Tim~~~~~~~Very Nice Ride

What Wax are you using? Reflection / Brilliance XLNT

 

Very Sweet!

 

Tim,

I'm loving the stealth look. Keep up the innovations.

You are definately a leader and not a follower.




VINNIE

 

Thanks for the kind words, guys -- just what I was fishing for.

Some answers:

1. The tails are great. See here.

2. The grills are available from www.grillcraft.com. See here

3. The truck has not been waxed in about a month. I use the Porter Cable DA buffer with Meguir's products. The shiney appearance is just from the photos (and post-photo processing). It doesn't look that wet and shiney up close.

Some tips for taking great auto photos: (1) most important rule -- take more photos! When I used to use film, my goal was only one good shot per roll. With digital, you can shoot away for free. I took about 60 photos and only used the three above. (2) Get in closer. The background usually doesn't count. (3) Try an unusual angle, i.e., other than normal eye level. The shots above were taken at about waist level. Just moving up or down a foot or so can make a big difference in how interesting the shot appears. (4) Try forcing the flash even in daylight when shooting a dark truck. Too much black can fool the camera's light meter and underexpose the shot. The first photo was taken with fill flash, the third was not. Using a flash makes the grill seem to disappear by flooding the silver bits behind with light that they don't get under normal conditions. I really like the first photo because the wheels, headlights, and transmission cooler have great visual pop. Note the difference with the fill flash below:



Finally, use Photoshop! I usually go in this order:

1. Crop. Get rid of everything other than what you are trying to show.

2. Auto levels. This improves 9 out of 10 shots.

3. Unsharp mask. Play with the settings using the preview feature until you get nice "snap" without too much junk being added.

4. Save as medium quality, progressive JPG to be kind to dial-up users.

 

Still looks damn good. I dont see any swirls in your paint, so you are definately using the PC

Is that a daily driver Tim or do you cruise around in something else during the week?

El Negro is getting a buff/wax treatment this week as i have neglected him since the Knotts show in April. the damage was acutually done when the truck went in for the 03 head swap and the monkey's at the dealer washed my swirl free paint job with brushes

 

 

For about the last year, it has been my daily driver. But, as soon as I can find the time to get the center channel cut for hauling it in my bed, this will again be my daily driver:



The apparent violation of my own photography rules above is because the background WAS important to this shot.

Since this shot was taken, I got rid of the bag guards, grab bar, and replaced the handlebars with some fat and flat ones.

 

Tim you have the best looking black lighting that I have ever seen.

 

looks great .. might wanna spray some "tire wet" in your fender wells though so they dont show up so much. Its a very commonly over looked part of detailing, but makes such a big visual difference.

 

Awesome Tim!!

 

Tim, What digital camera are you using? (I presently have a Canon G-3) . Indeed a well groomed truck! Ya know years ago when I lived near Oakland, California, I used to hear often from the girls on the street ......
"Once you go black you never go back"
Hmmmmmmmmmm, now I know what they were talking about!

 

I recommend " Pig Spit " for your wheel wells. Avail from Griots Garage. Amazing stuff.

Nice bike Tim

 

where do I find those headlights? The projectors look awesome (though I'm sure they're not cheap )

 

They are the APC projectors, available just about anywhere...try stylinconcepts.com ...

 

WOW !! NICE as usuall!