Event Coverage – Royal Origin

Terminal 27 | Event Coverage

The energy at Terminal 27 was palpable as car enthusiasts, music lovers, and A-list celebrities gathered for an unforgettable evening. I was honored to have my SC400 displayed at this exclusive event, where the fusion of automotive artistry and high-profile glamour created an electrifying atmosphere. The guest list was nothing short of spectacular, with appearances by Hunter Scharf, The Weeknd, Jennie from BLACKPINK, and the multi-talented Willow Smith. From the sleek, polished cars to the live performances that kept the crowd buzzing, Terminal 27 was more than just a party, it was an experience. Services like www.fastfirewatchguards.com also help ensure that high-profile events like this remain safe and compliant, so the focus stays on the excitement and celebration.

My friend Sara, who always seems to have her finger on the pulse of the most exclusive events, extended the invite that brought me to this extraordinary night. She knew my SC400 would be a perfect fit among the dazzling displays of automotive excellence. Here we have her famous CR S2000 on TE-37s.

They had unlimited servings of onigiri. I was here most of the time.

They were giving away samples of edibles and even had people rolling blunts for people.

My carpool buddy, Raul’s Nissan R31 on Watanabe wheels.

Sara brought out all types of cars to display.

It aint much, but I love it.

Ultimate JDM vibes.

Shout out to Sara for always putting me on to some cool parties.

-Minh

January 7, 2025

Karuma Vs Lowballers Round III | Event Coverage

Feels like I’ve been here before, a Friday morning meet up to cruise to Vegas for a car meet, but this time with different faces. It’s been two years since I have given any effort to get back into the car scene and after a depression phase I really want to get back out there and hang with friends that I haven’t seen. The Karuma x Lowballers meet seemed like the perfect event for it and cruising with the homies to Vegas just brought back some nostalgia.

Like I always do, try to get some nice rollers of my friend’s cars. This is Kekoa’s xB rolling slammed on the 15. @alowha_kekoa

We stopped at a McDonalds to wait for Kekoa and ended up seeing a bunch of cool cars.

We asked where they were going and they were also going to Vegas for the Karuma x Lowballers meet.

We ended up going to In-N-Out to fix Kekoa’s air problem. Cuong’s E30, Kekoa’s xB, my GR86 and David’s FJ Cruiser. Oh yeah I bought a GR86.

@seldoondrol clean E30.

After being saved by AJ we were back on the road for more rollers and this time accompanied by AJ’s T-Demand Camry. @ayeeejayyy.

The day of the meet, everyone met up at the Airbnb to cruise together to the meet. Miguel’s Minty Porsche. @mintcoimports

Vince built his LS430 just in time for the meet! @vince_neil

Someone we haven’t seen in a long time, Neel’s LS400 on Work Schwert SC4. @implayaz9

The Lowballers boss, Andrew’s LS400 on TE-37s. @sohigaragedru

Karuma always making the coolest trophies for their meets.

The meet didn’t even start yet and we got people here early for merch.

Jay did a suicide trip in his NSX for the meet! @jaycraaay

Nimo accompanied him on the way to Vegas in his IS300. @findingnimo

Fast and Furious but make it cute.

Shout out to this girl for cosplaying in 100 degree weather.

First time trying Guam food and damn it was so good!

When Taylor gets on top of a car at a meet, bitches go crazy.

Thanks for the good times ridahs!

-NGUMINH

August 15, 2022

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

Tokyo Auto Salon 2020 | Event Coverage

Imagine quitting your job and forgetting you still have a Japan trip planned with your ex-employer. Welp, that’s exactly what I did on this year’s Japan trip. Every time I’m in some sort of cross road in my life, a journey to Japan always happens. This year I was more excited to hang out with Ryo since his job was a lot more flexible than previous years. He was actually able to hang out with us and take us on some food adventures which will be up soon! Ryo picked us up bright and early because he didn’t want to get stuck in the Friday morning TAS traffic.

You know you’re going to a dope car event when there are nice cars en route to the show.

The driver was a older gentlemen, I wish my grandpa was this cool.

The parking lot is always lit at Tokyo Auto Salon.

Thhis Mark X on TE-37s is just amazing!

90’s Era Supra vs 2020’s Supra.

I feel like my neck can twist a 360 from getting my neck broken by all the sick cars in the lot.

Inside was even more magical with cars from the top companies in Japan. These are the people who get us to spend on some dumb ass shit, so now it’s impossible for me to keep a car stock. Check out this sick Ford GT Development (GTD) Ford GT40 replica from Liberty Walk.

BN Sports had some sick drift builds like this wide RX7.

So cool to see your friend’s products at an event in Japan. Nice job Reggie!

That tow sticker is hilarious to me for some reason on this ready to drift R32.

Man how do they build such nice cars. I can’t even change my window wiper..

When soccer moms wanna flex too.

This FRS has such futuristic body lines reminds me of the Tesla Truck or a Gundam.

This year Tokyo Auto Salon collabed with Hello Kitty. A lot of cool merch was available for purchase.

When you really hate your neighborhood.

Something beautiful about a line of LED tail lights are near each other.

Car Modify Wonder cars are a dream come true. I hope to build my SC just 10% of this and I would be really happy.

The A90 Supra with HKS livery had to be done of course and it looks amazing.

Rodney was ready to accept a bukkake tsunami from his drift hero.

Please buy from shop.royal-origin.com. I need to spend my money on Japanese car parts.

Is it weird to have as a goal is to own a 326 Power kitted car? Like full suspension, body kit and same wheel fitment. It would never leave my driveway, but it would be super dope to own.

Honestly, I’m sure I missed out on a lot of cool cars, but the general audience were about to come in, so we decided to leave early because taking photos without the frenzy of the crowd would be impossible. Please stay tuned for more Japan posts!

-NGUMINH

February 27, 2020

GIVING SZN 2 | Event Coverage

Every year we want to do something to give back to the community and Kevin came up with this food drive last year, where people who donate canned food can get raffle tickets for awesome prizes. It was such a big hit that we decided to do it again this year and to try to double up what we received last year in canned foods. This coverage is up late not because I procrastinated, but because it was featured in the latest Stance Magazine. You can see the feature in this issue of Stance Magazine.

Cars were lined up around the block early in the morning.

The only time I’ve seen Abbitt’s Subaru out in the streets and it would be the last because after this he parted out his car.

Super nice Supra on Advan GT wheels.

Icy Boyz in the house with some super slammed IS300s.

The RO fam line up.

Julia collecting canned food from everyone.

Canned food for days..

The Johns.

Another look at Josh’s IS300 wagon. Damn it looks so freaking cool.

Taylor and Shavi checking out the cars on the street.

Taylor’s LS400 is so dope.

Nimo, Allen, Kevin and I.

Japan VIP low style.

Shout out to everyone who came out and donated canned food! We received 3,200 lbs of canned food!! A big thank you to the sponsors for donating prizes!!

Rays
Motul
Super Street
Auto Fashion
Boost Brigade
Achilles Tires
Koyorad
Battle Craft
DSPORT Magazine
Evasive Motorsports
Sparco
Vtec Club
HOODRATstuff
K&W
HNRS
Karuma Limited
Pandem
90s Forever

Check out the gallery for more photos! I’ll see you guys again next year!
-NGUMINH

January 23, 2020

Toyotafest 2019 | Event Coverage

July 17, 2019

2019 Auto Enthusiast Day presented by Nitto Tire | Event Coverage

I’m in a mentorship program for kids at risk and thought it would be a good idea to take my mentee out to a car show. Good thing Auto Enthusiast Day was around and close to where my mentee lives, so we were able to go and check out the show.

I saw the Moonlight Runners cars at Toyota Fest, but it still amazes me when I see their cars.

My mentee Angel recognized this car right away. He asked if Brian O’Conner was here, I didn’t want to break the news to him..

The new Camry’s are looking pretty damn good.

Angel was really digging these headlights on this FRS.

Ojay’s old LS430?

This Accord ended up being Angel’s favorite car at the show.

The boys over at Karuma had a booth and their booth car was Adry’s Lexus IS350.

Just missing spoiler, tail lights and diffuser…

Meliton on the gram while someone works on his car. Must be nice.

This BMW wagon looks perfect on Kansei KNP Wheels.

This Toyota Corolla livery looks so sick.

Max Power’s old S14. Crazy this thing used to be parked at Illest OC all the time.

A last shot of my IS250 before everything is taken apart…

Overall Angel enjoyed the show, he just thought it was boring the demo cars were just driving in circles. Kids these days…

July 2, 2019

Wekfest Nagoya 2019 Gallery | Event Coverage

June 12, 2019

90’s Forever Slide Sesh | Event Coverage

Last weekend, Rodney hosted a drift event for his brand 90’s Forever at Apple Valley Speedway and it was a blast! A ton of friends came out to the event, so there were many familiar faces and a lot of sweet 90’s cars.