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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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My best friend with his Dodge Dakota RT and me with the green machine hit up a parking garage last night to take some pics with our new rims.

I'm still trying to figure out how to take night pictures so please excuse the few that appear "fuzzy"

The Dakota has a set of CCWs. Really nice rims. 19s in the front and 20s in the rear and rear tires on his truck are 335/40/20s and they are HUGE!
















Old Nov 10, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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nice.. gotta throw some props to peeps back home in VA....
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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Looks good!
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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Very nice pics. The truck looks like it can take bigger tires...
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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Very nice pics. The truck looks like it can take bigger tires...
Nah it needs to be lowered more. It has a 2" hotchkis lowering kit on it right now. Could take another 2" no problem.

Thanks for all the comments guys. They're appreciated big time.
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Shan14
Very nice pics. The truck looks like it can take bigger tires...
Nah it needs to be lowered more. It has a 2" hotchkis lowering kit on it right now. Could take another 2" no problem.

Thanks for all the comments guys. They're appreciated big time.

pssssssh, pssssssssssssssh,

bag it
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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B-E-A-UTIFUL
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RedneckwithanxB
pssssssh, pssssssssssssssh,
bag it
Oh I wish he would but he's way more into performance and getting big numbers on the dyno then hittin switches.
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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damn, thats pimpin
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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Nice shots. But if you dont want them to come out "fuzzy", a tripod is your best friend. Or at least a monopod.
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by El_Jorge
Nice shots. But if you dont want them to come out "fuzzy", a tripod is your best friend. Or at least a monopod.
I was using a tripod. I just think that I need to learn the settings of my camera a little better because some came out a lot better than others. (I left the bad ones out of the post)
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Oooohh......

Sometimes even with a tripod you shake the camera just enough. Or your camera might be compensating for the dark spots by raising ISO speed. I get this problem alot with my point&shoot.

Either way, you got some good shots. Envy green looks hot under the lights:
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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oh damn. el jorge, your pic is awesome! and thanks for the tip. The ISO was set to 400...but I know I was able to make it even slower before (800 I believe)...couldn't find that setting last night though. My camera has the P A S M settings and I know how to adjust them and a little bit about what they do but I cannot find any details on what each setting is or does.
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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No prob bro. And trust me, the night shot thing can be frustrating.
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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looks great!
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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sweet ride looks great, sit's just right
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 05:38 PM
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those silver 002's look ill on rs3 paint
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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yeah, I haven't seen silver 002s on the RS3 yet and that's what made me get em

thanks guys
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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Not to get off topic, but this is my R/T. The wheels are 20" Intros. These pix are really old, when the bags were getting done. I am about to tear it down again and go through the whole truck.


Old Nov 10, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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damnnnn that's awesome man. not too many people do extensive body work to the dakotas...yet alone bag them. you have any pics of it finished? or did it stay a primered mess like my s10?



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