My "Virgin" white baby gets new Black Shoes

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After a tedious long wait on my custom offset Volks, they finally arrived and I wasted no time in slapping them on the car.

The Tiens had to be re-adjusted as the lowered stance on stock rims actually still made the rear look too high so I had to bring the rear perches about 20mm lower on each side. I'm happy now with the stance and the calipers have plenty of spoke clearance for my upcoming BBK's.

Pics were shot with my Canon 40d at medium resolution. If anyone has suggestions on how to take better pics, I'm ALL EARS :)

**I will add interior pics once I get my 2nd Bride seat and steering wheel completed.

enjoy
rick


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Looks great I really want to get some Volks as well. White is so clean and fresh looking, great choice and I like your style!!!!

And since you asked about shooting pics.... I suggest not placing the car in a big shadow like the first 2 and a few of the other pics. Try and shoot with the sun to your 90 degrees, that way it lights the car/subject well and you wont cast a shadow in the pic. Its frustrating at first cuz you have to move the car around alot to get proper lighting but if your serious about getting great shots it may be worth it. Also get some sort of post production program like Lightroom or Photoshop so you can make adjustments. I have a 40D as well and I shoot everything in max resolution in RAW and the photos I like I'll bring them into LR and make some minor adjustments. What lenses do you have? My favorite lens to shoot cars with is a Canon 10-22mm f/3.5, cuz at 10mm you get crazy/funky wide angle pics and at 22 you get almost normal looking (undistorted) pics, ideal IMO for cars and vehicles.

Here are some pics I've taken of my charger and cummins, Im in no way good at this either, im still learning as well. I suggest joining http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php for tips and proper feedback. The best thing to do is keep shooting and learning what you like and dont like about your pics. I expect to see more form you! :D





 
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Looks nice. Black wheels are not my thing but it looks clean.
 
Those wheels suit your NSX to a tee! I'm doing something similar when my Imola arrives as I like it when there is a contrast on body color and wheels.
 
Jetpilot3 said:
Those wheels suit your NSX to a tee! I'm doing something similar when my Imola arrives as I like it when there is a contrast on body color and wheels.
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thanks JET :)

I know in pics the wheels just look normal black but the 4TH picture down really shows the colors of the wheels well. It's "matte" black so definitely not the glossy norm!

The "matte" keeps the theme I'm looking for as this was never meant to be a NSX-R look alike. Clean and stock lines are what I'm going for so essentially the exterior will remain this way. I'm only waiting on one more red passenger seat and the steering wheel and the car is done......:cool:



rick
 
If you have the 40D turn on Highlight Tone Priority, you'll lose 100iso but gain an extra 2bits in color/detail. Its under the custom image functions.
 
PUREVIL said:
Looks great I really want to get some Volks as well. White is so clean and fresh looking, great choice and I like your style!!!!

And since you asked about shooting pics.... I suggest not placing the car in a big shadow like the first 2 and a few of the other pics. Try and shoot with the sun to your 90 degrees, that way it lights the car/subject well and you wont cast a shadow in the pic. Its frustrating at first cuz you have to move the car around alot to get proper lighting but if your serious about getting great shots it may be worth it. Also get some sort of post production program like Lightroom or Photoshop so you can make adjustments. I have a 40D as well and I shoot everything in max resolution in RAW and the photos I like I'll bring them into LR and make some minor adjustments. What lenses do you have? My favorite lens to shoot cars with is a Canon 10-22mm f/3.5, cuz at 10mm you get crazy/funky wide angle pics and at 22 you get almost normal looking (undistorted) pics, ideal IMO for cars and vehicles.

Here are some pics I've taken of my charger and cummins, Im in no way good at this either, im still learning as well. I suggest joining http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php for tips and proper feedback. The best thing to do is keep shooting and learning what you like and dont like about your pics. I expect to see more form you! :D





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Nice Charger, Love that thing. Done anymore work to the X
 
hey guys, since these pics were taken I had the coils re-adjusted so the fronts are about 6 more turns lower and the rears are about 10 more turns lower....

Brought the car into the alignment shop to get it aligned and the front and rear camber are not in spec as expected. What have you guys gotten for camber results?
 
Very, very nice choice of rims!

Cars looks amazing, I'm thinking NSX-R spoiler to go with it?! :biggrin:
 
Rick- nice Volks! Don't fall into pressure to jump on the NSX-R spoiler bandwagon. Your car looks almost done IMHO. PS) Stay away from carbon fiber parts (they are like crack cocaine for us car guys).
 
NSXAMG996TT said:
Rick- nice Volks! Don't fall into pressure to jump on the NSX-R spoiler bandwagon. Your car looks almost done IMHO. PS) Stay away from carbon fiber parts (they are like crack cocaine for us car guys).
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You're absolutely right, NO CF exterior parts for me! The car's exterior is actually done, just want to put my passenger red seat in the car and swap out the steering wheel for a Momo unit.


rk
 
Rick, post pics of the new lowered stance please!

Mmm...sounds super sick. BTW, did I see this car near SCU perhaps a week ago around night time (lafayette street)?

I've finally moved to this area.

Regards,
Ravi
 
GQ NSX said:
Rick, post pics of the new lowered stance please!

Mmm...sounds super sick. BTW, did I see this car near SCU perhaps a week ago around night time (lafayette street)?

I've finally moved to this area.

Regards,
Ravi
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Welcome to norcal Ravi - I heard about ya so your repuation precedes you :)

Actually my cousin goes to SCU so I think we were coming back from dinner perhaps? I'm always around that area so flag me down next time!

I'll try to take some pics before I leave on vacation tonight.


rk
 

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