Lexus – Page 2 – Royal Origin

Southern Worthersee Part Four | Throw Back

Throwing it back to one of the most memorable events/trips to enjoy different automotive culture than what I am used to in Southern California. Also, took me awhile to edit through the pictures as I rarely do take pictures, however, I recently picked up a Sony A7II with the kit lens, and it has motivated me to shoot more pictures as well as video of course.

DAY ONE: We arrived in Helen, Georgia very early in the morning, and already got greeted by familiar faces, and a lot of different quality ones.

A lost SoCal tribesmen came to greet us as well.

Through my network over at Mazda Fitment, I recognized Nate’s Miata parked in a random parking lot. Definitely as lovely in person as on the internet.

The new finish on the OZ Turbos was a nice touch to the new vinyl wrap theme.

On this trip, I told Ryo he had to come out to an East Coast event before he went back to Japan. Definitely glad he took my word for it, cause he was blown away. Ryo you will be missed!

This VW stood out amongst the rest. Liked it a lot.

Alex Goldstein’s E92 M3 On BBS RS2 wheels. Got the pleasure of shooting this car, which you can see later on in this post.

Another Mazda that I recognize through my network at Mazda Fitment. Also, got to meet the owner, was pretty cool.

Absolute love the direction Chris has had with this car of recent. Always well done through nearly all the stages of this car.

The south has some amazingly smooth roads and awesome twists. Really wanted a proper car to take it on a nice spirited drive here.

Southern beauty. Found this random pond/lake. Definitely not the nature we are used to in Southern California.

This E46 M3 had an excellent blend of style with the Weds Kranze LXZs.

One of a decent number of Miatas at SOWO. This one on AME made Fatlace FZERO1.

Another euro that blended a different style to the mundane usual stuff you would see on a euro.

This is a husband and wife pair right here. Both into some rad vintage euros; the bug and the bus.

Something I am more used to seeing back home.

Loved the fender to lip of the wheel fitment. On point fife.

DAY TWO: We stayed at Chris’s cabin about a few miles out of Helen, and came back the next day to continue exploring Helen.

Behind that door was bad things.
www.shop.royal-origin.com

I have seen a few pictures of this in the past floating around from Southern Fresh. Finally get to meet Justin and his LS400.

Kyle’s 326power’d out GS300. Got to shoot both of these later on as well.

The Risky Devil yacht. AJ bought this down from Arizona to Chicago to Georgia.

Found an awesome spot to shoot the cars. Here is Alex’s E92 M3.

Loving the southern back drop. A nice different scenery that we are usually used to in SoCal.

Horse friends.

Kyle’s GS300 enjoying that southern air.

It’s Fun To Do Bad Things.
www.shop.royal-origin.com

Love the rear end of this one with all those lines and details. Kyle just needs to insert the tips ;]

Justin’s LS400. Custom wide body.

Love the aggressive boss presence this has.

Those fender cuts. Love it.

Got to enjoy another East Coast trip with Ryan and his WRX. This time around the car has changed quite a lot since then.

Always a pleasure to enjoy Ryan’s southern hospitality.

DAY THREE: On the last day in Helen we were back in town seeing what was left. Still a good number of cars and quality stuff laying around. This Miata was on point with the BBS RFs.

The iconic Walking Dead location. Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta, Georgia from the sky.

And back home to SoCal we went. Definitely loved this trip and event. The vibe and feel is different than H2Oi, and is definitely an experience I will continue to try to repeat.

June 11, 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

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.

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.

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

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

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

The pieces to a very complicated puzzle.

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

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

Damn, I miss driving around like a boss.

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

Sadly, this car will be sold soon..

More of Ryo’s Q45.

Dem camber specs tho..

The master teaching the student.

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.

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…

More behind the scenes coming soon… Probably tomorrow.

March 2, 2015

99 Problems

Vinh’s garage is where most of our cars have been worked on or fixed and usually we come back the next day because we messed up on something. We’re not perfect, maybe Instagram makes it look like we have perfect cars, but we don’t. It actually takes a lot of work to build a car that we would be happy with. A suspension drop, wheels and a lip kit doesn’t really count as a build for us. It’s definitely a start, but what separates the car scene kids to the true enthusiast is the attention to detail and the never ending thirst to build a complete all around car.

From Lexus to Nissan now Subaru, Vinh is trying to catch them all. He has always been able to build some unique cars with his simplistic style, every car he has built had it’s own way of grabbing your attention without it having something crazy to it.

Vinh’s room mate, Bryan’s M5. Shit’s packing heat with 500hp.

Henry’s freshly bagged GS on Loc’s Work CR Kais. They’re for sale for $1,900.

Today’s project is Abbitt’s Subaru, we were getting it prepped for a tune. Abbitt is not about the details of his car, if it works and looks good, it’s fine for him. He still builds some pretty cool cars though.

Love/hate relationship for Vinh and building cars. He likes building cars, but he hates being broke from buying the parts.

Henry was trying to fix his air leaks all day. #airproblems

John’s been a rut trying to sell his Work VS-TX. Seems like people now a days don’t want to be a gangster.

Holy camber, Batman!

Sunsets and slammed cars. Even though cars can be a headache, nothing beats seeing your hard work put into a car with the sun setting in the background. Do it for the love of the build instead of Instagram likes.

February 5, 2015

Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff

Royal Origin – Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff from Vu Pham on Vimeo.

We took a couple of bagged cars, beautiful ladies, and some of our street wear out for a nice day at the park.
For more, visit Royal-Origin.com and to pick up some of the wear visit Shop.Royal-Origin.com.

Special thanks to:
EPonym (Song: EPonym & ESTA – H&B)

LS430:
Steve Dam (@instadammmn)

Ladies:
Nathalia (@nattykboo)
Heather (@yofatassma)
Nancy (@_nancysm)

BTS:
Minh Nyugen (@nguass) (Owner: IS250)
Celso Nimo (@celsonimo)
Henry Nguyen (@hennessy_henry)
Shavi Wijegunaratne (@shaviw)

August 6, 2014

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/

Vu with his limited editiong HKS x Jansport backpack.

That lens filter..

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

Shavi sliding on some videos.

Neel’s LS400.

Neel is rocking a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.

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

One legged squat for the perfect shot.

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

BTS.

Some shots I got out of this location..

The man of the hour, Neel Nana.

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

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.

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.

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

June 30, 2014

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)

June 30, 2014

AUTOCON LA 2014

It’s crazy to think that the last time I was at Autocon was 3 years ago. Time flies by fast, one day you’re complaining about car shows the next day you’re helping host one. It has really changed my perspective of car shows and now I fully understand the stress and headaches of running a car show. I apologize for what I’ve said back in 2011 about this show. I was young, dumb and a wreckless keyboard warrior. Even though apologies are way too late now, I hope this picture of a sad chocolate Labrador will make up for it.

The morning started like every other car show, early as fuck roll in. The process for check in was pretty quick and we got set up within 20 minutes of checking in.

Hundreds of cars were pouring in through this gate. I hate commenting on about cars because all I can really say is what kind of car it is and what wheels it has. So, I’ll just comment here and there if I really have something interesting to say.. which is never.

I want this diffuser bad.

So many Lambos at the 88 Rotors booth. That whole section was money.

Mismatched wheels? You’re totally going to lose some style points when the judges come around.

Aired up and still a lot of camber. VIP cars from Royal Flush.

Man what I would do for a set of any of these wheels… The things I would do..

Johnne keeping his Infinite wheels clean.

Johnne’s E60.

Infinite Wheel Werks.

These Volk ZE40s are on point.

Ryan Gold’s EVO X now on some Enkei RS05RR and a nice wrap.

Lexus Prius?

Instantly became my favorite MR2 because of the deep dish Work Equips.

Marcus Cooke’s supremely clean G35 now on Air Lift. Height looks the same to me when it was static, but a mm of clearance makes all the difference to the driver.

Car show people are serious. If only they kept their homes as clean as their cars. Am I right ladies?

I believe this is a Mini Cooper truck? This thing rocks.

Mr. OC Food and Drink Specialist, Mr. Armand Pranadi.

Man this 370z is so cool. I only saw it during the roll in and it kinda just disappeared from there.

I don’t know why, but I really dig this photo.

A line up of quality builds.

How many years of being a hooker will get me this car?

This guy is taking all the compact cars/Euro awards this year.

What I love best about swinging by Todd’s xB.

What I love about a group of guys taking photos of models. They’re never in unison when looking at the same camera.

Tianna Gregory…

Toyo Tire girls.

People were very impressed with the JDM Chemicals products. Check them out here..www. jdmchemicals.com

Reppin’

Vinh showing Infinite Werks the Glaco Mirror Water Repellent. This stuff works.

Seeing if they got any good up skirt photos.

Anh said he was planning out his next Disneyland meal.

Super cross faded Chris.

As always more photos in the gallery.

-NGU ASS

May 6, 2014

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.