more pics soon. Stay tuned!

 

As requested... here are a couple more shots of the rear of the car. Sorry I'm not posting very many pictures. I haven't had the time to go on on actual photo shoot in a while.

 

Good job Lisha. Great camera work. What's up with those green and white stickers on your bumper? Kind of ruin the clean look.

 

I think it's a Hawaii thing. Something to do with the registration or whatnot.



Lishanese, that's a sweet looking ride you've got there. Keep it up.

 

awesome pics and car, love what you have done to ur car

 

So clean

 

Thanks, Rob! I've gotta take a look at your car! Did you end up installing that resonator?? If so... how much did it quiet the exhaust? I'm getting kind of tired of the drone at around 2.5k rpm.

The stickers are for the yearly safety inspection. I just got mine renewed, actually... the number is for the month in which you have to get the car inspected. There's another sticker next to it for reconstruction. In Hawaii, we have this law where you have to get the car's modifications approved by the state. I don't know what the purpose of it is, but if you don't have a reconstruction permit, you can get pulled over and cited for it. Also, you can't pass your safety inspection without that permit either!

 

like the rear shots a lot. lol i was wondering what the stickers were for but i read ^

 

Lis, any one of the pics from the 1st post could be your Avatar.

Hey, is there any way to move the stickers from the rear bumper to the back window? They look like they're necessary obviously, but your car would look better with a clean bumper.

 

nice rolling shots and clean car! i'm digging your wheels too

 

looks real good...any plans to mod the headlights?

 

Just noticed this. Why is your left exhaust tilted?

 

Actually, state law requires that the stickers be on the bumper on the passenger side of the car. I used to have it mounted on a bracket next to the license plate (which, technically is illegal to do), but it only had space for two stickers. When I got my reconstruction permit, they added a third sticker so I was forced to move everything to the bumper. I was really disappointed! Haha... oh well.

Unfortunately, no. Again it comes back to the reconstruction thing. If they catch me with cleared out headlights, they can slap me with a huge fine and even revoke my reconstruction permit. I know a lot of people don't really give a damn about minor citations and whatnot... but Hawaii is a small place and I have a lot of relatives on the police force. I'm sure to get hassled eventually, haha.

I know, ugh! It's welded on crooked. At first I thought it was mounted wrong, but I checked it really well and the tips are welded on to the muffler crooked. I was pissed at first, but got over it.

 

i've seen an s2000 from hawaii that hung the stickers on something underneath the bumper. can u possibly do that?

n yea who cares about ur exhaust, I didnt even catch it until pizzaman pointed it out! lol sure it still sounds awesome

 

 

looking dope dude...

 

looks hawt yo

 

Great pictures.

 

Hi,

Nice car.

Are you a pro photographer? Or are you just into seriously expensive hobbies? :-) I've been waiting for a nice day with interesting clouds to take a few shots during sunset. Will have to do it as soon as she's back from the shop.

 

car looks sick man

 

I could do that, but I feel that it throws off the flow of lines on the car. I like keeping everything in-line and contained if you know what I mean. It wouldn't be too much of a problem if the exhaust wasn't tucked into the bumper, but because it is... a bracket hanging off the bumper would be an eyesore. I see some TLs with it and it's fugly lol. I was actually thinking about using that space in the lip to mount a bracket for the stickers. The Type-S lip usually has that mesh looking insert, but I don't have that so it's just an empty space that I can stick my hand straight through. Perhaps an option!

Haha... I wouldn't call myself a pro per se. I guess semi-pro? I've done some work for a couple local magazines and had some stuff published in a Korean tourism magazine.

You should definitely do some HDR imagines if you like clouds and sunsets. They make for some super dramatic pictures!

 

Good photography work. Those rolling shots are sweet. Any other plans? I know Hawaii is strict on modding..I used to live out there.

 

Thank you! Yeah Hawaii is pretty nuts when it comes to modding... I got tagged for not having recon and yet I still see a billion lifted trucks running around with cops right on their tails, but they don't get pulled over. I guess the cop that pulled me over was just bored.

You used to live here? What part?

 

^ cool, Ive never seen your car around....I live hawaii too (kaneohe side). yup hawaii is stupid with recon. Theres the load of lifted trucks not getting busted.


back on topic. car looks good bro. I had the same problem. but mine was a more squeeking sound on low RPM, I thought it was the belt but it was actually the heat sheild.

 

The funny thing is UA6 lives up there now haha, and im moving up there in october. thats 2 guys from hawaii thats living in vegas. I know theres a lot of hawaii people up there, i just thought it was ironic to have the same cars and have met on az.

 

Compositions are decent, but your editing is strange. The first set of pics look scans of 35mm prints. Not sure if that was intentional. Also, is photobucket auto-resizing your images? Seems like they're all different sizes. Might want to think about upgrading to the Pro account if you haven't already...when photobucket auto-resizes your photos it kills the image quality.

 

wait a minute! Did I sell you my old suspension? I met with you in the mc donalds parking lot off nimitz...? your suspension is the same exact suspension set up that i had lol.

 

Yeah, that noise was getting super annoying... so happy I was able to located the problem and fix it. I freaking hate recon...

Haha... everyone's moving up there now! Do you know any other TL owners? Been wanting to go on a mini cruise/photo shoot!

Lol... this is a car forum, not a photography forum. Like I said, I don't shoot car photos for a living so I'm not taking these pics to impress anyone with my photo skills. It's about the car. But thank you for your input.

 

My untrained eye says your shots are awesome. Very clean car, really really like it.

 

hahaha, nope. I bought my suspension brand new! Springs was a diy project with some friends and I got the shocks installed by a friend's shop... auto customs. Maybe you've heard of it?