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Happy Wife, Happy Life | RO Explore

Took Julia out to the Griffith Observatory since I always said it has the best view of LA. We went right before sunset and got the best parking spot, I had to note that because finding parking is a bitch in LA.

My beautiful wife, Julia.

Symmetrical.

Beautiful sunset view.

Even better view.

Los Angeles.

City of bokeh.

Afterwards, we had dinner at Side Walk Grill.

They serve delicious kebabs, I got the filet mignon skewer.

Julia got the chicken skewer.

Afterwards, we had to get an churro ice cream sandwich across the street at Churro Borough.

Today was a good day.

-NGUMINH

June 30, 2016

Vegas Without The Clubs | RO Explore

Lately, I’ve been making a lot of trips out to Vegas, mainly because I’ve been helping my wife move her belongings from Vegas to SoCal. When I’m not helping her pack her stuff, I found time to hang out with the Vegas locals.

Nimo picked me up and we went to PT’s for some chicken wings with the homies. I spotted Vince’s slammed Integra in the parking lot and had to take some snaps.

Nimo living the trap life and always looking tired as fuck.

The next day, I had lunch with my wife and her best friend Julia, who happens to have the same name as her and they’re both from Russia.

We ate sushi at Sushi Fever and they had some interesting rolls like this one that is buried in a salad. This roll is the There’s Something About Ally.

This is with the salad taken off.

This next roll is the Nuclear roll which is drenched in sauce and fried onions.

We didn’t have anything planned for the day and thought we should go check out the Seven Magical Mountains.

Crazy that a bunch of colorful rocks can grab so much attention.

Julia made some art too. Hopefully it gets recognized when people are in the area.

Peace out Seven Magical Mountains.

Our next destination was the Stratosphere, I’ve never been and Julia said we should go and check it out.

Emotional look out with Julia.

The view was not what I expected when we got to the top. I wish the buildings closer to the Stratosphere were lit up.

All the light touches is yours Simba, except the buildings closest to you.

My model wife.

That look…

Happy wife, happy life.

-NGUMINH

June 30, 2016

JDM Chemicals | Shop Visit

JDM Chemicals has recently moved into 714 Tires in Westminster and it’s been a fun ride working here. It’s cool that now I get to see cool cars drive in for tire work and still be able to sell JDM Chemicals. Here is some of the things I do at work.

A lot of product shooting for social media. We got waxes for everything.

Car wash soap for specific colored paint jobs and it washes, waxes and fills in minor scratches.

The Robros Customs GTR out for a sun bathe.

So much more equipment here at 714 Tires to work on the GTR.

Since me and Rodney work so close together now, we get lunch more often. This is the brisket sandwich at BT’s Southern BBQ.

Jason getting a little wax protection in for the GTR.

He was using Prism Shield Quick spray wax. Super easy to use.

Make sure you swing by 714 Tires for all your JDM Chemicals and tire needs.

-NGUMINH

June 29, 2016

Brandon’s Thrashed IS | Dirty Car Feature

Time flies when you’re busy as fuck, but when you find time to hang out with old friends it’s always fun to catch up. I recently started hanging out with my friend Brandon, you might remember he had this really clean IS300 on Work 11r and one day he decided to fuck everything up and drift it. You can see how his car looked before here… The Whisky Devil.

Oh things have changed… alot.. Brandon asked me to shoot his IS300 before he fucks more things up when he competes at Top Drift.

Yup, that’s a GS300 Vertex bumper cut on the top and zip tied to a stock IS300 front bumper. #HOODRATstuff

Brandon wanted to make his car look pretty and try to hide his car’s flaws, so we went to the beautiful financial buildings near John Wayne Airport.

Focus on the overall scene and not just the car and it will be a great photo.

Brandon checking if anything has fallen off his car.

The best thing that came out of this car looking like this is Brandon is now pretty good at drifting.

The further we are, the better it’ll look.

This car has seen a lot of battles, mostly with walls and garage doors.

We met up Derek during the shoot and got lunch and dessert. I’ve always thought that Derek and Brandon had the same personalities. Both drive black lexuses and at one point white wheels, both slow in personality and they’re both Virgos. Crazy how today they finally meet each other!

What a time to be alive…

Follow Brandon on Instagram @BNS300

-NGUMINH

June 29, 2016

Food and The 90’s | Food Adventures

The best time to hang out with me is when you’re hungry. I am always eating and I rarely say no when a plan is made to go out to eat. We’ll be having a food adventure of my routine Saturdays…

Breakfast at Aunt Yese’s Home Cooking, me and my wife shared this eggs benedict and hash browns. Basic, but extremely delicious.

Met up Hayle for lunch and caught her wearing the ‘Heritage’ dad hat available on our online store.

Royal Origin Online Store

Jon rocking the ‘Script’ snapback.

We met up at Mick’s Karma Bar for some of the best burgers money can buy. I got the Habanero Burger with bacon and eggs.

We sat out on the lawn chair and ate our meals like lavish people would do.

John having a difficult time eating without a table.

At night, I met up with Rodney, Vinh and Shavi for dinner. Rodney brought out his newly bought Cressida with a 1jz swap.

Fast for a grandma’s car.

Shavi decided to bring out the M30 to stretch it’s legs.

Shavi got stuck on the driveway and needed our help to move it. Check out that tire smoke in the back..

This thing needs wheels and to be lower asap.

We finally made it to our destination and ended the night on a good note with Raising Canes!

Days like these is the reason why I’m fat..

-NGUMINH

June 28, 2016

Sushi with John and Ashton | Taurus Birthdays

It’s always fun when there’s a birthday party, especially when people actually care about these people and come out to celebrate. It was Ashton, John and Angelo’s birthdays and we decided to go to Sake 2 Me for their dinner. Angelo couldn’t make it, so we celebrated his birthday in spirit for him.

“Where the bitches at yo? Bruno Mars can not be seen without any hunnies in between these two arms.”

I swear John always closes his eyes in every group photo.

Sang’s sick ass Cayman, I’ve known him since he was a troll on MY.IS.

Waiting to be seated for a group of 24.

Spotted Phi’s Civic on Air Runner suspension.

The parking lot of Sake 2 Me became a little car meet.

Shavi’s M30.

John’s Corvette on Forge Stars.

Ashton about to get white girl wasted.

John’s been working out, so he’s not much of an alcohol drinker anymore. Good thing I’m here to eat his desserts.

Happy Birthday boy knows he’s coming home to sex after dinner.

Happy Birthday to my favorite Tauruses, may you guys find good fortune and happiness in your future endeavors.

-NGUMINH

June 27, 2016

Night Fun | RO Drift

I’ve always wanted to learn how to drift my SC, but I never had a push to go out and try. Recently, my friend Brandon started to come around and convinced me to take my SC out to the mountains with him to learn how to slide it.

Brandon’s IS300, this car has been through some shit since I’ve seen it last. The last time was four years ago…

Whiskey Devil

All black and ready to go.

We met up with Rodney at Cha2O on the way to Angeles Crest.

Rodney got these cool 90’s Forever stickers made.

After a long and fun winding drive, we got to the drift spot and met with Brandon’s friend who also drove an IS300.

The stars were definitely out tonight.

After some rounds of burning rubber, we decided to try and light paint.

Rodney’s attempts on drawing Saitama from One Punch Man.

I decided to max out the ISO on the Sony A7SII and man it’s so impressive. This photo was taken at 1:36 AM.

It looks like broad day light, so amazing!

Got some shots of Brandon’s IS300. Sorry Brandon, I was too lazy to photo shop it so your car would look good.

I am now addicted to drifting…

-NGUMINH

June 27, 2016

The Track Burnaz | HOODRATstuff

As some of you may know, Derek aka “DUKDIKZ” made a career choice to go into the music industry. He got his shit together, went to the Musicians Institute in LA and recently, he got an internship with Rodney Jerkins. Derek got a chance to be the main sound engineer for The Track Burnaz and upcoming producing group from Miami. They saw Derek wearing the HOODRATstuff gear and thought it would be a great idea to collaborate with us. Derek set it up so we could meet at the studio and discuss the collaboration.

Derek’s GS300 is still intact even after living in LA for the past year. Amazing what air ride could do for a car.

Check out those bags under Derek’s eyes, this is a guy that’s been working hard in the studio.

Always reppin’.

One of the artists that The Track Burnaz and Derek has been working with is DB Bantino. DB is a writer, producer and rapper from D.C. and has some tracks that’s been used by a lot of artists.

The Track Burnaz and DB just recently released a song together that they made the day we met. Check it out here..

https://soundcloud.com/rnbass/db-bantino-ft-the-track-burnaz-bad-tings

DB, Briggz and JB laced out with HOODRATstuff.

DB feeling himself.

DB laying down some lyrics.

HOODRATstuff in the studio.

JB feeling the wave.

The Track Burnaz consist of JB, Briggz and Ruben all from Miami.

JB getting that work in.

After the studio meet up, we had dinner with Hayle at EMC Seafood.

Salmon capriccio.

$1.50 oysters.

Hayle and Shavi are about to order the whole happy hour menu.

Soft shell crab sliders.

Most of the happy hour menu.

We decided to go back to the studio to kill some time, since going home from Calabasas to OC would have been a 2 hour drive because of traffic. We caught Derek and Ruben vibing out to some new beats.

DB putting the finishing touches to the song.

Hayle was feeling the song so much that she wanted to moon walk.

Shout out to Derek for putting this meeting together, we will definitely be doing some more stuff with The Track Burnaz, make sure you check out their Sound Cloud and Instagram!

The Track Burnaz

June 27, 2016

Jimmy’s Civic | Car Porn

Today, we got some more Honda porn with Jimmy’s extremely low 8th gen Civic. We did the shoot right after Erik’s photo shoot which you can check out here.. Erik’s EP3. Jimmy’s Civic has been through so many setups and rocked almost every wheel brand you can think of that has a cool 17in wheel. Now check out his best setup to date…

TE-37 wheel tuck porn.

The slammed, TE-37, Bride seat equipped Civic brothers.

Shavi made a video for the both of them, you can check it out here.

Jimmy’s Civic & Erik’s EP3 | Video

Look at that tuck, it’s amazing that this thing can make turns and even move at all.

That booty, Jimmy’s Civic has a custom molded trunk to create a uniqueness to his car.

Jimmy makes his Civic look so simple and clean that you don’t realize that there is so much done to his car.

Jimmy has done literally everything he could to a Civic from an array of suspension parts to a super charged engine.

The perfect wheel.

Erik not enjoying his time out in the cold park.

Check out that camber probably the most I’ve seen in a Civic.

Shavi in his cozy ‘Heritage’ joggers while filming Jimmy’s Civic.

Proof that this thing can move at this height.

Sadly, Jimmy is parting out his car and will be moving on from his build. You can message him on his Instagram @jimmylieu for parts and tell him he’s making a mistake.

-NGUMINH

June 22, 2016

Nemo’s Garage | Grand Opening

It’s that time of the year in Southern California, where the blistering heat and car meets align. This weekend took us to the Nemo’s Garage grand opening in Ontario, California. And as you will see they are new, but veterans of experience and knowledge in the automotive realm; big with the Honda platforms.

Thanks.

Shavi Wijegunaratne
Instagram: shaviw
shavi@royal-origin.com

June 18, 2016

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