Royal Origin

Young Money

Ngu Ass — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:00:17 +0000

The other night, I went out to get my car’s transmission fluid swapped by Young. His workplace looked like an awesome place to shoot, so I got him to bring out his car for a little shoot while he worked on my car.

Under major construction…

Bringing the beauty in.

The back view of rim tucking.

Daily driven, no air bags, no second car; just tucked all day.

Lexus all day.

It really doesn’t take much to make a clean car. Slam it and put on some wheels. DONE.

Veteran in the Marines and in slammed rides.

Favorite shot of the night.

Thanks Young for helping me out with my SC! More photos in the gallery.

-NGU ASS

Heather Truong for Royal Origin

Ngu Ass — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:15:49 +0000

Sweat ran down my fingers as I gripped a hold of my Mark 2. Today would be my first time ever shooting a live model without someone guiding me. It was nerve-racking, waiting to meet up with her, like going on a first date without the dinner and movie. We still had to get to know each other and see what kind of style of photography we are comfortable with. As the photographer, I quickly had to learn what to focus on in the model. I was afraid that I would not be able to recognize and highlight the features that bring out the beauty in her. My first model shoot was with Heather Truong. I met her a couple of years ago through mutual friends and one of the many cool things about Heather is that she is genuinely into cars. We talked a bit over the internet and she was down for a shoot. Decided to meet at Tastea and talk about what we were going to do. While we were there, I spotted Polo’s NSX from IMKING.

We decided to go to Old Town Orange. This area has a serene and peaceful setting. A great background combined with a cute model should make for some pretty awesome photos.

Heather is a fashionista; she had a couple of outfits for us to use in the photo shoot. I thought her current outfit was good enough, but she insisted on changing into something else.

Showing off some of her tats and style.

Epic alley.

One of the model looks, pretending to look at something when you’re not. It makes a cool photo.

Smile!

Just chillin with some flowers.

Heather has cool eyes.

Here are some photos that I just did random things to.

Rooftop chillin, we were both afraid of heights so this shot didn’t last long.

Real quick snap of a couple in the park that I thought was cool.

Shooting with Heather was fun and a great experience. She is down-to-earth, which made it easy for me to shoot her. Watch out for her in future shoots with us! Thanks Heather for letting me shoot you. Hope you enjoy the photos!

-NGU ASS

Sunday Fun

Ngu Ass — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:00:11 +0000

Just another Sunday with the friends before the work week. Cruised around with goodfeeling in the morning and ran some errands with them.

Big Vinh and Ky from goodfeeling.

That camber!

Working on Ky’s wheels.

Spotted this in downtown Santa Ana. Pretty boss!

So much detail, it was unreal.

Hit some construction while cruising around. Ky aired up hahaha!

Met up with the crew to do some rollers before Nimo sold the Accord.

Nimo rocking two different sets because one tire in the rear on the NUEs were old and needed to replaced. So, staggered set till then.

Vinhnumber!

Yoshi!

My SC400 edited by father Jeff Payuan.

Neel Nana, what’s his name?

All black everything.

Please excuse me as I whore out my SC real quick.

Yoshi’s car enjoying the evening.

-NGUASS

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Shavi W. — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:36:45 +0000

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The First Wash

Ngu Ass — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:00:04 +0000

That feeling of doing something for the first time with your car is something special. A bond was created with this first wash and will be the start of many memories together. David loves treating his babies right, always giving his cars that special treatment, whether it involves car washes or getting the cars an endless amount of air fresheners.

Car actually didn’t look dirty…he wanted to give it a wash anyway.

Let it air dry.

The only person I know who would pay for 15 minutes worth of the air drying machine and only use 5 minutes of it.

Afterwards, we went to our kick it spot at Tastea for some refreshing dranks. We had put some stickers around the area, but it looks like someone ripped them off.

David has some big plans for the CRZ. Watch out for the changes throughout 2012.

-NGU ASS

Whiskey Devil

Ngu Ass — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:00:43 +0000

I really don’t know that many people who are as down as this guy right here. Just give him a little whiskey and the next thing you know, he’ll be driving his car into a baseball field. Introducing my friend Brandon, the “Whiskey Devil” from Factory and his black onyx IS300.

Brandon drives a black onyx IS300 with white Work Emotion 11r’s. He dailies it to school, work, and the mountains. That’s right, this fitted IS300 takes on Glendora Mountain Road aka GMR on the weekends.Back when Brandon and I first started modding our IS300s, we were lurking a lot on the forums. One of our favorite IS300′s was AJ’s from Risky Devil. Our group of friends would joke around and call him the “whiskey devil” since he loves alcohol and the Risky Devil crew so much.

If you’re loving the way the wheels look and want a set, Brandon is planning to sell them soon. Just look out for the posting on Zilvia.This grille might look familiar; It’s the same grille I had on my IS300 for The Anniversary. Brandon was kind enough to let me borrow it for the weekend.Driving off the field on a sidewalk. No big deal.Probably wondering how we got on the baseball field, this is how…. NGU ASS WAYS.

Went to another location at the park for some more shots. Tried a different style of editing for this one.LED tail lights and inner tail lights…making sure you see THAT ASS at night.I just love the face of the IS300 when done correctly.WORK 11Rs!Fitment shot. Love seeing colorful wheels with stretched tires, you can see the stretch on both sides of the wheel when viewing from behind the car.Epic. Like a unicorn in an enchanted forest.More photos in the gallery. PEEP IT.

-NGU ASS

Kids Being Kids

Alex Yoshioka — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:00:01 +0000

This past Thursday, I got a tip from a friend that Mr. Chris Foreman just got new wheels for his Z. After class, I rushed over to Ladera Ranch to see these bad boys in person for the first time. When we arrived, Chris had already begun to adjust his car to fit his impossibly wide setup. Full feature soon when his car is cleaned up and dialed in.

It was the day of the monthly Thursday night Euro meet down at the Laguna Hills Mall, so Chris was anxiously getting everything ready for the meet.

While Chris was getting his car all situated, Jon decided to test-fit his old Varrstoens on the Subie.

No fucks were given here.

Staggered set? As long as it looks cool, right?

Custom-made straight pipe. If you think that’s crazy, most of his support braces and subframe bolts are shaven down to a point where the bolt itself can no longer be taken out. Luckily, his oil pan sits high up and tucked 1 inch above the front subframe.

Colby and I, parked.

Derek stopped by to hang out before the meet. He recently got a feature on Hellaflush with his STI. Those NUE’s do flow well with this car.

Somewhat fitted, and drivable for the time being.

I seriously give mad props to Chris for being as young as he is. He managed to do all of his body work, suspension, and everything else on his car by himself. For only being 17 and turning 18 in May, it’s extremely rare to see kids be able to do anything as crazy as this.

After arriving at the Euro meet, we grabbed some food at In-N-Out. Once we got back from eating, the man himself Michael Burroughs brought out the E9 to its first meet here in Southern California. Finally got to see the infamous E9 in person and finally meet the man of the hour. Cody, whom I haven’t seen for almost a year, dropped by as well. I wish I got a better shot of it.

The following night, we all went to Young’s workplace to get some work done on our cars. Kentaro just got his Borbet’s back from polishing, and they turned out flawless.

Young doing work. Mounting those tires with a shitty tire mount machine. It was a complete mission to get those mounted on there.

June’s IS300 is now back and looks cleaner than ever before.

Kentaro mounting up the wheels, while Chris polishes up those fat lips.

Here is the end result. The fully polished Borbet Type A’s came out really nice. His car is coming along very nicely.

In the end, it was all in good fun. When are we ever able to work on our cars and have access to all of these tools and lifts late at night? We are very fortunate to have Young let us come to his workplace to work on our cars and hang out. For now, I’m going to leave it at this. Thanks for looking, and more to come with Chris Foreman’s new setup real soon. And for those who are wondering about the wheels/specs, I will disclose them in the future.

~ Alex Yoshioka

Unusual Underground

Shavi W. — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:20 +0000

Welcome to the GG Underground, a place for Royal Origin and friends to go to when we want to relax after enjoying a day with each other, and just want to shoot some cars to end the night. We met up with Chris Foreman and his friends from Ladera Ranch, and Jomar and Josh from Temecula/Murrieta at our favorite place, Tastea, before heading to our late night spot. Check out my video below and our pictures from that night.

CRZ surprisingly had enough room in the trunk for two people to play cards in it.

HOLLY LEE IN THE TRUNK. Jimmy and Neel are serious about being passengers.Infamous Element in the Tastea plaza. Kentaro and his new wheels.

Filmed & Edited By: Shavi W.
Instagram @ShaviW

Chris Foreman’s Nissan 350z. It’s all static with 19-inch Varrstoens.

Keychain’s Honda Accord. I swear this car is always clean when we hang out.Did a quick shoot with Holly on Keith’s car. Holly was ready to make Keith’s car look dirty, if you know what I mean…

Keith and Kentaro.Hoodratstuff.

Jomar’s 240. Pretty damn low.

Jimmy and Minh. Equip brothers.

You already know, Neel Nana.

Alex Yoshioka’s E36. I miss when it tucked wheel in the rear. Hope to see that again in the near future.

Photos By: Jeff Payuan and Minh Nguyen

Instagram @JeffKumo @Minh_RoyalOrigin

-Shavi W.

Thank You Lauren!

Jimmy — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:11:46 +0000

Hey guys! Let me start off by introducing myself. I am Jimmy Lieu, and I drive the black 8thgen Civic Coupe! I recently shot my friend Lauren’s EJ8 coupe because SHE planned on raising her car, after commuting to school with it looking like this for a few years. As you are reading this, she has already raised the car up and put stock hubcaps back on. I just had to share this with you guys because it has barely gotten any recognition, and of all people, I think Lauren deserves it. She has helped me and a couple of members of Royal Origin get our cars to where it is now by getting us the parts we needed! Thanks Lauren!

Sitting nice and low on Function Form Type 1 Coilovers.

Lauren swapped out her taillights to the 99′ tails for a cleaner look without the ambers.

Telling everyone behind to PlzWait as she angles over the obstacles of daily driving.

Retrofitted headlights with Morimoto Mini Projectors w/ e46 shrouds. Classy.

Hard to see, but she also has Blox Lower Control Arms.

Lauren herself.

Well, that wraps up my first post! I hope you guys enjoyed it and thanks for looking!

Formula Drift: Long Beach 2012

Ngu Ass — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:37 +0000

Finally, the Formula Drift season was here! I was getting bored of going to car meets and shows, seeing the same thing over and over. I really wanted to do some motor sports kind of photography. This year, there were many new sights at FD, such as the Scion FRS that Ken Gushi drove, and Daigo Saito from D1GP competed and brought his Lexus SC430 mated with 3.4 liter Brian Crower stroker 2JZ-GTE. There was an in-car video on youtube of Daigo driving it on practice day and it sounded insane. Got me super excited to witness the monster in action. As soon as I arrived at the parking structure, I could smell the burning rubber and hear the screech of tires drifting. It got me giddier than a high school girl who just got asked to the prom.

Saw the Megan-racing AE86 on the way to the entrance.

A lot of cool cars were displayed at the vendor area. Here is an EVO on some CE28s.

RPF1 for days. My favorite…

Walker’s S13 at the Falken Booth. Sadly, he didn’t qualify. I was really hoping to see him in action with his new LS7.

Spotted the cutie Abbit doing work.

John Zhang doing Zhang thangs.

It’s always funny to see people taking the trashed tires.

Ken Gushi signing autographs.

Ken Gushi’s Scion FRS, already taking a beating from the intense Long Beach track.

Shavi’s worst enemy…last year, Shavi destroyed one of these with his Mazda Speed 3.

Gilbert from Itsjdmyo, rocking a bamboo hat.

This girl from Cooper Tires really wanted a photo with Chris.

Francis is ready to roll to the Slammed Society Showcase.

Glad to see cleaner Civics out there.

You must be this low to park under this tent.

Crooks and Castle’s BMW Wagon.

Milt’s 350Z.

Billy Shea’s IS300.

Freshly wrapped S2K.

Sean Garcia’s 350Z, didn’t even get to see him.

More cool cars.

Best car at the show. Thao’s road deflector-destroying S13.

Matt also took out his s13 vert.

Joey Lee’s Q45, looking good on step-lipped Work Equips.

Finally got my media vest and now attempting to take some drift shots. First shot I got was of Daigo Saito’s SC430.

Daigo parade lapping.

Epic battle between Dai Yoshihara and Daigo Saito.

Got tired of pieces of rubber flying into my mouth, so I went around to get some photos of the models such as Julie Mai.

Holly Lee.

Xena Kai.

Blonde Chick.

Walked back to the showcase and saw that everyone was already rolling out, which sucked because it was the time when the light was perfect for shooting. Got some quick shots of people leaving.

So cute. Matt and Thao sleeping through the revving and drifting.

A PORTABLE POTTY THAT FLUSHES!

More photos of the showcase and event in the gallery!

-NGU ASS