Bluesman

Great road trip shots Inferno! Looks like you had a good time. Didn't you see any California girls to Photograph?

InfernoTLS

Thanks! Late December apparantly is not the right month for catching the ladies at the beach! My girlfriend flew out and rode back with me. We toured San Francisco, the wine country, and stopped at the Grand Canyon on the way back.

mantis23

so how many miles do you have on the TLS after the road trip?

InfernoTLS

5,000 miles on the road trip = 21,000 miles on the TLS. This won't happen every year but it was really, really fun. Sorry I missed Vegas but the weather was so bad I didn't want to chance it. It sounds like you had the royal treatment and lots of fun. Any juicy stories I may have missed?

danny25

Nice shots Inferno. I love that sunset one, look like it could have come out of a TL brochure.

civic4982

damn... I'm money-less... this sucks... unless I can find a part time job this semester will be all MCATs and school and no CL-S fun... I'm so behind now... my tint and springs mods just aren't keeping up with all you ballers anymore... I need $$$ and time!

so anywyas I've gotta take my MCAT this semester... once I get that med school acceptance letter expect a supercharger to go on and some mad mods... cuz then I know I'll eventually be bankin'...

civic4982

shit! that sunset picture looks like an Ad for the TL... how'd you keep it from backlighting on you?

civic4982

I'm taking a road trip to cali this coming summer too... gonna go to worki na research lab at UCLA... o! and I got a digicam for xmas... Sony DSC-P9... fun stuff... I need to use it more... I'll post up some pics soon...

InfernoTLS

Kodak color max film--and get the 800 speed if you have "poor" lighting conditions. I don't have digital so I have to use a scanner.

InfernoTLS

One from the Dry Creek area of Sonoma County (wine country!):



Inferno

InfernoTLS

Thank you, Danny!

RUF87

Get you some light weight wheels that way you can keep up with me. :P

Or you can can be the test car for the WDP Mods.

Ruf

Bluesman

I would go with the exhaust. Am I right in thinking you have headers? The exhaust would release the full potential of the headers and maybe a little practice on the tree and you could smoke Ruf! He He

InfernoTLS

So Ruf, I see how things are gonna be now...

For now it is just talk, but which if the two do folks like better:

OZ Superleggera

or

Kosei K-1 Racing

I know they are totally different--just getting opinions so far.

Inferno

InfernoTLS

All I need to do is hypnotize Ruf--the one race I won he was making sure I was stagging correctly and forgot about the tree!!!

But then we all saw the video...HA!

suXor

It comes donw to Bling or noise, neither really are gonna make you go any faster :p

Bluesman

100 lbs = .1 sec
Less back pressure = more hp
Your choice!

CasperTL

I prefer the OZ's. The others are nice, but not my style, and I think the OZ's would look better on that car IMO.

And I agree with Bluesman. A little exhaust work never hurt. And yes, less back pressure = more hp, but only when you have a high velocity exhaust (i.e. don't get 3" exhaust, that's to LITTLE backpressure). A good 2.5" Mandrel bent piping with a nice muffler, quiet or loud is your call, and you'll get better low end power.

CasperTL

Oh, and just because i'm so excited, my springs arrived yesterday, and it took a lot to take the smile off my face. So if anyone is bored this friday and wants to help put these bad boys on, feel free to give me a call.

CasperTL

WAIT!!! We are on page 199 and I'm going to assume that only one or two more "valid" posts will put us there !

Just to make this one valid, my cell phone number is 469-939-4654.

CasperTL

And if you DO decide to help me out this Friday afternoon, a digicam is always a fun toy for such an event. DuckBlue will be with me and I'm gonna try to get him to bring his digicam for before and after pics.

CasperTL

Damn, i'm a PW. I just realized that this post is my 255th post.

And I think 98% of them were here. Time to go check.

CasperTL

Ok, for 199 pages, these are the stats.

Total Posts: 2,982

mantis23 775
danny25 500
RUF87 333
Hanzie 287
InfernoTLS 210
CasperTL 189
civic4982 144
DuckBlue 120
DeezNutz 67
chrisbpickering 62
eman 39
CLS-D 32
allsock 32
2KVSIX 32
Bluesman 30
typeS_CLark 17
wakattack 16
peiqinglong 14
AzN Retribution 13
jacobzking 12
rootbeer 11
H@mmerm@n 10
avengerjr 6
SAY22CL 5
98CL2point3 5
TypeSFrog 4
fender4 3
Big Soos 2
sidemarker 2
Wyle E. Coyote 1
P-Man 1
AztecRol 1
TypeSDragoon 1
Dom418 1
jasshopper 1
bjones25 1
7000rpm 1
Oklahoma CL-S 1
MrEous 1

CasperTL

Now, considering the stats.

189/257 = approx 74%

AND

189/2982 = approx 6.3%

So, i'm not as much as others, but i'm a PW.

CasperTL

ya know, I really gotta stop. I'm losing my PW powers. We're almost to page 200 and I can't even feel a countdown coming and I figured that long ass post would put it there.

Oh well, this is my last post for now.

Damn forums...... there addicting I tell you!

danny25

Casper, you're such a whore, but you didn't even get to 200!:P What's the problem?!?!

danny25

Only one more post and you would have had it.

Okay, real stuff...
Inferno,
I've seen the OZ Superleggera on a CL ( I think the Comptech CL has them actually) and they look pretty good. But those Kosei K-1 Racing in white might look pretty sporty. Do you have a nice side shot of your car, or another white TL, if so I'll attempt a PS job for you to see what the wheels would look like.

danny25

So I got pulled over Sun. night at about 1 am doing 55 in a 40. I was on a nice smooth road which is hardly ever crowded, and it was nice and empty at 1. So I was just cruising along listening to the bose, and then I see a couple cars going in the oposite direction. I figured what are the chances out of just the few cars on the road that one would be a cop... well they were pretty good. As soon as I could make out the first car I thought, "man that really looks like one of those unmarked cop cars." Sure enough, it was a dark blue crown vic, and as soon as it passed me it did a u-turn. I was soooo pissed at myself, I haven't had a ticket in about 4 years. So I get in the right lane, and the cop starts coming up on me quickly. I slow down, turn on my hazards, turn off the car, roll down both windows, turn on the dome light and grab the steering wheel. The lady cop comes up and says "Is there some kind of emergency?"
"No, no just headin home."
"Well I clocked you at 55 in a 45, i mean 40. Can I see your insurance and license."
So I give her those and she goes back to check on them.
I work for the city of Arlington, so I was trying to come up with cops names that I've worked with b4, and I pulled out my city ID, hoping that would get me a break.
Then she comes back and says, "Well, I'm just gonna give you a warning tonite. The weather's been pretty bad today, and those bridges could be icy. You just need to be careful okay?"
"Thank you maam, thank you very much, I'll be careful, thank you!"
I was sooooo happy, I couldn't believe I got out of that. 15 over is pretty high for the area I was in, I was sure I'd get a ticket.

So that was my lucky sunday night, I should have gone and bought some lottery tickets.

mantis23

Lucky bastard

CasperTL

I KNOW, WTF!



And yes, I now realize that ONE more post would have put me where I wanted. Oh well.

mantis23

either way Casper, you picked a classy stopping point. :P

CasperTL

Just couldn't come up with any poem to inaugurate the event. Maybe it's just because I'm tired.

Instead I've decided to play with my avatar and title. I think i'm set with the way i've changed it.

What do you guys think.

mantis23

yep, that'll work

danny25

What the hell is that Nissan doing there?!?! :P j/k That looks good, how do you get rid of the background and only keep the car pictured?

CasperTL

I spent quite some time using a product called Macromedia Fireworks (instead of Photoshop) and removed the car fromt the background with a lasso. Afterwards, I used the Eraser tool and softened the edges to give the car a more natural look. Was too hard actually, but took patience. Once removed from the background, I pasted the remaining part onto a transparent background and exported the image. Whenever I drop my car this friday, i'm going to take a simple before and simple after pic. I will then take the after pic and do the same and change my avatar again. Can't wait.

And danny, if you want, I'll take the original version of that pic you have as your avatar and rip out the car and send you the final pic.

Just email it to me to csim@irvingtool.com

CasperTL

danny25

I think I'll give that a try myself, but thanks. After I asked the question, I thought about it and figured the lasso tool was the easiest way to do it. Just like selecting the painted area to change the car's color.

CasperTL

Exactly. Unfortunately, I have yet to "obtain" a copy of Photoshop 7 which has a lovely new feature called "Magnetic Lasso." You select a starting point and trace the object you want to cut out and it draws the lasso around your object. It's not perfect, but makes the job 100x easier.

danny25

I just noticed under your name "SHIFT_Post Whoring".

I'm gonna have to try that magnetic lasso thing.

danny25

Casper, have you ever thought about changing your grille to the 97-99 grille. Or can it even be done easily?

Like this one...

CasperTL

If it was cheap I would do it in a heart beat. In order to change my front end to the front end of the 97-99, I have to change the bumper, headlights, corner lights, and grill. There are advantages to all.

Bumper - looks cooler.
Grill - looks cooler.
Headlights - 95/96 are glass and the 97-99 are plastic and so, the 97-99 headlights are clearer because Nissan puts the texture on our glass.
Corner lights - no real advantage, pretty much the same.

So yeah, that's THAT whole ordeal.