Tag: drift

  • Throwback to Vinh’s S13 | Royal Origin Member

    Throwback to Vinh’s S13 | Royal Origin Member

     Thought I make a post of Vinh’s S13 from when I shot it for Stance Nation. These are some of the photos that didn’t make it into the article. Check it out! 194

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    I miss seeing this car.

    Vinh tore this car down to the very shell and made this beautiful creation.

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    Henry lives up to his name.

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    It was awesome seeing this car scrape the roads of Orange County.

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    Work Equip perfection.

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    The sun set too soon for this car..

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    Still missing you everyday. Check out this video I made of some old clips of Vinh’s S13.

    -NGUMINH

  • The Leopard | Suspension

    The Leopard | Suspension

    Not too long  ago I was looking for a second car to be my fun daily driver since driving the MS3 around was getting a little annoying to take to certain places, and it was limiting the amount customization I could be doing to the car itself. So, my search took me to Craig’s List, where I was looking for anything within my budget of below $2000.00 USD. In the end, I got the most unlikely car I was looking for, a 1991 Infiniti M30 coupe for less than $900.00.

    The reason this car stood out to me was the body lines (basically the way it looked), the v6 motor, rear wheel drive, somewhat decent reliability, and the fact that it was compatible with many other Nissan parts from other models. Oh yeah and for the price (way below the budget) of the potential this car has was pretty worth it as well.

    This is kind of a rare car being that it was one of the first Infiniti cars in North America, and about only about 6,000 coupes and 6,000 convertibles were made through the production years; 1990-1992. It is basically just a rebadged Nissan Leopard in Japan though, and shares similarities with the Nissan Z-chassis, R-chassis, Y-chasiss, and S-chassis. Because of that, I entered a world of mixing and matching parts.

    046Finding information was a definite mission with the downfall of forums, and the rise of social media, especially Facebook groups are to blame for that. First up was a 5 lug conversion and S13 coilover conversion. This pretty much meant upgrading most of the front suspension, which is straight forward plug and play, while the rear suspension had more modifications.

    Front Suspension:
    -S13 Powered By Max Competition front coilovers 5″ 30k
    -S14 modified knuckles
    -S14 stock 5 lug hubs
    -S14 Duralast 5 lug brake rotors
    -M30 stock brake calipers
    -M30 Duralast brake pads
    -S14 stock lower control arms
    -GKTECH S14/S15 40mm roll center correction kit
    -S14 MOOG outer tie rod ends
    -Maxima MOOG inner tie rods
    -S14 ISIS Pro tension rods

    Rear Suspension:
    -S13 Powered By Max Competition rear coilovers 5″ 22k
    -Z31 5 lug rear stub axles
    -Z32 Duralast 5 lug brake rotors
    -Z32 stock brake calipers
    -Z32 Duralast brake pads

    DSC01434Some of the main front suspension components.

    DSC01414The beautiful Powered By Max Competition coilovers. These are meant for S13, but with the right pieces and tweaks they should mount to the M30.

    DSC01415The front will mount with all the arms and knuckles. The rear will only be able to mount with modifying the M30 rear towers to match the S13 mounting points for the S13 top hats.

    DSC01416The stiffness.

    DSC01458The front coilovers maxed out with all the collars still placed at the top. Really short.

    DSC01428Added some paint onto certain items for protection and style.

    DSC01431Common on Nissan/Infiniti models for there to be wiring harness above the wheel well. This wiring harness above the driver side wheel well was labeled, cut, tucked, soldered, sleeved, and reloomed away inside and around the driver side front shock towers.

    DSC01433There was about 200 wires that needed attention after being cut and tucked inside the engine bay.

    DSC01455The biggest cock block for wanting to be low and somewhat functional.

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    DSC01460Tucked inside the engine bay.

    DSC01459Also rerouted the hood latch cable inside the engine bay as well. Results are a worry free area to go low and run meatier tires.

    The front was straight to the point, but required additional modifications to fix the roll center and tracking.

    Because I was converting from 4 lug to 5 lug, this also meant that I needed wheels. After some research I found the appropriate wheel sizing I wanted to give the car. I went from the stock 4×114.3 wheels of 15×6.5 +20 to 5×114.3 15×10 +/-0. And of course did all that fender magic.

    These are Vision 521 Nitro 15×10 +/- 0 with 205/50/15 tires all around.

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    The rear required new mounting points for the S13 top hats, Z31 rear 5 lug stub hubs, custom Z31 to M30 axle flanges, Z32 Duralast rear brake rotors, Z32 stock brake calipers, and Z32 Duralast brake pads.

    Eventually, the whole rear end will be taken out to be replaced by S14 rear subframe and arms, but that isn’t until a later time.

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    Thanks. @shaviw

  • OMWTFYB | Enjoy Sin

    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.

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    Jeff looking mighty dapper this early.

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    Erik and Nimo trying to get dabber themselves.

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    UNDERWATER SQUAD.

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    Ryo’s Q45 rolling static on Koenig Monsters.

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    New member Aron’s M35 on Weds Bazerias.

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

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

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    Kentaro rolling through with the most reliable car here.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Another speed demon, Phat and his Cayman S.

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    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.

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

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    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.

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

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    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.

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

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    The second camera car with Vu in the passenger seat.

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

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    Gas station stop.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    EVO booty.

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    Jesus, we made it.

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    Shavi leading the squad.

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

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    Looks like heaven.

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    Japan x Taiwan x Vietnam.

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    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.

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

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    Safe and sound.

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

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    Tina excited for some pool.

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    Ryan sucks at shuffle board.

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    This will be empty by tomorrow.

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

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    Angelo, the leader of the RO offroad edition.

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

  • Say Hi.

    Say Hi.

    This summer is going to be a crazy one, we’ll be attending a bunch of meets and shows through out California – Vegas. Here’s a little list of where you can spot us and come visit our booth and say “Hi!”

     5.24.14 WEK FEST LA PRE MEET

    5.31.14 WEK FEST LA

    6.7.14 – 6.8.14 IDRC X JDM CHEMICALS BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY

    6.14.14 Wrong Fitment Fest Oceanside

    7.19.14 Race for The Cure Fontana

    7.19.14 Evolution San Francisco

    8.2.14 End of Summer Meet Las Vegas

    8.10.14 WEK FEST SF

    8.15.14 – 8.17.14 IDRC X JDM CHEMICALS SUMMIT MOTORSPORTS PARK

    9.12.14 – 9.13.14 IDRC X JDM CHEMICALS LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

    10.11.14 FORMULA DRIFT IRWINDALE

    11.4.14 – 11.7.14 SEMA LAS VEGAS



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  • Formula Drift Long Beach 2014 and Offset Kings Show Case

    Formula Drift Long Beach 2014 and Offset Kings Show Case

    I feel like I’ve been covering Formula Drift Long Beach for a while now. Not much has changed, maybe different cars but the same vibe. Seems like every year I get less and less content because I end up having other priorities on my plate. This year it was the first time I was working with a company that had a booth in the vendor aisle.  So my deepest apologies if there isn’t that many photos.  Just kidding, I don’t really care what you think. Enjoy the photos though.

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    The trance style lives on through Angelo’s Z.

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    The Barney mobile.

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    Thao coming out hard with the new Cosmic Racing wheels.

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    The talk of the show. Static FRS with superb fitment from Street Faction.

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    This car is so hot we needed to put a water bottle in front of the car to cool it down.

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    Now for some bad quality photos of some drifting..

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    Back to the vendor lifestyle…

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    Me and Vinh doing work at the JDM Chemicals booth.

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    Todd’s Minty XB. His first time at Formula Drift Long Beach. I’m glad I was there to share this special moment with him.

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    Mike’s crazy GS300 front bumper from Thailand I think.

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    BMW of the year.

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    The show area was packed full of fan boys.

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    Styling on you fools.

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    Very clean Audi on 3SDM wheels.

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    RWD DAILOW.

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    NSX from last night.

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    The amazing Boogs.

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    Baller ass wheels..

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    Back to more crappy drifting photos…

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    Vendor village.

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    A cop posing for this guy’s Subaru. We should stop hiring models and just bring out the whole PD. They seem to get more media attention haha.

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    Started with Angelo’s Z and ending it with his Z. Because I can.

    -NGUASS

     

  • Wagon Life

    Wagon Life

    Young is no stranger to the Lexus brand. He has been through various models through the years, and it is no surprise he is also a Lexus technician.

    Young chose to be apart of the wagon life as he used to have a regular is300, but always wanted the rare Sportcross model aka Altezza Gita. He really just wanted to get something he could slide around in.

    The rare TRD front bumper really hits the spot.

    As we took the car through the turns of this dead area, we decide it be a cool spot to shoot for a bit.

    Besides all the suspension components and modifications, the Work Varianza Schwert SC2 wheels look mighty fine.

    I am in love with everything Young has done to this IS300 Sportcross so far.

    Being the wheel whore Young is known to be. He is already on a different set of Work Wheels. Work XT-7s.

    Enjoying the rear as the California sun sets off into the distance.

    Check out the video I made for FatlaceTV.
    http://fatlace.com/2013/09/fatlacetv-schwert-wagon/

    shaviw
    -Shavi W.

  • 2012 Forumla Drift/Slammed Society: Irwindale

    2012 Forumla Drift/Slammed Society: Irwindale

    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

  • Formula Drift: Long Beach 2012

    Formula Drift: Long Beach 2012

    Finally, the Formula Drift season was here! I was getting bored of going to car meets and shows, seeing the same thing over and over. I really wanted to do some motor sports kind of photography. This year, there were many new sights at FD, such as the Scion FRS that Ken Gushi drove, and Daigo Saito from D1GP competed and brought his Lexus SC430 mated with 3.4 liter Brian Crower stroker 2JZ-GTE. There was an in-car video on youtube of Daigo driving it on practice day and it sounded insane. Got me super excited to witness the monster in action. As soon as I arrived at the parking structure, I could smell the burning rubber and hear the screech of tires drifting. It got me giddier than a high school girl who just got  asked to the prom.

    Saw the Megan-racing AE86 on the way to the entrance.

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