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ZEN EOMM April Video

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ZEN EOMM

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Stella gifted me an anthurium!

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And Nick and Mason brought me back a BNR32 from their China trip (that’s the 2nd I’ve gotten in a week as Khoa gifted me a Kyosho one last week!).

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Hobby Zen Life x LB.

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Calsonic! The inspiration behind my own R32 build.

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Cardo’s GT-R.

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Lambo Killer.

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And Paul gifted me my 3rd BNR32 in the space of 2 weeks! What’s going on?!

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Paul’s Vette.

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DJ Stella X Puppy.

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Untamed.

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Dave, an old musician mate of mine just happened to be in traffic outside, saw the ZEN sign, and Cardo’s GT-R (thinking it was mine) and he though he’d drop in!

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Nick, Mason and one very clean DC2R.

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The Hobby Zen Life track.

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We rallied whoever was left over for a group shot. Great vibes, great people!

Such a rad ZEN EOMM today. Super chill and very reminiscent of the ZEN Saturdaze we used to host at 12-4PM every Saturday at our old Leichhardt store.

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BTS: Easter Sunday shoot with a Nismo R32 GT-R at Road and Track

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The real deal.

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We Produced With Spartan Air. Original wheels, but what’s even more whack, they’re the original tyres from new!

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Coffee table, complete with GT-R coffee table book.

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Curt at Work.

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This looks fun.

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Atom.

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Beers and a burger at High & Dry.

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Paradise found.

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A dirty gin at Archie Rose.

Our Melbourne based ZEN Photographer Curt is in town, and so too my car spotting cousin Anthony. Being Easter Weekend there wasn’t much going on but last minute I thought I’d try to get in touch with Road and Track, a showroom which is directly across the road from my place.

I’ve lived in Rosebery for 2 years now and I’ve spotted many amazing exotics in the area, all of which lead to Road and Track (test drives I assume!). The showroom always has some amazing cars on display, but it’s never open (appointment only), and they’re also closed on Sundays, so getting both Curt and Anthony in to shoot on Easter Sunday was going to be nigh impossible, but hey… the universe has been providing for me lately so I thought, why not, right?!

I sent an email using the online contact form on the Road and Track web site which explained what ZEN was about and that I had Curt and Anthony with me this Easter Sunday, and surprise surprise! I got an email back from Ross who was more than happy to let us in on Sunday!

Turns out Ross has been importing Japanese cars since the late 90’s, and he thought we’d be interested in shooting a very clean (understatement!) original Nismo R32 GT-R with only 800km’s on the clock rocking original tyres from new! Sounded too good to be true, but when we saw it, we became believers.

Day made! Enjoy these Behind The Scenes shots I took, and look out for a future feature with Curt and Anthony’s shots from the day.

Much thanks to Ross, sincerely, for letting us in. For more information on Road and Track; visit: www.roadandtrack.com.au

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Hangs with Khoa of Hobby Zen Life

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RB26 ZEN GT-R update

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The GT-R Gods are looking down on me.

I got a message today from Chris Grech of CGR who is restoring my GT-R:

“So some cool insight on the R32 GT-R factory Nissan paint.

The paint we use at BMW and the paint company I’ll be using in the RB26 restoration is a German company called Glasurit.

Was speaking with a Galsurit rep today about the build. He sent me this thread on the GTR registry website: https://gtr-registry.com/en-bnr32-vin-table.php

They were done in Glasurit 55 line system from Nissan which is the exact system I’ll be using.

Pretty cool”.

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It’s hip to be square

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ZEN CC Cycling Jersey is now live in our online store!

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Race fit, size up for a looser fit or size down for +10Watts. Created in collaboration with Australian cycling apparel group, Caffeine & Cranks. Also great for forklift operation.

Extremely limited stock! SHOP: https://store.zengarage.com.au/products/zen-cc-cycling-jersey

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ZEN EOMM

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ZEN EOMM FORTUNE GANG HANGS was AWESOME! Massive thanks to all who came along. What a night!

All photos by David Song.

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ZEN Jerseys are here!

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Thanks to Caffeine & Cranks who have been awesome from start to end.

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ZEN EOMM FORTUNE GANG HANGS

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Having too much fun!

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