And in 360!

The Need for Speed x Zen Garage S15 Build Project hasn’t officially kicked off yet (kicks off next week!) but I’ve already got a few people to thank!

The budget is tight, timeframe is damn short too (4 weeks!), but the support is there and I’ve been overwhelmed by how many local businesses want in to help out on this build!

Many thanks to Ved at Selectnine for being my wingman on this project. To Pete at Hypertune for stopping all work and letting us film in their amazing workshop. To Zi, Yonas, David, Adam and Kiet at JDMyard for all the advice and parts, to Chris for staying up late after hours to work on the car at Heasman Steering, to Budi at Autotechnik Tuning for wheels, to Leo at JDM Concept for parts, to Toyo Tyres for tyres and to Chern at RWB Australia for wheels too.

Cant wait to get started!!!

It’s time to get to work!!!

Picked up a couple of PS4’s and 2 copies of Need for Speed yesterday. We’re on it, winning as much cash and rep points as we can in order to buy the S15 in the game, then unlock all the body kits for our NFS x ZEN S15 project.

This is actually work. We’re still pinching ourselves!!!

Drove the Need for Speed x Zen Garage S15 home from EOMM last night.

She’s mine!

Engine feels strong and car feels super solid. The tiny Nardi doesn’t feel right so we’ll most likely swap that out. There’s only one little annoying rattle inside the cabin coming from the light in the headliner, pretty impressive considering the age of the car. Car is in desperate need of a wheel alignment though, and it’s slammed too, so we’ll raise it up a little ASAP.

The above shots are screen grabs from a short video Ved is putting together of the car at EOMM​ last night. The build kicks off soon! Stay tuned for updates!

Yesterday I spent the day at Hypertune who kindly loaned us (Zen and EA Games) their sexy workshop to film an intro movie for the Need for Speed x Zen Garage S15 Build.

I’m not too bad with speaking to a person on camera, but speaking directly to a camera screwed me over and I kept stuffing up my lines! I had Zen Racer Adam Burgess on hand to help out with the speaking parts though, he saved the day!

EA brought a copy of the game along, a US version fresh in plastic wrapping! We opened it, shoved it in the PlayStation. We made a bee-line through to the stickers to see if the Zen logos are in the final game, and fuck yeah! They’re in the game! So pumped. So psyched!

The NFSZEN S15 will make an appearance at tonight’s EOMM, from there I’ll be driving it home. The project doesn’t officially kick off until next month, but for us, it starts now!

Photos by Selectnine (have so many more I want to post but will refrain for now in case I get into trouble!).

Collab Heaven.

I’ve been pinching myself a fair bit lately. Being paid to build a car, not just for anyone… but for Need for Speed. For reals?! Yup, for reals!!!

It’s going to be an intense project that will span the next 5 weeks. I’m sure we’ll run into issues along the way but with the support of the amazing crew I will have involved in this build I’m 100% sure we’re going to kill it and have heaps of fun in the process.

It’s all happening! World Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) was awesome last weekend (it was a blur to be honest!). I felt post WTAC depression on the Sunday and Monday, but Tuesday had me in a spin as EA Games dropped me a line to confirm action on a project for Need for Speed!

As of yesterday, it’s all go! Zen Garage has been given the go ahead to build an S15 for Need for Speed! Pinching myself. Is this real life?!

The hunt for a clean body (stock if possible) S15 start today! Updates as they come!