Tag: las vegas

  • Karuma Vs Lowballers Round III | Event Coverage

    Karuma Vs Lowballers Round III | Event Coverage

    Feels like I’ve been here before, a Friday morning meet up to cruise to Vegas for a car meet, but this time with different faces. It’s been two years since I have given any effort to get back into the car scene and after a depression phase I really want to get back out there and hang with friends that I haven’t seen. The Karuma x Lowballers meet seemed like the perfect event for it and cruising with the homies to Vegas just brought back some nostalgia.

    Like I always do, try to get some nice rollers of my friend’s cars. This is Kekoa’s xB rolling slammed on the 15. @alowha_kekoa

    We stopped at a McDonalds to wait for Kekoa and ended up seeing a bunch of cool cars.

    We asked where they were going and they were also going to Vegas for the Karuma x Lowballers meet.

    We ended up going to In-N-Out to fix Kekoa’s air problem. Cuong’s E30, Kekoa’s xB, my GR86 and David’s FJ Cruiser. Oh yeah I bought a GR86.

    @seldoondrol clean E30.

    After being saved by AJ we were back on the road for more rollers and this time accompanied by AJ’s T-Demand Camry. @ayeeejayyy.

    The day of the meet, everyone met up at the Airbnb to cruise together to the meet. Miguel’s Minty Porsche. @mintcoimports

    Vince built his LS430 just in time for the meet! @vince_neil

    Someone we haven’t seen in a long time, Neel’s LS400 on Work Schwert SC4. @implayaz9

    The Lowballers boss, Andrew’s LS400 on TE-37s. @sohigaragedru

    Karuma always making the coolest trophies for their meets.

    The meet didn’t even start yet and we got people here early for merch.

    Jay did a suicide trip in his NSX for the meet! @jaycraaay

    Nimo accompanied him on the way to Vegas in his IS300. @findingnimo

    Fast and Furious but make it cute.

    Shout out to this girl for cosplaying in 100 degree weather.

    First time trying Guam food and damn it was so good!

    When Taylor gets on top of a car at a meet, bitches go crazy.

    Thanks for the good times ridahs!

    -NGUMINH

     

  • ANOTHER ONE! | Royal Origin Anniversary 2016

    ANOTHER ONE! | Royal Origin Anniversary 2016

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    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1668953103358852/

    It’s that time of the year again to have “ANOTHER ONE!” at HNRS LV clothing store.
    Same deal as last year with lots of free giveaways in our raffles by our supporting sponsors.

    Last years event coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ci6glujtA

    DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH 2016

    LOCATION: HNRS
    8174 SOUTH LAS VEGAS BLVD. #100
    LAS VEGAS, NV 89123
    (702)-823-4417

    Sponsors participating in the raffle:
    – HOODRATstuff
    – Hnrs
    – In4mation – I Shall Proceed and Continue
    – GReddy Racing
    – Boost Brigade
    – AIR RUNNER SYSTEMS
    – KYOEI USA
    – G-Drive Suspension
    – 714 TIRES
    – VANkulture
    – 88 Rotors, Inc.
    – Iloveracingshop

    We will be updating this as we get closer.

    !HOW TO GET A RAFFLE TICKET?!
    -1 raffle ticket for EVERY $10 SPENT at any of the vendors out that day or inside HNRS.

    Come on through and enjoy.
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    VEGAS CARAVAN INFORMATION FROM SOCAL / MEET & GREET

    We are meeting at In N Out on Main Street in Hesperia.

    13074 MAIN STREET
    HESPERIA, CA 92345

    DATE/TIME: FRIDAY MARCH 25TH at 8:30 AM SHARP!
    DEPARTING: FRIDAY MARCH 25TH at 9:30 AM SHARP!

    The plan is to be in Vegas by 12:00 PM.
    This is just a chill cruise to mob it to the city of sin, and take some cool rolling shots.

    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1668953103358852/

  • EOS Showcase 2015 | Just Another Sinful Show

    EOS Showcase 2015 | Just Another Sinful Show

    I had the opportunity to attend EOS Showcase 2015 for the very first time this year. Just like going to any car show for the first time, you tend to expect the unexpected; however, having a show in Las Vegas is already expected to always be, for a lack of a better word, sinful. Well enough, after attending this non-profit-organization to help raise funds for student supplies in the campuses of South Las Vegas, it still never failed to be as sinful as anyone could expect. It was all located in a grass field at Veteran’s Memorial Park, in Boulder City, but I mean, come on, it is still Las Vegas grounds. It was one of the hottest events I’ve ever been to with 120+ degree heat waves, but when the sun set, the atmosphere became all GOOCHIE, and the guys from Lowballers, Low Motiv, VanKulture, and tons of other crews made sure the hospitality and the turnup remained trill af.

    Tons of cool simple builds like this DC2 Integra. Fully stock with wheels and drop.

    Jimmy the photo bomber always schoolin’ dem little boys on campus along with the rest of the VanKulture

    Where in Cali or any other state do you see a beer pong table set up without security or the 5-0 getting all up in your face? – Only in the city of sin.

    There’s Jimmy the photo bomber!

    This brings me back to the Manila vibes of car modding.

    There were all kinds of light shows going on. That’s a great thing about night shows!

    “$lopps? Where are you? Can you hear me? The bottle is almost done,” hollers Jeremy and Joe!

    Jeremy and his fresh kicks! Fun fact: the Lexus SC430 is ranked Top 3 Most Gay Driven Vehicles. #lovewins


    It was a pleasure meeting Abdul and his clean E39 540i from StanceBMW. Crazy how long you follow someone on IG and then getting to finally meet them in person.

    Meanwhile, at the Lowballers tent, there goes Gino and Vince just being bullies.

    “Aron, you’re next,” seduces Gino. Aron without hesitating responds, “Give it all to me baby! I’m ready! I got this!”


    AYYEEE! Low ‘N Slow Crew up in the heezy!

    Anthony’s R32 Sedan baby! Chivas asked him as he posed next to his car, “How do you visit the drive-thrus by yourself?” Anthony responds, “In reverse, BITCH!” And this is the face Chivas made.

    Team Mansu in the heezy my pimpen’!

    Hi Drew! I didn’t see you there!

    After polishing a couple Hennessy bottles and a few keg-stands from Gino and Vince, Aron’s horny side goes from 0-100 real quick. Tell him to pose for the camera – I dare you.

    Oh yeah, here’s Lance and Tracey, just being cute and normal. Fuckin’ Aye-ron!

    Meawhile, Lance brings all the boys to the yard with his NSX sittin’ on TE37 Super Laps.

    Damn it Jimmy! You got me again! Lol.

    This CD5 was an interesting sight! Pinoy pride pare ko!

    Food trucks were on sight too! I wanted to try a gyro but baby-gurl over there lookin’ at me all suspect. I’ll come back later when I’m not too turnt. Lol. But at the same time, Dre is lookin’ at me like…

    A nice group of friends just doing HOODRATstuff with one another.

    This is Britt. She a HOODRAT. Buh-leeh-dat!

    Chris flexin’ to catch Britt’s attention. He ended up getting arrested instead for possession of illegal weapons on his arms.

    Kyle hates how brutal the sun beats on his skin. But when the sun comes down, then the Kyle comes out at night. Everybody loves when the Kyle comes out at night.

    DJ Koshi stuntin’ around his Kosh-rocket. Come hop on fellas!

    Oh Chivas, you just know how to stare the clothes off of anyone you look at. Stop it! Actually, never mind – I kinda like it.

    My all time favorite car of the show was uncle Ray’s four-door Integra. There’s a lot more behind this car than just the bling-bling you see.

    Friends and family from all over help put in some time and effort into this build. This car has been inspired through not just the owner, but everyone else he put his trust into. When it all comes to fruition, you realize what an amazing image you and your homies brought to life – like this Chivas_Sunkist-inspired valve cover, to note one of many examples.

    When uncle Ray would get home from work, his homies start hacking up the car – to note another example, the custom trimmed and diffused rear-end. It just look gangster AF. Everyone sure loves uncle Ray – I do too!

    Chivas and Aron posing in front of Aron’s laid-out Y50 M35s. The grass seems to be higher than Aron’s car, or the car is lower than the grass? I don’t know anymore. Fuck it, more Hennessy for Aron!

    Congrats to Vince and his crew So Proper for winning Best Crew Representation of the show!

    Joe, in his IS250, is still waiting for $lopps…still waiting…

    Here’s Avelino’s TSX from Lower Klass…

    …and here’s Avelino, Kyle, and Dre. Whatever else happened in Vegas that night will for sure stay in Vegas. So let us just wrap the coverage up here, shall we?

    I just wanna thank the Lowballers fam for always providing us with the hospitality, love, and affection we need. Thank you Jay Lintao from Low Motiv for hosting a great event! Cheers to you bud for hosting yet another successful year of EOS Showcase for 2015. ‘Til next year!

    -Celso Nimo

  • Enjoy Sin Video Coverage

    Enjoy Sin Video Coverage

    Main: http://royal-origin.com

    It’s that time of the year where we make the journey from SoCal to Las Vegas to enjoy a weekend of fun and sin. This time around we collaborated with HNRS LV clothing store to bring ENJOY SIN. We had food provided by Fuku Burger to supply their awesome burgers, and raffles provided by our sponsors to anyone that attended this free event.

    Thank you to everyone that came out and enjoyed themselves. Hope to see everyone again next year to enjoy some more sin!

    Special thanks to our sponsors:

    HOODRATstuff

    HNRS

    Avant Garde Wheels

    AIR RUNNER SYSTEMS

    KYOEI USA

    G-DRIVE

    LEXON exclusive

    714 TIRES

    AWSTICKERS

    JDM Chemicals

    I Love Racing Shop

    Video By:
    Celso Nimo
    Vu Pham
    Randy Phat

  • 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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    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!

  • More Preparations | Enjoy Sin

    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.

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    Derek getting his GS an alignment.

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    Rotiform CSW.

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

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    Beautiful.

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    Tires for days.

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

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

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

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

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    Liberty Walk GTR coming soon..

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    Out of no where a wild Kato appears.

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

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    Robros sandwich.

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    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.

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

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

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

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

    051Next post… OMWTFYB…

  • Vegas Prep | Enjoy Sin

    Vegas Prep | Enjoy Sin

    It’s insane how much sleep you lose when preparing your car for an event, whether it’s a track day or just a car meet. Making your car up to your expectations takes quite a bit of time and effort. Most of the crew had to get their car ready for our annual Royal Origin meet in Las Vegas. Not only did they have to get the car ready to floss, but they had to get it ready for a four hour trek into the desert.

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    Ryo, one of the crazier guys in our group had to get his fenders pulled and space our his rear wheels, so it doesn’t rub against the frame anymore.

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    Crazy, how he’s planning to drive this car to Vegas.

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    Meanwhile, I was just playing around putting my Work CR-Kai’s on my SC. Doesn’t look that bad in my opinion.

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    Air master Vinh was trying to put together his air suspension for his STI.

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    The pieces to a very complicated puzzle.

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    Vinh’s garage buddy, Bryan’s M5 on DPE wheels.

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    Since the SC got some wheels now, I decided to put the Meisters back on my IS for the meet.

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    Damn, I miss driving around like a boss.

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    Speaking of bosses, Kevin from Boss Company came by to hang out with his LS400.

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    Sadly, this car will be sold soon..

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    Dem camber specs tho..

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    The master teaching the student.

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    Decided to practice light painting again and well it didn’t come out that great. It was most likely because it wasn’t dark enough and the amber lights didn’t help either.

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    I wasn’t trying to be artistic and deep with the black and white. The only way this photos would come out decent if it were in black and white…

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  • ENJOY SIN | Royal Origin 2015 Anniversary Meet

    ENJOY SIN | Royal Origin 2015 Anniversary Meet

    It’s that time of the year where we bring the ugliest cars to Las Vegas and make you guys stare at it for a good couple of hours. This time we got more legit and we’re going to be having it at HNRS LV clothing store where we will have the food truck ««fuku burger»» serving our their awesome burgers and lots of free giveaways in our raffles by our supporting sponsors.

    Companies participating in the raffle.
    HOODRATstuff
    Avant Garde Wheels
    AIR RUNNER SYSTEMS
    LEXON exclusive
    714 TIRES
    AWSTICKERS
    JDM Chemicals

    Come on through as parking maybe limited.
    https://www.facebook.com/events/335546393297257

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  • Neel’s LS400

    Neel’s LS400

    Spent the day in down town LA, we planned to do a photo shoot of Neel’s LS400 before he leaves us to Las Vegas for work. We had a pretty good team with Vu, Shavi and Nimo doing video work and Rocky and I shooting photos.  The main photographer was Rocky, I was just hanging out and trying to do some behind the scenes photos.

    Rocky’s Photo Set: http://royal-origin.com/2014/06/30/plunk-plunk-done/

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    Vu with his limited editiong HKS x Jansport backpack.

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    That lens filter..

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    Tried to do a hipster in the middle of the street photo.

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    Shavi sliding on some videos.

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    Neel’s LS400.

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    Neel is rocking a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.

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    Bagged with a set of racing wheels on a VIP car looks perfect to me.

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    Rocky directing the shoot, he’s one of my favorite photographers.

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    Some shots I got out of this location..

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    The man of the hour, Neel Nana.

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    The next location was under the historic LA bridge. Many movies and photo shoots have been shot under this bridge.

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    Our next location was another famous location, but I guess there was a movie being filmed, so it was closed off with police surrounding the area. We decided to just find an empty parking structure to shoot.

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    The lighting was a bit hard to work with, but we had a bunch of fun light painting which none of my photos show. I was the one holding a piece of cardboard to cover the lights when they were light painting.

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    Hope you enjoyed the photos and I hope Neel does too. Good luck in Vegas and watch out for some spectacular photos by Rocky.
    Rocky’s Photo Set: http://royal-origin.com/2014/06/30/plunk-plunk-done/

    – NGU ASS

     

     

     

     

  • Plunk Plunk Done

    Plunk Plunk Done

    Recently we spent some time in downtown Los Angeles to take pictures and video of Neel’s Lexus LS400 before he moves away to start his new life journey in Las Vegas, Nevada.


    Neel and his big body beauty.


    The simple and clean things on this LS400 go a long way.


    Neel has been through a few shoes already, but this time around is on a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.


    Sitting pretty on Universal Air Suspension air bags on BC Racing coilovers all around with Airlift V2 digital management.


    The big body beauty side profile; gotta love it.


    The Airlift V2 digital controller.


    Location number two and three coming soon. Look out for another photo set.

    Photo set by Rocky Wong (@rockytwong)