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Light Work with Simon’s MR-S | Royal Origin Member

Simon’s MR-S was looking real clean when I was leaving work and I had to snap some photos of it.

TE-37s make everything better.

Follow him on IG @kamina86!

-NGUMINH

October 29, 2019

Boden Bash 2016 | Event Coverage

Boden AutoHaus a premium air suspension specialist shop in Costa Mesa, California put together a car meet that had a cars and coffee type vibe with a good variety of makes/models coming together to share their Saturday morning together. These are the cars that caught my eye.

Matt’s GS400 equipped with 326power and Black Magician kit on SSR Professor SP1.

After Boden Bash 2016, we head up to 714 Tires to meet up with John to hangout while he gets an alignment since we were getting lunch together after that.

John’s C6 Corvette on Rotiform LVS.

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

August 29, 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

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

Vankulture x Air Runner | Square Meet

Just another weekend in Southern California, where you can find all kinds of automotive events going on. This time around we have Vankulture bringing some of the coolest modified vans together, and Air Runner Systems provided quality suspension and the venue for the meet up.

Photo Dumpage:

Thanks

-@ShaviW

September 25, 2015

RO in Australia | Evolution Eight

Just another day in Sydney, Australia. Jacob with the white Mitsubishi Evolution VIII on RSV Forged RS10D picked me up with his buddy to take some quick pictures, and just hang out.

It sure did feel a bit weird seeing everyone driving on the right hand side, and drive on the opposite side of the road.

These RSV Forged RS10D made me miss my old TMBs. Gotta love a good looking true directional wheel.

Simple equals clean.

BCHPLS, rim to fender fitment.

After hanging out and shooting pictures, a nice Australian pig decided to pull over and cite Jacob’s Evo for basically everything. I have heard the stories and first hand accounts of the Australian automotive regulations, and it really is the worst. You really just gotta pay to play to enjoy being an automotive enthusiast anywhere in the world.

Hope you enjoyed the photos.

September 8, 2015

OMWTFYB | Enjoy Sin

It was finally here, the weekend of the Enjoy Sin car meet with HNRS. We’ve been counting the days, minutes and seconds to finally spend some good quality time with friends and family. One of my favorite things to take photos of during this event is the caravan to Vegas, it’s just such a thrill to see a bunch of modified cars cruising together on the freeway. This post will be mostly rolling shots of the caravan.

Jeff looking mighty dapper this early.

Erik and Nimo trying to get dabber themselves.

UNDERWATER SQUAD.

Ryo’s Q45 rolling static on Koenig Monsters.

New member Aron’s M35 on Weds Bazerias.

Jaycray’s brand spanking new RC350 with it’s first road trip. Glad that we were apart of it.

The biggest surprise on the trip was Adam taking his S13. Glad to see it made the trip without any problems.

Kentaro rolling through with the most reliable car here.

Marq was hesitant about taking his 7 series to Vegas because of some transmission problems, but he ended up making it there with no problems and he only used half a tank to get from Cali to Vegas. Quite impressive for a big body BMW.

Ryan Gold’s bright ass EVO was fun to shoot for rolling shots. Ryan made the trek with us all the way from Santa Barbara.

This year we had faster cars in this caravan, but we paced it pretty well so Vu and I could get some good rolling shots of the caravan. Thanks Ashton for not going 0 to 130 real quick.

Another speed demon, Phat and his Cayman S.

Jeff’s WRX was my camera car and he did a great job catching up to everyone and pacing the car so I could get the best shots.

Robros Customs let Vinh drive the STI to the meet. The wrap looked great in the sun.

Derek pulled an all nighter to get his car ready for this trip. He spent the whole night wrapping his front end just to look decent for the meet.

Kevin’s S2000 was looking great now that it looks pretty much complete with his hardtop.

One of the lowest cars in the caravan was boss man, Jimmy’s Civic. He was literally scraping his diffuser all the way to Vegas.

Jimmy did a public service and picked up all the trash on the freeway.

The second camera car with Vu in the passenger seat.

This year Erik and his EP3 joined us in the caravan to Vegas. His car looks freaking ridiculous when it’s rolling

Gas station stop.

Jimmy couldn’t make it up the drive way, so he parked in the streets.

We finally made it to our first destination, the M Resort where they have a good deal for lunch at the Studio B buffet. It’s been a tradition that we hit this buffet first before doing anything else in Vegas.

Sparkle’s M3 our Taiwan dealer of Royal Origin and HOODRATstuff also joined us in the caravan. Sucks, we missed his car for a rolling shot.

EVO booty.

Jesus, we made it.

Shavi leading the squad.

For the first time, we beat the rush for the buffet. Vinh and John excited to stuff their faces.

Looks like heaven.

Japan x Taiwan x Vietnam.

After the buffet, we went to check in at the house we rented. The driveway was so large that it could have fit all of our cars, too bad some of us couldn’t make it up the driveway.

Neel is now a Vegas local and met up with us as soon as we arrived.

Safe and sound.

The house was pretty awesome, large enough for all of us and it had so many activities like this gaming room.

Tina excited for some pool.

Ryan sucks at shuffle board.

This will be empty by tomorrow.

Current events meeting aka deciding where we’re going to go eat.

Angelo, the leader of the RO offroad edition.

That’s it for today, the next post will be coverage of the meet!

March 5, 2015

More Preparations | Enjoy Sin

A very important thing to check before a long road trip is your alignment and tire wear. Thankfully, we have the good guys over at 714 Tires to help us prepare our cars for the long trip to Las Vegas. They are one of the few shops in Southern California that work on slammed cars.

Kevin’s S2000 getting his tires flipped.

Derek getting his GS an alignment.

Kevin’s Avant Garde A1 wheels are for sale by the way. Email us at royalorigin@royal-origin.com for a price. One of a kind wheels.

DPE wheels getting some tires dismounted. 714 Tires handles a lot of expensive wheels, so they know how to work on your wheels without damaging it.

Lee one of the owners of 714 Tires putting in work.

Rotiform CSW.

Vinh helping out David, the other owner of 714 Tires with dismounting tires.

Beautiful.

Tires for days.

It was a Royal Origin type of morning for 714 Tires.

How Derek’s face is after an alignment. Stunned, happy, mad, sad not really sure.

I changed my ride height, so the toe was a bit off. Thanks to 714 Tires everything was in spec and ready for Vegas.

Afterwards, we took Kevin’s S2000 and his new hardtop back to Robros Customs to get it wrapped.

Liberty Walk GTR coming soon..

Out of no where a wild Kato appears.

Kato from Liberty Walk came by to check on the Robros Customs GTR.

This guy is really fun to talk to and thank you to Anna for translating.

Checking out Kevin’s wrap job.

Robros sandwich.

After that meeting, me and Vinh had to go to City of Industry to pick up a hood from Seibon and while we were in the area, we decided to see if VR wheels had anything cool going on.

Wheel heaven.

They always have some fire in their ware house. Wish I had the money for some BBS LMs.

When we got back Jason had finished wrapping Kevin’s hardtop.

Check out that precision even making it two tone with the gloss black.

Kevin’s car has come a long way since his motor blew way back then. Glad to see the progression on this thing!

Next post… OMWTFYB…

March 4, 2015

Kevin’s S2000 | Royal Origin Member

The other day, Kevin came to visit me at work and brought out the S2000 for some fresh air. Thought it would be cool to shoot his car since I’ve only shot it when it’s at a meet or a show.

This wrap by Robros Customs is so good. The wrap job is so detailed that it looks like paint and the way it is laid out hides the fact that it’s a wrap.