nguminh – Page 7 – Royal Origin

Sushi with John and Ashton | Taurus Birthdays

It’s always fun when there’s a birthday party, especially when people actually care about these people and come out to celebrate. It was Ashton, John and Angelo’s birthdays and we decided to go to Sake 2 Me for their dinner. Angelo couldn’t make it, so we celebrated his birthday in spirit for him.

“Where the bitches at yo? Bruno Mars can not be seen without any hunnies in between these two arms.”

I swear John always closes his eyes in every group photo.

Sang’s sick ass Cayman, I’ve known him since he was a troll on MY.IS.

Waiting to be seated for a group of 24.

Spotted Phi’s Civic on Air Runner suspension.

The parking lot of Sake 2 Me became a little car meet.

Shavi’s M30.

John’s Corvette on Forge Stars.

Ashton about to get white girl wasted.

John’s been working out, so he’s not much of an alcohol drinker anymore. Good thing I’m here to eat his desserts.

Happy Birthday boy knows he’s coming home to sex after dinner.

Happy Birthday to my favorite Tauruses, may you guys find good fortune and happiness in your future endeavors.

-NGUMINH

June 27, 2016

Night Fun | RO Drift

I’ve always wanted to learn how to drift my SC, but I never had a push to go out and try. Recently, my friend Brandon started to come around and convinced me to take my SC out to the mountains with him to learn how to slide it.

Brandon’s IS300, this car has been through some shit since I’ve seen it last. The last time was four years ago…

Whiskey Devil

All black and ready to go.

We met up with Rodney at Cha2O on the way to Angeles Crest.

Rodney got these cool 90’s Forever stickers made.

After a long and fun winding drive, we got to the drift spot and met with Brandon’s friend who also drove an IS300.

The stars were definitely out tonight.

After some rounds of burning rubber, we decided to try and light paint.

Rodney’s attempts on drawing Saitama from One Punch Man.

I decided to max out the ISO on the Sony A7SII and man it’s so impressive. This photo was taken at 1:36 AM.

It looks like broad day light, so amazing!

Got some shots of Brandon’s IS300. Sorry Brandon, I was too lazy to photo shop it so your car would look good.

I am now addicted to drifting…

-NGUMINH

June 27, 2016

Customizing with Rhino | Car Nights

Lately, I’ve been spending most of my time at Rhino Customs where Rodney works. We’ve been doing small stuff to my IS, so it could look presentable. Rodney has helped me mount tires, install bumpers, grills, headlights and so much more. Thanks Rodney for all the help! Building a car really does bring friends together.

Rodney applying some black vinyl to my fenders to see how it’ll look. It didn’t look good…

Almost perfect.

Loving my new 78 Works tail lights and AIMGAIN trunk spoiler courtesy of Kyoei USA and Ryo.

Looking better everyday.

The shop car is a LS swaped S14 that they plan to compete in drift events for shop exposure.

That logo..

I thought it would be cool to do some light painting in the shop, little did I know I really suck at light painting.

We also spent some time putting each other’s cars together. Like installing Abbitt’s lift for his truck.

Bruno Mars loves cars.

Rodney teaching Abbitt how to mount tires.

We also had to install Rodney’s coil overs and mount his tires.

None of us knew how to stretch tires and we did the only thing we know how to do. Apply a little #HOODRATstuff to it.

and a lot of brake fluid and a torch..

Googling how to stretch a tire…

We ended up figuring it all out and actually got all the tires mounted.

The power of team work.

Looking good Bruno.

Family dinners after a long day of fixing cars.

It’s also fun to play with fire.

Not bad, not bad at all.

You can follow Rodney and Rhino’s Customs on Instagram here..

Rodney – @rod_knee

Rhino’s Customs – @rhino_customs_detailing

-NGUMINH

June 18, 2016

Erik’s EP3 | Car Feature

I don’t think Erik’s EP3 needs an introduction because you’ve probably seen his car in most of our posts and all over the social media sphere for being one of the lowest EP3’s out there. Erik asked me and Shavi to shoot his car and usually when owners ask that it’s because they’re either selling the car or something big is going to happen to it. Which for Erik I think he’s going to raise his car like an inch. Dramatic I know..

Erik’s EP3 is static sitting on Volk TE-37 SL.

So much tuck, I think Erik’s plan to raise his car is actually a really good idea.

Erik’s EP3 has been through it all from being boosted to many many sets of wheels.

Volks and Brembos go together like spam and rice.

Erik is still able to turn under those fiber glass J’s Racing fenders, I’m surprised the fenders are the least fucked up part of his car.

That even camber all around. *heart eyes*

Erik brought out Yung Louie to the photo shoot, so we can see his enormous balls.

That’s the face of a happy dog rubbing his balls on some Status seats.

We completed the photo shoot with some rollers down the street. Check out the gallery.

LowcooL.

Yung Louie says you should check out the shop.royal-origin.com and get some stickers. Other than that, I hope you enjoy these photos of Erik’s EP3, you can follow him on Instagram at @ayooo_e.

-NGUMINH

June 9, 2016

Boost Brigade Spring Launch | Event Coverage

Boost Brigade, an upcoming brand in the automotive industry, invited us to their spring launch. Boost Brigade is the brain child of Kenji, the president of Greddy Performance. The clothing brand will focus on the love of boosted vehicles. The event started in the evening at the Greddy warehouse and the first person that greeted us was Sara.

Sara was helping out Boost Brigade with the check-in and had excellent back lighting for this photo.

Which way is it to the event?

Boost Brigade had a plethora of boosted cars on display, like the Greddy Ben Sopra GTR on Advan GT wheels. Another heavily modified GTR rolling in from Evasive Motorsports. This GTR looks like it would kill it on the track and it should be since Evasive is known for making track monsters. Clean R32 on Work CR-kais.

The Boost Brigade x In4mation collab looks sick.

Boost Brigade can be bought at the Greddy Performance headquarters in Irvine.

Kevin, the creative director at Boost Brigade.

DJ TradeMarq on the 1’s and 2’s.

Marq is getting into the good vibes. Kevin with his bagged S2000 on display. Rocket Bunny tC looking fresh. The Greddy Rocket Bunny FRS that is used in the Formula Drift series. Boosted Rocket Bunny GTR on Volk TE-37s. Sara photobombing Julia’s photo.

John was talking about how we should boost our cars..

Well maybe one day…

-NGUMINH

May 27, 2016

XS Car Night 2016 | Event Coverage

March 2, 2016

Ryo’s GS430 | Royal Origin Member

Ryo Hara is my favorite Japanese man in this world. He once told me that the only thing he learned from being in the States for two years is that Royal Origin is really gay. Ryo took all of this and brought it to Japan and built this one of a kind GS.

Ryo got this GS on a good deal, so he didn’t hesitate to throw on a bolt on wide body kit by Lexon Japan.

The GS looks tough out in the streets of Sagamihara.

Not only is Ryo rocking the only Lexon kit in the world for the GS, he is also rocking the first set of Vossen x Work Wheels collab wheel.

That front fender fitment tho.

Car was looking so hot, it melted all of the snow. So, we had to shoot some more photos back in the underground parking lot.

Car porn for sure. Good job Ryo!

-NGUMINH

February 14, 2016

BBQ and Kyoto | RO Explore

When I’m traveling anywhere, I try to get the most out of my money and time. Japan makes it easy to travel without owning a car. All you need is a JR rail pass and it’ll get you up and down Japan easily. It gives you access to local train systems, the bus system and the bullet train. We stayed in Tokyo, but wanted to make it down south to check out the famous temples and check out Osaka for a bit.

We were trying to take the bus to the Golden Temple, but ended up at this random temple.

Pretty cool place nonetheless.

Enter the dragon.

The best soft serve green tea you will ever have!

It can be found in a little shop in front of the Golden Temple.

The majestic Golden Temple.

Our next stop in Kyoto, would be the Fushimi Inari shrine. It’s the shrine that has a bunch of toriis on the mountain. A torii is this orange gate thing.

Usually, it’s not this crowded, but I guess January is when tourists come out.

Writings on the wall.

After a long afternoon of visiting temples, we headed further south to Osaka for some Japanese BBQ. We were originally looking for Kobe beef, but none of the restaurants that served kobe beef were open. They didn’t open until 5PM and we didn’t have that kind of time to wait.

When you’re third wheeling hard.

That’s it for today, thanks for reading and I’m sure we’ll meat again.

-NGUMINH

February 9, 2016

Ho Chi Minh City | RO Explore

Ho Chi Minh city is a fun city to be in, there is so much to do and everything is so cheap! If you’re on a budget and want to go on an Asia trip, make sure you consider going to Vietnam.

I started a bike gang with my neighbors in district 2.

Everybody rocking the Royal Origin crown sticker.

I got the best banh mi in Ho Chi Minh city at Banh Mi Huynh Hoa.

This little joint gets busy in the afternoon, so make sure you come early!

Me and my mom.

This is a rice, beef, egg and cheese with curry skillet from Pepper Lunch!

Pasta from Yummy Yummy Center.

My mom living on that no meat diet with eggs and bread.

I was in Vietnam to spend Chinese New Year with my family. The city was well decorated for this holiday.

Met up with my friend Vinsin and his sisters for some drinks.

Vinsin’s family can drink a lot…

The women especially.

The next day, I went to the Bitexco Financial Tower to catch a sunset.

Damn these windows were dirty.

Ho Chi Minh City.

Ever since I left the city…

It’s so bright in Ho Chi Minh.

Ho Chi Minh City sky line from my bedroom window.

I’m just a bird.. I miss home.

-NGUMINH

February 8, 2016

Rome | RO Explore

Rome wasn’t built in a day and it can not be explored in 3 days. Another city on my tour that I felt like I had so little time in. Definitely a revisit one day in the future, but for now these photos will bring back the memories I had there.. Enjoy!

Long and tall alleyways with some nice surprises.

Seems like all of Europe was getting into the Christmas spirit.

The many beautiful churches in Rome.

The Trevi Fountain. I wanted to throw my wallet in it for a wish.

So magnificent.

Brittany about to drop some dimes in this thing.

If you look carefully, she actually held on….

These photos do not do this fountain justice.

Katelyn ready to go eat some italian food already.

And so we got some lasagna!

I got the penne pesto.

Up and early, we were off to the Vatican City. This is Brittany in one of the plazas of the Vatican City.

How the world functions.

Pine cones are cool.

This lighting was on fleek for Cortney.

The many beautiful artwork inside the Vatican.

The largest church in the world. Look how tiny everyone is..

Boys photos. My dudes.

My dudes are also models.

Love these streets in Rome. I want to rob a bank and run away in a Vespa.

Getting lost in Rome.

Are you taking a photo of me?

Let me pretend to have a good time.

I never knew bread and tomato could taste so good. Damn tomatoes in Italy are so freaking good.

That means their pizzas are good too!

Brittany the pizza delivery girl.

Having coffee at the famous Caffee Greco.

Ravioli at our hotel. Not bad.

My first opera.

It was a good experience even though I didn’t understand the lyrics. I could tell it takes a ton of talent to sing these songs.

Queen Victoria waiting for her carriage to take her home.

The Colosseum! Also known as the Flavian.

More beautiful lighting.

Perfect time for a photo shoot.

Squad goals.

The ruins of Rome.

The whitest building in Rome. Apparently the locals hate it.

Rashad rocking the FTP tee while we were out exploring.

Gnocchi!

Four cheese pasta!

I forgot what this was! I think it was a pine cone at one point.

The gelato madness begins.

Olive oil tasting.

It’s only 11 AM…

Learning how to make pasta.

You already know, I don’t know what I’m doing.

Katlyn and Katherine with their balls of love.

The many shapes of pasta.

Steamin’.

Our last lunch together.

My 2nd last gelato. #15

Brittany looking very sweet.

You got a little something there Kev.

When you realized Vanilla isn’t your flavor.

I’m on a diet ice cream cone.

More tomatoes!

So simple, yet so good.

The last dinner.

Farewell hugs for everyone.

Joe the ice cream thief.

Brittany the ice cream wielder.

My last gelato….

Damn this was fresh.

A strange way to eat your ice cream.. Start from your cheeks and work your way down.

Brittany starts from her forehead.

Lucas takes it up the nose.

Baby Jesus setup was the last thing we were going to see that night.

Thanks for the memories Rome. I’ll be back.

January 13, 2016

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