Freshly Bagged Mkv Gti!

Went out & shot a few photos of a friends car.

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The first is my favorite

Have to say I have a problem with the subject. I know part of it's being bagged, the wheels tilt in and seems accentuated. Then it looks like the rear rim is hooked on the wheelwell. Front to rear - wheels aren't even at the same angle - makes it look like something's broken. I keep finding myself concentrating on what's wrong with the car, not the photos.

Unless you're really into lowering, raise the car and get a better angle to have less glare? Hide the angling of the wheels and reduce the glare off the car.

Sorry, just doesn't work for me, then again I'm not into bagged cars.

The front end in number 1 has good lighting. But, I find the blown out area of the image distracting and feels it takes away from the subject.

not a fan of the low contrast processing

scotthidley wrote in post #16786259
The front end in number 1 has good lighting. But, I find the blown out area of the image distracting and feels it takes away from the subject.

I agree. The highlights in the hood are good, but the ones in the side are overpowered by the flare. And in the last two, there are no body highlights at all, so the body is just a white mass except where it's blown out.

hcbph wrote in post #16786238
Have to say I have a problem with the subject. I know part of it's being bagged, the wheels tilt in and seems accentuated. Then it looks like the rear rim is hooked on the wheelwell. Front to rear - wheels aren't even at the same angle - makes it look like something's broken. I keep finding myself concentrating on what's wrong with the car, not the photos.

Unless you're really into lowering, raise the car and get a better angle to have less glare? Hide the angling of the wheels and reduce the glare off the car.

Sorry, just doesn't work for me, then again I'm not into bagged cars.

Custom upper control arms in the rear and running -7.5 degrees of camber

The rear fenders also sit perfectly in between the stretched tire wall & rim of the wheel.

It doesn't look broken, it looks correct

jackkthemackk wrote in post #16789145
Custom upper control arms in the rear and running -7.5 degrees of camber

The rear fenders also sit perfectly in between the stretched tire wall & rim of the wheel.

It doesn't look broken, it looks correct

Hell yeah!

why buy a GTI and ruin the performance/drivabilit​y of it with oversized wheels and -7.5 degrees of camber meanwhile destroying tire life and risking an tire blow with stretched tires.

its a very strange concept to me... maybe someone can explain?

jdmwerks wrote in post #16790728
why buy a GTI and ruin the performance/drivabilit​y of it with oversized wheels and -7.5 degrees of camber meanwhile destroying tire life and risking an tire blow with stretched tires.

its a very strange concept to me... maybe someone can explain?

It's called evolution.

Evolution sometimes results in experiments that run away in strange directions. Often not fit to live so ending after a couple of years. We have also seen extremely wide pant legs, and shoes high as houses.

jdmwerks wrote in post #16790728
why buy a GTI and ruin the performance/drivabilit​y of it with oversized wheels and -7.5 degrees of camber meanwhile destroying tire life and risking an tire blow with stretched tires.

its a very strange concept to me... maybe someone can explain?

You have "JDM" in your username & you're complaining about the euro car seen "ruining the performance of a car & having stupid tires"? Have you seen the "JDM" car seen?

inb4bosozoku

I never said anything about "stupid tires" so I'm not sure why your quoting that.... just dangerous.

I've definately shaken my head at a lot of different JDM styles/trends over the years. Don't get me wrong I'm a huge car guy and can appreciate the time and work that goes into these projects however; it just puzzles me that its taken this far purely for aesthetics - aesthetics that frankly look terrible AND ruins the performance of a car that carries a premium for performance...