Tag: lowballers

  • 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

     

  • Toyama Living | RO Explore

    Toyama Living | RO Explore

    I’ve been to Toyama many times, but I’ve never been here with Ryo. When we decided to go to Japan during golden week, Ryo offered us a place to stay in his hometown of Toyama. We didn’t want to miss the chance to live in the countryside for a couple of days and see the life of the Lowballers Japan.

    Masao bought this Verosa for like dirt cheap. I think it was $500 because the owner thought it had a transmission problem. It ended up being an easy fix and now he has a 1jz equipped vehicle for $500.

    Ryo’s Lexon GS430, so cool to see this thing roaming the streets of Toyama.

    We made our way to a okonomiyaki(Japanese pancake) place where you make it on your own. This place is kind of like a Denny’s to the locals.

    Hiroki and Masao showing us how it’s done!

    Math and John mixing and laying out the pancakes to cook.

    The finished product. Bone apple tea.

    We slept over at Ryo’s parents spare house and it had a legit Hawaii theme throughout the house.

    Woke up to Ryo starting up his Integra that he hasn’t seen in months. It still looks super clean.

    We wanted to get some photos in before the day started of both of Ryo’s cars.

    We met up with Hiroki and they took us to this amazing park with a river going through it.

    This was rated one of the most beautiful Starbucks in the world. I’ve never seen such a long line for Starbucks before.

    This was rated as one of the most beautiful friendships in the world.

    Hiroki and his family.

    For lunch, we went to a curry spot that is famous in Toyama.

    I shit you not, this was the best curry I have ever had in my entire life. Seriously perfect in every way! I am literally drooling looking at this picture.

    Next stop was Super Autobacs, we wanted to go to an Up Garage, but all of stores were closed for Golden Week. I don’t even know what kind of car this is.

    Clean S13 on some Advan TCIIs.

    Big boss Job Design LS460.

    Julia so over this car shit.

    Getting around in Ryo’s GS felt so cool.

    For dinner, we got sushi and for the longest time Ryo has always said the sushi is the best in Toyama. He was not wrong.

    We ended the night, Initial D style by going up the mountains, looking over the city and talking about fuck bugs.

    Thank you Ryo, Masao and Hiroki for the hospitality! I can’t wait to come back to have more curry!

    -NGUMINH

     

     

     

     

     

  • Our Favorites at Wekfest Nagoya 2019 | Event Coverage

    Our Favorites at Wekfest Nagoya 2019 | Event Coverage

    Some of our favorites at Wekfest Nagoya 2019..

    I’ve been following Seji’s S14 for the longest time ever since Big Country Labs posted his car on their Instagram. This S14 is ridiculous in every way from the wide body to the gigantic Big Country Lab wing and it’s static!

    On the other side of the spectrum we have Masaki’s super clean S13. He perfected the clean body look for years now and has keep his car in such pristine condition!

    You can’t even tell this sticker is like 6 years old.

    Flashy is an understatement for this FD. The gold chrome wrap with the RE-Amemiya kit steals your attention from all the other cars around it.

    I rarely see any TL wagons in the states, so seeing this one slammed on wheels caught my attention right away.

    Japan just knows how to build 240s. It’s really amazing.

    That shift knob is sick, uncomfortable but sick.

     

     

    Nissan R32 on TE37s with a toy replica. So sick.

    This Lotus Espirit is so cool, those formula mesh wheels pair really well with the old school theme. There’s an Espirit for sale near me, I kinda want it now..

    No function, all style with this AE-86. Still looks awesome!

    My favorites at the show was this line up of FDs with super awesome liviries.

    Hiroki’s NSX is so nice from Level One Japan, I believe he won an award too!

    Seji’s and this S14 are what kids in America are trying to make their shit boxes into.

    Closing it with Yasu’s S2000 it is a subtle execution, but this car so many crazy parts!

    My blogging game has been weak, so sorry for the lack of updates! I’ll try to put this as a priority…

    -NGUMINH

     

     

     

  • Royal Origin x Lowballers Car Meet | Event Coverage

    Royal Origin x Lowballers Car Meet | Event Coverage

    10 years of love. Love for cars, love for photography and love for friends. Royal Origin was founded in 2008 and even though we haven’t done a meet in a while, we thought it would be cool to throw one for our 10 year anniversary. You already know we had to do it in Vegas, where all the memories and friendships began. To start the morning, we did a quick wash before we headed out to the meet with Jaycray’s Pandem RC.

    When we got to the meet, it was already packed to the brim. We couldn’t even park our own cars next to each other, but we were glad there was a big showing.

    The fitment, the stance and the wheels are all on point with this S13.

    Rodney’s Cressida.

    Lance’s immaculate NSX on Work Meisters.

    The Karuma gang was out in full force with their trio of sick cars.

    I finally got to see Ian’s Corolla and it was not a disappointment.

    Someone brought another Cressida to show Rodney how it should be done.

    You know you’re rich when you can floss every part of your car.

    A line of cars that cost more than the whole parking lot.

    Nimo ended up cutting his springs and putting these wheels on just for the meet. He even cut his Tein springs for more low. Nimo is always going to be a HOODRAT.

    Chivas, the leader of the RO OFF-road crew.

    Chris representing RO in Vegas with his Chrysler 300.

    Thank you to everyone who came out to support! A big thanks to the Lowballers for collaborating with us! We’ll see you guys next time!

    -NGUMINH

    Photos by @nguminh and @k3ychain.

  • Caravan Things | Event Coverage

    Caravan Things | Event Coverage

    The best part of our trip to Vegas is the drive to Vegas. There’s no better feeling than to be cruising with your homies in their slammed cars, trying to race each other and avoiding getting pulled over by the cops. We met up at our usual spot at the In-N-Out in Hesperia, I’m not even sure why we meet here because In-N-Out doesn’t even open until 10:30 AM.

    Jaycray pulled up with his sick Pandem RC on the new Work Meister.

    Met up with the rest of the homies at the In-N-Out.

    I swapped out the Scaras for the Work Meisters.

    Frank’s super clean Miata on Weds Bazerias.

    Adry’s widebody IS, Taylor’s LS400 and Rodney’s Cressida.

    We made it to our first destination, M Resort for our annual trip to the Studio Buffet.

    A mini car meet in the parking lot.

    We had a quick fooseball tournament at the hosue and found out Rodney is secret professional.

    We went on a off-roading adventure with Vince, Chivas and Aaron. #ROOffRoad

    Randomly found a donkey at a gas station.

    Chivas lead us to an eerie abandoned house and now I have trouble sleeping.

    The next adventure was a spot where you could get a great view of the strip.

    Good night Vince!

    Angelo said,  “Get out of the house and get some sleep for the meet tomorrow!” Coverage of the meet coming real soon.

    -NGUMINH

  • Royal Origin x LOWBALLERS CAR MEET!

    Royal Origin x LOWBALLERS CAR MEET!

    Bringing back the good times this month in Vegas with the @lowballerscrew. We’ll be throwing a meet at 8872 S Eastern Ave Henderson, NV 89074 and food will be provided by @sonofapiglv. We will also be selling gear at 50% off and will be tossing gear into the winds. Come get geared up!

    https://www.facebook.com/events/767004116827978/

  • Lexus Lowballers | Car Feature

    Lexus Lowballers | Car Feature

    When we were in town for the Anniversary meet, Andrew asked if I could shoot his and Jeremy’s Lexuses. Of course I said yes because both of their cars are ridiculously nice. The Low Ballers are from Las Vegas, Nevada and have a huge impact in the Vegas car scene. Their crew runs deep from Vegas to Japan and even some of the Royal Origin members use to be in the crew. Good times! We met up Andrew and Jeremy in the evening and got some pretty sunset shots with the Encore building. DSC09134a

    Jeremy’s AIMGAIN SC430 on VIP Modular wheels rocking a very beautiful red paint job that I want so bad…

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    God that paint is so amazing..

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    So much Lexus porn..

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    A couple of Low Ballers.

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    The next car from the Low Ballers is Andrew’s LS400.

    Andrew’s LS400 is sporting a rare J Unit kit bagged on Volk TE-37.

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    That perfect fitment.

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    Andrew’s LS is perfect in every way. Simply amazing.

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    Then we have my POS and it’s missing grills. I need to get my rear fitment on point.

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    Club Lexus. Thanks Jeremy and Andrew for letting me park with them for this photo.

    Low Ballers x Royal Origin

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    Jeremy getting a burn out in before we left.

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    Shout out to the Low Ballers for letting me shoot their awesome cars. You can follow Andrew, Jeremy and the Low Ballers on Instagram down here…

    Jeremy –  @lowballers_sc430

    Andrew – @sohigaragedru

    The Low Ballers – @lowballerscrew

    -NGUMINH

  • Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

    Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

    Just another Wekfest at Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, however, this time around this is the last one at this location. Nonetheless, they put together Southern California’s finest automotive builds together once again. Here is a video highlight from some clips Nimo capture, and I decided to quick edit together. Enjoy.

    Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • 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

  • 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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    fun 095More behind the scenes coming soon… Probably tomorrow.