What Have You Done To Your Cobalt Today?
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Painted my new struts to match the Koni's on the rear. Pretty satisfied how they turned out. Valspar's Gold Abundance High Gloss is the color, if anyone is interested.
Painted my new struts to match the Koni's on the rear. Pretty satisfied how they turned out. Valspar's Gold Abundance High Gloss is the color, if anyone is interested.
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Painted my new struts to match the Koni's on the rear. Pretty satisfied how they turned out. Valspar's Gold Abundance High Gloss is the color, if anyone is interested.
Painted my new struts to match the Koni's on the rear. Pretty satisfied how they turned out. Valspar's Gold Abundance High Gloss is the color, if anyone is interested.
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Yes it is hard to get the right angle! Most of the pictures i take look so basic, but a random few of them turn out looking awesome and i think its half angle, half surroundings and lighting. Or all of each i guess haha
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Me neither. Having a good camera has a lot to do with it. Cell phone doesnt do it justice even the nicest cell phone cameras. Dslr is the way to go you can make an earthworm look like a king cobra
*Smaller apertures means the number you set it to is larger. A 1.8f is much much bigger than a 8.0f.
*Smaller aperture means more of your photo is in focus. Large apertures have a lot of "bokeh" which is blurry stuff basically.
*The lower ISO, which is lower light sensitivity(and less knowledgeable people call it film speed), the more vibrant your colors will come out generally. Really high ISO turns out grainy most of the time.
*Larger aperture means shorter shutter speed.
*Higher ISO means shorter shutter speed.
Here is an example. This is a large 4.5f aperture with 100ISO shot on AV mode. Lots of bokeh and a shallow focus. This is almost straight from the camera. only a 2-3% color saturation increase.

You can also do some fun stuff using flash and a flashlight at night.
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Use the "AV" (aperture value) setting instead of going full auto or full manual. This setting allows you to control the size of the aperture and the camera will take care of shutter speed. You can also select TV which is "Time Value." This allows you to set shutter speed and the camera will take care of aperture. Some general rules of thumb:
*Smaller apertures means the number you set it to is larger. A 1.8f is much much bigger than a 8.0f.
*Smaller aperture means more of your photo is in focus. Large apertures have a lot of "bokeh" which is blurry stuff basically.
*The lower ISO, which is lower light sensitivity(and less knowledgeable people call it film speed), the more vibrant your colors will come out generally. Really high ISO turns out grainy most of the time.
*Larger aperture means shorter shutter speed.
*Higher ISO means shorter shutter speed.
Here is an example. This is a large 4.5f aperture with 100ISO shot on AV mode. Lots of bokeh and a shallow focus. This is almost straight from the camera. only a 2-3% color saturation increase.

You can also do some fun stuff using flash and a flashlight at night.
This is straight from the camera absolutely no photoshop.

*Smaller apertures means the number you set it to is larger. A 1.8f is much much bigger than a 8.0f.
*Smaller aperture means more of your photo is in focus. Large apertures have a lot of "bokeh" which is blurry stuff basically.
*The lower ISO, which is lower light sensitivity(and less knowledgeable people call it film speed), the more vibrant your colors will come out generally. Really high ISO turns out grainy most of the time.
*Larger aperture means shorter shutter speed.
*Higher ISO means shorter shutter speed.
Here is an example. This is a large 4.5f aperture with 100ISO shot on AV mode. Lots of bokeh and a shallow focus. This is almost straight from the camera. only a 2-3% color saturation increase.

You can also do some fun stuff using flash and a flashlight at night.

My cars tan roof is horrible from hotboxing. This summer I'm hoping to get a massive steam cleaning done on the car inside and out. Anyone have experience with steamers? Would love to die the interior roof liner dark but no idea what to use or who to go to.
I thought about dying it, but you can get fabric from a store and do it that way too; i'm 99% sure i'm doing it.
Took it to a dealer just down the street from my work to get my driver side door adjusted as it's rubbing like a bitch! Kept having to pull up on the handle as I opened the door to avoid it catching.
Went in and talked to the girl at the front desk (who was at least an 8.5/10).
Showed her where the door was rubbing, and she took my keys and brought them to on of the body shop guys.
He went out to my car, messed with it for maybe 30 - 90 seconds, came in and gave me my keys and said "good to go".
Lo and behold, no more rubbing!
Girl gives me my keys, and a big smile.
I asked how much.
She said don't worry about it.
BEST experience I have ever had at a dealership anywhere.
The same dealership did my recall, and were really fast, and did a good job with no scuffs or anything around the ignition.
Anyone in the Markham/Richmond hill area near Toronto, use "Eastside Cheverolet" if you have no choice but to go to a dealer.
Went in and talked to the girl at the front desk (who was at least an 8.5/10).
Showed her where the door was rubbing, and she took my keys and brought them to on of the body shop guys.
He went out to my car, messed with it for maybe 30 - 90 seconds, came in and gave me my keys and said "good to go".
Lo and behold, no more rubbing!
Girl gives me my keys, and a big smile.
I asked how much.
She said don't worry about it.
BEST experience I have ever had at a dealership anywhere.
The same dealership did my recall, and were really fast, and did a good job with no scuffs or anything around the ignition.
Anyone in the Markham/Richmond hill area near Toronto, use "Eastside Cheverolet" if you have no choice but to go to a dealer.
How do you like the reverse lights? I was always under the impression that warmup time made hid reverse lights less desirable. Much like separate hids in a projector highbeam, opposed to bixenon



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and some other goodies to clean the car should come out looking great