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  • Cruising Out The Weekend

    Cruising Out The Weekend

    Last Sunday, I woke up to a bright warm sunny afternoon. Now usually on Sunday for most people, there isn’t much to do. Some people go to church, some people run errands for the following week, and some people, like in my case, find themselves recovering from the previous night. The weather was so nice that I couldn’t see myself being a couch potato at home, so I called up a couple of local buddies from Team Tochigi and we decided to go cruise around  and soak in the awesome weather.

    Like every other day that I hang out with these guys, we started our day by meeting up at Diamond Jamboree for a quick boba run at Lollicup.
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  • Balboa Chillin’

    Balboa Chillin’

    This will be my little introduction here on Royal Origin. Over the weekend, a couple of my friends and I went out on a little adventure to try and look for some places to shoot at. We tried to stay away from those traditional parking structures that everyone seems to choose as their default location for night shoots. We tried some locations around the Newport area, and came up with some spots near Fashion Island.

      Here is Chris super slammed Nissan 350z. Many of you will think “wow, that car must ride like shit at that height.” Surprisingly, the ride on this Z is probably the most comfortable ride I’ve ever felt in any slammed car that sits as low as this does.

      His car is still a work in progress and you guys should definitely keep an eye out on his car in the near future.

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  • Visiting the Paddock

    Visiting the Paddock

    Our Wekfest weekend began on Thursday night. The roadtrip wasn’t too bad, well for me and Minh it wasn’t. We were basically KTFO the whole time, while “Roadtrip Warrior” Shavi chauffeured us all the way there to NorCal. The following day I hit up Andy @Fatlace, and told us to slide thru the Fatlace Paddock and he gladly showed us around. We got to see all the cool stuff going around the shop/warehouse. We also got to meet a lot of the Fatlace Crew members who were very nice and welcoming. We kicked it there for awhile, took some pictures of the nice shop cars  and they even fed us some awesome BBQ! Thanks to the Fatlace crew for the hospitality!

    Here’s the “Road Trip Warrior” getting ready to bounce

    At the Paddock in San Mateo
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  • WFC Venice Beach 2012

    WFC Venice Beach 2012

    This past weekend was the Wrong Fitment Crew meet in Santa Monica/Venice Beach. It was a highly anticipated meet since many websites, blogs, and forums were promoting the event. We all planned to meet up bright and early so we could all roll deep together to the meet, but that did not happen. Some of us met in Irvine and others met in Walnut. Fortunately, I live in the Walnut area, so I thought I could wake up 10 minutes before the meet-up time & still make it. Well, that was not the brightest idea. Since I woke up late, everyone else who was caravanning with us ended up being late as well (sorry everybody), and on top of that, the fact that I have an unfunctional car did  not help. We had to take two extra freeways because I could not use the normal 10 freeway (sorry again). But, after all the hecticness, we finally arrived in Santa Monica.

    We arrived around 10:30 A.M. Once we got there, our caravan was lost. There were so many cars coming from every direction, so we had to let people in between us. We waited about 15 minutes on the main street that led us to the parking lot, but we all ended up waiting for nothing because we soon found out that the parking lot was full, and the police were not letting anyone in. We somehow all managed to meet up again and parked in a parking lot across from the event.
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  • 3RD POWER

    3RD POWER

    A couple of nights ago I was really bored at home, and could not fall asleep, so I started messing around with my camera. At first I was just taking pictures of things in my room, but that got boring super quick, because I was taking pictures of the same thing over and over again. After 30 minutes or so, I decided to call my friend Gian, and asked him if I could shoot his car. It was like 2 in the morning, but since he is such a good homie and him already being out because he is Mr. popular, he agreed.

    Gian started off in the car scene with a Mitsubishi Mirage he did not go to crazy with the car, just a simple drop and wheels, but hence it being a mirage it was a sight to see. Unfortunately he got into an accident with that car and had to part ways with it. Shortly after he picked up the Nissan Cube which is what he is working with today. Gian is a very picky person from his taste in women to the cars he modifies. He did not want to go with a car that had been done numerous of times i.e. civic, XB, or even a TC.
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  • Wekfest 2012 – San Francisco

    Wekfest 2012 – San Francisco

    Sunday, February 19th, 2012 was the day of the highly anticipated Wekfest 4 by Weksos Industries. This Northern California Automotive Show did not disappoint one bit. People from all over the country came to the San Francisco Bay for this event.  There were just good vibes all around. The amount of spectators at Wekfest was just crazy. We got to catch up with some old pals and we also got to meet a lot of new people! There were just good vibes all around.

    One of the two hangers at Fort Mason

    Cars rolling into Fort Mason
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  • A Day in the Bay

    A Day in the Bay

    The day before Wekfest, we decided to venture around San Francisco city. We journeyed into the city looking for some good food. We also decided to act like tourist and take pictures of everything. Our initial plan was to get some Sushirrito (a sushi burrito) , unfortunately they are closed on the weekends. We were “hella” bummed out.

    We ended eating at a random Tri-tip joint, which was pretty good.

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  • The Night Ends.

    The Night Ends.

    It has been awhile since some of us have seen each other and been able to hangout. So, we decided to go to our old familiar hang out spots to just hang out like the good old days. This familiar place is called “The Lair.” Why? Because this is the place we would always end our night of doing hoodrat stuff together. It is an awesome place to be and the lighting there is quite interesting; always get some memorable shots.

    A quick video filmed and edited by Shavi W. of what the Lair is about. Friends and good times.

    Three perfect examples of the good-side of the Honda community, which we all hear negative things all the times, whether it is the driver or the car itself.
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  • The Return of Celso Nimo

    The Return of Celso Nimo

    So our friend Nimo decided to bring his Accord back from the dead. He decided to debut it on the day of the University of Irvine car show.

    The morning started off pretty early. The plan was to meet at Minh’s house around 9:30, but like usual everyone was running late. Even Minh was running late and he lived there!

    The show started at 10 o’clock, but we did not mind, because we knew we would be showing up fashionably late. Once I arrived I immediately started shooting.

    The first car I shot was Jimmy’s Civic always breaks my neck, especially because of it’s crazy negative camber.

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  • Random Sightings at Rotiform

    Random Sightings at Rotiform

    Went to Rotiform once again, but this time to pick up a few items that were completed for me from when I dropped by last time. Most likely, be here a few more times in the next month or so.

    Check out the last time I went to Rotiform here: Visiting Rotiform

    This is what the Rotiform work station and some of the warehouse shelves look like as you take a walk inside. And here are some random sightings on a few items laying about the warehouse either to be sent out or completed for the future happy customers.

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