Simon’s MR-S was looking real clean when I was leaving work and I had to snap some photos of it.
TE-37s make everything better.
Follow him on IG @kamina86!
-NGUMINH
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Royal Hondas | Royal Origin Members
Stopped by Greddy to hangout with Kevin and John, ended up shooting a video.
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Robros Customs GTR | Car Feature
The Robros GTR got some love today because Dax wanted to do a photo shoot of it. So, Jason had to brush off the dust off the GTR because it has been neglected for a while.
The RO bros have been busy with work, so the GTR hasn’t been getting any loving. Usually it’s always clean.
Jason the mechanic, the detailer, the vinyl wrapper, the air installer, the painter and more. He’s the man behind the build of this GTR.
Jason’s turbo Wrangler.
All black and wet, just the way we like it. Wait what?..
Jason was so detailed with this wash that it end up taking 3 hours.
Prism Shield for that quick wax shine.
The sun was setting when Jason finished washing the GTR.
Sunsets are the best when it’s with a GTR.
The ROBROS GTR and Jeep.
We decided to go for a quick spin to get some rollers of the GTR.
Man it is so cool to see this car rolling, too bad my photography skills were not up to par.
Dax ended up canceling on us. Oh well, at least I got some good shots haha.
-NGUMINH
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Casting Couch | Tastea Nights
Met up with Sang, Abbitt, Phat, Vu, Nimo, Shavi and Rodney at Tastea for some good old fashion parking lot loitering.
Check out that circular bokeh in the background.
Lady killer Vu texting all his tumblr girls.
Restock coming soon..
Reality is wrong, dreams are for real.
Once in a while I actually wash my wheels.
John does too, but today wasn’t the day. Check out that custom JDM brake dust action on his Rotiform wheels.
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Ky’s Lexus GS350 | Car Feature
Get the tissue paper ready on the side for some car porn of Ky’s static GS350 on Leon Hardritt Ordens.
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End of Summer | Event Coverage
Air Runner wanted to throw a meet for a life style video shoot and invited us and Pure VIP to join. We had to get the whips ready, so some maintenance needed to be done.
Kevin’s E36 at 714 Tires getting an alignment done.
Vinh getting all of his suspension in. His suspension probably costs more than your car.
All black everything on John’s Corvette with his new set of Rotiforms.
Taylor’s LS400 and Henry’s GS300.
VIP was the main trend at this car meet.
This GS from Pure VIP was ridiculous. The camber on this GS is awesome.
Beautiful. Great job to whoever owns this car.
Shout out to Air Runner for good times, hope the video ends up being good.
-NGU ASS
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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.
Jeremy’s AIMGAIN SC430 on VIP Modular wheels rocking a very beautiful red paint job that I want so bad…
God that paint is so amazing..
So much Lexus porn..
A couple of Low Ballers.
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.
That perfect fitment.
Andrew’s LS is perfect in every way. Simply amazing.
Then we have my POS and it’s missing grills. I need to get my rear fitment on point.
Club Lexus. Thanks Jeremy and Andrew for letting me park with them for this photo.
Low Ballers x Royal Origin
Jeremy getting a burn out in before we left.
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
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Paris | RO Explore
Some photos of my 3 days in Paris which was an amazing 3 days for me. If I ever go to Paris again, I will need to at least stay for a week. Check out these photos that I took during my trip!
The first stop on our tour bus was the Eifel tower. It was pretty amazing to see something that I’ve only see online and in movies.
Kevin and Rashad playing ping pong at our hostel.
Victoria re-lighting some candles that were left for the victims of the ISIS attack in Paris.
There was still a large amount of people paying their respects . It’s amazing how the world gets together after a disaster, I just wish they did that for other world problems.
Our group had dinner at Chez Jenny and I got myself a beef tar tar recommended by our tour director. It was delicious for something that was raw.
Someone got a pork shoulder with sauerkraut which was also delicious.
Steak and a baked potato.
Had to get a crepe for dessert which was way different than how it’s made in the states.
After dinner we hung out in the lounge of the hostel and the guys just wanted to chill..
When you don’t have any games to play, so you pretend quarters are beyblades.
It got real intense.
Had to shoot some of our new FTP stickers here in Paris, but all I got was this shot on a table.
Carson giving that Avril Lavigne – It’s a Damn Cold Night music video vibe.
The Notre Dame Cathedral.
The only thing I knew about this place was from the Disney animation, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Planning the next stop while waiting in the long line.
The inside was beautiful and it was just amazing that everything was made by hand.
Prayers for Paris.
Courtney’s new photo for her album cover.
The famous bridge of locks, but it isn’t the original bridge. The original bridge they took off all the locks which ended up weighing up to 45 tons!
The Louvre and the rest of the photos will be some of the things that looked interesting to me. I wish I was able to stay for a whole day to explore, but we had a limited time here just to see the Mona Lisa.
Just look at it.
After the museum, we got a quick snack at a Parisian bakery that had quiche, crepes and pizza!
Had to get a croissant in Paris!
The scenery in Paris is so beautiful and I wish I had time to enjoy it.
We made our way back to the Eifel Tower to get a view from the top.
This was the view from the 2nd floor.
Brittany and Rashad trying to look hard.
Squad up.
Brittany looking her saddest.
Boys just want to have fun.
The back of the Notre Dame.
After a long day these girls knocked out on the subway.
Some meat and pasta at the hostel.
The next mornign we made our way to Versaille and got a tour of the palace.
Kings really loved themselves back then.
A royal dancing hall, I got a twirl by Joe.
Kings use to walk all the way to the gardens to have affairs with their mistresses.
Look back at it.
Queen Victoria.
When you go 90% and he doesn’t go 10%.
Look at all of these fucks I give.
Girls being basic,
Brittany is always ready for photos.
I love being in Paris.
Thanks Paris for the memories. Next up Rome!
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Royal Origin Christmas Party | Photo Dump
Scenes from our annual Christmas party. I just want to thank everyone who made this year fun. Thank you for the wonderful memories and here’s to another year of fun! I can’t wait for what 2016 has in store for us.
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Formula Drift Irwindale | Throw Back Thursdays
It feels like forever since I had a camera. I’m slowly going insane not being able to capture the things I’ve seen lately and the moments I won’t be able to remember. Going to car meets has been a drag since I’m usually active at a car meet. Food is less enjoyable now that I can’t relive eating it, when I’m editing food photos for The Food Adventurist. Life just sucks without a camera. Lucky for me I found some old photos in my memory card that I never edited and it sort of feels nice being able to catch up on some photos and actually take my time to edit it.
This was a shoot Sara planned for the United Royals ad. They wanted something like a USDM vs JDM and for that theme we got Sparkle’s Rocket Bunny S13 and Tristan’s CR S2000. For models, Sara got Amy, a imported Vietnamese girl to represent JDM and Sara a Hawaiian native, pidgin speaking Korean to represent USDM. The photo was looking a little boring without the United Royals ad, so I added a little something something…
Now this photo is poppin! We got DAB city in the background and a 7’1 pimp checking out Sara and Amy. So much action, so much wow.
I think this was my last day with my Sony A7II before I shipped it out to Davin in Hawaii. I was so busy working at the booth at Formula Drift that I didn’t get a chance to go around that much to shoot. So, here are some photos in the Slammed Society area.
Stay Simple Stay True. Thanks for the support!
Arm’s IS300 with his new Elixir front bumper.
Sweet Formula Red S2000 on white and gold Work Meisters from Super Kawaii Crew. 
Clean S13 coupe on what looks like to be Panasport 5 Spoke G7s. 
S13 coupes are Panasports seemed to be trending.
Serial Nine coming all the way from Canada to show Southern California who are the real sedan kings.
Jesus, all of their cars are so freaking sick.
Camber game is so strong on this LS400.
Yogi’s big red GS on Weds wheels.
Porsche Gang.
After Formula Drift, we had our annual after dinner at Banana Bay which is probably the worst location to take our cars to. Here’s Angelo cheesin it because he didn’t drive his 350z to Banana Bay.
Calamari.
Pad Thai Chicken.
The Crying Tiger. 
Aron doing it for the snappy snaps. You can also follow us on Snap Chat at ‘RoyalOriginBTS’.
A must try and only available at this Thai restaurant is the Continental Fried Rice. Look at all of the amazing stuff you get all in one plate. 
The best moments in life are when I’m around my closest friends eating and sharing food. When you begin to strip down everything in life to the bare minimum, forgetting the cars, the money or anything materialistic, you will eventually realize moments like these are the reasons for living.
Cherish every moment, you never know when’s the last time you’ll see someone or place.
