New Release GT500 Carbon Fiber Elevated Wing Uprights – BTI Aerodinamica

[Jmeo]

I spoke to BTI...they are not doing group buys.

I for one am excited to get mine. Talking to them was a great experience too, great people. As I mentioned elsewhere, I feel these are the gold standard of offerings currently available.

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[Bigred911s]

I wonder if Ford will replicate the same shoddy drill holes in the GTD?

 

[raidernixon]

I wonder if Ford will replicate the same shoddy drill holes in the GTD?

Probably. But only after they approve one's application to pay $500K for said shoddy drill holes.

 

[kilobravo]

I had to use a tripod to capture many of these shots to keep noise down.

Thanks for the hardware info, Nixon and as I thought, those were Nikon not phone images. <smile>

I then use Lightroom to adjust the colors and lighting of the raw photos to match the reference photos, as the phone does a pretty good job with lighting and colors, but fails to capture the detail and perspective of an SLR camera.

I have never warmed up to LR and the main reason is its requirement to use "Collections." My chronic obsessiveness makes me do the file organizing and storage the way *I* want, not the way Adobe wants. <smile> But, now that PS's Camera Raw filter is essentially identical to the Develop module in LR, I no longer have the dilemma.

One day I will make my life easier and pull the trigger on a full frame sensor camera

Been salivating over a Canon R8 for a good while myself, as I too want to up my 7D game with a full frame sensor. Just too many other expenditures at the moment.

So I'll say this KB about your quote above - your honesty is something you don't normally see in this realm.

Guys that spend money on a given part will defend it to the death for whatever reason and don't normally acquiesce like you just did.

Your car looks fantastic and I dig what you did with the wing/uprights.

Thank you, Tob you're too kind although I do try to be honest and I do think the BTI uprights would look better on Sarah. <smile>

 

[Epiphany]

Skip the R8 and go straight to the R5 (or upcoming R5 MKII). Trust me.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/comp...8813-REG?origSearch=Canon R5 Vs Canon R8&sts=

 

[raidernixon]

Skip the R8 and go straight to the R5 (or upcoming R5 MKII). Trust me.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/compare/canon_eos_r5_mirrorless_digital_vs_canon_eos_r8_mirrorless_camera/BHitems/1547009-REG_1748813-REG?origSearch=Canon R5 Vs Canon R8&sts=

I also would recommend checking out the Sony Alpha 7 IV. I got to mess with a friend's a few weeks ago and it was incredible. Had a Sony Gmaster 24-70mm.. Pricy...but wow. Never thought I would see Sony put Canon or Nikon to shame.

As for lightroom...yes, I agree on the file management all around. It is garbage. Lightroom classic mitigates a lot of this if you haven't tried it. No cloud requirement to function.

 

[AMBJR]

I wonder if Ford will replicate the same shoddy drill holes in the GTD?

"NO" The wing is located on the sides of the rear window, like the GT3; NOT on the TRUNK!!!

 

[Epiphany]

Probably. But only after they approve one's application to pay $500K for said shoddy drill holes.

I don't know how I missed this. To recap, I lol'd.

The fact that there is an engineered process that the Mod Shop is trained to follow makes the decklid/hole drilling debacle a total failure. Either the Mod Shop employees aren't following procedure (which I'd hope isn't happening) or the steps they are following are wholly inadequate. What internal standard says it is ok to butcher manually drilled holes, don't chamfer or dress them, etc, and then to not coat the now raw surface sheetmetal in some way? And take note - the only reason they are manually drilling them is because Ford doesn't want to add another part number by having a decklid in the system that has all the outer punched holes (and no center punched holes) for the GT350R or the GT500 CFTP cars.

 

[kilobravo]

..the only reason they are manually drilling them is because Ford doesn't want to add another part number by having a decklid in the system that has all the outer punched holes (and no center punched holes) for the GT350R or the GT500 CFTP cars.

I have often wondered about that, Tob and thanks for the solution which makes perfect "money" sense. Contrast this with other OEM's who have separate systems to bring all the parts "for that car" to the line at the appropriate time. I'll bet that Chevy has something similar for the Corvette which certainly has as many options and different parts as any vehicle.

Damn sad is what it is.

Skip the R8 and go straight to the R5 (or upcoming R5 MKII). Trust me.

<smiling> My one nephew got a killer deal on an R5 that his former company purchased then, went out of business and every time I talk to him he can't stop raving about the camera.

He got it for a song and if I could find a deal like that Tob, I'd be all over the R5 but since I'm not making a living with photography and because the R8 is a huge jump from my 7D, I can't convince myself that I need an R5. <smile> Didn't know about the upcoming MkII but that's predictable with Canon's long-standing upgrade method.

I also would recommend checking out the Sony Alpha 7 IV

Haven't looked into the new a7 Nixon but that's what my nephew above had before the R5. He raved about the original Sony offering too and I'm sure the MkIV is substantially more capable.

Pricy...but wow. Never thought I would see Sony put Canon or Nikon to shame.

The thing is, I've been in love with Canon's color science forever and because of that, I'm gonna stick with them for the next body I get. Thanks for the rec on the a7 though.

Lightroom classic mitigates a lot of this if you haven't tried it. No cloud requirement to function.

Unfortunately, LR Classic uses "collections" for file management too, (that's where it started,) and when I read that the non-classic version continues that tradition, I've never even opened it. I also always shoot in RAW format and use PS's Camera Raw which is basically identical to the Develop module in LR.

Being an old, old, OLD "DOS guy," <chuckling> my brain is conditioned for organizing files via directories (folders for you younger folks, <grin>) and subdirectories. I know, it's OG to the max and not as "slick" as collections but in essence, this method does the same thing, i.e., it organizes and most importantly, it keeps my obssessive brain happy. <grin>

To give you an idea, in my \PHOTO folder on my primary data drive where the majority of my bitmapped images reside, has 1600 subfolders and 90k files that consume just shy of 800gigs of storage on a 2TB m.2 SSD. I have 7 SSD's in my Windoze 11 box with a total storage capacity of 10TB's. Clearly obsessive, I realize. <smile>

As for editing and managing, I use both the production and beta versions of Photoshop and I manage with Bridge, clunky as it is. I find that using "Favorites" in Bridge helps me get to images a whole lot quicker than scrolling through hundreds of different "folders."

I detest Windoze Explorer (always have,) and instead, my main disk management tool is ZtreeWin and I simply could not do what I do with any efficiency if it weren't for that software. Started with "Xtree" early in the "DOS days," but when W95 hit the streets, Xtree was no longer compatible.

Fortunately, a fella from Down Under decided to code a Windoze version of Xtree and called it "ZtreeWin." He did a HELLUVA job and ZTW is so powerful and so capable (WAY more than the original Xtree,) that even to this day I still learn about features I didn't know it had. A truly indispensible tool for me.

 

[CaptDave]

I just received my BTI uprights. Great communication from Brett and the uprights looks great. They were shipped via USPS and packaged very securely. He even put them in some velvet type bags to protect the finish during shipping. My pictures won’t do them justice, as compared to the OP. Looking forward to installing them when I get my car back.

 

[Jmeo]

Did you do exposed carbon bottoms with black uprights?

 

[CaptDave]

Did you do exposed carbon bottoms with black uprights?

Negative. They are the “variant” ones that are listed on the website, so the exposed carbon that should match the rear wing. As I mentioned, my photography skills aren’t doing them justice.

Having said that, the areas immediately around the openings on the vertical parts of the uprights do show more black than carbon when you see them in person. I was expecting that based on the pictures on their website though.

 

[Jmeo]

Well they look great. Mine fell victim to the unreliable USPS shipping black hole, I cannot wait to see them in person.

 

[CaptDave]

Well they look great. Mine fell victim to the unreliable USPS shipping black hole, I cannot wait to see them in person.

Sorry to hear that. USPS is so hit and miss like that. Hope they get there soon.

 

[Jmeo]

Sorry to hear that. USPS is so hit and miss like that. Hope they get there soon.

Thanks David, I am sure they will, and I’m sure they will be with the wait.

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