LBC_camaro91

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Hey wuzup Fellow 3rd gen owners.

Yesterday my friend and i took some sweet looking HDR pictures. I have some more that i need to convert into HDR but havent had time i will post more when i am finished.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Camrs89

Looks great! Love the first picture!

LBC_camaro91

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Thanks man, the full picture look 100 time better haha

overide

Looks really cool. I totally have to find out more about doing this. I've heard acouple different methods for making the effect. What did you do?

puma1552

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Absolutely badass, can't wait for more!

blackbmagic

What hood is that? I like how it slopes down on the side instead of a straight drop. Im currently in market for a new hood.

onthedownlow

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beautiful car and great pictures LBC!!

onthedownlow

BlackMamba

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wow Mike nice pic u have...
i should tell u do one for my car to see how it would look lol

hydrolic144

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Amazing!

fidelis5588

I would also love to know who makes that hood...

LBC_camaro91

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Thank man, its called HDR, the way we did it was taking a DSLR camera, set the picture format to RAW, than setting it to take one perfect picture, one really bright picture and one really dark picture, then you used this program that handles the HDR pictures and it puts them all to getter into one picture. Then with that program us fine tone out the colors.

I just finished a few more ill post them up ASAP.

And thank you i really appreciate it.

The hood is a 4 inch steel Goodmark's hood.

thank you i really appreciate it, its been a work in progress more too come

Thanks man, hey you never know we might have to set something up. $20 a shot haha jk

fst64_v8pwr

Awesome shots!

LBC_camaro91

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Thank you very much. Ill post more ASAP

UNCLE TOM

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very nice , mine is very close . i have a silver/gray bowtie grill & euro cut turn signal lites . i need to learn how to post pics. . very nice ride , good luck .

LBC_camaro91

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Thanks man, lets see them pictures go to photobucket and post them there. and copy the link.

LBC_camaro91

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Here is another one i did

blackbmagic

How heavy is that hood compared to stock or a fiberglass? It really does look good

SiCkRs

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Hey how muh would you charge to take a few pics like those for me.

fidelis5588

I hate to clobber you with questions, but did you do your taill lights? I want mine tinted and I don't know whats the best way to go...I have seen them come out so crappy and you's look fantastic.

LBC_camaro91

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Well compared to fiberglass is real heavy. I had a fiberglass hood before and didnt like it just because it wasnt made strong enough and would move alot on the freeway. I had the fiberglass brake on me 2 times. So i went with the steel 4inch cowl hood. I rather have it heavy and last me forever.

I am not sure i need to talk to my friend that has the DSLR camera i am the one that puts the HDR shots together and fine tones them. Ill ask and where do u stay at?



Well thank you very much. and to answer your question i did them my self in my back yard with special tail light paint that is transparent they sell them at autozone etc. for about $10-15 a can something like that. The key thing is to do good prepping.

So first.

1. Wash taillight with soup and water and dry.
2. Sand down each tail light with 800 or 1000 grid sandpaper to take off any over spray, really deep dirt etc (you can also buy these sandpaper at autozone or other hardware stores)
3. water sand it with 2000 grid or 1000 all depends
4. wash off taillights with lil soup and water
5. Dry completely
6. Make sure to shake up those spray cans for about 1-2 minutes straight (what happens is that when they are sitting in the store for along period of time the paint tents to stay at the bottom so shake it really good.)
7. You want to have both tail lights side by side (this will make sure when you start spraying you will have a even amount on both. The last thing you dont want is one taillight darker then the other.)
8. Now you are going to start spraying. (make sure you are not too close, what i did was i stood about 1 to 2 feet or have my spray can 1 or 2 feet away just to get the mist this way it falls on the taillights evenly, i did from one side of the taillight all the way to the end of the other tail light so you are spraying both taillights on the same spray, do them in lines, not up and down, but side to side from one side to the other. put them on light coat and wait about 15-30 minutes, what i did was i let them air dry for about 15 minutes and then i used a heat gun stand away from the taillight you dont want to burn the paint and make it bubble. Then apply another coat once the paint or tail light is cool again. its not good to apply spray paint when its hot or have hot surface. So keep that in mind i did mines in the shade. Also make sure its not windy out side cuz then all the stuff in the air will get on it and stick on there trust me i learned the hard way and had to redo mines)
8. Once you have apply your final coat. make sure you 100% let it dry i would wait a day or so just to be on the safe side. Once you know its 100% dry you can lightly sand the taillights with 2000 or 3000 grid sand paper, wipe off and put a very thin layer of clear if you want. Then make sure you let it dry completely.)

Have any other question feel free to ask, i dont mind.

-Mike

SiCkRs

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Thanks for the descriptive tinting the lights i will try that. As of were i stay is norwalk.

LBC_camaro91

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No problem man,

thats kool i stay in lakewood/longbeach

so whens the eta on ur car being done?

SiCkRs

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By eta what do you mean.

LBC_camaro91

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ETA meaning the estimated time that your car will be done.

ETA = Estimated Time of Arrival

SiCkRs

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Well i really don't have a date since im only working on it on sundays but im hoping either the end of this month or middle of the november i wanna drive it already.

LBC_camaro91

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O ok thats kool man yeah i know that feeling. Well good luck and keep up the good work. Whats left on it?

SiCkRs

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I already removed all the parts all that is left is need to sand the body and do the body work and then paint it and done but don't know by when it will be done. I cant even wait to paint it.

LBC_camaro91

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O ok nice what color u thinking of going?

SiCkRs

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Sebring silver since i really dont see silver camaro here were i live.

LBC_camaro91

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O ok thats kool man should look really nice with that 5inch spoiler and ss hood

SiCkRs

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Yea except that im not gonna use that hood im gonna install a iroc hood since the ss hood its just a scoop.

TPI TERR

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nice job man. hows the car treating u?

LBC_camaro91

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Thanks man, the car is doing good. I need to rebuild my suspension/brakes it dont handle that great. Want to get new springs, bushings, etc.

But i am debating on that or racing cam and tune, another paint job, new rims. lol so much to do so little money.