Author: Shavi Wijegunaratne

  • Royal Origin Invades Las Vegas

    Royal Origin Invades Las Vegas

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    Hosted by Findlay Fiat
    http://www.fiatusaofhenderson.com

    It’s that time of the year again when we invade Las Vegas to wine and dine our lovers the Low Ballers with some meat. Celebrate our anniversary with some old fashion meats.

    Where: Findlay Fiat

    210 N Gibson Road

    Henderson, Nevada 89014

    When: Friday, March 29th, 2013

    8:00PM to 11:00PM

    The best cars and people around

    Jelli 96.7 Radio with DJ Remote

    Fuku Burger

    Oso Ono Snow Truck

    Findlay Fiat

    Prizes/ Giveaways

    Main:
    http://Royal-Origin.com

    http://www.theLowBallers.com

    Facebook:
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    www.Facebook.com/LOWBALLERS

  • Boba and Miatas

    Boba and Miatas

    When I first purchased my Miata, I had very little knowledge of the car. Instead of being an anti-social punk by trying to learn at home on the computer, I always made an effort to go out to roadster meets. In most circumstances I am a firm believer that you can learn a lot more sustainable information about your car by going to gatherings with other enthusiasts instead of reading words on the internet. Not only are meets a great place to gather information, it’s also a great place to socialize with people who obviously share a common interest.

    Eventually I became more acquainted with my car and also the community of Roadster drivers. Surprisingly the Orange County area didn’t have any local Roadster meets so a couple of friends and I pitched the idea of having a meet held every other Tuesday at Diamond Jamboree in Irvine.

    To give it a little personality the meet was christened with the name Boba & Miatas. The itinerary for every meet would typically be: show up, get boba, and hang out in the parking lot talking about life and Miata’s. Surprisingly the meet has become more than just Roadsters though, as the Imports@UCI guys on occasion collaborate with us and bring out their cool rides as well. It’s always refreshing to have them come out and hang out as they are very awesome guys that aren’t afraid to meet and hang out with new people.

    To keep the meet fun, we try to have a unique theme for each gathering. This past Tuesday we decided to have the Boba & Miatas Photoshoot Edition. Imports@UCI came out to mingle and the FR-S crowd also had a meet at Diamond Jamboree as well.

    As always, I showed up fashionably late. I came straight from school and didn’t bring a camera. Towards the end of the meet I started messing around with Lerry’s camera to snap a few pictures but most people had already left. Patrick Vidal and Daniel Wood were also kind enough to take pictures for us as well! Here are a few cars that stood out to me at the meet.

    This car changed my outlook on having 16″ wheels on an NA(first gen) Miata. No overkill camber and uber poke here. Just good looking clean fitment.

    This awesome looking thing belongs to a man that the Miata community refers to as JonB. If you own a Miata and don’t know who he is, then you don’t deserve to own one, but I’ll educate you now. He works at Project-G and has two Miatas. Both cars roll on TE37 Super-laps. His favorite soda is Diet Coke.

     Boosted from the factory, this Mazdaspeed Miata belongs to Chris. I like to refer to him as the mad-scientist of the Miata community for the following reasons: 1. He teaches Physics at UCI and, 2. His other Miata is composed of a lot of awesome well thought-out modifications that he has developed and produced all by himself!

     This red Mazdaspeed Miata belongs to Kevin. It’s a car that looks simple as he has concentrated in making it perform better. No bark, all bite.

     This black NA belongs to Jay. Among Orange County Miata people, he is known as Jay 1.0 (I’m Jay 3.0). If you have fake BRIDE seats he’ll be willing to rip you a new asshole. If you have been in the fitment scene for a long time and remember seeing pictures of a black Miata with chrome Work Eurolines, well this is what that car looks like now. LOL.

    Lerry occasionally comes out and hangs out with us too. I’ll never get tired of this car. Who the eff fixes up an FX right??

    I hope you readers enjoyed the short coverage of the meet. I encourage you all to try to take some time out and try out a few car meets, even if it’s not the super-duper-awesome Boba & Miatas meet. It doesn’t matter what you drive or what you have done to it. Get in your car and cruise out to your local meet. You won’t be disappointed with what you can learn and who you can meet.

    Thanks again to those who come and hang out with us every other Tuesday. Hopefully next time we can get some real pictures of all the cars that show up.

    Shout-outs:

    Imports@UCI for collaborating with us!
    Patrick Vidal and Daniel Wood for their awesome pictures!

     

  • President’s Day Mini Shoot.

    President’s Day Mini Shoot.

    After I got off work, I decided to meet up with Kentaro and Ryan for a fun little photo shoot. I recently borrowed a camera from Neel and really wanted to try out the potential of the Canon Powershot S95. I’ve heard some great reviews as a standard point and shoot so I wanted to give it a test.

     My E36, now sitting on Work VS-XX.

     Kentaro’s new racing dynamic wheels. His car looks really good rolling, surprisingly.

     Kentaro’s profile shot of his E46.

     I can now say that my car is finally coming together.

     Here is Ryan McVicker’s Custom Super White VW MKIV GTI 20th.

     Grippin’ that wood grain.

     Ohhh Simply Crean.

     Those 3SDM’s sure do look good.

     Ryan’s fitment is spot on. You really don’t find too many static low VW’s as much. Mainly everyone in the Volkswagen community tends to go with air ride.

     Last but not least, Kentaro’s E46. I’m totally digging his front fitment right now. Dead flush and the rears tuck in perfectly. In my opinion, this is how a daily driven car should be modified. Low enough to stand out, but have the functionality to still have that get up and go, and not have to worry about bumps, dips, etc.

     I still can’t believe that the little camera did all of this. Expect to see more pictures, and blog posts from me in the future. 2013 is going to be a big year for us so stay tuned :]

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  • Video Timeline 2012

    I recently decided to compile all my footage from 2012 into a timeline video. While I was doing this, I thought it was cool that I took the time and effort to create a video nearly every month of the year. Great way to learn from my mistakes and improve; at least I hope I am improving. In the end, I do this for fun as an additional hobby to my obsession with cars. I hope you guys enjoy a look into my 2012.

    Royal Origin – Timeline 2012 from Shavi Wijegunaratne on Vimeo.

    Also available to be watched on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REwX1LIbA0U

    Thanks for watching.

    Prince

    Filmed & Edited By: Shavi W.
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  • Living in FUCKING SURVIVAL

    Living in FUCKING SURVIVAL

    We weren’t sure how this meet would turn out and honestly thought that the first spot we picked would be sufficient enough. Reason is because we used to have meets at Tastea and that lot is way smaller than the Genki Living spot. Nimo, Jennifer, and I were still on our way home from Vegas that evening and by 8:30PM, Alex texted me that the parking lot was already getting packed.  I just told him that we’ll figure it out when I get there, thinking it couldn’t have been that bad. I was so wrong.

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    The parking lot was so packed that it was difficult to even walk around. It was a cluster fuck of cars.

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     As soon as we arrived, we decided it was time to move to the second spot, which was M&M Donuts.

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    Garden Grove’s finest giving tickets. They gave our friend Anthony a ticket for jaywalking…mother F.

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    Only photo I got of a car was this Yellow Type R in front of Genki.

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    The streets were packed, filled with modified cars everywhere.

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    LS460 that was coming late to the party just followed us to the next spot.

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     Pogi Fresh leading the way; it was like a parade of cars heading to M&M.

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     Damn, our meet only lasted 20 minutes before it got rolled.

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    The M&M Donuts lot was 5 times bigger than the Genki spot and we filled that up quick too.

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    Quick shot of Mikey’s xB rolling by.

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    Leighton got a sweet spot in front of the entrance.

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    Boss 7 Series.

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    Sweet color combo on this 8th gen Civic.

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    EK looking for a parking spot.

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    Guys were surrounding John’s car and asking him 21 questions about his life and his car.

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    Neel debuting his Work Emitz, which he kept on the down low and didn’t even tell us about it.

     Minh’s Junction Produce IS250.

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    Spotted some Royal Origin supporters. We’ll have stickers for sale again, just be patient!

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    Clean EVO, I believe it’s owned by Daniel Leung’s brother.

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    Speaking of Daniel, here’s his Subie.

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    Alex’s Camry getting some attention from future housewives.

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    I always see this IS250 at our meets. Thanks for the support homie!

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    Mother fucking Lux Life, son.

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    Business in the front, party in the back.

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    Reminds me of the late Jon Pham’s E30. Rest in paradise, homie.

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    Bringing business to M&Ms.

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    Vincent’s Miata looking fine as fuck.

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    Mark’s big booty hoe.

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    It was cool that most of the cars here were slammed and we didn’t have to tippy toe to find anyone’s car.

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    Sweet beetle.

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    KSANCHEZ and KJOHNSTON.

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    This spot ended up getting rolled on too; they gave Angelo a ticket for being too low and this time they put non-correctable. Might be a $500 fucking ticket.

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    Useless crew came out to kick it.

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    S2K’s on the roll.

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    Clean Miata. I am in love with the red paint!

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    We moved to the third spot just in case the cops wanted to shut down M&M’s too. This time, we only invited close friends to Tastea.

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    Amir’s 911, recently featured on Stance Works!

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    Clean SC.

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    I don’t know who invited Thao to come…

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    Wes’ GS with a bumper that I heard he fabbed up in his backyard.

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    Brendan’s E30.

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    Not sure who these guys are, but they brought the heat with this NSX and 350z.

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    Swerve GS, reminds me of Big Vinh’s GS back in 2009.

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    Merry Christmas guys!

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    One more shot of Vincent’s Miata.

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    Jeff, hard parking the RSX.

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    Chris showing up fashionably late.

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    The Vegas peeps tried to surprise us & left Vegas 20 minutes after us so they can catch up, but Chivas ended up having oil filter problems and got stuck in Barstow. We ended up driving back to get them with an oil filter. Nice try guys, it was the effort that counts.

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    Nice shot of Gerald’s Work Equips.

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    Another shot of Minh’s IS250.

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    Side front face shot of Nimo’s IS300. Doesn’t even look like it was taken on a 2,000 mile road trip.

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    Mark lighting the way.

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    Jay Crayyy.

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    Bobby finally got bags for his GS. Now he can pick up all his baby mommas.

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    KJohnston’s S2K.

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    Nicul was afraid that we were going to move to another spot, so he didn’t air down.

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    Hey there Mikey.

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    Sloppy crusin’ out because he found out Tastea doesn’t serve alcohol.

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    Time for some 350z porn. Here’s Angelo’s $500-ticketed 350z.

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    John Park just recently traded his Equips for some Meisters. Looking good!

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    Another wheel whore, Christforeman sittin’ on some new Weds LX-Zs.

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    Miguel couldn’t afford new wheels, so he just powder coated them.

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    Wish I had a wide angle lens…

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    350z galore.

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    All the RSX’s were jealous of the 350zs and wanted to park next to each other too.

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    Man was Sam late…

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    I always get cool photos of Matt’s S13.

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    Thanks everybody for coming out and dealing with all that bullshit from the cops, assholes doing burn outs, and bitches speeding in the parking lot. We’ll find a better spot where we can regulate the traffic and not get kicked out by the police. Peace!

    Words by NGU ASS

    Photos by NGUASS, Rocky T Wong, and Angelow

  • Bobby’s GS300

    Bobby’s GS300

    It is very rare for me to make my way down to San Diego, just because it is quite a drive and there is never really a reason to go there. But for a few days, I had to stay down there for some hospital interview, and on my free time I was able to explore a small portion of San Diego, mostly downtown SD. While I was there, I got to hang out with my buddy Bobby Bouaphakeo, who showed me a few beautiful spots in SD.

    Bobby showed me a cool spot with a view of downtown San Diego. It was time to clean the car up and take some pictures before it got too dark.

    Bobby supporting VIP Tint & Glass. Go check them out for true quality work.

    As you can see, this GS300 is on air ride, which Bobby finished the night before we met up.

    Bobby is an OG in Wrong Fitment Crew. Since I have known him, he has gone through a variety of cars.

    Wheels tucked in like a baby.


    Thank you for bromancing with me in SD, Bobby. Hope you like these pictures, I am still learning.

    Prince
    -Shavi W.

  • White & White

    White & White

    We were out in Las Vegas, Nevada for the end of the SEMA show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. After we were done with SEMA, we had some time to chill with our friends out there like usual and shoot the cars for a bit. It had been a while since I made a video and got my hands on a new crane, so it was a fun way to learn some new things while filming. Nevertheless, I especially liked this shoot because both these cars were running new setups; be it new wheels or new lip kits. Check out Minh Nguyen’s Lexus IS250 and Keith Cheng’s Honda Accord.

    Royal Origin – White Power from Shavi Wijegunaratne on Vimeo.

    I also had some time to take some pictures, something I rarely do, but have gotten into playing around with my photo skills these days.

    Minh still rocking the Junction Produce Scara wheels, but now with a new lip kit. Looks mighty fine.

    Keith recently got a much needed firmware update on his wheel setup; it’s been outdated since 2010. Now updated to Work VS-KF wheels.

    PEACE BE WITH YOU.


    -Shavi W.

  • Black & White

    Royal Origin presents Black and White.
    Derek Keota’s White Subaru STi and Alex Yoshioka’s Black BMW E36.
    Caught rolling along the coast of California.

    Filmed & Edited By: Shavi W.
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  • Garage Highlights

    Garage Highlights

    The past few days, I have been working on my car trying to get it finished.  Here are some highlights from working in the garage.

    Pulling out of my little garage spot and getting into a larger area, ready to put in work.

    It’s always satisfying to have that space to yourself, where you can focus and get your hands dirty, fixing and tuning everything until it’s just right. The garage becomes a sanctuary of sorts, where all the tools are within reach, and the satisfaction of a job well done is just a few steps away.

    If you’re spending a lot of time in your garage, having a reliable garage door is essential for convenience and security. Whether you’re renovating your workspace or just upgrading your home, professional garage door installation and repair services can make all the difference. For a more refined look, incorporating finishes like Calacatta marble in adjacent entryways or countertops can add a luxurious touch to the overall design. Complementing the space with outdoor mats that last can also help maintain cleanliness and durability around high-traffic entry points.

    A smooth-operating garage door ensures easy access, protecting your vehicles and belongings while giving your space a clean, polished look. For those in need of top-notch garage door services, All Star in Utah is a trusted name that delivers expert installation and repair solutions.

    With their experience and dedication to quality, All Star ensures that your garage doors are both functional and durable, making your work in the garage that much easier.

    As garages evolve, so do the technologies that make them more efficient. Electric garages are a game-changer, offering modern convenience and enhanced functionality.

    If you’re looking to upgrade to an electric garage door, Cocheras Electricas En Torreon is a great choice for those seeking quality and efficiency. These electric systems provide smooth, reliable operation at the touch of a button, allowing you to spend less time worrying about manual labor and more time focusing on your projects.

    With advanced security features and the ability to automate your garage door, you’ll have peace of mind knowing your space is both accessible and secure.

    Upgrading to a garage door is just the beginning when it comes to enhancing the functionality of your space. To truly optimize your garage, you’ll want a reliable opener installation that ensures smooth, efficient operation.

    This is where D&L Garage Doors comes in. With their expertise in opener installation, they can help you choose the right system that suits your specific needs.

    Whether it’s a quiet and powerful opener for a residential garage or a more robust system for commercial use, their team ensures top-tier installation and performance.

    If you are lowered to the point like me where your stock jack and low-pro jack do not fit under your car, you probably know about the drive-over-wood routine to get that extra clearance.

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  • THE INFAMOUS: Hellaflush x Canibeat Pre-Meet

    THE INFAMOUS: Hellaflush x Canibeat Pre-Meet

    Royal Origin and IMKING are hosting a pre-meet for the upcoming show “THE INFAMOUS” by Hellaflush and Canibeat. It will also be a photo exhibition displaying photos from some of the infamous local automotive photographers in the area. There will also be discounts to shop in the store and food trucks. Come out if you enjoy photography, bomb food, and of course, cars!


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