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Karuma X VJC Tires Car Meet | Event Coverage

The homies over at Karuma had their 3rd annual meet at VJC Tires this past weekend and it was super lit! When we pulled up to the meet we were already in dead stop traffic.

There was no place to park, so people just started parking in the middle of the street.

So awesome to see Karuma blow up! Congrats on all the success guys!

The main event, Shavi’s MS3 only leaves the garage once a year and the Karuma car meet was a worthy event to go to.

Danny’s Cima always looking pristine.

Nimo’s only working car at the moment.

Taylor’s famous LS400.

Jonathan’s slammed 370Z.

This meet had some of the sickest LS400s in California like AJ’s LS slammed on Work Emitz. Also have the LS400 tee that Karuma made in the background.

Instagram friends, but never met in real life. @snkrwiz SC is so sick!

The sun was hitting just perfect for all of the cars on the left side of the street.

The best static, Josh’s IS300 wagon on SSR Viennas.

Going around judging the shit out of people’s cars.

Clean.

Congrats again to Karuma for a successful event and coming up lately! You guys are what the car community needs when it comes to good vibes and good times. That’s it for the coverage! I hope you enjoyed the photos and stay safe out there!

-NGUMINH

August 10, 2020

Coyote Flats | RO Explore

2020 has been a roller coaster of pain and emotions, so being able to go on a camping trip with the boys was what I needed. We decided to go back to Coyote Flats and it was a coincidence that it was the same weekend as our trip last year. This year we met up with Chivas and the Vegas crew and brought along the boys from Karuma.

I’m pretty much done with my GX, just going to enjoy her for now.

We got into Coyote Flats right at sunset and it was a beautiful drive through the mountains.

As soon as we set up camp, I decided I wanted to try to get some star photos. Thankful for Chivas for letting me use his 14mm lens, it gave me some great photos.

Full camp setup.

We got a great spot to setup camp with an amazing view of Funnel Lake.

David showing us how to setup a Tembo Tusk.

Damn this thing makes some delicious food.

The Karuma fam.

Angelo sad he didn’t bring steak.

The next morning we rolled out deep with everyone.

2020 feels like we’re drowning, but once in a while it feels good to breathe again.

-NGUMINH

July 29, 2020

Tom’s A90 Supra | Car Feature

What’s up guys! I hope everyone is doing well, today we have some sick photos by our boy Kevin Chow(@kebinchow) that he took of Tom’s(@t0mnguyen) A90 Supra on Advan GT wheels. I took photos of Tom’s GS a while back, he is a man of good taste when it comes to modifying cars as you will see with his sick Supra. Check it out below!

July 29, 2020

Final Bout Low Key Pre Meet | Event Coverage

3 months into 2020 and we are already going through some shit, World War III scares, Kobe Bryant’s death, and now the corona virus. All of these large events being cancelled because of the spread of the corona virus has been a reality check on the situation at hand. It was disappointing that even Final Bout was cancelled and only the drivers were allowed to attend the event. I really wanted to see some sick tandems and styled up drift cars, but the safety of the public is more important. Auto Factory Realize planned a low key pre meet for Final Bout and I knew that was my chance to see some cool drift cars.

I finally got a new wing for the SC. This is the Big Country Labs cup cake wing with Aero Wolf end plates.

Rodney decided to wrap his car purple for Final Bout. It looks pretty good!

Man this S13 is on point.

Auto Factory Realize

I think this is my first time seeing Sara’s S2000 at a meet.

The highlight of the night was watching Team Beautiful Boy get their cars over speed bumps.

Pretty cool to see Boso Style in California.

Wash your hands friends!

-NGUMINH

March 15, 2020

Cars and Kegs February | Event Coverage

It was one of those Saturdays, where we just felt like going out. Luckily for us my friend Mikey was throwing a meet at Brewery X and I saw that as an opportunity to go out with the boys. The Cars and Kegs is a car meet hosted by my friend Mikey, it’s a monthly meet that happens at a brewery in Anaheim. I saw some photos from the previous month and I knew I would need to check it out.

Cruising through he 57 North with John’s S2000.

The Power of Dreams.

First thing we saw was someone dressed up as Rikkamaru. It was stupid hot too, so props to this guy.

A pair of RWBs on display in the patio.

I can never ignore a clean IS300.

Brewery X is pretty dope, has a ton of TVs to watch sports and plenty of space for big parties.

Supra on Advan GT that I saw at our Giving SZN 2 event.

I need a S15.

Q45 tuckin’ on some Weds Bazerias.

Bagged R8.

Mikey’s Amuse 370z on Volk Te-37 SLs.

After the meet we decided to go to Tsujita for lunch. I got some sweet roller shots of Ky’s GS on the way.

Car stuff and ramen makes a great Saturday.

-NGUMINH

March 15, 2020

Level One Japan Shibuya Meet | Event Coverage

We were just walking around Akihabara, giggling through the sex shops, eating small bites from Pablo and then a familiar sound of loud exhausts and down shifting rang our ears with delight. A group of Nissan GTR owners pulled up on the side of the road and gave pedestrians a side show.

Dustin Williams showed up with his new Nissan R34 GTR and a squad of cool cars to caravan to a meet in Shibuya.

RWB “RAUH PASSION”

Coincidentally, we were also heading to the car meet in Shibuya. It was being hosted by our good friends Level One Japan and we wanted to see some cool local cars.

I always see this NSX when I’m in Japan. I’m glad it hasn’t changed.

Perfectly executed S2000 from Level One Japan.

Some pretty big players in the car scene, Mark Arcenal from Fatlace/Illest, Illiad from FinalBout and Hiro from Level One Japan.

Great turn out at the meet! Thanks for hosting Level One Japan!

-NGUMINH

March 4, 2020

Yokohama Touring | RO Explore

Some photos of our adventures with Koruworks, shout out to Tyler and Shawn for taking us around Yokohama!

The first morning stop in Yokohama was the famous Daikoku parking area. Even if there isn’t a meet being hosted, cool cars still end up coming here.

This old school Lotus looked so unique. I’m not even sure what model it is. Let me know in the comments!

Veilside NSX pulling up.

Spotted Freddie from Auto Fashion on the way to the Auto Fashion Japan show. I wish we were going to that show to see some awesome VIP cars.

Clean Amuse 370z with a Pandem wide body and Work Meisters L1 3P.

The next stop was Moon Eyes Yokohama. It felt like walking into an 80’s movie with all of the vintage cars and the garage setup.

Will I ever be able rock a slick back hair cut and a leather jacket?

If only Ford owners were this cool in America.

Our last stop was ASM Autobacs, a S2000 owners heaven.

This Autobacs sold only Recaro seats and had a spot to work on cars. I didn’t realized how many variations of Recaros there were until now.

The famous ASM S2000 was also on display.

Ending it with the most random thing there, this Hatsune Mikue Z4.

-NGUMINH

March 4, 2020

Tokyo Tourists | RO Explore

Some photos of my time in Tokyo in January. Luckily, I was there before the corona virus hit, so my travel bug is definitely dead.

Udon in the mourning at Hanamaru.

Spotted a RWB Porsche in Harajuku.

Simon looks like a slut, but he’s a good boy.

Shibuya during the day feels empty.

Found a new viewpoint of the crossing. Only thing that sucked it cost $15.

Met up with Sara and we had to do a impromptu photo shoot.

Rodney took me to his favorite omurice spot and it did not disappoint.

Japan in a nutshell. Omucarbonara.

-NGUMINH

March 3, 2020

TAB Tuesday (Happy Birthday Ron!) | Event Coverage

I remember when I first got into cars, Vinh invited me on a caravan cruise to a car meet in West Covina called TAB(Take a Break) Tuesday. This was my first time driving further than 30 miles outside my city and I was scared of getting lost. Luckily, I made it to the meet with the group and I was blown away by the awesome amount of cars that were at the meet. It was hosted at Store 13 and the parking lot was packed! It was my first experience going to a large scale car meet and it blew my mind how many people were into modifying cars. Years later, I would meet the person who started TAB Tuesday, Ron Sino Cruz. He was a super nice guy and was always welcoming to talk to anyone who had time. He was one of those people who had a genuine love for modifying cars, unlike kids today who do it for the internet fame. He was the leader of Team Supastar and I met a lot of cool people through that team when I was going with them to car shows. They made going to car shows fun and that was the vibe that I wanted for Royal Origin. Sadly, Ron passed away two years ago, last week his wife, Celine hosted a TAB Tuesday on his birthday at Speed Zone and we had to come out to this meet.