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 Sep 16 2009, 11:50 PM
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 Pit Mechanic  Group: Members Posts: 1,641 Joined: 21-January 08 From: Johannesburg, South Africa Member No.: 4,226 Car: 1971 BMW 2002, Toyota Conquest  |
That does look like a hell of a lot of fun. Damn you for owning a lotus easton...
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Sep 17 2009, 04:09 AM
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 Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
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Sep 17 2009, 08:47 AM
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 ... Group: Members Posts: 1,490 Joined: 1-July 04 From: PA Member No.: 872 Car: MKV GTI |
so how fast were you going? you don't have to answer if you don't want to. If the background speed an indication... driving my GTI (or any other regular sporty car) is a lot more dramatic
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Sep 18 2009, 04:43 PM
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 Race Driver Group: Members Posts: 2,749 Joined: 2-October 07 From: Canada Member No.: 4,080 Car: 2009 Subaru Legacy |
Assuming Easton's Elise has the same dash layout, I saw it go to just about vertical, which would be about 80MPH, or about 130km/h according to the pictures of speedometer I saw on the interweb.
 I dunno...I respect that a car like that needs to be driven, but if what I have heard about Australia's speeding laws are true, that's a huge risk. |
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Sep 18 2009, 05:18 PM
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Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
Vertical on ours is about 150km/hr, the driver just went under it. Maybe 140?
Who says it's me! Of all the aussie car hoon communities, magazines and forums i've heard from over the past 10 years - I've only ever heard of 1 instance where someone got done for putting up a video of himself hooning, and that was involving burn outs, drag racing and a clearly uncensored number plate. He was also spamming it all over aussie car forums. |
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Sep 18 2009, 05:43 PM
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 Pit Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 28-May 09 From: 8,000-20,000 feet Member No.: 4,878 Car: the great blue yonder |
it needs ITB's and loud exhaust.
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Sep 21 2009, 05:14 PM
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Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
Exhaust is coming on next i'd say
 don't want to touch that intake as I think it's pretty efficient as it is, plus due to my recent experience with the hose coming off I really don't want to mess around with what seems to be a really effective cold air intake system in stock standard form.The car has just hit 6000kms and it's feeling faster everyday since hitting around the 5000km mark. And I mean noticably faster, even after since refitting the hose back on. Me thinks the hose has made a difference but then hitting 5000kms has loosened things up a bit more. moar recent pics     
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Sep 21 2009, 06:32 PM
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 Banned Group: Members Posts: 11,238 Joined: 6-December 04 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 1,208 Car: N/A |
Now that Lotus community looks like a good one to be a part of...
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Sep 21 2009, 06:43 PM
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 Urban Assault Group: Members Posts: 4,891 Joined: 5-February 07 From: Maine Member No.: 3,670 Car: Volkswagen R32 Mk V |
QUOTE(Phix @ Sep 21 2009, 10:32 PM)  Now that Lotus community looks like a good one to be a part of... ...because it isn't the VW community. |
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Sep 21 2009, 07:44 PM
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 Customized title Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 14-November 07 From: Montreal Member No.: 4,139 Car: Civic Si |
Omg lotuses are the sex, i want one.
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Sep 21 2009, 11:39 PM
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 Alfisti Group: Moderators Posts: 10,016 Joined: 30-January 05 From: Dubai Member No.: 1,451 Car: '05 Mazda 3 |
QUOTE(Phix @ Sep 22 2009, 05:32 AM) Now that Lotus community looks like a good one to be a part of... + 1. There is so much win in those photos. I'm joining this community, first chance I get... |
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Sep 21 2009, 11:52 PM
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Pit Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 1,641 Joined: 21-January 08 From: Johannesburg, South Africa Member No.: 4,226 Car: 1971 BMW 2002, Toyota Conquest |
Can't agree more. It does look properly cool to be part of something like that.
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Sep 30 2009, 08:14 AM
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Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
Shot the ambergine Elise on Tuesday night in my local area
 
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Sep 30 2009, 11:08 AM
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 Race Driver Group: Members Posts: 4,071 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 2,585 |
Nice photos Easton, but damn, why do the blacks in your sky/shadows look like they're having out of gamut problems? Or do you just need to calibrate your monitor?
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Sep 30 2009, 10:01 PM
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Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
Yeah there's a shitload of glare in these photos. I've allowed it, also because it's for an owner and not a client. But I thought my monitor is pretty close to being calibrated? Is yours calibrated?
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Oct 3 2009, 09:24 AM
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Race Driver Group: Members Posts: 4,071 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 2,585 |
No, this monitor is not calibrated, but it's close. In certain areas I can really notice the transition of not quite black sky to pure black. It's subtle, but I can see these "edges" all over the sky and I expect your images to be perfect.
 It's quite obvious if you turn the contrast on your monitor down. Sorry to nitpick...
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Oct 4 2009, 06:06 AM
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Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
Ahh that looks to me like a limited gamut problem.
Internet browsers only support sRGB color space, which lacks the ability to show some graduations between black and just off black. I turned my brightness up on my monitor and edited it as best I can to fix it, but I can't do much else without inherently changing the colour/lighting/nature of the shot. So i'll leave it like that. You have to look at the shot with your brightness a lot lower and directly ahead - I can still see the gamut problem when I view it from a steep angle on my LCD monitor. In other news here is a vid of a recent run with a bunch of Lotus's the other weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_I6lIYPP20 At the front is a yellow S2 Exige, then a silver Esprit, then the purple Exige, than me - and following me was a... Ford GT! Should've allowed it to overtake me so I could do some footage following that beast. But I was scared shitless of those massive tyres throwing rocks at my car. |
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Oct 5 2009, 10:55 AM
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 Zoom-Zoom Group: Members Posts: 3,037 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 2,281 Car: NB Miata MX-5 |
I want a Lotus
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Oct 5 2009, 02:50 PM
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Banned Group: Members Posts: 11,238 Joined: 6-December 04 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 1,208 Car: N/A |
Not with that haircut.
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Oct 6 2009, 07:50 AM
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Race Driver Group: Moderators Posts: 3,772 Joined: 27-August 03 Member No.: 22 |
OK
Can you guys help give me some feedback on retrimming the seats? Here are some photos of REAL seats to give you an idea STOCK SEATS (i.e what I currently have)  Very comfortable but badly needing a retrim STOCK SEATS WITH LEATHER RETRIM  Basically this is what you get when you tick the TOURING PACK option, which costs $8000 AUD! (about $7000 USD) FUCK that, what a rip off. Anyway, on with the SPECIAL EDITION Lotus seats EXIGE seats with special HERTZ retrim  LOTUS Exige seats, with special factory retrim  Exige seats with Carbon look leather  Regarding the Laurel Wreath symbol - that is in fact the Lotus F1 winning logo, denoting that they're past F1 champions. I do like it  I know I know - the EXIGE seats are absolutely awesome, but buying new seats is not on the cards. I just want to retrim my ELISE seats and i'm drawing ideas from the EXIGE seats i'm seeing. Now here are my PHOTOSHOP mock up designs.     
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