CLtotheTL32

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Additional lenses are nice to have but if you're a casual photographer, the basic 18-55 kit lens will do just fine.

chill_dog

Exhaust sounds good...quieter than I was expecting. I can't believe you got up early enough to film her going to work .

CCColtsicehockey

Why take the risk of scratching it just saying

Pretty sure the two situations are about as far apart as you can get and I maintain the fact that it is a low blow.

ACCURATEin

First EVAR attempt using the sb600 off the camera and with the remote trigger.. I can't believe i just now learned how to do this lol..

Went out on the greenway to test my youtube lessons..







Now that i've finally learned how to do this, i'm going to go buy a soft box or umbrella, and possibly another strobe. The next test will be on a car.

CCColtsicehockey

Remote lighting is awesome I have been trying to tell you that. One of these days you should come up and we can experiment with 5 of them.

ACCURATEin

Have you ever used an umbrella or soft box?

CLtotheTL32

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Wow Eric that's cool shit! I wish I had cool stuff like you

ACCURATEin

It feels good to finally know how to use the camera in a different mode. Can you tell that the bike has been modified since the meet?

civicdrivr

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Damn, for the past week or so my friend has been trying to get me to buy a flash.

What I really want is that new A57 Sony is coming out with though.

ACCURATEin

I recommend everyone with a DSLR purchase an external flash. I feel like I'm going to be getting another one sometime soon and will sync them together.

CCColtsicehockey

I have two umbrellas

CCColtsicehockey

So while washing the car yesterday I found two huge 2ft long scratch going down the center of my hood. One is deep and the other much lighter. They are about exactly 1.5in apart.

I have no idea what could have caused them. The dealer at one point had run my car through there auto wash when I told them not to but I don't remember finding anything when I picked the car up then. Problem is that it is so perfectly straight I don't know what else could have caused it other than an auto wash.

I use a water blade to clean the water off the car last night but I have never had one scratch the car before and wipe it off between every pass. Tried using scratch X to get it out and it worked as long as you are more than 3ft away but guess I am going to have to pay for a pro detail. Worried though cause it is deep enough that I can feel it with my fingernail.

Now I need to find someone that is an expert at paint correction locally and hopefully they can get it out for me as I really don't want to have the hood repainted.

CCColtsicehockey

Think I might have found a place.

http://cmcdetailing.yolasite.com/

CLtotheTL32

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Ouch, sorry to hear

chill_dog

That sucks. That place looks pretty good, though.

Beat-Freak...

Dam i need my car fully detailed also, Got some scratches in my hood and rock chips that probably cant be buffed out. I'm painting the whole front end.

Hey guys i have a appointment to have my fenders rolled tomorrow.
Stupid rocks and shit are always bending my fenders out.

MissAlyyTL

That place looks like the guy does it in his driveway, would u really trust it? Idk why i think going to a shop is more legit, maybe I'm just naive? I'm still new to this lol.

MissAlyyTL

Ohhh I'm an idiot. I just saw it said mobile service lol. I'm shot :/ lol

civicdrivr

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Nothing wrong with mobile detailers as long as they know what theyre doing. Many members in the Wash & Wax forum are mobile detailers. Its their profession, and they take great pride and turn out great results.

EDIT- Just saw your second post

Jason - any pics of the scratches?

MissAlyyTL

Ok, seeing as how this is a Charlotte thread, seems appropriate to ask my question here... have any of you used Freeman Car Stereo? If so, which location? Thoughts, suggestions?
After today's heat I have realized there is no way in hell I can go this summer without a remote start. I know CarMax would have brought it there to have it installed for me before purchasing the car however at that time I was not able to go without my car that day. They told me to bring it there directly, which I want to do since they outsource to them it will not void my warranty (I have 50,000 miles left until it expires).
Next question, is $300 alot for parts+install? ? Well its actually $330 with a trunk release on the key fob which I don't think I could go without either.

Help! Idk what the going rate is and I don't want to walk into the "female" scenario that alot of auto places are famous for :/

chill_dog

I've had good experiences with Freeman's on South with my previous cars.

ACCURATEin

Finally used the light box for the first time.

Bearcat94

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CLtotheTL32

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Eric those are AWESOME!

JP the plates are good! They should be BRICKMAN and BRICKETTE

Bearcat94

BRICKETTE is one too many characters.

CLtotheTL32

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Ah damn you're right.

Gryphen

That's pretty pimp Eric. I was looking through your flicker account and those are some amazing builds.

Gryphen

Oh, just for shits and giggles you should build a Circuit City with a "Bankrupt" banner in front.

CCColtsicehockey

Do the NC custom plates really come with blue letters? I thought all NC plates had the ugly red letters now?

I will try and grab a pic today. They are a bit harder to see now that I worked them over with scratch x and three coats of wax so not sure how well they will show up in a pic. To the naked eye though they are definitely still there.



Oh and this rain needs to go away. I want to be able to enjoy a nice clean car for several days in a row.

CLtotheTL32

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The red letters came and went pretty quickly.

I know that when you get a custom plate that the letters are blue. Maybe new registered cars get red letters

CCColtsicehockey

Oh they are back to blue that is awesome. The red ones look terrible.

CCColtsicehockey

A real update in the F thread now.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...792171&page=10

CLtotheTL32

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A really update? What's that?

Bearcat94

Those are from the DMV simulator where you can check plate availability.

I do think the simulator used to do red letters though.

CCColtsicehockey

That is sweet. Hopefully I will never need an NC plate

CCColtsicehockey

CCColtsicehockey

Bearcat94

Bearcat94

civicdrivr

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