Love the outcome.....Ck375s powder coated satin black

New to the forum but not to modding cars / trucks. Wanted to stay with the best ride possible and noticed the CK375 wheel to be a pretty good fit and finish for the NNBS. With that said I hadn't noticed many or any (not saying they aren't any out there) that have been powder coated black. I love the white on black look so I took the risk and am very pleased with the outcome.

I do want opinions on the lugs though. The wifey and I are still undecided on whether to keep the chrome or order black lugs and locks.

Looks like next step, after a bit of research, I'm going to order the Belltech Kit from a "Tony" who looks to be a sponsor on here. I've heard nothing but good things about him and the way he does business but please let me know if I'm misinformed.

Love the site and I'm sure you'll hear from me more as the build continues!!

2009 LTZ white with Ebony interior. Debadged, windows tinted, and tails with Nightshade.

(excuse the terrible camera phone pics)


Went from this to....

Black wheels don't show up that well on pictures for some reason but you get the idea. Anyone have any tricks to helping these come out better please let me know!

Again hard to see sorry bout this???

From what I can tell they look good. Try taking pics in the sun.

Looks nice
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Looks better than I thought it would!

Looks good man! I would love to see some better pics though. I vote for black lugs though for sure.

Keeping the chrome on mirrors and handles? I like the chrome lugs if you do.

Looking good man. Those are the sleekest wheels GM has ever made for these SUVs. Should come stock on the next gen.

Looks very good.
And about Tony, NorcalSS on here, you are correctly informed. Great guy and super knowledgeable.
I just bought the 2/3-4 drop kit, rear DJM hardware kit and front & rear DJM sways from him.
The guy went out of his way to make sure everything I need is in place, including some peculiar shipping arrangements.

I'd leave the lute Chrome because eventually the paint will fall off from taking the wheels on and off

Leave the lugs, chrome is providing just enough "break up" to the wheel....

Looks good. I can feel on how it is to take a gamble on something...

Looks great man...I always wondered how those wheels would look blacked out

looks perfect

need better pics, but they do seem nice

We need better pics. I really like how the chrome ones look, but I would go with lack lugs.


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Looks good

ls1redline said:

(excuse the terrible camera phone pics)


Black wheels don't show up that well on pictures for some reason but you get the idea. Anyone have any tricks to helping these come out better please let me know!

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I do a lot of photography as a side job and in cases like this there is what called dynamic range. ITs hard to get a proper single exposure with this range of light. IF you get proper exposure for wheels the whites would be over exposed and blown out. If you get proper exposure for sky the wheels are to dark.

So you need to do whats called HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography. YOu take multiple exposures over exposed, under exposed and in the middle. Most day light pictures you only need 3 exposures to do this. Next you need software that can layer the photos and merge them together to bring out all the range of the photo into one single outcome. I use photomatix. Then you need software like photo shop to sharpen and adjust colors, tones and effects.

I took your photos and ran them through a filter I have that brings out detials in photos but, because this is not a high res photo and its a jpeg its not going to look as good if it was shot RAW.

here is the result.







Now as far as cameras go I higly reccomend a DSLR camera not your typical point and shoot camera. Something like a nikon D3000,D5000 ,D7000.D3200 they do get pricey but you can also find them on CL used.

I happen to shoot full frame with a D700 and that camera is a pro camera and gets up in price about $3000. Also lenses are something you then need to consider. There are all sorts of lenses and price range. For a begginer I would just recommend if you have about $600-$800 to go down to costco or best buy and pick up an entry level DSLR with lens kit or look on CL for a cheaper buy. However you have to be able to shoot in RAW to do this properly.

here is an example of a properly done HDR photo (my yukon)


YUKONXL by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

IF you are not familiar with this it can get to be very overwhelming.
But thats how you would do it.

Cheers

holy shit you made those pics so much better... nicely done man.

thanks!

Nice work Zona. Those rims are very easy too see now and look good! I love the LTZ rims though so I'm a little biased.

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