Apegrip's NA6

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 12:26 pm

exhaust sounds much better in gear/under load, one of the nicest I've heard on any MX-5. Keep it up.

speed · Postby **speed** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:42 am

We need like 5 cars with different colour neons doing a late night nasho run. Would look awesome

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:08 pm

Steampunk wrote:exhaust sounds much better in gear/under load, one of the nicest I've heard on any MX-5. Keep it up.

This includes a MX5 with ITB's, racing beat exhaust and very light handling, you hurt my limited feelings with your post

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:17 pm

Did a drive by video, slightly ruined by the local wildlife

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:35 am

Side skirt diffusers installed :wink:

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:56 pm

New bits:

Side skirt diffusers
4.78 Torsen Diff
Cold air intake

Here are the bits ready to install

It begins.

Dodgey neon wires haha

Cold air intake installed

Little coolant pipe coming from the housing pointing down snapped off - car sprayed coolant EVERYWHERE. Had to get it towed home.

I had to put another hose over it and make a T section for the other two hoses to connect to.

Side skirt diffusers installed woo!

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:42 pm

Nice pics, do you take them yourself?

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:07 pm

smy0003 wrote:Nice pics, do you take them yourself?

Yes, here's the full gallery if you're interested: http://www.imgur.com/a/AyOr6

speed freak · Postby **speed freak** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 6:04 pm

Mate they are really good pics, a pair of good looking NA's too, well done.

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 6:24 pm

What do you use?
I bought my girlfriend a DSLR (Canon, I want to say 1200D but I can't remember) for Christmas. She was surprised that I got her something so big, but it was mostly a selfish purchase so that she could snap some piccies of my car (because I am the worst photographer ever).

Any tips or tricks you would care to share?

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:52 pm

speed freak wrote:Mate they are really good pics, a pair of good looking NA's too, well done.

Thanks. More to come!

smy0003 wrote:What do you use?
I bought my girlfriend a DSLR (Canon, I want to say 1200D but I can't remember) for Christmas. She was surprised that I got her something so big, but it was mostly a selfish purchase so that she could snap some piccies of my car (because I am the worst photographer ever).

Any tips or tricks you would care to share?

I use a Nikon D610, these photos were shot with my favorite lens the Nikon DC 105 F2 lens. The lens alone almost cost as much as the camera(http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod54.htm) but produces some stunning images as you can see. I like using a longer focal length. Doing so has a squishing effect on the images making the cars look the way they do in the photos. I can provide you with plenty of tips and answer any questions you have if you want to PM me. I've been shooting for years and get paid for portraits (of people) every now and then when my actual job is slow. Admittedly half of these photos were quick snaps, others with some thought

speed · Postby **speed** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:44 am

I've be into photography since my school days when we had our own dark room.

Unfortunately, I've been out of touch with technology for far too long but am interested in learning more.

Maybe you could start a thread to educate some of us out of touch peeps?

If not, happy to keep looking at your snaps and may ask my own questions ;)

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:32 pm

speed wrote:I've be into photography since my school days when we had our own dark room.

Unfortunately, I've been out of touch with technology for far too long but am interested in learning more.

Maybe you could start a thread to educate some of us out of touch peeps?

If not, happy to keep looking at your snaps and may ask my own questions ;)

Not sure anyone would bother reading, not many people know me so I have a feeling it'd just get ignored, haha. Happy to answer any questions though!

Here's a snap from this afternoon. I'm still deciding whether or not I should keep the sleepy eyes. What do you think?

apegrip · Postby **apegrip** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:39 pm

Here's a before and after. I edited it a little further than the one I posted previously.

Now after a few lightroom edits:

A lot of subtle differences, here's a few if you care:

- Darkened underneath the car
- Darkened the background
- Made the windscreen/drivers side window a little lighter with a blue tinge
- Removed a ton of little rocks on the road
- Removed skid on road (Not from me ;))
- Lightened the rims and applied a slightly blue-er tinge
- Lightened the headlight lens
- Darkened the tires
- Removed some more stone chips