What Did You Do To Your HHR Today?
06-17-2017, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: 09-11-2015
Location: Stevens Point, WI
Posts: 273
Any hints, tips, or critiques on the photos would be appreciated.I've shot models with cars where we'd shoot like crazy for a couple minutes while the sun was behind a cloud, then just hang out for five or ten minutes when in direct sunlight...but your photos will be much better
06-17-2017, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: 06-13-2017
Location: Fairborn, OH
Posts: 180
I got out there with my bucket and cleaning rags, towels and chamois and got my cleanness freak on with her. Being old and fat and lazy I got a lot of exercise.
I normally don't get.
She sparkles now but I'm drooping and sweatin..
haha
It's spotless and I don't want to drive it now.
ha
06-17-2017, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: 06-13-2017
Location: Fairborn, OH
Posts: 180
I have the bird poop trouble sometimes, there's a powerline right over the driveway.
Today was its inaugural good wash. The seller repaired a ding so I couldn't risk a mean machine car wash. Fresh paint.
I like your moons. They don't have baby moons for my LS steel rims, just full disc covers.
Today was its inaugural good wash. The seller repaired a ding so I couldn't risk a mean machine car wash. Fresh paint.
I like your moons. They don't have baby moons for my LS steel rims, just full disc covers.
06-18-2017, 01:22 AM
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Join Date: 03-25-2017
Location: Ventura, CA
Posts: 233
I finished my exhaust again 
I got super tired of the drone, but mainly changed it because of some damage occuring.
I didn't have a tailpipe on and my muffler was sitting a little high under the car, so yeah, bumper melted. A few days ago I added a turn down, but it quieted the muffler to quieter than stock.
I've turned the muffler around today, and twisted it to get the exit centered out the bumper. I also added some copper-nickel pipe, it was around the house and it fit, as a tailpipe. It was super long and as quiet as the turndown. As I shortened the pipe, cutting it off with a pneumatic saw, the sound changed. I shortened it until I was happy with the sound. There is minimal drone now at cruising speed, barely audible over the radio.
Another problem I was having, a super annoying rattle. I traced it to the second cat. I found out that after coring the second cat, the remaining broke apart after a few weeks. To solve the problem, smash all the cat material up with a pipe and blow it out with the engine.
So for now, I'm happy again, even with the odd uneven muffler and melted bumper. I think I'll fix both eventually, but for the time being, I just like the sound.
The same road as my last video
I got super tired of the drone, but mainly changed it because of some damage occuring.
I didn't have a tailpipe on and my muffler was sitting a little high under the car, so yeah, bumper melted. A few days ago I added a turn down, but it quieted the muffler to quieter than stock.
I've turned the muffler around today, and twisted it to get the exit centered out the bumper. I also added some copper-nickel pipe, it was around the house and it fit, as a tailpipe. It was super long and as quiet as the turndown. As I shortened the pipe, cutting it off with a pneumatic saw, the sound changed. I shortened it until I was happy with the sound. There is minimal drone now at cruising speed, barely audible over the radio.
Another problem I was having, a super annoying rattle. I traced it to the second cat. I found out that after coring the second cat, the remaining broke apart after a few weeks. To solve the problem, smash all the cat material up with a pipe and blow it out with the engine.
So for now, I'm happy again, even with the odd uneven muffler and melted bumper. I think I'll fix both eventually, but for the time being, I just like the sound.
The same road as my last video
Last edited by SuKi; 06-18-2017 at 04:09 AM.
