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Originally Posted by 00dyb58
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Hey John, I'm leaning towards Celestial Gold, but trying to understand if this is the correct video, or just a case of different lighting ?
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OMG, I'm mortified
My apologies. I posted the wrong video. I know exactly what that is.
Those videos are taken by a girl who works there to do this. She's very nice. She's been there like 9 months maybe. When I was there a month ago I kind of coached her to take not only the normal inspection videos (of which I sometimes take a small clip from to post) but also more of a beauty roll video I can post. That's why the videos are now a little slower, more dynamic, show the concavity from different angles, etc. She does a good job.
That said, that was taken on her phone and had some filter on it. If you think people use filters in the US, spend some time on Douyin. I made her redo it because that one was so bad. This is the correct video of Ronin's wheels (below). They are next to each other in my camera roll and I stupidly posted the wrong one without really looking at what I posted. Thank you for pointing it out and apologies that you spent time comparing them, etc.
The correct video of his wheels:
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Here's anther video of them actually. He was showing me the concavity and fitment. I hope he doesn't mind me posting but you can see the color is nothing like the weird tone in the video from my original post (and this is in his garage which wouldn't be as intensely lit as the inspection area where the videos are taken, so they do look a little darker here).
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Again, really sorry for the confusion.
It is a good opportunity though to point out, as you did, that lighting plays a huge role in how brushed wheels look (in those videos but also in the real world, on your car, etc.).
The area where the videos are taken have rows of fluorescent lights about 6-7 feet off the ground (that area is for inspecting the wheels), and sometimes the videos I get have a different number of the lights on, so the finishes can look a little different. Within a normal range of different though. True to reality in a sense. It is brushed after all, so you will see a range of different shades on your car in real life depending on conditions.
I think about this all the time actually. Posting those videos so close up and well lit is tricky because of how the environment can change the look. That's why I've started getting more sunlight pics/videos when I think the inspection area isn't doing something justice. I think it's overall beneficial though so people can see and get a feel for the finishes.
Again, though, sorry for my error in posting that one. That was something else entirely.
EDIT - I changed the video in the original post to the correct one. Sorry again for the confusion.