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
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
Just as the title says, just hold on we’re going home. We were on our way back from Las Vegas, Nevada; where we had our annual anniversary meet. Going down the 15 North back to Southern California we ended up at the abandoned water park to take some quick pictures before traffic builds up too much.
A couple of weeks ago; our friends from Lowballers Japan paid California a visit. It was great to show them around and give them a taste of our daily Hoodrat American shenanigans. The night before they were to fly back home to the land of the rising sun we did our best to organize a meet to end their trip to California with an awesome memory. Blasted on mediums of social media the meet had an awesome turnout. Cars from all over showed up and the parking lots went bonkers. What started as a meet turn into a cruise. Explanation to follow…
BIPPU
The planned location was at the Best Buy parking lot at the Tustin Marketplace on the border of Irvine and Tustin. Although it was “scheduled” to start at 9PM, I showed up to the parking lot at 8:30 to find rows of cars already lined up and people already mingling. Cars continued to fill the lot and the parking lot got filled quick. Around 9:15 Tustin PD showed up and kicked us out. I guess there was just too many awesome cars for them to handle. Word spread quick that the next spot to meet was the Petsmart parking lot at The District down the street.
I’m not a fan of the trending crazy-sporty-VIP style, but i love the attention to detail that people put into these builds
Christ Foreman – Back into hover mode after his drift day
Every time I see this car, I lose my mind. It’s static, it gets driven, it’s awesome
Word had traveled quick as everyone was forced to leave the Tustin Marketplace. The next spot was the Petsmart parking lot at The District. Like a scene from The Fast and The Furious almost everyone rolled up and bombed down Jamboree. Oil pans scraped and cars screamed at wide open throttle to the next spot. Once everyone had reconvened at the second location, people continued to hang out but eventually Tustin PD showed up once again and escorted us all out. On to spot number 3.
JDM4Play
A President ready to rule the world
Another shot of the biblical drifting prodigy
Every time Nick rolls up to scene, he’s bumping trance.
So much beauty
It’s a rare sighting seeing Angelo with his silver other-half rather than his Korean one
One day; I will have one of my own
ForeverYoung
Drift ready
Mugen faced RSXs aren’t as common as they should be. Who doesn’t like an awesome happy looking car?
People everywhere!
NVUS came out with some cool cars
Purple contrast
It wouldn’t be a car meet without someone showing off their steering wheel
You don’t see those colors on those chassis’ too often
A Porsche that gets the girl, a comfy Lexus that keeps the girl, a van to take the kids around if the girl gets pregnant.
An old friend from the 8thcivic community. JUAN CHEESE!
v8 POWWWWAHHHHH
IS-F: “Mine has over 400hp”. IS350: “Mine has over 12k spring rates”.
Time for spot number 3…
Spot number 3 was the structure of the Diamond Jamboree Plaza which was further down the street out of Tustin PD’s jurisdiction.
Ready to disturb the peace
Wait…. why??
Two different styles, one common purpose. DRIFT.
BBS RS’ are played out you say? not when they’re built like Jimmy’s.
Royal Origin Lexus Gang
Dippin’
IIRC, this thing had an FMIC 😉
Meet J-Ho. She’s awesome for those lonely nights
More VIP Goodness
A Lexus with a hint of Benz
I need one of these in my life
All the way from Vegas
The President made it out to spot number 3!
Parking structure filled quick!
RB26DETTs were found in both of these
Hello Boso
To those who came out; thanks for showing the Lowballers Japan guys some cool cars and how committed people are in Socal. I’m sure they appreciated the magnitude of the meet and will be looking forward to the next one when they pay Socal another visit.
– Jay Tien
Instagram @jaygiatien
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
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Filmed & Edited By: Shavi W.
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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.
On Saturday, October 13th, a majority of the Royal Origin guys including myself attended the 2012 Formula Drift: Title Fight event at the Irwindale Speedway. This was the last FormulaD event of the year and a Formula Drift Champion would be crowned by the end of the day. Along with the main drifting event, Fatlace hosted the Slammed Society Showcase.
The Irwindale Speedway.
First time in a while that we rolled deep to a show.
The Royal Origin window cleaner position has finally been filled. Good work Bonnie!
BMW M5 on Leon Hardiritt Orden’s. Owned by Mark of Phase2.
I’m in love…
Kirk’s STi from RoyalFlush.
Nimo rockin’ some Work VS-KF’s and his newly painted matched flares.
Allen of Low n Slow.
…More like low and fast.
Sup girl, heard you like big tips.
Angelo displaying his new wheels at the showcase.
Beautifully slammed Accord.
Ken Block.
What’s a car show without models?
FormulaD media meeting.
It was pretty damn hot out there on the track. Luckily, they gave us free water to stay hydrated.
First time shooting on the track; it was an awesome experience.
The Champ, Daigo Saito.
Alex keeping me company at the track.
Awfilms working hard or hardly working? Hmmm.
Got some behind-the-scene coverage.
Badass little Z4.
Greddy FR-S.
The awards.
Time for some crew love.
Nimo’s IS300 scraping everywhere.
Alex’s E36.
Vu’s Miata on his new Work Meister CR01.
Keychain looking sexy with his VS-KF’s.
Angelo debuting his Volk.
Ryan’s GTI.
Minh’s revitalized IS250. Came out looking hard.
Gerald aka Rootbeer from Vegas.
Jimmy’s civic on brand new Rotiform TMB’s. Ballin’… Be sure to check out the rest of the photos in the gallery!
-VINH
The part I hate most about our out-of-state friends visiting us, is saying goodbye. All good things come to an end and even though we will for sure see them in the near future, it’s always sad when they leave. We started out the day with the obligatory all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Cham Sut Gol.
Sizzlin’ brisket.
The best part about eating at Cham Sut Gol is the free thrifty ice cream.
Afterwards, we rolled out to meet up with Nimo and the IE guys for a photo shoot in Anaheim Hills.
Love watching the sun kiss…
Ryan’s gangster GTI.
This is the first thing Nimo does when he sees me…
Vuzoku.
Figuring out how to ride this contraption.
Vu’s Miata with his brand new Work Meister CR-01.
Looks perfect on his car.
Ryan’s GTI on 3SDM.
Nimo test driving the Sunkist.
He looks pretty good in it.
Jeff and Kentaro.
Jeff giving all of these cars a blessing. WARNING: The next couple of photos might give you a small glimpse of heaven.
A better photo of Vu’s Miata. So clear…
IE guys.
Yoshi rockin’ the Hella Flush Japan shirt.
A photo within a photo.
Black reflections.
Sun kiss me.
INSTAGRAM CREW.
Good times hanging out with the Vegas crew. It’s never a goodbye for us, it’s always a see ya later. We’ll reunite again at Formula D Irwindale!
-NGU ASS
Photos by NGU ASS & Jeff Payuan aka Father Jeff.
School is out and summer is here, so we got our short shorts, rounded up the homies, and went to the park for a BBQ. David, being as generous as he is, planned the event and bought all the food for us. He grilled some delicious burgers and Korean BBQ for us. We had a good time and there were good vibes. Some of us got friendly rounds of basketball in and even played tag. We haven’t seen each other as often as before because of our busy lives, so it was nice that everyone came out. A meet up with Royal Origin also means a car meet, so the parking lot at the park looked like a full blown car meet.
Here is Jimmy’s fresh-to-death Civic…
Charles took out the Q45 for a tan along with Nick’s SC400. Nick’s SC was lowered the next day, so watch out for that! Should look sick.
Just another Sunday with the friends before the work week. Cruised around with goodfeeling in the morning and ran some errands with them.
Big Vinh and Ky from goodfeeling.
That camber!
