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When you photoshop that amount the quality of the image is considerably degraded. Actually any editing out of RAW the image quality is degraded. So higher quality camera....the better.

Yeah.... trying to replicate professional publishing house photos is a little bit different to instagramming a point-and-shoot pic

Would think Photo Shop would just cover up any quality problems, therefore making a cheaper camera a viable option. I never really ventured into digital photography, back to the dark room!

I have been reading this thread for the last 2 days in between classes and on the bus and i must say that your car is an inspiration to me! i am pretty new to the 6gen and car world in general and your car makes me want to learn a lot so i can slowly but surely mod my car to my likes!

I am interested in seeing a recent picture of your interior

Yes you can cover up certain things but the image quality is downgraded as soon as you compress the RAW file to jpeg or similar formats.
You can do wonders with the program though!


Im glad that you find inspiration in the build! I wish you luck with your build and am curious to see how itll come out!

I dont have any recent interior shots, I have been meaning to, but I was thinking of holding off until when I re-do the door cards. I may do a before and after so i'll try and remember to throw up a pic in a few days.

but for now! this pic will have to be added to the build thread!

^That picture looks good, I like it. Screw JPG, TIF is where it's at.

Planning things to do for this downtime during the snowy season.

Looking to hopefully FINALLY resolve the oil leak and during that time also see if it is possible to mend the coolant leak a bit better.

If the coolant leak persists, I MAY either remove the engine and fix it the proper way......or do some sort of motor swap, BUT the would be next years issue as I would like to get ALOT of seat time at autocross this coming year.

Other than that
TWM Short shifter with extender
Sparco Suede Steering Wheel
Brake Ducting
GT4-Racing Poly-U Front Endlinks
Racing Beat Rear Endlinks


keeping a very light load this break so I can be ready to roll come the first race!

Sounds like a good plan Mike!

I'll finally be autocrossing this coming year. Pretty pumped.

get ready to have a new addiction!

Hahaha. I've got too many. paintball, videogames, cars... Add autocross and I'm going to be completely broke

finally back at the garage this weekend to throw a couple parts in.


over christmas I got the chance to strip and paint the valve cover Fate gave to me at CSP
thought Id go vibrant with it! (wrinkled paint too)


mishimoto cap


TWM short shifter going in tomorrow


TWM knob with extender in the background


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 10, 2014 - 10:27 PM

Nice color choice!

Dude everything looks awesome Mike!

thanks fellers!
all installed and steering wheel has been taken off...waiting on the hub adaptor to come in from Sparco.

also moved the SAFC from around the cigarette lighter area to underneath the headunit. Fits perfectly there just need to put a small square of CF to fill the gap to the right of it.

Next week once the Sparco wheel is in I will take a picture of the interior, havent had a shot of it in a while

uhm, can i have my valve cover back?

YOU MAY NOT!


late night browsing...
came across a dead thread about the EDFC issue that has plagued me for the past few years
supposedly it is just a hood clearance issue..
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27306
Im going to do some digging and see if this can be done, maybe space the hood out some more

the new EDFC active is actually pretty nifty!


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 12, 2014 - 12:38 AM

I'm loving the valve cover finish and that knurled knob is killer. How tall is it?

Call me stupid, but what's an EDFC? Why does it require more hood clearance?

Never mind. That's really cool! Didn't know those existed lol

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Jan 13, 2014 - 12:13 PM

TWM SHIFTER BASE BUSHINGS > SPEED SOURCE
by alot



the knob? 4". Which when coupled with the height reduction of the shifter puts it just about a wee bit over stock height. With the 4" extender (which I accidentally ordered) its up to the in-dash player..and the throws are a bit longer than stock haha

The new EDFC Active has some kind of adaptive response system...supposedly. And its wireless. Thats what I am very interested in.

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 13, 2014 - 12:44 PM