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myPlates JDM number plate now available

Posted on 26 June, 2016 by Justin Fox

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The JDM Plates I consulted on and designed with myPlates.com.au are finally available for all Sydney Japanese car enthusiasts to purchase!!!!!!!!

More info: https://www.myplates.com.au/?utm_source=MC-forum&utm_medium=JDM-plates&utm_campaign=JDM-launch-16#/home

PS: Japanese translation: “Nihon no kokunai ichiba” – a fancy way of saying “JDM”!

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JDM Style Plates for myPlates.com.au

Posted on 10 April, 2015 by Justin Fox

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A little while back myPlates asked me to design some JDM inspired plate designs. These are the results, and most of the community is voting for design “B” which makes me happy as that’s the plate design I wanted passed.

I’ve had a few die-hard JDM fans critique the design though, suggesting it needs to be EXACTLY like plates in Japan in order for it to work. What these guys don’t realise is that I’ve had to work within very strict confines. IE: I can’t just print anywhere on a plate. There’s a strict grid of where content can go, where the numbers and letter have to go, etc. I also can’t use the Japanese font for letters and numbers as the letters and numbers on all plates in NSW have to pass number recognition technology (speed cameras and the like). Having said all that, with the huge amount of people voting for design “B” I’m sure I can push a little to have it as close as possible to the Japanese plate design. We’ll see!

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Myplates x JDMST EOYM

Posted on 4 December, 2014 by Justin Fox

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“It’s A Trap!”

Posted on 14 February, 2019 by Justin Fox

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I love News Corp! Said no one ever.

Something doesn’t smell right… Previous posts on the subject: http://www.justinfox.com.au/?s=myplates

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NFSZEN – It’s a wrap!

Posted on 19 December, 2015 by Justin Fox


It’s a wrap!!!

Enjoy this wrap up video Ved and I finished last night. It’s a bit of a compilation of process clips of the car being made. Look out for a huge case study soon!

Massive thanks to EA Games for approaching us with the concept, to Ved from Selectnine who has been my wingman on this entire project; and to all of the following guys who helped out on the build: JDMyard, fifteen52, Autotechnik, Heasman Steering, JDM Concept, Designer Wraps, Bodyform, Concept Garage, Toyo Tyres, myPlates.com.au, Hypertune, Arise Auto.

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NFSZEN

Posted on 17 November, 2015 by Justin Fox

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NFSZEN

From game to reality! Thanks to myPlates.com.au for making this happen!

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JDM them all!

Posted on 26 April, 2015 by Justin Fox

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At myplates HQ. Shit is getting real!

Pushing JDM culture since 2005!!! Pretty happy that myplates have approved the development of Japanese style plates for NSW! I’ve got to work with crazy constraints due to plate recognition technology, so the end product won’t be exactly like a real Japanese plate, but hey! I still think it’s a win!

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JDMST EOYM

Posted on 1 December, 2014 by Justin Fox

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Inception! Berty shooting Scotty shooting Sarah!

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Berty and Scotty (with an a7S even!) at work.

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Love how the Zen Stand lit up tonight!

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A shot from Mitch’s drone. I counted over 1000 cars, easy!

It’s 1.17AM and I’m still up, surging, maybe because I had one too many coffees at Brewristas earlier today with Alain as well as Pauline and Mark from Red Lantern Restaurants (I’m usually a one coffee a day guy). Or maybe it’s because the rain held off at the JDMST EOYM tonight and my gamble to go with my gut paid off with over 1000 cars coming out to play!

The forecast a week out was thunderstorms for Monday night. Earlier today BOM had issued a severe weather warning. 70% chance of rain out West became 80% later in the day. My phone was going CRAZY with SMS messages and messenger messages asking if the meet was going ahead or not. I also had some suggestions to postpone the meet, some suggestions came from really level headed people too, which I admit, started to sway me from listening to my gut. But hey, I’m the luckiest guy alive and my gut said it wasn’t going to rain, and too right, it didn’t rain! Not a single drop!!!

What an awesome meet. All the doubters missed out (as usual), so too all those who complained about the meet being held on a Monday night (seriously, it’s not a rave, or pub crawl?! Not like you’d be late for work the next day, or hung over?! It’s just 3hrs in a car park!!! I can’t see the difference between going to a car meet, or, say… dinner out?!). JDMST EOMM’s are back, baby! Here’s to a meet a month in 2015!!!

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My 2nd Mazda MX-5 NA8C Roadster

Posted on 6 July, 2013 by Justin Fox


Got lucky with plates AGAIN!

Those that know me know that I praise the MX-5 a LOT. I often miss my old NA8C Clubman which I sold back in 2006 and have always planned to be back in one at some point in time (THE car that taught me how to drive!).

I’ve been hunting down both 911’s and an NA8C furiously (on carsales daily) for the past year. I’ve low balled a lot of NA owners lately and have come close to buying a few (in most cases I was only $500-1000 off asking price).

2 nights ago I low balled a guy pretty hard. I almost got him, but he said he’d like to sleep on my offer. That night, in excitement, I got on myplates and punched in “NA8C” (the chassis code). Amazingly it was available so I took it.

Later this morning I’ll close the deal on an NA8C which I tried to buy last year (but my offer was too low). Looking forward to driving the new car to work later today!

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