Category Archives: Zen Garage

Business… it’s WAR!

Posted on 5 March, 2013 by Justin Fox

Was a cold wet day and we all happened to be wearing our illest stay dry hoodies! Our weekly business meetings with Narada have really been helping us progress over the past few weeks.

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Zen Cavas Bags

Posted on 26 February, 2013 by Justin Fox

New Zen bags. My inspiration? High school! Yup I rocked one back in the day. I graffitied all over my one with textas, had some button badges on it too :) Find them in the shop: http://zengarage.com.au/shop

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ALL STARS Australia Day Show n’ Shine

Posted on 28 January, 2013 by Justin Fox


Our ALL STARS Australia Day Show n’ Shine Bikini Car Wash was a massive hit! We had Scott Mitchell put together this amazing video. Be sure to check out the photos from the day too at ALL STARS.

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Popped my 911 cherry

Posted on 25 January, 2013 by Justin Fox


Grinning from ear to ear!

I jumped up and down when I saw Sam’s 911 in our driveway today @ Zen. He’d driven straight from QLD for tomorrows ALL STARS Australia Day show. After perving on it for a good bit he let me sit in it (whoo hoo!). The steering wheel is so close to the dash, which was loaded with cool analog gauges, all in German! I clutched in and surprisingly the gear throw wasn’t anywhere as vague as I thought it would be. Next I had to check out the pedal placement, and yup, it was super strange with the brake pedal being to your left, a big gap where the accelerator would be, and no deal pedal so you rest your left foot at the base of the centre console. I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the car, turns out he’d modified the door pulls so that when you pull it, the door opens. Very nice touch.

I appreciated the lines from the outside some more, all the while letting Sam know my intentions to buy one. He then asked if I’d like to take it for a spin!!! Seriously. Zi told me that one must never drive another mans 911 but how could I refuse? The driving position was spot on, the non-power steering wasn’t at all heavy and the clutch was friendly too (yet still had plenty of feel). A few corners in I’d realised how pathetically light the steering in my EVO was. Just going through a small s-bend I could feel how the would just urge you to go through corners faster and faster. I stop at the lights and look at the commodore next to me, it’s way up high in the sky which reminded me of being in my tiny, and low MX-5 a lot, expect that this car had a massive lumpy rumble coming from the rear. The girls crossing the lights gave us a nice smile too. :)

1st gear has heaps of punch. It’s actually quite violent. 2nd is much more linear though. The car feels small. You can use the drivers side frog headlamp as a gauge of where the front of the car is, vision out the rear was pretty bad though (lots of glare).

By the end of the drive I still hadn’t gotten used to the pedal placement but I’m sure it’s something I could get used to very quickly. So… I’m sold. 100% sold. Funny thing is that there’s a couple of people after my EVO, one of which just messaged an hour ago. I had all intentions to get one when I turn 40, but it might come a couple of years earlier! We’ll see.

PS: I’d totally forgotten that I had driven Howie’s 997 911 a few years back. Amazing car, so much power and response but completely disconnected in comparison to this car I drove today. I now understand why there’s so much love and respect for the classic aircooled 911’s.

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ADGP Media Day

Posted on 24 January, 2013 by Justin Fox


Loving the new branding of Eastern Creek (now Sydney Motorsport Park). Today Sergio and I were invited to the ADGP Media Day where we got to meet some of the drifters, check out their rides and better yet get some passenger rides on the new south circuit!


Courtney doing her thing (in this shot interviewing American driver Matt Powers).


Andrew Hawkins’ car always has new bits on it every time I see it.


Branding on the wing? Love it!


Drivers introduction. The 3 Fingers Neat guys – Scott and Jabbit, Beau Yates and Matt Powers.


Yates’ car with all new livery.


Jabbit’s car.


It had cameras all over it.


Scotts car.


Once we were done with greetings we were out on the new south circuit.


Bump! A little impatient to get out there and drift.


Scotty Mitchell was the first out.


I got in soon after.


Off we go!


Post lap – so giddy. Jabbit was awesome.


Scott, working up a sweat.


Courtney does a great job of avoiding snaps!


This truck loaded with drift cars rolled in straight from WA. Driver was such a character.


McLaren rolled up to from the track day happening on the main circuit (pretty sure it was a burrows day).


We then got to scope out our ALL STARS Show n’ Shine space for our event on Australia Day this weekend. It’s awesome. Basically that entire hill leading up to the toilet block at the top.


From the top looking down.


DB9, so long.


458, so nice.


What a spot! The new Ferrari FF.


I love it.


So nice.


Andy’s Nur Spec. We then dropped in to Meguiars to pick up car wash stuff for the Bikini Car Wash we’re hosting on the weekend. Love Meguiars products, have been using their stuff on my cars for years now. Addicted to how nice it all smells!


Spotted this at Meguiars HQ. Microfibre Cloth washing, so cute haha.


Goodies ready! Now we need to go out and buy a long hose!

Had a big day out today at Eastern Creek. Got a passenger ride in a drift car, man if you’ve not experienced it you’re missing out! Reminds me of the very first time I felt what a rollercoaster ride felt like… nuts!

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Video interview with Sergio

Posted on 23 January, 2013 by Justin Fox


I hate being in front of the camera, great thing then that I have Sergio, who’s laps up e-fame. :)

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My interview with Carey Ciuro

Posted on 22 January, 2013 by Justin Fox

carey
Photo by Carey Ciuro.

I’ve just interviewed Carey Ciuro (A.K.A Shiri) for Zen Garage. Been a fan of his photography for a while now. We talk about his falling out of the car scene, his new focus on photography and his curious love for Japan. Check it out: http://zengarage.com.au/2013/01/carey-ciuro/

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ALL STARS Tattoo

Posted on 16 January, 2013 by Justin Fox


For reals?!

Some guys are just nuts. For jokes, this guy tattooed the ALL STARS logo freehand on a mate’s leg at home, ghetto styles… so bad but so damn good!

PS: I’ve just launched the new ALL STARS web site. Have used the same theme as Zen Garage. Will be making more tweaks to it as I go along (the best way to mod!). Visit: http://sydneyallstars.com

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New Zen fitout

Posted on 16 January, 2013 by Justin Fox


Photo by A.L Photography.

We’ve been working on the new shop over the past few days. Floor has been painted battleship grey and we have some of our new shop fit-out in place. The shop now takes up the entire length of the warehouse (a lot bigger than before). We’ve got heaps more to do, it’ll look amazing when it’s done!

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Streetkarnage invade Zen Garage

Posted on 12 January, 2013 by Justin Fox

The cool cats from Streetkarnage crew (all the way from Queensland) invade Zen Garage. Be sure to check out their full feature for more pictures and words: http://streetkarnage.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/zen-garage-sk-invades.html

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