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RO in Japan | Yokohoma Bay

After the police kicked us out of the Daikoku PA, most of the cars from the meet moved over to this spot under Yokohoma Bay. It’s an underground area with sick ceilings and made for great photos. There seemed to be a higher quality of cars that showed up to this back up spot, probably because you had to pay for a spot and it also meant the cops couldn’t kick us out of this area.

A whole lot of slammed cars and people just walking around enjoying the scene.

Aristos here are so beefy and boss. Haven’t really seen a VIP one like in the states most of the Aristos I’ve seen are drift cars with a bunch of horsepower under the hood.

What a fantastic view of skylines.

A 2nd generation IS with the latest generation IS front bumper on Work Meisters.

Somehow got caught up talking to a bunch of Altezza enthusiasts. I saw that one of the guys was rocking a SXE10 crew sticker and told him that I was once apart of that when my friend Jason created it way back then. Now Jason isn’t even apart of it anymore and it’s grown to something far crazier. Weird how your past shows up in random places.

Widened Altezza all around on Work XSA is fucking nice. Flawlessly executed.

SXE10 Crew Japan.

My dream car since I was 16 and exactly how I would want it set up.

This S15’s fitment is incredible also check out that rising sun radiator.

Sadly, my camera ran out of batteries from documenting the whole day, but it was good for me because I was finally able to just relax and realize that we just threw the first ever Royal Origin international meet. It couldn’t have been successful without the help of All That Low, Zee and Kevan. Maybe, next time we’re here we’ll be throwing a car show…

-NGU ASS

November 2, 2014

Auto Gallery 2013 | Photo Dump

Time sure flies by, it’s already been a year since the first Auto Gallery show and here we are at their second show. It’s cool that their show has been a success and they were able to do a second show. Congrats Auto Gallery and hope there will be more shows in the future.

September 30, 2013

Cars and Coffee 4/27/13

There’s only one reason to wake up before the sun comes up, and that is for Cars and Coffee Irvine. What’s cool about Cars and Coffee is the consistency of it; every Saturday morning, there is a crowd in this parking lot and cool cars to check you. On top of that, the lighting is awesome in the morning to take photos.

Sick BRZ on some TE37s.

When going to Cars and Coffee, expect a lot of old school cars that you’ve never even heard of.

Or even knew existed.

The owners of these cars keep them immaculate.

and then there are the owners with some ballerass cars.

One of my favorites that morning…looks like a car out of an old mafia movie.

The paint was pristine.

One is not the same…

Going back to the future. All of these cars bring a history of nostalgia.

Expensive headlights.

Would love to hear them all turn on at the same time and race down Jamboree.

I would look like that too, waking up this early.

So cool!

Ribler’s sweet Audi Wagon.

Another wagonist, Old Choi’s IS300.

JDM flavor time.

Just driving a car that’s worth a house down payment, no big deal.

He must be afraid of the dark.

MBN.

I believe I used to have this car in hot wheel form.

The crowd is very mixed, but they all have the same passion for cars.

Nick brought out the SC400, freshly painted.

Hoodratstuff reppin!

Some un-functional cars.

Pristine Datsun.

Gotham city.

Crazy Jay.

Bosses rolling out.

Thanks for reading, see ya next Saturday morning!

June 10, 2013

OMW. #throwback

The last weekend of March, usually involving the 31st, is a weekend I look forward to every year. Besides it being my birthday weekend, it also usually is the weekend when the whole gang takes a trip out to Las Vegas. This year, we decided to do it big and throw a meet at a dealership. With the help of Chivas and Findlay Fiat, we were able to throw a legit meet for all our fans. We met up early in the morning to caravan because we had a huge amount of cars this year rolling with us to Vegas. I was a stickler on time this year because I didn’t want to take the whole day to get there like the previous years.

Nimo, leading the way to Vegas.

Random guy rolling with us to Vegas.

Randy Goco, getting some rolling shots.

This car goes everywhere. DGAF life.

Check out the racing stripes on the front part of the side skirt.

Nimo was able to hit 150 mph on the way to Vegas. Vertex aerodynamics and being slammed helped a little.

Spotted this rat rod, also on the way to Las Vegas. That weekend was also the annual Rockabilly weekend with classic cars, rat rods, and hot pin-up girls.

Ashton, the newest member of the crew. He was jumped in before we left to Vegas.

Double rolling shot, what does it mean?

Jeff always looks like he’s napping when he drives long distances.

Jerald also made the trek out to Vegas with us.

Gautam’s loudass M5, surprisingly, didn’t get us pulled over.

Tucker, riding aired up to the fucking max. His compressor went out on the way, so he couldn’t air down.

Driving to Vegas is nothing to Keith now. He’s gone back and forth almost weekly.

Adam, riding dumped even when on bags.

Amazingly, we got to Vegas in only 3 hours with 30+ people and 15 cars. Neel, with his new set of Work Rezaxs.

The last time Ashton was in Vegas with us, he had an IS300.

John, running on Filipino time, finally caught up with us.

Ryan’s murdered out GTI. Looks real cool.

First time seeing Rocky’s bagged look. He’s working on getting the front’s lower and then he’ll be satisfied.

Famous Accords.

White is right.

Once you go black, you come back in a wheelchair.

Yoshi’s race car.

BMW x Subaru sandwich.

Where the fuck is WEI?

IS brothers.

Ted Olsen met us up at our hotel to caravan to Gerald’s house.

Causing traffic, breaking necks, and making hella wrecks.

It’s been a long time since I saw the rootbeerdc2. Quenched my thirst for sure.

Jerald posted.

AJ photography in the house.

Jon, cleaning his brother’s dirtyass rims.

Block party.

The detail master.

Rootbeer VIP looking swell.

Keyser’s clean MR2 on Work XD9’s.

Went with Chivas early to Findlay Fiat to get some last minute preparations in.

Sunkist.

The sun is kissing the engine bay.

Nimo did a suicide trip and was leaving for home right after the meet.

The Abarth, a pretty quick car. One of the salesmen did a burnout in it when he moved it.

This is all you’re getting for now. Check back for the meet coverage!

-NGU ASS

April 25, 2013

Parking Lot Pimpin’ John Tran’s Integra

Honestly, I didn’t really care for John’s Integra when he had his XXR’s. It looked slammed and cool but it really didn’t do anything for me. One day I saw him roll up to Big Vinh’s house and it was like seeing a totally different car. He had just acquired some CCWs LM5’s and his car totally blew me away. Apparently, he only bought the XXRs to calculate his fitment for these wheels since he would be getting a custom set made. The other night, Yoshi planned to shoot his car, but being the BOSS John was, he came late and the shoot turned into a hangout in front of IKEA.

So aggressive looking, even from a far.

JDM front end with canards. Yummy.

People might say this car is confusing, hella flush fitment with a track outed body kit and wings. Well John would say, “fuck you” and continue on with his greasy burrito. I like how he mods his car the way he wants because the last time I checked, it was his money he used to buy these parts not anyone else’s.

John says he want to tuck more rim. I told him the car looks good as is, but you never know what John is going to do next.

John didn’t get a wing for performance purposes. It’s actually for when you’re eating in the parking lot and there’s no place to set your food on. John has a table for everyone to place their drinks and food. What a good friend.

That fitment…

A butt shot of Yoshi’s E36.

John’s car makes Kentaro’s E46 look stock. Watch out for this thing in the future, it’s going to have a little bit more horse power to back up that confused track look.

-ASS PARK

December 3, 2012

Auto Gallery 2012

Time is something I have very little of nowadays, so I’m sorry I haven’t been providing any content lately. I have photos of a little photo shoot we did after Auto Gallery, Hella Flush 11, and the G35 meet/More Japan Sale, so be sure to check the site regularly! Now onto Auto Gallery, this show was pulled off successfully by Team Praxis. You don’t know how hard it is to pull an event near the beach. It costs tons of money and a ton of paperwork from the city. Food trucks aren’t even allowed to be within a mile of the beach, but somehow Team Praxis got them in. The show gave a beach party type of vibe, with music blazing and bikini models walking around like in the music video for the song Starships by Nicki Minaj.

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October 4, 2012