"Raine's SC300 (KEIRA 2.0) From the Beginning to End."
08-29-12, 12:24 PM
#196
Driver School Candidate
Join Date: Aug 2012
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love the car!! i just got a 92 sc300 about 2 months ago, and looking for ideas, so far yours is one of the best out there, hope fully within time mine would look as good as yours.
Definately one of my favorites on CL!!
09-01-12, 02:15 AM
#199
09.01.12
Light Show
As requested, took the pics while at VMR, with the exception of the last two photos:
Parking lights only. The iPhone camera makes the light look less orange than it really is.
Parking lights + headlights (4300k HID). The iPhone camera makes the headlights look like 5000k for some reason LOL
Parking lights + headlights (4300k HID) + fog lights (3000k HID). The iPhone camera somehow makes the headlight look like 5000k and the fog light not as yellow as it really is (3000k).
Parking lights + headlights (4300k HID) + high beams (4300k HID). The iPhone camera somehow makes the headlight/high beam look like 5000k, but they're actually 4300k all around.
Red city lights. The flood lights on the buildings are making the city lights look less bright.
Red city lights + Knight Rider light. The flood lights on the buildings are making the city lights look less bright, and the iPhone camera kind of diffuses the redness of the Knight Rider light.
Tail lights after relocation. The three lights at the top-right are from the windshield-mounted gauges, the lights to the left is the speedometer, partially covered by the driver's seat headrest.
Tail lights + old school ambers. The iPhone camera doesn't capture the actual colors (red tails, amber signal glow).
In-garage pic of city lights. the iPhone camera doesn't capture how red the lights really are.
In-garage pic of LED puddle lamps. The larger light shine is the puddle lamps, the smaller glow next to it is the reflection of the puddle light bouncing off the shiny garage floor, up to the side skirt, and back down to the garage floor again. On regular street surface you only see the 5 main lights.
I'm pretty sure with a real DSLR and the right settings the light colors could be captured much better than what the iPhone 4S does with its auto-adjustments.
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Light Show
Parking lights only. The iPhone camera makes the light look less orange than it really is.
Parking lights + headlights (4300k HID). The iPhone camera makes the headlights look like 5000k for some reason LOL
Parking lights + headlights (4300k HID) + fog lights (3000k HID). The iPhone camera somehow makes the headlight look like 5000k and the fog light not as yellow as it really is (3000k).
Parking lights + headlights (4300k HID) + high beams (4300k HID). The iPhone camera somehow makes the headlight/high beam look like 5000k, but they're actually 4300k all around.
Red city lights. The flood lights on the buildings are making the city lights look less bright.
Red city lights + Knight Rider light. The flood lights on the buildings are making the city lights look less bright, and the iPhone camera kind of diffuses the redness of the Knight Rider light.
Tail lights after relocation. The three lights at the top-right are from the windshield-mounted gauges, the lights to the left is the speedometer, partially covered by the driver's seat headrest.
Tail lights + old school ambers. The iPhone camera doesn't capture the actual colors (red tails, amber signal glow).
In-garage pic of city lights. the iPhone camera doesn't capture how red the lights really are.
In-garage pic of LED puddle lamps. The larger light shine is the puddle lamps, the smaller glow next to it is the reflection of the puddle light bouncing off the shiny garage floor, up to the side skirt, and back down to the garage floor again. On regular street surface you only see the 5 main lights.
I'm pretty sure with a real DSLR and the right settings the light colors could be captured much better than what the iPhone 4S does with its auto-adjustments.
(continued on post #216)
Last edited by raine; 10-17-12 at 12:49 AM.
09-01-12, 09:15 AM
#201
Alright bro, thanks for taking the time with the pics. I like what I'm seeing. I was afraid of how it would look with the front signals working as park lights too, but now I'm definitely going for it. I'm gonna mod my '95 tails also where the entire bottom part would lit up when brakes are depressed, so I'm gonna need to convert the rear signals into red. But still need to get a lot of maintenance stuff done. I wanna go back to 5000k HID's too(whatever the natural light is equivalent). You're right, the super bright white is so eye straining when driving 2 hours at night. I'm gonna have a lot of questions for you whenever you come over here in SD.
09-01-12, 10:01 AM
#202
No seriously though, I really can't compare because one is a 5-spoke, one is a mesh - two different wheel styles altogether. It's all on what you like and what you think looks good on your car. I made the "cleaning" comment because I used to be on mesh, and I hated cleaning them because it took forever
09-01-12, 10:09 AM
#203
Alright bro, thanks for taking the time with the pics. I like what I'm seeing. I was afraid of how it would look with the front signals working as park lights too, but now I'm definitely going for it. I'm gonna mod my '95 tails also where the entire bottom part would lit up when brakes are depressed, so I'm gonna need to convert the rear signals into red. But still need to get a lot of maintenance stuff done. I wanna go back to 5000k HID's too(whatever the natural light is equivalent). You're right, the super bright white is so eye straining when driving 2 hours at night. I'm gonna have a lot of questions for you whenever you come over here in SD.
Oh and the 4300k is closer to natural light
5000k has the blueish to it.
09-01-12, 11:23 AM
#204
I thought about that back when I had my stockie tails but I prefer having amber signals over red since it stands out more on the road compared to my red taillights and everyone elses red taillights on the road, if that makes sense.
Oh and the 4300k is closer to natural light 5000k has the blueish to it.
Oh and the 4300k is closer to natural light
5000k has the blueish to it.
09-04-12, 08:49 PM
#208
what do you mean by old school ambers? and do those light up when you press the brakes
09-04-12, 11:07 PM
#210
Man, cleaning up the exterior after the paint job was the most frustration-inducing and patience-testing part of it!
They do not light up when I hit the brakes, they light up when I turn them on with a switch... so they stay lit (low) just like the brake lights (brake off). When I hit the turn signal though, the signal bulb gets brighter on that side, so it's still 100% functional.