Author: Shavi Wijegunaratne

  • Enjoy Sin Video Coverage

    Enjoy Sin Video Coverage

    Main: http://royal-origin.com

    It’s that time of the year where we make the journey from SoCal to Las Vegas to enjoy a weekend of fun and sin. This time around we collaborated with HNRS LV clothing store to bring ENJOY SIN. We had food provided by Fuku Burger to supply their awesome burgers, and raffles provided by our sponsors to anyone that attended this free event.

    Thank you to everyone that came out and enjoyed themselves. Hope to see everyone again next year to enjoy some more sin!

    Special thanks to our sponsors:

    HOODRATstuff

    HNRS

    Avant Garde Wheels

    AIR RUNNER SYSTEMS

    KYOEI USA

    G-DRIVE

    LEXON exclusive

    714 TIRES

    AWSTICKERS

    JDM Chemicals

    I Love Racing Shop

    Video By:
    Celso Nimo
    Vu Pham
    Randy Phat

  • Straw Hat Richey

    Straw Hat Richey

    During our trip to H2Oi, we had the pleasure of finally meeting a long time internet friend, Ryan Richey from South Carolina with his custom wide body bugeye Subaru. Ryan built his car into his own creation with the many different influences he has gained in the automotive realm.

    Filmed & Edited By: @ShaviW

    The custom wide body Ryan molded with his hands is quite nice and unique of course.

    The 326 power wing sits right at home on the body. Good choice.

    Cool points for the lambo doors. You either dig it or you don’t.

    Finally seeing this car in person is just a surreal experience when we have only seen it via the internet till now. Thanks Ryan for letting us take some shots, and for being such an awesome stud muffin. Hopefully, we can hang out some more next year at SOWO.

    -@ShaviW
    -@TuckerScharf

  • H2Oi 2014

    H2Oi 2014

    H2Oi…You have probably heard of this event that takes places at the end of September in Ocean City, Maryland. If you haven’t heard of it by now, then you are missing out on the biggest automotive gathering on the East Coast. This year some of our friends and I decided to go finally check it out, and experience what H2Oi is all about.


    The moment we landed in Ocean City it was worth it already. Nothing but the best the East Coast has to offer, especially in the Euro realm.


    Once we were on Coastal Highway aka the strip, there was nothing but modified car after modified car. It was almost as if you were living in a city, where auto enthusiasts out numbered regular people.


    There was a good variety of everything cruising up and down the strip throughout the weekend.


    One of the craziest things was the amount of police activity. People were getting towed left and right because Ocean City police believed their cars to be unsafe to drive. So, they impounded an enormous amount of cars, but all those cars were towed right back out and back onto the streets. Like this tC from New York.


    Then once night hit we witnessed the beautiful chaos. There were even more cars on the strip, and this time doing burnouts for days up and down the strip. And the amount of people watching on the sidewalks was utterly crazy. It was really something you had to be there to experience.


    The amount of people during the day was nothing to the amount of people that came out at night.


    And then any random area you go, you would see a cool car.


    This IS300 with some Rocketbunny front fenders and universal rear flares.


    Group of Subarus out in a quite remote area of Ocean City.


    More coastal parking lot spottings.


    Group shot of some of the new and old friends at the Mazda Fitment x Wrong Fitment Crew meet up.


    Hawk-eye STi on Enkei RS05RR.


    There sure were a lot of Subarus everywhere.


    More of the variety you would see at H2Oi.


    FD RX-7 on VIP Modular VX610.


    Another car on a set of VIP Modular VX610.


    Slant lips have been making their rounds onto more cars recently.


    This civic showing love all the way from Quebec, Canada. Thanks!
    http://shop.royal-origin.com/


    John’s Orange 350z on Weds Kranze LXZ.


    Chris and Ryan hard styling to friendship.

    The trip to H2Oi for the first time was definitely something you will not forget, and have major withdrawals. I would recommend everyone to take the chance to experience it for themselves, because any pictures or videos you see online just do not live up to the first hand account.

    -@ShaviW
    -@TuckerScharf

  • Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff

    Royal Origin – Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff from Vu Pham on Vimeo.

    We took a couple of bagged cars, beautiful ladies, and some of our street wear out for a nice day at the park.
    For more, visit Royal-Origin.com and to pick up some of the wear visit Shop.Royal-Origin.com.

    Special thanks to:
    EPonym (Song: EPonym & ESTA – H&B)

    LS430:
    Steve Dam (@instadammmn)

    Ladies:
    Nathalia (@nattykboo)
    Heather (@yofatassma)
    Nancy (@_nancysm)

    BTS:
    Minh Nyugen (@nguass) (Owner: IS250)
    Celso Nimo (@celsonimo)
    Henry Nguyen (@hennessy_henry)
    Shavi Wijegunaratne (@shaviw)

  • The Hoodratstuff Lanyard

    The Hoodratstuff Lanyard

    Get your shit together, keep your keys together with our Hoodratstuff lanyard.
    http://shop.royal-origin.com/product/the-hoodratstuff-lanyard

    These can be cut to any length you want by simple opening the clip end and using a pair of scissors to cut the lanyard to any size you desire.

    For basic instructions on how to adjust the lanyard, look here: http://royal-origin.com/2013/06/13/the-crown-lanyard/

    Available in Shiny Gold on Red and Shiny Gold on Black.

    Buy them over at the Royal Origin Store
    Shop.Royal-Origin.com
    http://shop.royal-origin.com/product/the-hoodratstuff-lanyard

    Shipped to anywhere in the world.

    No shipping confirmation or tracking. Please make sure you have the correct address when ordering, we are not responsible for the product once we ship it.

  • Plunk Plunk Done

    Plunk Plunk Done

    Recently we spent some time in downtown Los Angeles to take pictures and video of Neel’s Lexus LS400 before he moves away to start his new life journey in Las Vegas, Nevada.


    Neel and his big body beauty.


    The simple and clean things on this LS400 go a long way.


    Neel has been through a few shoes already, but this time around is on a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.


    Sitting pretty on Universal Air Suspension air bags on BC Racing coilovers all around with Airlift V2 digital management.


    The big body beauty side profile; gotta love it.


    The Airlift V2 digital controller.


    Location number two and three coming soon. Look out for another photo set.

    Photo set by Rocky Wong (@rockytwong)

  • Royal Origin Presents Sin City Affair

    Royal Origin Presents Sin City Affair

    It’s that time of the day, time of the month, time of the year, time of the time, where our supporters, friends, lovers, and family all get together to celebrate the anniversary of Royal Origin.

    Again we are having our meet in Sin City in collaboration with LV Racing Scene and Wa Da Pho food truck, where what happens in Vegas is on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter. We got permission from Clarion Hotel Las Vegas to use their parking lot, so we won’t get kicked out by the cops. It fills about 300+ cars, so please join us in our Sin City Affair.

    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/567235920031143/

    When: March 29th, 2014

    Where: Clarion Hotel Las Vegas
    305 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

    Time: 3:00PM – whenever we feel like it should end.

    Special Hotel Rate – Clarion Hotel Las Vegas
    Promo Code: CARSHOWRATE
    March 28-30 ONLY

    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/567235920031143/

    PAST COVERAGE
    http://royal-origin.com/2012/04/23/the-anniversary/
    http://royal-origin.com/2012/04/13/journey-to-vegas/
    http://royal-origin.com/2013/05/01/were-here/
    http://royal-origin.com/2013/04/25/omw-throwback/
    http://royal-origin.com/2013/04/06/sincity/
    http://royal-origin.com/2012/04/27/a-royal-adventure/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cApvi7nGWOg
    http://imking.com/blog/2012/04/so-we-meet-again/

  • Marc’s E38

    Marc’s E38

    Some people would say the BMW 7-series is the European counterpart to the Japanese Lexus LS. Why is this? Just look it. It is screaming big body VIP.
    Such is the case with Marc’s E38 (750i), who is no stranger to the BMW brand.

    Marc has an E36, E39, and E38 (what you are seeing right now), all of which he loves dearly.

    He was able to transform an unappealing E38 into a visually stunning thing. Who would of thought a E38 could look this good? Not many, that’s for sure.

    Marc’s current shoe of choice for the E38 are Work Brombachers, which are basically VS-XX looking wheels for European cars.

    VIP accessories. Junction Produce Neck Pads and Junction Produce Luxury Curtains.

    Something most people do not know about this car is that it is bagged on Universal Air bags in the front, which allows Marc to air up and not constantly destroy his oil pan, which hangs pretty damn low on these cars. However, the rear is still static, since Universal Air bags have no room to fit back there. Bagged and static all in one car.

    Photos by Keith Cheng (@k3ychain)
    www.flickr.com/keychain/

  • Cruising With The Meat

    Cruising With The Meat

    A couple of weeks ago; our friends from Lowballers Japan paid California a visit. It was great to show them around and give them a taste of our daily Hoodrat American shenanigans. The night before they were to fly back home to the land of the rising sun we did our best to organize a meet to end their trip to California with an awesome memory. Blasted on mediums of social media the meet had an awesome turnout. Cars from all over showed up and the parking lots went bonkers. What started as a meet turn into a cruise. Explanation to follow…

    348BIPPU

    The planned location was at the Best Buy parking lot at the Tustin Marketplace on the border of Irvine and Tustin. Although it was “scheduled” to start at 9PM, I showed up to the parking lot at 8:30  to find rows of cars already lined up and people already mingling. Cars continued to fill the lot and the parking lot got filled quick. Around 9:15 Tustin PD showed up and kicked us out. I guess there was just too many awesome cars for them to handle. Word spread quick that the next spot to meet was the Petsmart parking lot at The District down the street.

    349I’m not a fan of the trending crazy-sporty-VIP style, but i love the attention to detail that people put into these builds

    354Christ Foreman – Back into hover mode after his drift day

    356Every time I see this car, I lose my mind. It’s static, it gets driven, it’s awesome

    Word had traveled quick as everyone was forced to leave the Tustin Marketplace. The next spot was the Petsmart parking lot at The District. Like a scene from The Fast and The Furious almost everyone rolled up and bombed down Jamboree. Oil pans scraped and cars screamed at wide open throttle to the next spot. Once everyone had reconvened at the second location, people continued to hang out but eventually Tustin PD showed up once again and escorted us all out. On to spot number 3.

    357JDM4Play

    360A President ready to rule the world

    361Another shot of the biblical drifting prodigy

    365Every time Nick rolls up to scene, he’s bumping trance.

    367So much beauty

    368It’s a rare sighting seeing Angelo with his silver other-half rather than his Korean one

    375One day; I will have one of my own

    378ForeverYoung

    381Drift ready

    382Mugen faced RSXs aren’t as common as they should be. Who doesn’t like an awesome happy looking car?

    385People everywhere!

     

    387NVUS came out with some cool cars

    391Purple contrast

    393It wouldn’t be a car meet without someone showing off their steering wheel

    394You don’t see those colors on those chassis’ too often

    396A Porsche that gets the girl, a comfy Lexus that keeps the girl, a van to take the kids around if the girl gets pregnant.

    399An old friend from the 8thcivic community. JUAN CHEESE!

    401v8 POWWWWAHHHHH

    403IS-F: “Mine has over 400hp”.  IS350: “Mine has over 12k spring rates”.

    406Time for spot number 3…

     

    Spot number 3 was the structure of the Diamond Jamboree Plaza which was further down the street out of Tustin PD’s jurisdiction.

    408Ready to disturb the peace

    409Wait…. why??

    411Two different styles, one common purpose. DRIFT.

    412BBS RS’ are played out you say? not when they’re built like Jimmy’s.

    414Royal Origin Lexus Gang

    416Dippin’

    420IIRC, this thing had an FMIC 😉

    425

    Meet J-Ho. She’s awesome for those lonely nights

    427More VIP Goodness

    429A Lexus with a hint of Benz

    432I need one of these in my life

    435All the way from Vegas

    436The President made it out to spot number 3!

    438Parking structure filled quick!

    440RB26DETTs were found in both of these

    442Hello Boso

    To those who came out; thanks for showing the Lowballers Japan guys some cool cars and how committed people are in Socal. I’m sure they appreciated the magnitude of the meet and will be looking forward to the next one when they pay Socal another visit.

    – Jay Tien

    Instagram @jaygiatien

  • AMG x M3

    Spent the day hanging out with Lowballers Japan, and took them to a location in Orange County to shoot some pictures. Here we have Erick’s AMG and Navith’s M3. Made this strictly to share on Instagram.

    Filmed & Edited By: Shavi Wijegunaratne

    Instagram:
    @ShaviW
    @RoyalOrigin