The Coupe Shoot: Photos in LA

[mikethemike]

Finally got around to taking some good photos of the car. Well hopefully they are good. I'm still kind of new to taking photos of cars and I don't expect myself to get any better since photo shooting it's not really a passion and hardly a hobby.

Also I got the 350z wheels on. I'm gonna keep them on for a short time just so I can get some use, but I'll be going back to the 17s since they are still very new. And yes, a drop will be on its way. I've spend too much within the past 3 months of owning this car.

[mikethemike]

City shots

[SanoSuKe]

Looks very nice. I need to know what's going on in the fog lights area!! those LED strips are that bright at night?

[Dwightx3]

Looks good man! but imo, 19s look best in Altima's.
17's would look too small. Looking forward to that drop though!

[mikethemike]

Looks very nice. I need to know what's going on in the fog lights area!! those LED strips are that bright at night?

Haha not at all, if you look at the day time pics they are just dinky little LEDs. The camera really picks up on those lights like crazy. So no they aren't that bright.

Looks good man! but imo, 19s look best in Altima's.
17's would look too small. Looking forward to that drop though!

Thanks! In my opinion 18'' and 19" look great on these cars. I've been looking for these wheels for a long time and I wanted to go with a Nissan brand and in my opinion, these wheels are one of the bests.

[SanoSuKe]

Looks very nice. I need to know what's going on in the fog lights area!! those LED strips are that bright at night?

Haha not at all, if you look at the day time pics they are just dinky little LEDs. The camera really picks up on those lights like crazy. So no they aren't that bright.

Is it 1 strip on the middle of the fog light mount or you have more than one?

[mikethemike]

Is it 1 strip on the middle of the fog light mount or you have more than one?

Just one. its looks like more cause of the reflection.

[SanoSuKe]

Is it 1 strip on the middle of the fog light mount or you have more than one?

Just one. its looks like more cause of the reflection.

yeah just realized that. Also nice chrome deletion, looks sharp. I would do the same to my grille but I'm not sure if I can pull it off with crimson black..

[mikethemike]

yeah just realized that. Also nice chrome deletion, looks sharp. I would do the same to my grille but I'm not sure if I can pull it off with crimson black..

Crimson black on white? Hmmm, thats always tough cause those are two opposing colors, but you have the black n white theme. I say try it out. It cant hurt since its just the two mustache peaces you have to worry about. If all else fails, have a beer, start over and try it with white

[SanoSuKe]

yeah just realized that. Also nice chrome deletion, looks sharp. I would do the same to my grille but I'm not sure if I can pull it off with crimson black..

Crimson black on white? Hmmm, thats always tough cause those are two opposing colors, but you have the black n white theme. I say try it out. It cant hurt since its just the two mustache peaces you have to worry about. If all else fails, have a beer, start over and try it with white

The coupe in my sig is gone. current one is crimson black 2012, so it would be black grille on crimson black

anyways not gonna hijack your thread, very nice job.

[mikethemike]

haha no worries man. Just do the usual preparations before painting like sanding and primer and a few coats of paint and clear coat and you should be fine.

and thank you

[Ranga14]

wow, you have some great photos there, good job on the shots! and the car looks very clean! The LED's came out very well. The only down side is that our cars sit SOOO freakin high stock... Other than needing a drop I'd say you should maybe paint your wheels like a gunmetal color.

[S133P3R]

Nice shots! Add a cheap Chinese flash kit and your car photos would like the mags and fanboy sites.
Also a fan of the Z wheels and they really look good on your coupe.

[mikethemike]

You know, I've considered black and personally I dont want to have it painted that or any dark color. Reason is because I believe only white, silver or black cars look good with black rims. Since my car isn't black nor silver I feel it throws the balance off.

However I have never considered gunmetal. Thats basically just a darker shade of the stock silver color right? I mean as I have mentioned before the rims are in need of a new paint job and they are gonna charge me the same price to paint it silver as they would with any other color besides chrome.

In the mean time I am holding off on painting, lowering and exhaust because I have spent quite a bit in alot of things besides car stuff and I gotta save what I can since I'll be traveling to Europe this summer.

[mikethemike]

Nice shots! Add a cheap Chinese flash kit and your car photos would like the mags and fanboy sites.
Also a fan of the Z wheels and they really look good on your coupe.

Thanks I love them so much! Wait until its lowered

[mmx23z]

In my opinion 18'' and 19" look great on these cars. I've been looking for these wheels for a long time and I wanted to go with a Nissan brand and in my opinion, these wheels are one of the bests.

damn dood ur makin me miss my old 350's sooo bad now!! great shots! but u really do need to get rid of that gap asap

[mikethemike]

In my opinion 18'' and 19" look great on these cars. I've been looking for these wheels for a long time and I wanted to go with a Nissan brand and in my opinion, these wheels are one of the bests.

damn dood ur makin me miss my old 350's sooo bad now!! great shots! but u really do need to get rid of that gap asap

I know haha, that drop is gonna take some time though. But thanks for the words and thanks for the advice before i got the wheels.

[incREDibL3]

350 rims look so diff on an altima! looks good bro.

DROP THAT CAR! lol

[bundy26]

Them wheels look so good on your AC , I did the exact same thing with the LED strip on my coupe, looks great.
Damn I miss my coupe

[DJ_B_Easy]

Awesome shot. Wheels look great too, I wont reiterate the fact that you need to drop it.

Dang I need to get working with my DSLR. Got one for Christmas and it hasnt left the house yet.

[mmx23z]

I know haha, that drop is gonna take some time though. But thanks for the words and thanks for the advice before i got the wheels.

no problem! glad i could help. ur coupes coming along nicely! & this second looks making me contemplate those leds in the fog area too.... fog lights dont fit in there anyways

[YoungCoupe]

Car looks great! One question though, how do you get your LED fogs to come on when your headlights are off? I remember you spliced into the parking light, so I don't understand how that works. I'm a noob when it comes to wiring and stuff like that.

[mikethemike]

Car looks great! One question though, how do you get your LED fogs to come on when your headlights are off? I remember you spliced into the parking light, so I don't understand how that works. I'm a noob when it comes to wiring and stuff like that.

I spliced into the side marker light. its just a black and yellow wire.

[YoungCoupe]

Is that always on?

[mikethemike]

Is that always on?

no, its only on when your headlights come on or you just flip on the parking lights w/out headlights

it would always be on if it was connected to the battery.

[YoungCoupe]

oh ok, i was confused because it doesn't look like your parking lights are on in the first pictures. Thanks!

[enomis]

How did you do the lights where the foglights are? Not the audi looking things but the centre line.

[mikethemike]

How did you do the lights where the foglights are? Not the audi looking things but the centre line.

I'm confused as to what you are referring to. IF you're just talking about the LED strips, I soldered it into the side amber light.

[enomis]

Um there are I guess two lines of lights. top is the dotted one, center is the solid, and bottom is dotted.
The centre one I am referring to.

[mikethemike]

Um there are I guess two lines of lights. top is the dotted one, center is the solid, and bottom is dotted.
The centre one I am referring to.

Thats the reflection. If you look at the day time photos you can see the LEDs.