Official LONG BEACH BLUE M2 Photos Thread

VisualEcho · 08-30-2020, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by j23

Wow. This car looks so good at stock height! I would change nothing.

The front is lowered in Photoshop. It was my way of confirming that the rear sits just fine at stock height, but the front obviously needs a drop.

akkando · 09-01-2020, 07:05 PM

Went out to keep the battery healthy.

against the hazy smokey sky

noogaM2 · 09-01-2020, 08:14 PM

I finally got my account approved haha here are some pics of my new to me 18 M2.

M2 (1 of 1)-3 by Daniel Dmochowski, on Flickr

M2 (1 of 1)-10 by Daniel Dmochowski, on Flickr

I have some more I can post, i do all my own photography.

VisualEcho · 09-06-2020, 09:21 PM

Quick shot of the new drop.

cb804 · 09-08-2020, 06:25 PM

Labor Day blues...

detroitm2 · 09-08-2020, 08:38 PM

Few shots from a C&C a couple weeks ago.

Gusman1 · 09-09-2020, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by detroitm2

Few shots from a C&C a couple weeks ago.

Any more pics of the Goodyear's? How much more grip than the PSS?

Btw what front lip is that? Looks real good.

detroitm2 · 09-09-2020, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gusman1

Any more pics of the Goodyear's? How much more grip than the PSS?

Btw what front lip is that? Looks real good.

Don't have any profile shots with them at the moment. Can try to get some later.

Grip level is pretty good. I'd say it falls somewhere between Michelin PSS and PS4S. But the price can't really be matched. (under $900 OTD with rebates).

Front lip (and side skirts) are from Perl Carbon.

Gusman1 · 09-09-2020, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by detroitm2

Don't have any profile shots with them at the moment. Can try to get some later.

Grip level is pretty good. I'd say it falls somewhere between Michelin PSS and PS4S. But the price can't really be matched. (under $900 OTD with rebates).

Front lip (and side skirts) are from Perl Carbon.

Yeah that would be great. That front tire doesn't look as stretched as the oem PSS so was curious on how they look.

I'll probably be going with the Goodyear's but trying to decide between oem size or 265/285-35. Price is great and the tire gets praised by the camaro 1Le guys.

detroitm2 · 09-09-2020, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gusman1

Yeah that would be great. That front tire doesn't look as stretched as the oem PSS so was curious on how they look.

I'll probably be going with the Goodyear's but trying to decide between oem size or 265/285-35. Price is great and the tire gets praised by the camaro 1Le guys.

I was on the fence about that as well, and ended up going with OEM sizes. I've had zero issues with the OEM tire size at the power level I'm running, plus I enjoy having a bit of playfulness in the rear end when I was it. (too much tire can destroy that).

detroitm2 · 09-09-2020, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gusman1

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Originally Posted by detroitm2

Don't have any profile shots with them at the moment. Can try to get some later.

Grip level is pretty good. I'd say it falls somewhere between Michelin PSS and PS4S. But the price can't really be matched. (under $900 OTD with rebates).

Front lip (and side skirts) are from Perl Carbon.

Yeah that would be great. That front tire doesn't look as stretched as the oem PSS so was curious on how they look.

I'll probably be going with the Goodyear's but trying to decide between oem size or 265/285-35. Price is great and the tire gets praised by the camaro 1Le guys.

Here's some more pics.

Gusman1 · 09-09-2020, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by detroitm2

I was on the fence about that as well, and ended up going with OEM sizes. I've had zero issues with the OEM tire size at the power level I'm running, plus I enjoy having a bit of playfulness in the rear end when I was it. (too much tire can destroy that).

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Originally Posted by detroitm2

Here's some more pics.

Good to hear. Thanks for the pics!

VisualEcho · 09-09-2020, 09:30 PM

New one from this evening.

blkonblk · 09-12-2020, 01:32 AM

After a full PPF and some tints

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chris719 · 09-15-2020, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by VisualEcho

Another foggy shot from yesterday. This time in all natural colors.

Your natural photos pick up the green in LBB. I find that many pics of LBB do not, including me looking side-by-side at my phone screen and the car I was about to photograph at a distance. I wonder if it's because the human eye is most sensitive to green and the color space of most PC and phone chains ends up as sRGB. Even Adobe RGB is not perfect. Or, do most displays have a blue push? I notice most people don't like accurate whites on displays - they like them slightly cold, and the vast majority of consumer grade displays ship that way.

VisualEcho · 09-15-2020, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by chris719

Your natural photos pick up the green in LBB. I find that many pics of LBB do not, including me looking side-by-side at my phone screen and the car I was about to photograph at a distance. I wonder if it's because the human eye is most sensitive to green and the color space of most PC and phone chains ends up as sRGB. Even Adobe RGB is not perfect. Or, do most displays have a blue push? I notice most people don't like accurate whites on displays - they like them slightly cold, and the vast majority of consumer grade displays ship that way.

Thanks, it takes some work for sure, and phone's will never get it right. In fact, DSLR's will never get it right.

If you understand what the sensor is trying to do, which is make everything grey (pulling the lights down, and the blacks up), it does the same thing with white balance, so even if you custom set the WB every time, it'll still be wrong. That's why there is a Tint adjustment in RAW, as it has to be done manually every time.

It's a bit of work for sure, but when you get it spot on it's fantastic. I think out of the 50 or so finals I have of my car, maybe 5 are correct to real life. It's just difficult.

DriverDaily · 09-15-2020, 09:00 AM

After getting the ride height set to my liking and adding some wheel spacers

VisualEcho · 09-15-2020, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DriverDaily

After getting the ride height set to my liking and adding some wheel spacers

Nice, a little shallow DOF never hurt anybody

cb804 · 09-20-2020, 06:48 PM

A walk in the park...

VisualEcho · 09-20-2020, 08:49 PM

A bit of sunset.

cb804 · 09-27-2020, 08:29 AM

Social distancing...

yaymitch · 10-02-2020, 10:56 PM

After a bath plus new wheels

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