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Tokyo Auto Salon 2020 | Event Coverage

Imagine quitting your job and forgetting you still have a Japan trip planned with your ex-employer. Welp, that’s exactly what I did on this year’s Japan trip. Every time I’m in some sort of cross road in my life, a journey to Japan always happens. This year I was more excited to hang out with Ryo since his job was a lot more flexible than previous years. He was actually able to hang out with us and take us on some food adventures which will be up soon! Ryo picked us up bright and early because he didn’t want to get stuck in the Friday morning TAS traffic.

You know you’re going to a dope car event when there are nice cars en route to the show.

The driver was a older gentlemen, I wish my grandpa was this cool.

The parking lot is always lit at Tokyo Auto Salon.

Thhis Mark X on TE-37s is just amazing!

90’s Era Supra vs 2020’s Supra.

I feel like my neck can twist a 360 from getting my neck broken by all the sick cars in the lot.

Inside was even more magical with cars from the top companies in Japan. These are the people who get us to spend on some dumb ass shit, so now it’s impossible for me to keep a car stock. Check out this sick Ford GT Development (GTD) Ford GT40 replica from Liberty Walk.

BN Sports had some sick drift builds like this wide RX7.

So cool to see your friend’s products at an event in Japan. Nice job Reggie!

That tow sticker is hilarious to me for some reason on this ready to drift R32.

Man how do they build such nice cars. I can’t even change my window wiper..

When soccer moms wanna flex too.

This FRS has such futuristic body lines reminds me of the Tesla Truck or a Gundam.

This year Tokyo Auto Salon collabed with Hello Kitty. A lot of cool merch was available for purchase.

When you really hate your neighborhood.

Something beautiful about a line of LED tail lights are near each other.

Car Modify Wonder cars are a dream come true. I hope to build my SC just 10% of this and I would be really happy.

The A90 Supra with HKS livery had to be done of course and it looks amazing.

Rodney was ready to accept a bukkake tsunami from his drift hero.

Please buy from shop.royal-origin.com. I need to spend my money on Japanese car parts.

Is it weird to have as a goal is to own a 326 Power kitted car? Like full suspension, body kit and same wheel fitment. It would never leave my driveway, but it would be super dope to own.

Honestly, I’m sure I missed out on a lot of cool cars, but the general audience were about to come in, so we decided to leave early because taking photos without the frenzy of the crowd would be impossible. Please stay tuned for more Japan posts!

-NGUMINH

February 27, 2020

SPOCOM 2015 | Event Coverage

Better late than never! Not sure why I lagged so hard on posting this coverage because I actually enjoyed how the photos came out of my Minolta 24-85mm lens. The lens is small and it has a great range, but the best thing about it was that it only cost me $50 for this lens on eBay. Fucking deals. Anyways, it’s been about two years since I’ve been to my last SPOCOM. SPOCOM to me is a car show that uses models as their main attraction with the glits and glam of musical performances and dance competitions. I think most people bring their cars to this show because they want to win the big sword trophies which I’ve secretly always wanted.

The crowd at SPOCOM is interesting, seems like they are not really into cars and are more into just being somewhere that they think is cool. The other portion of the crowd are the creeper photographer dudes. These guys are literally at every event, they are the hardcore fans of Import models similar to the Japanese idol otakus. These guys are the type of dudes that pay webcam girls that don’t strip. I’m a creeper photographer myself, but I’m more into watching these guys interact with the models. All in all everyone has their own demons, so who am I to judge? Do you. Anyways, on to the car coverage…

Niko Edition widebody 370z on step lipped SSR Vienna Kreis.

I always thought a wider 350/370z would look like a bubble with a wide body kit on it, but this kit pulls it off nicely.

O.G. Royal Origin shirt, it looks like he takes good care of that shirt.

Subaru on some crazy gold mesh wheels, not sure what brand it is.

This is just more confirmation that I need TE-37s in my life. What I love about the Lexus IS is that it can be a sporty build or a VIP build and will still look good.

On the other side of the spectrum, Matthew’s Fabulous LS430 on 20″ Fabolous Profounds.

The Yang to Matt’s Yin is Jessy’s Mode Parfume LS430 on VIP Modulars.

These ENKEI RS05RR look great on this Subaru sedan.

This Nissan S30 was killing it at the show rocking some super deep dish Work Equips.

Monster fitment.

The paint job on this Supra is fire.

Speaking of fire, this new RWB is looking amazing on the show room floor.

Loving the yellow and black accents on the Porsche.

You can tell I really like this car. Car life goals.

Yogi’s custom widebody GS.

My other favorite Porsche. So dreamy..

Jerald’s RC350 at the show thanks to MRSEAM for driving it.

Jessyca’s AIMGAIN IS250C.

Big Steve’s LS400.

Crazy Mazda RX-7 with a 26b engine.

Staycrushing with a new color way. Looks much better.

Mikey’s recently purchased Porsche. Living that MBN lifestyle.

At least the crowd is entertained.

Way too intense for me.

Whoa a wide body for a RSX?

Loving this wheel setup on this Rocket Bunny FRS.

The view from the sky deck.

Packed like sardines.

Rocket Bunny NSX from Auto Fashion.

Ryan’s E30 on Volk TE-37s.

In the midst of wide body cars, this clean EF stood out to me. I need one as a daily or a CRX.

Michael Mao is back with a new paint job! Loving the glossiness.

Mikey’s Unicorn Integra. Must be nice to have two cars at the same show.

Bikini show down, can you guess which one is a stripper?

Ross, Davin and Alice from J Spirit! It was nice hanging out with you guys!

If you’re in Japan in September, make sure you stop by their United Royals show!

A couple of mortgages in this line up.

Took out the 24MM 1.4, can you see the difference in the photos?

The vaping Jesus!

I see Yasu everywhere.

Joey’s AIMGAIN Q45 on SSR MS3.

Regina modeling.

Some people were serious about their model photography.

Finally met Rosie Ly and gave her the HOODRATstuff x Rosie Ly sticker.

Thanks for checking out our coverage of SPOCOM 2015 and as always there are more photos in the gallery. Also big shout out to Kristina for getting me in!

July 30, 2015

The Wek Bowl | Wekfest San Jose

Wekfest is what I believed to be one of the top shows in the United States right now. That’s one of the reasons why we attend, display and vend at this show. It’s strictly all about the love of cars and nothing more. That’s why we fuck with you Wekfest. We start the day with us coming in 3 hours before the show starts to get the booth ready for the attendees.

Cars were still being staged 3 hours before the show.

A line up of colorful cars.

Chromed out Rocket Bunny GTR from R1 Concepts.

Slammed Integra on Avant Garde wheels.

It still amazes me to see Type R Integras for some reason.

Karl drove the Porsche from LA to San Jose to show with Crooks and Castles.

I’m really digging the new color set up on the Work Meisters.

I remember seeing this S5 at SOWO! It’s crazy how some people drive their cars all across the country for car shows. Maybe this will inspire us to do the Royal Origin world tour.

I first fell in love with this GS last year at Wekfest, glad to see it is still in good condition despite it being a drift car.

This Sienna is fucking cool. Laid out with a nice matte orange vinly wrap and nice fitting wheels, it’s pretty much perfect.

Now time for some expensive builds.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this blue RWB before and it doesn’t look like it has a name either. Either way it’s nice to see a RWB without the sticker bombs.

Rocket Bunny GTR on the new Rotiform Watanabe inspired wheels.

I see Yasu everywhere..

Cool to see more of the older style Mercedes in the VIP game.

Jessy’s LS430 is always flossin from socal to norcal.

Vinh’s STI was the car that welcomed you into our row.

Kevin’s S2000 was looking proper with the new Gram Lights.

Waseem’s static CT also showed with us. Sucks that he had to drive for like 3 hours to get his gas down to 1/4 tank. #hybridlife

Jason’s beauty of an IS300.

Booth setup on point that someone needed an aerial view on their go pro.

James Tran’s boosted RSX on Volk CE28n.

Homies.

That side vinyl was installed in 20 minutes.

This looks like a 2nd best crew award.

Jimmy’s wide LS400, he drove all the way from Washington to be at this show.

The flares look great on his LS and I love the way the wheels fit.

Wow, extremely aggressive lines on this GS from Pure VIP. Pretty fucking cool.

A Martini edition Porsche 911 out of no where.

Vankulture bringing out all of the coolest vans like this Previa.

Josh’s award winning IS, I wouldn’t be surprised this car coming home with some plaques.

Jeremy’s SC430 looking real loud with the new wheels.

VIP Modular’s Liberty Walk Challenger.

A Lexus RCF on Infinite Werks Wheels.

Sick EVO on CCW classics running our Royal Origin license plate frame. Thanks for the support!

I think all of the Liberty Walk Challengers from California were present at this show.

Floss Design unveiled his S13 Rocket Bunny at Wekfest.

The green and orange mix is an interesting color way and definitely makes it stand out among the other Rocket Bunny S13s out there.

This IS300 is super crazy sporting a BN Sports kit on some flares to fit a nice set of Work Equips and to power it all is a LS1. One of goals was to do an LS1 swap into my old IS300.

Erik’s EP3 made the long trek up here from OC.

Most of the West Colletive guys journeyed up here as well.

Best looking Genesis Sedan I have ever seen.

Wekfest awards and they had new merchandise for sale.

The next few posts will be just wide bodied cars at Wekfest starting with the blue RWB from earlier.

The Rocket Bunny GTR again.

Liberty Walk Challenger.

Vollkommen Design Subaru.

This Lambo is already wide..

Can’t go without the Rocket Bunny FRS.

My favorite car in Wekfest. The paint, the wide body kit and the height is perfect.

Straight out of Initial D.

Concave.

Beach boys.

Shout out to everyone who came by the booth for some HOODRATstuff.

Look how filled up this place is compared to the photo I took in yesterday’s post.

Highlight of the festival was when we took a break and got some Ike’s sandwiches.

Sandwich porn. Get a Lex Luthor and eat it by yourself.

Hayle was showing Kyren around to his first car show. Hope you enjoyed it Kyren!

Getting ready for the group shot and Hayle steals the show.

Thanks Wekfest for the award and thank you to everyone for the continued support without you guys we wouldn’t keep on coming back to Wekfest San Jose. Also a huge thanks to Derek, Aron, Vinh and Clinton for working the booth. Nimo is looking high af in this photo. Check the gallery for more photos and come back for the roll out shots.

July 21, 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

Wekfest San Jose 8.10.14

Wekfest in Northern California has always been the show to attend to get inspiration for my own car build. Hundreds of elite car owners from the surrounding area always attend and on top of that Wekfest also screens the cars before they can even bring their car to the venue. This event is the place to be at and showing your car is a blessing within itself. I didn’t get much coverage of the show itself because I don’t own a wide angle lens yet and this year for some reason parts of the show were really cramp and made it very difficult to shoot.

Vendors getting a head start on preparing their booths. Vendor display is everything if you want to attract show goers to your booth.

MBN Mikey unloading his pristine Integra.

Always a pleasure to Johnne’s 5 series on Infinite Werks wheels.

Johnne’s sick interior, this bottle was empty by the end of the show…

An infinite amount of infinite wheels.

For the first time in forever Brendan showed at a car show with us. His car was looking mighty fine with his new SSR SP1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9kDG0r_evs

Blood in, blood out.

My favorite M5 in the world only because the owner likes to tug on my penis after a hug.

A collection of clean cars displayed at Wekfest. Only the best of the best can show at this show. Not sure why we’re here though…

Ojay’s award winning Van on newly powder coated BBS RS. In my opinion, it contrasts much better with his car.

0 to 100 at a car show real quick.

Your car show isn’t a car show if it doesn’t have an RWB present.

3rd generation IS bagged on VIP Modulars. Rockin’ some wheels from a fully customized wheel company, I wish this car had more fitment.

Aired out Q45 on some Work Rezaxs.

Liberty Walk always goes hard. It says so on the fender.

Murdered out xB on SSR MS1.

Rabbit tuck. I think Chris uses those wheels to grate his carrots.

Damn, Mark’s van is finally running. Glad to see it at the show.

His other Volkswagen.

David’s Rocket Bunny needs more space for people to really enjoy it.

Phat take notes.

Keith’s IS300 made the trek up here in one piece surprisingly.

Gerard’s MR2 on gold VS-XX.

This Passat looks like the type of car to go on an adventure with.

One my favorite Lotus’s, I absolutely love seeing this car.

Not sure why there was so much space left over at the show, kinda sucks the vendor area had to be so cramped.

SSR MS3 look real good tucked on this G35.

Platinum VIP always bringing out the classic VIP cars out.

I heard there’s a lot of jobs out there for design.

Job Design looks so fucking good I want to rape it.

Some trance style on this TSX.

I think Gerald got replaced…………

Ray’s Integra looking pretty gangster.

Chivas on newly built Rotiform TMBs.

Engine bay meticulous as always.

Less colors would do great for this G35.

Vankulture bringing out all the soccer dads.

This is Amuse wide body s2000 looks pretty gangster on Volk CE28s and a Voltex GT wing.

A 9th generation Civic done right.

Another car that needs space for attendees to enjoy.

8th generation Mugen RR Civic rocking the new CCW D110.

Surprised to see non imports and more old school classic cars at Wekfest. Definitely a good change of pace from all the imports.

Another FD2 converted Civic on CCWs.

John Fob’s GTR needs to be one color.

This all motor H series EK looks pretty gnarly. It probably had the most space to demonstrate the craziness of this build.

Everybody be rocking SSR or CCWs at this show.

When you think you have a bad ass car then you see this car and it makes you feel like shit.

J’s Racing everything.

Thanks Reg for showing with us!

Way fucking cooler than that one E36 that was in our crew. Not joking.

What I said previously about thinking you have a cool car…

Porsche game killed.

Robros Customs slowly making progress on their GTR with some coilovers and Rotiform wheels.

Some of the best products to use on your car. Buy it here…

https://www.jdmchemicals.com/

Every single person here brought a car…

Sick Elites shirt from Wekfest, sad I wasn’t able to get one because of the crazy line.

Thanks to our supporters for always coming through and grabbing some merch!

Krizchelle rockin out new HOODRATstuff beanie. Unfortunately already sold out.

Once brothers now one is faster and the other is way lower…

I can’t believe Jimmy’s Civic made it up here at this height.

Looks like people are waiting for a pick up game of soccer.

I want one but it would not fit in my parking space at home.

Elissa Alva’s booth busy as always.

Why is it every time I ask these guys if they want a photo together Jimmy goes in for a kiss?

Nimo got jealous…

Congrats to Keith for winning Best IS of the festival!

The crew coming home with three trophies. Thanks Wekfest and Pure VIP for the awards! We go to car shows not for the awards, but to show the world what our cars look like outside of social media and mostly to interact with people who enjoy cars.

I wanted to get photos of the show cars in a natural habitat like on the streets. Cars always look a thousand times better when they’re rolling. I joined the many car show attendees outside of the venue to watch everyone roll out.

When your midlife crises and your reality meet.

This is probably the sickest GS in the United States right now.

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Where did the front bumper go?

Now that is a good girlfriend, she had to walk out of the venue and a couple of blocks to bring her boyfriend’s front bumper to him.

Keith’s IS300 parked in front of the hotel.

Well I hoped you enjoyed this coverage and there are always more photos in the gallery. Thank you to Wekfest for allowing us to be at the show and thank you to everyone who came by to support us. Sadly, I think this will be the last time we’ll be at the Norcal Wekfest event. The cost and stress of everything doesn’t seem worth it. We will still be a big supporter of Wekfest and attend the local events. Thank you for reading!

-NGUASS

August 14, 2014

SEMA 2013

I’m here with another late post for you guys. With the emerging increase of stance sites, car blogs and whatever; it’s hard to compete on getting first coverage on to the internet. So. I end up just posting coverage whenever I feel like it. SEMA was not as exciting this year for me because all the cars I wanted to see were already on the internet a week before the show. I get over something really quick if I constantly see it on my social media news feed especially if I’m just spammed with it all day. Other than that I always enjoy going to a car show, seeing friends and getting inspiration for my own car builds.

Liberty Walk kitted BMW. The flat black makes it looks so sinister.

Really digging this blue on this Corvette.

Not a fan of pink cars, but on this RWB it looks pretty cool.

The Liberty Walk kitted GTR is my favorite car at SEMA. I would cut an arm off just to own this for a minute.

I can’t wait to see these cars modded and on the streets. I would get the side skirt to fit better in the rear and take off that bike rack. That shit is so 2009.

Buys GTR puts XXR’s on it.

New 2013 Civic SI with a wing. Not bad.

The star of the show at the Nitto booth was the Liberty Walk Ferrari 458.

Being able to cut up a $230,000 car, that is what dreams are made of.

Not for the faint of heart.

Rocket Bunny inspired spoiler? I want something like this for my SC.

Next to the Ferrari was a Rocket Bunny FRS with some fat ass Nitto tires.

Rocking the new version 2 of the Rocket Bunny kit.

ARK Genesis. I spy a Dynamic Vinyl sticker.

Race car turned show car.

Lexus had a challenge for deviant art to design some crazy shit and I guess this design won. The front looks pretty cool, but the rears are kind of outrageous.

The matte black makes this Job Design kitted IS250 look cheap.

The ugliest thing at this show…

Rotiform Porsche.

Courtney’s 325I on Rotiform TMB’s with a GT wing.

Vinh and John learning how a transmission works.

It gave me an idea on what was wrong with my clutch on the SC.

A packed house even on the last day.

That lowrider life style.

Another photo bomb by Miguel..

The 1000 horse powered Odyssey. I’m already impressed that it’s stick shift and it’s on bags.

I bought a quick release from NRG. I couldn’t resist the black and gold.

Race car VW.

That’s a crazy front lip haha.

Deflates tire for max low.

The Ben Sopra GTR. I’m still in love with it.

That paint is so immaculate..

Getting some ideas for the SC.

The school bus of my nightmares.

The 3D plastic printer thing. It can copy anything and turn it into a plastic molding.

An example and it’s pretty detailed and strong. I’m interested in what the possibilities on what they can do with this in the future.

More widebody love from Air lift.

Sick satin red Gram Lights.

How did they even get this thing in here?

This is so freaking boss..

One of the premier VIP builds at the show was from the President of Job Design’s LS460. High attention to detail can only can be found by Japanese tuning.

Elvis’s LS400 on the new step lipped Work VS-XX.

This lady was really digging his wheels. You know what they say about females who wear white pants..

A big attention grabber when he was leaving the show, seemed like he had paparazzi following him. #sofamous

Robert’s internet famous FRS.

Girl owned FRS? She was breaking a couple of necks on the way out.

Damn that rear tuck on this FRS is pretty awesome.

LEDs on a lifted trucks and a loud ass horn seemed to be the trend this year.

Brian from Rotiform cruising out.

You know nothing about this rear tuck.

The only person who was scraping exiting the show.

I wonder if you’ll still be there next year.

That moment when you realize you’re staring at a million dollars.

Big body Lexuses are my favorite..

That’s it for my coverage of SEMA. Maybe next year I’ll go for the whole week instead of just Friday and get more detailed coverage, but it’ll probably take me another year to post it.

-NGUASS