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[o0MattE0o]

I picked her up on 11/11/11

I just wanted to say hi and see what this fourm is like
and I hopfully get some better pictures of her but its trying to find a good location in and around London/Home Counties to get some good pics, and some other cars along with it (hopfully meet up with some others on thi forum), But I just have not had much time between my Wakeboarding (Pictures) and driving her and work (I work for FIAT ) ...

Take with my mobile


Taken with my DSLR

[MaDMaXX]

Welcome to the site, nice looking shiny you got there

How did you get the effect on the last shot of the dash?

[Chilli Red]

Hello

welcome to the forum, You live near the the majority of the forum There are loads of us in the South. We are Chobham, nr Woking. Beautiful car, you still grinning .

Sarah

[andy.j]

The dashboard shot is pretty cool!

Loving the twilight grey 370... seems to be the most popular colour?

P.S if you time your headlight shot right when you turn it on, you can get the blue tint as it powers up which looks pretty good IMO.

Oh yeah, and when you take a shot of the headlights, how much does it make you want to swap out the horrible yellow sidelight? easy mod, had do be done to cure the eye saw in my avitar and sig. (really need to re-take those pics.

[waltong]

Hi mate. Welcome. Nothing wrong with working for Fiat....don't they have that other little brand under their wing.....Ferrari.

[o0MattE0o]

MaDMaXX, on 30 November 2011 - 01:48 AM, said:

How did you get the effect on the last shot of the dash?

You need a DSLR, and set the shutter speed as low as possible or as long as you hold the shutter button down (BULB on NIKONS) the zoom in to the image and press the shutter button and slowly zoom out and release the shutter button

SIMPLE

andy.j, on 30 November 2011 - 07:11 AM, said:

P.S if you time your headlight shot right when you turn it on, you can get the blue tint as it powers up which looks pretty good IMO.

Oh yeah, and when you take a shot of the headlights, how much does it make you want to swap out the horrible yellow sidelight? easy mod, had do be done to cure the eye saw in my avitar and sig. (really need to re-take those pics.

I have to try that with the headlights turning on, and how easy is the side lights Mod?

[o0MattE0o]

waltong, on 30 November 2011 - 09:34 AM, said:

Hi mate. Welcome. Nothing wrong with working for Fiat....don't they have that other little brand under their wing.....Ferrari.

FIAT / FIAT Professional / ABARTH / JEEP / CHRYSLER / ALFA ROMEO / FERRARI / MASERATI

[WoREoD]

Welcome to the forum. I do like that colour... Hope we'll set it at a meet in the New Year!

[paul_k]

Welcome to the forum o0MattE0o
Nothing wrong with Fiat, had trouble getting away from a Fiat 500 Abrath at the ring! -

[Badger]

Hi

Nice photos, really like some of the effects

Twilight Grey is an amazing colour, just sold my 370z in the same spec

Just out of curiosity what camera did you use?

-B

[o0MattE0o]

paul_k, on 30 November 2011 - 12:15 PM, said:

Welcome to the forum o0MattE0o
Nothing wrong with Fiat, had trouble getting away from a Fiat 500 Abrath at the ring! -

Nothing at all but they currently do not make any thing in the same market as the 370z, well the Alfa 4C might but its looking expensive and a little under powered...

BadgerBox, on 30 November 2011 - 01:33 PM, said:

Just out of curiosity what camera did you use?

-B

First Picture was taken with a HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7
The Other Pictures where taken with a Nikon D5000 / 18-105mm lense Nothing too flash but its a good camera.

[Badger]

The images look of very good capture quality, such a shame I'm well off using my Nikon 3100 properly

[o0MattE0o]

Happy to show you little tips or take some pics for you

[Paul_S]

Welcome o0MattE0o

Nice car and nice pics sir! Me thinks you have an eye for photography and a talent in Photoshop

It's quite easy to change the sidelights. You need to go in through the wheel arch liner but if you put the steering on full lock and bend the liner a little there is no need to jack up the car really.

I hope to see you at a meet in 2012

[theshrekster]

Some nice free help and advice there Paul

Welcome Matt, hope to see you and your car at a meet soon, as Sarah said, there are loads of us a round here, I'm just down the M3 near Bagshot. See you sometime soon.

[o0MattE0o]

One more Picture

Not brilliant needed a little more light, I have to try again when its not so dark and when I can hold the camera a little more stable

(Full Size)

*Before you ask I was not reving the engine that high, its the stratup when you turn the engine on

Edited by o0MattE0o, 30 November 2011 - 10:20 PM.

[MaDMaXX]

Ahh, never thought about altering the zoom on a long exp. Nice, i like the effect, and valiant effort on the tacho shot too


The sidelights are fairly easy, i recently changed mine for some LED replacements as one had gone out. However, the design for replacing them is retarded (same for all headlight bulbs) Do you guys have 'side marker' lights in the headlight as well?

Nissan states to remove the front bumper, allowing the lower headlight bolts to be removed. The rest of us do the following;

1) remove front wheels and pull back arch liner, headlight is directly behind there.

or

2) jack up front of car until the wheel hangs fully, then do the same thing with less space.



I've not tried turning the wheel whilst up, do you turn it in or out? i would guess it would restrict access slightly?

[G5 VAR]

Welcome to the forum, nice car

[andy.j]

Paul_S, on 30 November 2011 - 07:43 PM, said:

It's quite easy to change the sidelights. You need to go in through the wheel arch liner but if you put the steering on full lock and bend the liner a little there is no need to jack up the car really.

I'd like to say Paul_S helped me with mine... but in honesty.... he did mine for me!

Definitely worth the effort, it looks so much better in photos!

[A Pair Of Flabby Wings]

Hello, and welcome.

That's a lovely new Zed. Hopefully we'll get to see it in the flesh next year.

o0MattE0o, on 30 November 2011 - 10:18 PM, said:

One more Picture

Not brilliant needed a little more light, I have to try again when its not so dark and when I can hold the camera a little more stable

(Full Size)

*Before you ask I was not reving the engine that high, its the stratup when you turn the engine on

I'm pleased you pointed that out, as my mechanical sympathies were beginning to squeal.