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Nice but too much detail bud. People don't want to stand all day reading specs... keep it simple or they will not bother to read it all.

Just basics like:

engine: RB26DETT 2.6 litre twin turbo

Upgrades: N1 turbos, cams, injectors and management computer.

Short and sweet if you will...

Yes i dont think we need to have all the stats on the model maybe just the car that is in front of them

Dohmar, what I mean by serious contenders is that your club obviously wants to put together a good, interesting Club Display. The individual cars in the display don't all (or any) have to be trophy winners, but it's the overall theme, information for the public and general interest for the public that needs to be in a Club display.

Re undercariage detailing - usually not judged at all in street class, which 99% of the trophies are for. If two cars are absolutely locked on points though, we might use the undercarriage condition and cleanliness, and any detailing if present, as a tiebreaker. Engine bays are a different matter though. Every car at a car show will have its engine bay judged as one of the three basic areas of the car. Even if a car has a stock engine bay, it's better to present it very clean, neat and tidy than to miss out on any points at all. The judging system we use puts a big emphasis on firstly car safety, then car cleanliness and condition. The reason that we do that is first and foremost the cars should still be safe - they might go a lot harder than a standard car, but they should handle and stop at least as well and preferrably better, or at least to be seen to be capable of that by the way they've been modified. Cleanliness and attention to detail also has a lot of points on offer, as this relies more on good planning and hard work than just throwing cash at a car. A really clean and well thought out 'good' car has a fair chance against an averagely cleaned and sloppy in areas 'excellent' car.

Your draft info board is a good start, and yes, the public does like to read about what's in the cars, especially if they own a similar car and/or have similar components used. It could probably do with a few less words and a couple of photos though, eg of parts of the car that are difficult to see while the car is on display - show off a big set of brakes, or a panned shot of the interior, or an action shot of the car on a track - er,, no shots of burnouts on a back street though please :down:

I drafted one earlier which was sort of in between Damo's and Dohmar's, I had only very basic stock specs. ie. 5 Speed, RWD, HICAS, Nissan Black Pearl Metallic etc. But then my modifications listed similar to Damo's (Engine, Suspension, Interior etc)

Good work Damo

Dohmar, what I mean by serious contenders is that your club obviously wants to put together a good, interesting Club Display. The individual cars in the display don't all (or any) have to be trophy winners, but it's the overall theme, information for the public and general interest for the public that needs to be in a Club display.

Re undercariage detailing - usually not judged at all in street class, which 99% of the trophies are for. If two cars are absolutely locked on points though, we might use the undercarriage condition and cleanliness, and any detailing if present, as a tiebreaker. Engine bays are a different matter though. Every car at a car show will have its engine bay judged as one of the three basic areas of the car. Even if a car has a stock engine bay, it's better to present it very clean, neat and tidy than to miss out on any points at all. The judging system we use puts a big emphasis on firstly car safety, then car cleanliness and condition. The reason that we do that is first and foremost the cars should still be safe - they might go a lot harder than a standard car, but they should handle and stop at least as well and preferrably better, or at least to be seen to be capable of that by the way they've been modified. Cleanliness and attention to detail also has a lot of points on offer, as this relies more on good planning and hard work than just throwing cash at a car. A really clean and well thought out 'good' car has a fair chance against an averagely cleaned and sloppy in areas 'excellent' car.

Your draft info board is a good start, and yes, the public does like to read about what's in the cars, especially if they own a similar car and/or have similar components used. It could probably do with a few less words and a couple of photos though, eg of parts of the car that are difficult to see while the car is on display - show off a big set of brakes, or a panned shot of the interior, or an action shot of the car on a track - er,, no shots of burnouts on a back street though please :P

Cheers for the info dangerous :( I guess next time I should get off my butt and clean my pov engine bay haha...

Thanks for the input, and damo your draft template looks awesome, I think if everyone did their own little version of an A3 placard (and yes I'll make mine less verbose :down:) then it'll look quite nice. Would people actually be interested in framed A3 displays or would you just want to get the A3 and put it under the windshield wipers? Personally I'm going for the framed display, as once its purchased all I have to do is swap the posters in the back over. would look good on a picture stand too

-D

haha thanks Troy :down:

well it decided not to relink well enough, photobucket gets weird when you link something, delete it from photobucket then upload a newer version of the same filenam.

so here we go:

Infoboard-1.jpg

For next time we are gonna need to get organized early and come up with a theme that includes props of some sort.

So perhaps around june next year we can start to brainstorm etc..

I think we already have the token black/chocolate/hash brown guy in the group.....

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so ive been trying to figure out why your username is so damn familiar. then after going for a blat with luke in his R this arvo, we both noticed your car.

then i remembered, "oh yeah, he lives on my street."

:)

Hey that's not bad Damo. Just need to keep in mind with the colours and font that it will need to be easy to read in bright sunlight for the oval shows. Also, if it's behind glass, get the non reflective glass frame for it. Have you got a dyno output scan to add to it?

Would people actually be interested in framed A3 displays or would you just want to get the A3 and put it under the windshield wipers?

-D

A separate framed or block mounted display board would be better, placed in front of the car but not obscuring it. If people want to take photos of the car, they don't usually want an info board in the way, or an info sheet on the windscreen.

did the rising sun in Illustrator, and everything else in InDesign.

Yeah the boards will also have to be somewhat disposable, mods change over time.

Anyways, under wraps for now ;)

When doing your "idiot boards" you need to keep in mind the people who are going to be reading them. Acranyms are great but the average punter isn't going to know what HICAS is and will probably struggle with a lot of the others as well. Keep it simple and people will stop and read it. Make it confusing and they will walk off after the first line or two.

When doing your "idiot boards" you need to keep in mind the people who are going to be reading them. Acranyms are great but the average punter isn't going to know what HICAS is and will probably struggle with a lot of the others as well. Keep it simple and people will stop and read it. Make it confusing and they will walk off after the first line or two.

Good point

-D

yes but you do have to find the middle between your average punter and someone who knows a bit about cars. Even your more experieced punters wont know what turbo you have hiding under a heatshield or if your running 264 cams or not :D

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