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SPOCOM 2013

SPOCOM 2013, we were suppose to have a booth and quite a bit of our guys were going to show their cars. Unfortunately, vendor space was sold out and we were not able to display our booth. We decided to not show our cars and just went to check it out.

What I noticed about this show is that the spacing was kinda weird. Some cars had tons of space for cool photos and others were bundled together.

Good thing this expensive R8 was given room to breathe.

Ojay’s boss Previa.

Carl’s Aimgain IS250. Straight $$$.

Here are the cars bundled that were bundled up together. I guess they were all apart of Team Hybrid, so this was their area.

Never really liked the carbon fiber look, still don’t. I just took this photo because of the sweet Work XD9’s that my friend Peter use to own.

BMW wagon on CCWs.

Pretty sure this Ruckus is lower than my car.

Rene’s widebody BRZ on SSR MS3.

Orangezilla.

SPOCOM also had some bikes on display. I didn’t really know the extent of how you can modify a motor cycle. These guys take it pretty far.

Are these exhaust pipes?

Liberty Walk M3.

Before the storm..

Instafamous FRS. The owner is kinda cute.

Straight off the dealership and lowered with some Five Axis wheels. The more I see the new IS250, the more I start to like it. The aggressive front end angers your eyes at first, but after a while you just start appreciating the lines on the front bumper.

Imagine the white line wasn’t there…

What a down payment on a house looks like..

The IS1000. Haven’t seen David bring this out in a long time.

John’s Hyundai Veloster.

The Top Secret S2000. JDM fan boys go crazy over this car.

Another Liberty Walk BMW.

Slammed is an understatement for this rat rod.

Jame’s LS400.

Crazy animated EVO..

Having a set of Orderns is a classic look on VIP cars.

The colorful car corner.

Marissa.

The always laughing Hayle.

Everything else is a blur.

Asian pose #4.

The Illest Summer 2013 models!

Getting those autographs in, so famous.

We took a cigarette break and caught some cars parking right in front of the convention center.

So vibrant.

The craziest fitted MR2 ever.

Mr. Joey Lee’s Q45.

R’s Tuning Ben Sopra GTR.

Thanks for reppin James!

Another show, another day.. check out the rest of the photos in the gallery.

July 29, 2013

UAC TO ROTIFORM

Making big moves at Unlimited Autocraft, seems like we’re always here working onour cars, horsing around, and chewing up wire harnesses.

Abbitt, doing work on the legacy.

Rocket Bunny S13.

Stance coilovers vs stock. It’s already going to be dumped.

Yoshi’s and Brandon’s cars.

Reparked.

This tail light is approved by horse power racing.

Hoodrat stuff.

Brandon, working on some engine stuff.

Another shot of Brandon’s EVO.

After hanging out at UAC, we did a customer pick-up at Rotiform. Jason’s new whip on some SNAs.

Showing some love to a bug.

Can’t wait for what Rotiform has planned for this car.

Sick BBS RS that they’re building.

Pretty sweet Audi Wagon on SNA’s.

Nice and low.

Another look at Jason’s CLS.

Jason, showing us some of the cool colors they have done.

Impressive looking wheels.

Talking wheel fitment.

Seems easy to clean.

Love the finish on these BLQ’s.

More Rotiform goodness.

Not sure what these are, but they would probably look good on a big body VIP car.

A lucky customer will be rocking these SNA’s soon.

-NGU ASS

June 16, 2013

Fast Autoworks

The last stop on this all-day car meet was Fast Autoworks, where they had a BBQ full of bomb Asian food. If there’s free food, you’ll know where I’ll be. We took a caravan of 10 cars to Fast Autoworks, so the street was filled with modified cars, just like the one scene in Fast and Furious where they had lunch at Dom’s house and the white guy gave thanks for turbos, etc. Anyways, on to the photos…

Pat’s IS-F. He lives near me but I only see him when I go to farass places.

Alec’s S2000.

Swerve crew’s IS250 on HRE wheels.

Daniel’s STI on some temp wheels.

Fast car line up.

Empty bottle money baby!

Rocket Bunny FRS.

Holy hell. Mikey’s wheel fitment is still impressive even after seeing it so many times.

Gautam and Mikey, playing chicken with Jerald.

Street filled with modified cars.

Marc’s car looks long as hell compared to my IS250.

Keith, getting VIP parking.

Another shot of the Swerve IS250.

Awesome midnight purple S2000 on bronze TE-37’s.

Fast Autoworks is in the business of building fast cars like these two Civics.

Tracked out 8th Gen Civics are so cool.

Mike Kim, from Motormavens, stopped by to kick it. If you spell his name backwards it’s Mike Kim again! Amazing.

Swerve.

MBN lifestyle. Vincent’s new LS430.

It was a fun day hanging out with Dat and cruising with the Fatlace FRS. Thanks Alec and Fast Autowoks for the food and hospitality! There are more photos in the gallery!

-NGU ASS

April 23, 2013

LTMW 2013 Meet

It was one of those days where all I wanted to do was check out cars all day long. I decided the night before that I would go to all the car meets on Saturday which included Cars and Coffee in Irvine, LTMW in El Monte, and Fast Autoworks in Arcadia. I met up with Dat at Cars and Coffee because he planned to drive the Fatlace FRS to all the meets. Since he planned to go to the LTMW meet after, we caravanned to Charles’ house where everyone met up before the LTMW meet.

BMW 3, 5, and 7.

Yoshi, leading the pack.

Gautam and Marc met up at Charles’ house too. Note that all three beemers have mesh wheels. It’s going to be a common theme throughout the post.

All Marc needs is a front lip to set this thing off.

LOL BOTTLE CAPS.

All static here.

Celebrity car, the Fatlace FRS.

Gautam’s M5 on dem purps.

Haven’t seen Armand in a while; he’s still riding hella fucking flush.

I wonder if that Go-Pro is there to check out the reactions of people when he drives by or to see his suspension travel when he drives.

Keith came out to play.

Bagged 5 series on Waffes. Awesome.

Dumped CRZ rolling through.

The more I see these newer Honda Accords modded, the more I want to take Jennifer’s Accord and slam it with my Scaras.

S2K with some meat fitment on Mag Blue Volk TE-37.

Time Attack EVO 8.

Prepare for a bombardment of BMWs of all series on either mesh wheels or TE-37’s.

BMW owners love their TE-37’s and mesh wheels.

Something different, Courtney’s F30 on SSR SP1’s.

5 Spoke goodness.

This guy is everywhere…Sam’s Civic, also on TE-37’s. I guess he can fit in with this crowd.

Yoshi and Sam.

Releasing the monster.

I always see this E36 on tumblr. Glad to be able to see it in person for the first time.

Fatlace FRS, posted.

Another person I haven’t seen in a while is Jose and his Audi A3.

The paint on this VW is so crazy. Brown and greenish color.

Speaking of green, Jose’s Audi A3.

LTMW E90 was displayed in the middle of the lot.

Sick blue CCW’s to fit this wide monstrosity.

Going to end it with this model, who dressed pretty skimpy. She looked pretty out of place, modeling at the Stance Wheels booth. Anyways, thanks LTMW for throwing a fun meet and for the free food! Check out the rest of the photos in the gallery.

-NGU ASS

April 22, 2013

White & White

We were out in Las Vegas, Nevada for the end of the SEMA show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. After we were done with SEMA, we had some time to chill with our friends out there like usual and shoot the cars for a bit. It had been a while since I made a video and got my hands on a new crane, so it was a fun way to learn some new things while filming. Nevertheless, I especially liked this shoot because both these cars were running new setups; be it new wheels or new lip kits. Check out Minh Nguyen’s Lexus IS250 and Keith Cheng’s Honda Accord.

Royal Origin – White Power from Shavi Wijegunaratne on Vimeo.

I also had some time to take some pictures, something I rarely do, but have gotten into playing around with my photo skills these days.

Minh still rocking the Junction Produce Scara wheels, but now with a new lip kit. Looks mighty fine.

Keith recently got a much needed firmware update on his wheel setup; it’s been outdated since 2010. Now updated to Work VS-KF wheels.

PEACE BE WITH YOU.

-Shavi W.

December 7, 2012

See Ya Later…

The part I hate most about our out-of-state friends visiting us, is saying goodbye. All good things come to an end and even though we will for sure see them in the near future, it’s always sad when they leave. We started out the day with the obligatory all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Cham Sut Gol.

Sizzlin’ brisket.

The best part about eating at Cham Sut Gol is the free thrifty ice cream.

Afterwards, we rolled out to meet up with Nimo and the IE guys for a photo shoot in Anaheim Hills.

Love watching the sun kiss…

Ryan’s gangster GTI.

This is the first thing Nimo does when he sees me…

Vuzoku.

Figuring out how to ride this contraption.

Vu’s Miata with his brand new Work Meister CR-01.

Looks perfect on his car.

Ryan’s GTI on 3SDM.

Nimo test driving the Sunkist.

He looks pretty good in it.

Jeff and Kentaro.

Jeff giving all of these cars a blessing. WARNING: The next couple of photos might give you a small glimpse of heaven.

A better photo of Vu’s Miata. So clear…

IE guys.

Yoshi rockin’ the Hella Flush Japan shirt.

A photo within a photo.

Black reflections.

Sun kiss me.

INSTAGRAM CREW.

Good times hanging out with the Vegas crew. It’s never a goodbye for us, it’s always a see ya later. We’ll reunite again at Formula D Irwindale!

-NGU ASS

Photos by NGU ASS & Jeff Payuan aka Father Jeff.

October 7, 2012

StanceWorks | Avila Invitational

The boys & I went on a road trip to check out StanceWorks Avila Invitational. We wanted to see cars we usually don’t see and enjoy some scenery. The day started at 4:30A.M. with 5 hour energy drinks and hot cheetos.

Gassing up before the longass 4-hour drive.

I rode along with Derek; he drove this low with a packed car, which actually helped with the stiff ride. It was super bouncy, but I still managed to take a nap.

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July 31, 2012

Royal Flush Meet

We had the chance to attend the Royal Flush Meet that is hosted every month at Ray Ray’s Restaurant. I rolled up with Vinh, Angelo, and the broads. We had heard that this meet has only the best VIP cars around the area. We kind of came late, so most of the cars that I expected to be there were already leaving as we walked over to the plaza. The meet still did not disappoint; there were still some good-looking cars such as Ojay’s LS400.

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June 12, 2012

Heather Truong for Royal Origin

Sweat ran down my fingers as I gripped a hold of my Mark 2. Today would be my first time ever shooting a live model without someone guiding me. It was nerve-racking, waiting to meet up with her, like going on a first date without the dinner and movie. We still had to get to know each other and see what kind of style of photography we are comfortable with. As the photographer, I quickly had to learn what to focus on in the model. I was afraid that I would not be able to recognize and highlight the features that bring out the beauty in her. My first model shoot was with Heather Truong. I met her a couple of years ago through mutual friends and one of the many cool things about Heather is that she is genuinely into cars. We talked a bit over the internet and she was down for a shoot. Decided to meet at Tastea and talk about what we were going to do. While we were there, I spotted Polo’s NSX from IMKING.

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May 15, 2012

The Anniversary

After a delicious breakfast at BabyStacks Cafe, some of us headed over to Chivas’ place to get some of the cars cleaned up and to relax for a bit before the meet.

David, Chivas, and Nimo…probably checking Instagram.

The Sunkist. All wet.

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April 23, 2012

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