Author Archives: Justin Fox

Road to WTAC – Test Day at Sydney Motorsport Park

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What a beast.

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Owner Steve Ka, and driver Dean Lillie.

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Ved setting up a plethora of GoPro cameras.

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Can’t quite spot it in this shot, but that’s Ved shooting the GT-R leaving the garage with his GoPro in a gimble (can’t wait to see the footage!).

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Mitch from Haltech was there all day to work on the GT-R.

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Loved watching the Powertune team run this car today, they’re pro!

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In case celebrations… but in reality the guys were plagued by fuel delivery issues and didn’t manage to get a solid lap in at all despite trying their best to solve the issue (which was unfortunately only identified after the last session!).

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Steve’s GT-R shared a garage with this beauty.

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In a garage a little further down were the Toyo guys! FAMILIA!

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They were testing the new R888R vs. the older R888 on this gorgeous (and damn loud!) Capella!

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As expected, the new R888R is faster than the old R888. I’ll hopefully be able to post those results in a separate feature on Zen soon!

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And a little further down again were my mates at JDMyard with their new look Honda EG Civic which has never ever been so badass.

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Driver Adam Casmiri getting strapped in.

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Wild!

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Not sure if wing is big enough.

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My fave shot of the day! I had to sprint to get up onto the rooftop quick enough to grab this shot!

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This R32 GT-R is off it’s tits.

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Magnificent.

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Insight S2K.

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Andrew Hawkins from Motive DVD covering the Tilton EVO.

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Voltex are here!

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Ridiculous, right?!

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V-Sport 86.

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Minidisc EVO and Nik Kalis’ EVO in the same garage.

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JEM’s got one smooth looking R32 GT-R.

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Diversity is key.

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Loved spending a little one on one time with this classic (shame the rest of my shots of it didn’t turn out great though!).

Spent the day with Ved from Selectnine out at Sydney Motorsport Park yesterday (Ved was filming the Powertune R34 GT-R which won last year).

Was a great day out made especially special by a few World Time Attack Challenge cars in attendance. I was mostly just soaking up the atmosphere (the smells and sounds gahhhh), but I did rattle off a few shots. Can’t say I’m happy with many of them, but I love the one of the JDMyard EG Civic entering it’s garage from above.

Enjoy the shots, be sure to do whatever it takes to get your ass to World Time Attack this year, it’s going to be insane (we will be there with the Zen Stand of-course!).

Visit: http://www.worldtimeattack.com

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Belfield on Botany

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Finally got to drop past Mike’s new Burger & Hip Hop Joint Belfield on Botany earlier today to try out their cheeseburger, and it didn’t disappoint! Love the shop, the feel, the vibe, the crew and the location too as it’s just 10 minutes away from my place!

Mike runs PlusSixOne, a label which we used to stock at Zen Garage. He’s outdone himself with Belfield, such an awesome job!

PS: The burger sat in my tummy so nice. Gotta love clean food (I didn’t suffer from a food coma post meal).

Belfield on Botany: https://www.facebook.com/belfieldonbotany

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Poppin’ bottles with models

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#bollinger

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Fluval Edge 2 – Redline Cleaner Shrimp

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Hey little guy!

I’ve finally pulled the trigger on a Redline Cleaner Shrimp! These guys are VERY expensive for us in Australia (cheap for everyone in the US). I’ve wanted one for years, but back then they were hard to come by and fetched crazy prices. Even now I’ve seen them for sale at $160, $150 most of the time. Adam, the guy I buy my natural sea water off (he delivers!) put one up on his facebook page for $100 and now he’s mine!

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To Macro or not to Macro

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I’ve had a taste and I like it! I took this shot with the a7S fitted with a cheap plastic eBay macro ‘reverse ring’. I’ll begin my search for a proper macro lens soon.

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She’s back!

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Jess loading her film up.

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Hot Stance.

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Hey little guy!

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OMG can I keep him?!

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Digging my body warmth.

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It’s snake season.

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Sea urchins.

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Anemone.

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My catches for the Nuvo 16!

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Jess has been shooting a LOT! Her photos are awesome!

Jess is back in town! We caught up yesterday. Smashed a bagel from Brooklyn Boy Bagels then we did a walk around Botany Bay. Full Set of Photos here: http://www.justinfoxphoto.com/stories#/rockpooling/

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JBJ 20 Frag Tank – Kessil 160WE Tuna Blue

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I had a few really awesome options in regards to what light to run on my frag tank. The best performing light would have been a Nano Box Duo from the US, but I’m a fussy guy and I really wasn’t so sure I wanted that look. Ultrabright, the guys (also in the US) who make my current custom LED unit on the Fluval Edge 2 tank offered to send me out a new upgraded light they’re working on but I had to wait a while to even see the design of the light. And then there’s the Kessil which I really like the look of (I have a thing for spotlights!).

The Age of Aquariums (an online retailer) had 15% store wide so I made the purchase, only to find out they’re out of stock and it would be 2-3 weeks before the light gets to me. I dropped in the Aquaristic today and they had one in stock but had no goosenecks (the clamp I need to attach it to the tank!) in stock! Grrr! The guys were super helpful but and they’ve lent me one of their own gooseneck clamps to use in the meantime until they come back in stock! Legends!

I’ve installed the light and the shimmer is SO intense it’s bouncing off the walls and ceiling too… I’m not sure I’m going to be able to handle it! I’ve only got it on 50% power too! LOVE the ability to just turn the big metal knobs to adjust colour and intensity. They feel like good quality and have a nice solid movement to them. Very happy! Sitting here on the couch and seeing all 3 tanks from the one spot I think the Kessil wins for a certain quality and depth to how it lights up the water.

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Import Bible

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Cause I’m VIP YO!

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All The Goodies!

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Their stickers are so awesome.

I’ve been internet friends with David of Import Bible for years now and we’ve both mutually supported each others ventures. He’s always had a great product. Super slick, super refined.

Visit: https://importbible.com/shop

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Ved Videographer

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Hung out with Ved last Wednesday who was shooting a video for a client. So awesome to see him work his gear.

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He’s also shot footage of my fish tank! Sliders and all! I can’t wait to see the end result!

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Nuvo 16 – OMFG, not another tank?!

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I saw this advertisement for a complete Nuvo 16 aquarium setup on Facebook about 3 weeks ago and low balled the guy $500. He didn’t reply for some time, but eventually he did and said no, which was fine as I really don’t think I need another tank!!!

He then reduced the price to $650 for the lot about a week or so ago, bargain! I messaged him again to say my offer at $500 still stands. Another week went by and yesterday he got in touch with me and said I could have it for $500 so I dropped everything on the spot and picked it up (with help from Krysti! Cheers big ears!).

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I put the tank downstairs in my man cave, but then I thought back to a time when I had a 4ft tank in my man cave and honestly… I really didn’t look at it much whilst I was working down there, and changing water would be annoying as I’d have to go up and down the stairs, so I thought I’d set this tank up in the lounge room.

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Tank in situ.

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The deal came with lights, heater, ghost skimmer, spin stream nozzles and this sexy little reactor.

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Also upgraded media baskets on both sides.

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And a brand new bag of live sand. Nice!

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Sand and natural sea water went in last night, this morning this is how she looked (bag instructions said not to rinse!). I had floss in the media chambers but damn this stuff is dusty!!!

Yeahhhhhh I bought ANOTHER tank! Fuck! I’d actually been eyeing a Nuvo 16 on eBay for some time. They’re an older version now, so there’s a local warehouse selling the tank only for $180 on clearance, then this deal came along and I couldn’t refuse!

I definitely don’t do things by halves, huh?!

The loose plan for this tank was a rockpool intertidal zone biotope. IE: Everything that goes in it has to be collected from local rock pools around my area. How it’s going to be scaped I have no idea. The seller did give me a big bucket of live rock and I have a lot of dead rock left over too but I’ll hold off on using the rock for now.

PS: I’ve caught 2 of the larger ghost shrimp from the display tank (by hand too those cheeky buggers aren’t afraid of me at all!) and threw them into this Nuvo 16 this morning, both doing fine!

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