illest oc – Royal Origin

The Last Slammed Sundays

I hate goodbyes more than I hate eating artificial grape flavored food, but last Sunday we had to say good bye to Illest Orange County. The shop will be shutting down after a year of business in Costa Mesa and there will no longer be anymore Slammed Sundays. Since we were the first ones to host Slammed Sundays last year, it seemed fitting that we would be the ones hosting the last one.

Ryan from Robros Customs GTR and Tim’s Supra.

These Rotiform CSW’s look crazy on his GTR.

The majority of cars in Royal Origin are red.

Jerald’s RSX and Brendan’s Supra.

A rare appearance from Jeff, this guy has been missing ever since he got a kid.

VUZOKU.

The day’s entertainment was watching slammed cars go up the drive way.

Casey’s Cressida.

Packed house of people shopping for some deals at Illest. David be like “I get this for free”.

Henry trying to figure out how to turn on the pancake machine.

Clean S13 coupe on Cosmis Racing Wheels.

My favorite part of this 8th gen Civic is the diffuser.

Sean’s super slammed G35.

Todd’s Minty xB.

More VIP goodies coming into the lot.

People coming together to enjoy cars. That’s what it’s all about.

The internet fell apart when this car came up to the lot.

Liberty Walk 458.

Boogs and the Project Zero tribe came all the way from San Diego for the meet.

A bagged S2000 that Matt from Street Faction recently worked on, also sporting some Avant Garde wheels.

Damn AJ’s LS400’s paint is shiny.

Had a quick lunch with these two cuties at Umami Burger.

Have you guys noticed all my shots have been pretty wide? I just recently purchased a 16-35mm and loving it! I missed having a wide angle lens.

FOOD TIP: Get tater tots.

The manly burger.

Back to Slammed Sundays, Kevin arrived with his boss LS400.

Jimmy’s ridiculous Civic on Volk CE28s.

One of my favorite Porsches out right now. The color and body styling is so on point.

Floss Design’s 997 GT3.

There was like a serious stance traffic jam on Randolph avenue because of the Project Zero tribe.

The leader of the traffic jam.

Holy wingstand batman!

This IS300 from Royal Stance is pretty damn low.

This Genesis coupe looked like something straight out of Japan. Gnarly kit with an even more ridiculous body work.

So angry, much vent.

Personally not my style, but I can respect the work that was put into this. Props.

And then we transition to Derek trying to make love to Nabeel’s window.

Some big booty hoes. Yeah, I’m talking about you Randy.

@DJTradeMarq

@BonnieKimm

So soft and dreamy Vu.

Bruno Mars made an appearance!

Store was winding down and we started to mess around.

Trixie extremely exicted about going to Instafame Las Vegas that’s why she’s holding onto that flyer so tight.

Kaki pants crew.

Trixie for hoodratstuff.

Pho is life and sometimes you need a wing to hold all of your bowls of pho.

Squad.

When you illegally download music, this is what Bruno Mars sends you in an email.

Keith wearing his LV murse loud and proud.

After the meet we decided to take a trip to one of my favorite ice cream shops in Orange County, a la minute.

A la minute is located in Orange circle and is a cool spot to shoot if you want some hipster shots or if you want that Back Street Boys kinda vibe that we tried here…

Damn killas.

Glaiza Fierce.

Jerald and Hayle very intrigued on how nitrogen ice cream is made.

ICE CREAM TIP: Salted Caramel.

Decisions.

Deciding on a flavor is one of the toughest decisions in life..

That’s why you mooch off all of your homie’s ice creams and get a taste of everything!

Weird how we’re all use to this face.

“It’s not green tea, but it’ll do”

This is Marq’s face when he orgasms and when he sees ice cream.

Scheming about stealing some plants.

Lover’s circle.

It’s called lover’s circle because there is a couple on every bench..

Prime example….B&A Built.

I’m going to miss Illest OC, basically helped build that shop from the ground up and definitely had tons of memories there. Here’s to new beginnings..

-NGU ASS

September 9, 2014

Kicks, Chicks and Whips

Another evening of hanging out at our usual stomping grounds, Illest OC had a series of events over the weekend to celebrate their 1 year anniversary. Unfortunately, we were only able to go to 2/4 events and this was the only one we actually took photos.

Phat’s Cayman.

Kevin’s S2000 on some polished Klutch wheels.

Jon’s Genesis.

A rare appearance of Jerald’s fresh RSX.

Daniel who has done graphic design for brands like IMKING and Illest.

Dem kicks.

Get your Illest clothes for cheap here at Illest outlet.

The man behind the brand, Mark Arcenal.

Selling kicks behind the store.

Pure VIP in the house.

Weak coverage I know….

-NGU ASS

June 23, 2014

Beach Burger DBAP

As some of you know, I started working for Illest Orange County since June and now Big Vinh works there as well. Mark Arcenal was down here visiting the shop, so we had to show him Big Vinh’s S13.

Mark was pretty excited to make an Instagram video of Vinh’s car.

Vinh’s S13 was very bright and shiny today.

Mark in Instgram mode, check out that stance for steady sliding videos.

Another Marc came to visit us too. The fucking limo of BMW’s.

Jay wanted to see Vinh’s tattoo really bad and couldn’t wait for him to take off his shirt.

Our new Set the Sun bumper sticker. You can get it here.. http://shop.royal-origin.com/product/set-the-sun-box-sticker

Crazy how a set of wheels can change a car so much. Vinh’s car was pretty cool before with the Varrstoens, but with the XD-9’s it totally changes the way you view this car. I don’t know if it’s the design of the wheel or the color, but Vinh has made me fall in love with his S13.

After chilling a bit, we decided to roll out to the uselesss meet at Beach Burger.

Edris is always telling us DBAP and come out to the meet. If you don’t know cool internet lingo, DBAP is “don’t be a pussy”.

John couldn’t find parking… Yeah that’s three parking spots on the left.

Man these cars are TC… (too cool).

Jimmy’s car looking good on the Work Equips.

O WHALES.

Jimmy had a Cosmo mag in his car… He actually reads it for the articles.

Elvis singing in a empty room.

Royal Origin street racers. Coming soon…….

Good night, I had fun with you today.

September 12, 2013

Wrong Fitment Crew Fest

Whenever Wrong Fitment Crew throws a meet, you should already know that Royal Origin will be there to support it. We’ve had an impeccable record of attending each meet that Wrong Fitment Crew has created since 2010. This year they held their car meet at SAE Motorsports in Oceanside, where the weather was about 10 degrees cooler and the roads didn’t suck. Once you pass Oceanside to San Diego the roads go from smooth to complete shit.

We created a caravan off the freeway in Irvine and a couple of friends joined us. One of the friends was Derek driving his super slammed RX-8.

My IS250, Adam’s Subaru and Derek’s RX-8.

Kentaro’s 9th gen Civic on MB Battles.

More people started to show up.

The wonderful S13.

One of the cleanest E60s out there and he was going to be caravaning with us.

Chris was tired of rubbing in the front, so he decided to run no fenders.

Keith and Marc decided to match today.

So did Ashton and Carol..

Jay and Heather..

and finally me and Shavi. Shavi was wearing black pants too.

Derek met up with us just to give us good luck hugs. He couldn’t make it to the meet because he had work later on the day.

Kodak moment.

Jay really going for it.. Kentaro looks real jealous in the back.

Everyone genuinely enjoyed the hugs. I know I did!

Another shot of Chris’s stupid Z.

As soon as we got on the freeway, we hit what I like to call a traffuckus. Traffic that fucks you so hard, you don’t even move.

I was able to squeeze some rolling shots in whenever the traffic cleared a bit.

Chris’s 350z looks crazy rolling.

and back to the traffic..

Stuck.

Once we passed the two boobs, the freeway was all clear for some nice rolling shots.

Tired of seeing Phat’s car? I’m not..

Maybe a little..

Mr. Teriyaki Chicken.

Keith’s IS300.

Check out that license plate.

Heaven is in your eyes.

A line of slammed cars.

Traffic causers.

As soon as we got to the meet, we busted out the monopoly deals.

The prince’s royal ride.

Marc’s big body 7 series.

Cool honda racing team.

Some pretty sick whips.

Kirk’s slammed Subaru.

The meet felt more of a hang out. Everyone kind of knew each other and it was easy to talk to strangers because of the vibe.

Boog’s E46 on CCW Classics.

Love this S14 on Avant Garde wheels.

A modded FRS without a Rocket Bunny kit. Weird..

Execution is on point with this Audi on MRR HR3’s.

The freshest Pogi of them all.

This car looks familiar.

Eric’s IS350, looking mighty clean.

The MBN crew.

Turning cars into bridges.

Cool FD that SAE motorsports had on display.

Michael Johnson’s TL.

The fitment on this IS250 is on point.

Ordens can make a college girl car into a boss ass pussy magnet.

Line up of quality slammed cars.

Rob teaching these guys how to stunt.

More bridges.

Mr. Twerk.

Chris’s car parked in the corner where it belongs..

Our little booth a.k.a. the monopoly deals game center.

Low N Slow king, Milt’s 350z.

Jon Tran’s Genesis on some Varrstoens.

Ashton’s IS350 on Work Cr-Kiwamis.

Adam leaving early for work.

Kentaro hitching a ride.

Vinh also leaving early for work.

After playing a few games of monopoly deals, we realized everyone was gone. So, we decided that a trip to Phil’s BBQ was in order.

Family time.

Peace out to Heather’s eyes.

“Fuck taking photoS, I want to eat” – Christina.

Everyone digging in.

Buys $2,000 camera to take pictures of food.

Heather and Shavi’s face. Priceless.

Always modeling for me, even when he’s eating.

Hai.

Heather’s attempt at making a RO gang sign.

Christina is not impressed.

Ok this was better.

Phat pretending to pay attention to what Keith is saying, but really he’s planning his next meal.

This is probably the greatest photo I have ever taken.

Phat trying to race me..

Ashton being Ashton.

Somehow we ended up at Illest OC and Phat wanted to see how prickly the thorn trees were.

Marc being anti-social.

Ryo from Lowballers Japan.

Sri Lankan Bruno Mars.

Chill.

Attention grabber.

This thing is ridiculously low..

The infamous crew sticker.

International Japanese model.

A fun day with some of my favorite people in the world. Thanks WFC for hosting another chill meet. Until next time….. more photos in the gallery by the way.

September 2, 2013

Slammed Sundays

Sunday, the last day of the week is usually for family time and Sunday BBQ’s. This is what we wanted for Slammed Sundays is to be able to catch up with old friends, enjoy some delicious Dogzilla and check out some fly rides. Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting our meet even though this one had way more restrictions than last time, we hope you still were able to enjoy the meet.

A regular at our meets is Todd and his minty xB.

Bagged ISF from 88 Rotors.

Sandstorm S2000 on candy red Regamasters.

Slammed Cressida rolling up.

E60 bagged on Leonhardritt Waffes.

Meaty flush S2000.

Kirk and Derek showing our meet some love. Thanks guys!

American Barbershop was giving free hair cuts that day. I was able to get a fresh comb over by Trippy.

The perfect hotdog.

Gourmet shaved ice.

RO approved.

Derek’s RX8.

Edris being tc(too cool).

We had some shirts for sale inside the store. Thanks everyone for purchasing a shirt that day.

For a second I thought Angelo rolled up to the meet, but i noticed this 350z didn’t have his front bumper falling off.

JDM Chemicals brought out their GTR for everyone to gawk at.

Thuy modeling on Jimmy’s car while Rica models the wall.

A slammed Prius C.

Our line up that day.

Hope you guys enjoyed the photos and like always there are more photos in the gallery. Thanks everyone for the continued support and we’ll see you at our next meet.

August 22, 2013

Slammed Sundays

This is the beginning of something great, we collaborated with Illest Orange County on a monthly car meet that we dubbed Slammed Sundays. We might change the name somewhere down the road, so tune in on the development of this meet. It will be held on the second Sunday of every month and we will have food trucks and Illest will be having in store promotions for those who attend.

Start off the coverage with a photo of Chris. Just because I can.

The line up on the street.

Homies kickin it in front. Chris mad cuz his fender got fucked a couple of days before the meet.

Hanging out, relaxing, and checking out slammed Toddler cars pairs well with kicking back and enjoying something like a torch cryo cured live resin thca dispo to keep the vibes mellow and easygoing.