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Customizing with Rhino | Car Nights

Lately, I’ve been spending most of my time at Rhino Customs where Rodney works. We’ve been doing small stuff to my IS, so it could look presentable. Rodney has helped me mount tires, install bumpers, grills, headlights and so much more. Thanks Rodney for all the help! Building a car really does bring friends together.

Rodney applying some black vinyl to my fenders to see how it’ll look. It didn’t look good…

Almost perfect.

Loving my new 78 Works tail lights and AIMGAIN trunk spoiler courtesy of Kyoei USA and Ryo.

Looking better everyday.

The shop car is a LS swaped S14 that they plan to compete in drift events for shop exposure.

That logo..

I thought it would be cool to do some light painting in the shop, little did I know I really suck at light painting.

We also spent some time putting each other’s cars together. Like installing Abbitt’s lift for his truck.

Bruno Mars loves cars.

Rodney teaching Abbitt how to mount tires.

We also had to install Rodney’s coil overs and mount his tires.

None of us knew how to stretch tires and we did the only thing we know how to do. Apply a little #HOODRATstuff to it.

and a lot of brake fluid and a torch..

Googling how to stretch a tire…

We ended up figuring it all out and actually got all the tires mounted.

The power of team work.

Looking good Bruno.

Family dinners after a long day of fixing cars.

It’s also fun to play with fire.

Not bad, not bad at all.

You can follow Rodney and Rhino’s Customs on Instagram here..

Rodney – @rod_knee

Rhino’s Customs – @rhino_customs_detailing

-NGUMINH

June 18, 2016

Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

Just another Wekfest at Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, however, this time around this is the last one at this location. Nonetheless, they put together Southern California’s finest automotive builds together once again. Here is a video highlight from some clips Nimo capture, and I decided to quick edit together. Enjoy.

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

June 10, 2016

Erik’s EP3 | Car Feature

I don’t think Erik’s EP3 needs an introduction because you’ve probably seen his car in most of our posts and all over the social media sphere for being one of the lowest EP3’s out there. Erik asked me and Shavi to shoot his car and usually when owners ask that it’s because they’re either selling the car or something big is going to happen to it. Which for Erik I think he’s going to raise his car like an inch. Dramatic I know..

Erik’s EP3 is static sitting on Volk TE-37 SL.

So much tuck, I think Erik’s plan to raise his car is actually a really good idea.

Erik’s EP3 has been through it all from being boosted to many many sets of wheels.

Volks and Brembos go together like spam and rice.

Erik is still able to turn under those fiber glass J’s Racing fenders, I’m surprised the fenders are the least fucked up part of his car.

That even camber all around. *heart eyes*

Erik brought out Yung Louie to the photo shoot, so we can see his enormous balls.

That’s the face of a happy dog rubbing his balls on some Status seats.

We completed the photo shoot with some rollers down the street. Check out the gallery.

LowcooL.

Yung Louie says you should check out the shop.royal-origin.com and get some stickers. Other than that, I hope you enjoy these photos of Erik’s EP3, you can follow him on Instagram at @ayooo_e.

-NGUMINH

June 9, 2016

On The Way | Freeway Rollers

A little throwback from our caravan to Vegas for our Anniversary meet. This year we decided to have an open caravan to Vegas, but sadly only 3-4 cars from our group made it this year when we usually have a flurry of 20+ cars. We’re just getting older and other responsibilities are taking us away from our cars. I’m still glad that some new people came out to our caravan and we want to thank all of the people who decided to cruise with us for coming out.

Kevin’s S2000 and the Greddy Ben Sopra GTR.

It’s been 3 months since I took this photo, so I forgot the owner’s name, but his FD was clean and it sounded awesome on the 15 freeway.

The homie Allen, brought out his 350z from Low N Slow.

You can see that he supports our friends from Super Kawaii.

Mikey brought out his static LS430 on VIP Modulars. It was ridiculous seeing this car cruise the 400 miles to Vegas.

Surprisingly, Mikey was keeping up with the Greddy GTR. Kenji was at the helm and breaking necks on the 15 freeway.

Bruno Mars is really humble and brought out his E39.

Mikey ended up getting a blow out, so we stopped on the side of the freeway to help out. Six highway patrol rolled up on us and only let one car to stay behind to help Mikey. I don’t have a photo of the situation, so here’s a photo of Allen’s 350z.

Nimo meet us at Prim to escort us into Las Vegas.

E39 bros.

We made it to the M Buffet with minimal casualties. Marq is ready to get his grub on.

Abbitt’s face though when he has cookies..

We met up with the Lowballers for a sunset photo shoot. Photos from that will be coming soon..

After the shoot, we went to Shack Shake for dinner. Check out Jeff’s face when he sees his food.

Preppin his sauce for his burger.

Marq giving the fat shocker.

Anti Social.

Social Club.

I got the double shack burger. Melts in your mouth not in the bun.

Shake Shack is so good, Jeff ordered two burgers. I’ll end it with this food porn and hopefully I’ll get more posts out. Hopefully…

-NGUMINH

June 2, 2016

Boost Brigade Spring Launch | Event Coverage

Boost Brigade, an upcoming brand in the automotive industry, invited us to their spring launch. Boost Brigade is the brain child of Kenji, the president of Greddy Performance. The clothing brand will focus on the love of boosted vehicles. The event started in the evening at the Greddy warehouse and the first person that greeted us was Sara.

Sara was helping out Boost Brigade with the check-in and had excellent back lighting for this photo.

Which way is it to the event?

Boost Brigade had a plethora of boosted cars on display, like the Greddy Ben Sopra GTR on Advan GT wheels. Another heavily modified GTR rolling in from Evasive Motorsports. This GTR looks like it would kill it on the track and it should be since Evasive is known for making track monsters. Clean R32 on Work CR-kais.

The Boost Brigade x In4mation collab looks sick.

Boost Brigade can be bought at the Greddy Performance headquarters in Irvine.

Kevin, the creative director at Boost Brigade.

DJ TradeMarq on the 1’s and 2’s.

Marq is getting into the good vibes. Kevin with his bagged S2000 on display. Rocket Bunny tC looking fresh. The Greddy Rocket Bunny FRS that is used in the Formula Drift series. Boosted Rocket Bunny GTR on Volk TE-37s. Sara photobombing Julia’s photo.

John was talking about how we should boost our cars..

Well maybe one day…

-NGUMINH

May 27, 2016

Extreme Dimensions Car Show 2016| Event Coverage

The annual Extreme Dimensions Car Show was a couple of weeks ago and the turn out was amazing. There were cars from all walks of life and they had some crazy events that were going on during the show, but we’ll get into that in a bit. These two yellow FRS caught my eye from a far.

Bugeye on Work XD9.

So much gloss in the paint. Glad to be seeing more modified R32s in SoCal.

DNA Motoring’s S2000 for show.

A front end collision would suck for this Subaru. Wide body Mustang, so it could hit more people in crowds. That color tho. The Subie presence was strong at this meet.

Wow, 2nd generation IS with a 3rd gen front bumper molded on. John’s R35 on Advan GT. Evil looking Mustang.

Damn!! Satin black with gold accents on this S2000 looks amazing.

Low is an understatement.From satin black to all the colors of the rainbow. Perfect photo opportunity for this skyline syndicate. They were having a revving contest where the audience choose the winner. The one time revving your car at a meet was cool. The “Fuck Likes” sticker on this clean GS. Another 2nd gen IS with a 3rd gen bumper with excellent fitment. Neck breaker. Old school Mazda rolling out. Bagged and boosted S2000.

Best LS right now in Orange County and it’s owned by Tommy from Infinite Werks.

God, I love seeing a immaculate Civic.

After a long day at the show, a musubi from Musubi Monster ended the day.

Try it, it’ll change your life.

-NGUMINH

May 27, 2016

GMG Racing Open House | Event Coverage

GMG Racing open house is one of the best local events in Orange County, we get to see a crazy amount of super cars at this event and be in presence of cars that would probably cost two of your lifetimes to afford. The morning of the event I met up with Phat and Ashton for breakfast.

One does not belong… The Porsche/Mazda bros. Ashton’s 911 is looking great going back to the grey paint and adding the PNA Design wing.

We were waiting for the Phaze 2 caravan to come through and they brought the heat.

The roll-in was way tight just like Darren’s Porsche. Clean styling with this Porsche on BBS RS. Brendan’s widebody Supra was out and about at the event. These guys were talking about if this car was in the Fast and Furious or not. Roll out like a boss.

Mikey’s Amuse 370z on Volk TE-37 SL.

Mikey’s shiny 997 on Rotiforms. Darren’s GT3 got some prime parking at the event. Mikey with the surprise back rub. Bugatti to greet you before entering the warehouse. The car even had it’s own security to make sure no one leans on it. GMG Racing Audi R8 for sale. It would be a nice addition to my garage, but maybe in another life time. The R8 is pretty clean for a race car. Super cars on super cars. Every automotive photographer’s dreams were in this building. Those carbon fiber wheels tho. This F12 is so beautiful. Medusa RWB. Bugatti roll out.

Ending it with me spotting Devyn’s Itasha style Civic.

-NGUMINH

May 27, 2016

Jimmy’s Civic & Erik’s EP3 | Video

It has been a long while since I have actually did video, and doing this video was like learning it again. Here we have Jimmy’s Honda Civic and Erik’s Honda EP3, which have nearly identical visual appearances and performance modifications. Both these cars are static (on coilovers), boosted, and on Volk Racing TE37s.

Take a look at this highlight of both fine tuned cars:

Thanks.

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

May 25, 2016

Royal Origin Spring 2016 | New Shirts

Check out what we have in stored for our 2016 Spring Collection. A lot of fun goodies this time around and way more comfortable to wear.
Everything you see is available at www.shop.royal-origin.com

Everything you see is available at www.shop.royal-origin.com

May 20, 2016

Another One | Anniversary Meet

A throwback post for our Anniversary meet in Vegas. Sorry, this post took so long, life passes by so quick when you’re having fun and I haven’t had time to edit photos and definitely no time for blogging. It’s just crazy how time flies by so fast, back then we had this meet with the Low Ballers to commemorate our bromance and gay love. Now things have changed, people change and feelings change too. We still got mad love for the new Low Ballers, but it’s not the same as when we were younger. The meet now is an excuse for the whole group to go to Vegas to get super smashed and make a bunch of mistakes.

The morning of our Anniversary Meet, we had a wedding to attend, but first we had to get some breakfast to cure the early morning hang over from last night.

Waiting to be seated at Egg and I, Rica looks like a stern mother.

Make sure you check in on Yelp to get a free muffin.

My knights of the round table.

I never knew how much I liked having brown stuff in my mouth until I had this.

I wish I could have breakfast food for every meal.

After breakfast, we rushed home to get ready for the wedding.

Marq with unbelievable swag. He won best dressed at this wedding. Moments like that deserve to be captured right—schedule your personalized photography consultation now with the team at AGS Photo Art.

Everyone beginning to show up to the chapel and looking sharp.

Bruno Mars made it for the pre-wedding performance.

Krstina and Hayle so happy together like they’re about to get married.

Pre-wedding jitters with Angelo, Bonnie and Hayle.

Chivas in full tux mode.

Phat + Ashton = Brendan.

The ladies.

Royal Origin.

After the wedding, we took drowned in alcohol and went straight to HNRS for the meet. Sadly, I was busy with coordinating the meet and didn’t get a chance to shoot that much. I had Allen take over my camera and since he’s not use to the Sony some of the shots came out a bit blurry and grainy. I apologize for that, but here’s a nice photo of Aron’s M35 bagged on Wed’z Bazerias.