Tag: S2K

  • Hawaii with AP Garage | Car Feature

    Hawaii with AP Garage | Car Feature

    I don’t know what it is, but I had this post saved as a draft for at least 5 months. Writing blogs only take a bit of my time, but damn I can never get myself to start. I literally have this opened up everyday, but I couldn’t get myself to start it. The procrastination is real, but I’m really going to try to be a more productive person, so maybe more posts, more merch? Only time will tell. Sorry Taka, Mikey and Matt for taking so long on these photos.

    Mikey and Taka’s clean S2000s on the beaches of Waikiki.

    This red and black theme is so clean.

    Hawaii vibes in a photo.

    Matt’s Supra.

    Shout out to AP Garage for setting this shoot up!

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  • Royal Hondas | Royal Origin Members

    Royal Hondas | Royal Origin Members

    Stopped by Greddy to hangout with Kevin and John, ended up shooting a video.

  • OMWTFYB | Enjoy Sin

    OMWTFYB | Enjoy Sin

    It was finally here, the weekend of the Enjoy Sin car meet with HNRS. We’ve been counting the days, minutes and seconds to finally spend some good quality time with friends and family. One of my favorite things to take photos of during this event is the caravan to Vegas, it’s just such a thrill to see a bunch of modified cars cruising together on the freeway. This post will be mostly rolling shots of the caravan.

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    Jeff looking mighty dapper this early.

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    Erik and Nimo trying to get dabber themselves.

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    UNDERWATER SQUAD.

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    Ryo’s Q45 rolling static on Koenig Monsters.

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    New member Aron’s M35 on Weds Bazerias.

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    Jaycray’s brand spanking new RC350 with it’s first road trip. Glad that we were apart of it.

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    The biggest surprise on the trip was Adam taking his S13. Glad to see it made the trip without any problems.

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    Kentaro rolling through with the most reliable car here.

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    Marq was hesitant about taking his 7 series to Vegas because of some transmission problems, but he ended up making it there with no problems and he only used half a tank to get from Cali to Vegas. Quite impressive for a big body BMW.

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    Ryan Gold’s bright ass EVO was fun to shoot for rolling shots. Ryan made the trek with us all the way from Santa Barbara.

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    This year we had faster cars in this caravan, but we paced it pretty well so Vu and I could get some good rolling shots of the caravan. Thanks Ashton for not going 0 to 130 real quick.

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    Another speed demon, Phat and his Cayman S.

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    Jeff’s WRX was my camera car and he did a great job catching up to everyone and pacing the car so I could get the best shots.

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    Robros Customs let Vinh drive the STI to the meet. The wrap looked great in the sun.

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    Derek pulled an all nighter to get his car ready for this trip. He spent the whole night wrapping his front end just to look decent for the meet.

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    Kevin’s S2000 was looking great now that it looks pretty much complete with his hardtop.

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    One of the lowest cars in the caravan was boss man, Jimmy’s Civic. He was literally scraping his diffuser all the way to Vegas.

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    Jimmy did a public service and picked up all the trash on the freeway.

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    The second camera car with Vu in the passenger seat.

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    This year Erik and his EP3 joined us in the caravan to Vegas. His car looks freaking ridiculous when it’s rolling

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    Gas station stop.

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    Jimmy couldn’t make it up the drive way, so he parked in the streets.

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    We finally made it to our first destination, the M Resort where they have a good deal for lunch at the Studio B buffet. It’s been a tradition that we hit this buffet first before doing anything else in Vegas.

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    Sparkle’s M3 our Taiwan dealer of Royal Origin and HOODRATstuff also joined us in the caravan. Sucks, we missed his car for a rolling shot.

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    EVO booty.

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    Jesus, we made it.

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    Shavi leading the squad.

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    For the first time, we beat the rush for the buffet. Vinh and John excited to stuff their faces.

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    Looks like heaven.

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    Japan x Taiwan x Vietnam.

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    After the buffet, we went to check in at the house we rented. The driveway was so large that it could have fit all of our cars, too bad some of us couldn’t make it up the driveway.

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    Neel is now a Vegas local and met up with us as soon as we arrived.

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    Safe and sound.

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    The house was pretty awesome, large enough for all of us and it had so many activities like this gaming room.

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    Tina excited for some pool.

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    Ryan sucks at shuffle board.

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    This will be empty by tomorrow.

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    Current events meeting aka deciding where we’re going to go eat.

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    Angelo, the leader of the RO offroad edition.

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    That’s it for today, the next post will be coverage of the meet!

  • Kevin’s S2000 | Royal Origin Member

    Kevin’s S2000 | Royal Origin Member

    The other day, Kevin came to visit me at work and brought out the S2000 for some fresh air. Thought it would be cool to shoot his car since I’ve only shot it when it’s at a meet or a show.

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    This wrap by Robros Customs is so good. The wrap job is so detailed that it looks like paint and the way it is laid out hides the fact that it’s a wrap.

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    Fitted with some Avant Garde Alpha Forged A1.

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    The Alpha Forged A1’s tuck nice under the S2000 fenders.

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    Vertex steering wheel is in my opinion the coolest steering wheel on the market. Quality you can feel.

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    Be sure to check this car out in this show season.

  • AUTOCON LA 2014

    AUTOCON LA 2014

      It’s crazy to think that the last time I was at Autocon was  3 years ago. Time flies by fast, one day you’re complaining about car shows the next day you’re helping host one. It has really changed my perspective of car shows and now I fully understand the stress and headaches of running a car show. I apologize for what I’ve said back in 2011 about this show. I was young, dumb and a wreckless keyboard warrior. Even though apologies are way too late now, I hope this picture of a sad chocolate Labrador will make up for it.

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    The morning started like every other car show, early as fuck roll in. The process for check in was pretty quick and we got set up within 20 minutes of checking in.

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    Hundreds of cars were pouring in through this gate. I hate commenting on about cars because all I can really say is what kind of car it is and what wheels it has. So, I’ll just comment here and there if I really have something interesting to say.. which is never.

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    I want this diffuser bad.

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    So many Lambos at the 88 Rotors booth. That whole section was money.

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    Mismatched wheels? You’re totally going to lose some style points when the judges come around.

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    Aired up and still a lot of camber. VIP cars from Royal Flush.

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    Man what I would do for a set of any of these wheels… The things I would do..

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    Johnne keeping his Infinite wheels clean.

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     Johnne’s E60.

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     Infinite Wheel Werks.

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    These Volk ZE40s are on point.

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    Ryan Gold’s EVO X now on some Enkei RS05RR and a nice wrap. 

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    Lexus Prius?

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    Instantly became my favorite MR2 because of the deep dish Work Equips.

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    Marcus Cooke’s supremely clean G35 now on Air Lift. Height looks the same to me when it was static, but a mm of clearance makes all the difference to the driver.

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    Car show people are serious. If only they kept their homes as clean as their cars. Am I right ladies?

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    I believe this is a Mini Cooper truck? This thing rocks.

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    Mr. OC Food and Drink Specialist, Mr. Armand Pranadi.

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    Man this 370z is so cool. I only saw it during the roll in and it kinda just disappeared from there.

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    I don’t know why, but I really dig this photo.

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    A line up of quality builds.

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    How many years of being a hooker will get me this car?

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    This guy is taking all the compact cars/Euro awards this year.

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    What I love best about swinging by Todd’s xB.

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    What I love about a group of guys taking photos of models. They’re never in unison when looking at the same camera.

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    Tianna Gregory…

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    Toyo Tire girls.

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    People were very impressed with the JDM Chemicals products. Check them out here..www. jdmchemicals.com

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    Reppin’

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    Vinh showing Infinite Werks the Glaco Mirror Water Repellent. This stuff works.

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    Seeing if they got any good up skirt photos.

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    Anh said he was planning out his next Disneyland meal.

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    As always more photos in the gallery.

    -NGU ASS

  • Widebody Snow Monsters

    Widebody Snow Monsters

    It was a special day here at Illest OC. Pandora One finally arrived and will be displayed at the shop.

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    Now fitted with a double decker wing and 500hp.

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    Your home for next couple of months.

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    Kevin fitting some wheels on his car.

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    Vu’s new ride.  Big plans for this car.

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    Vu and Nimo, never been so Royal Origin today.

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    That rear tuck doe.

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    Kevin’s s2000 in it’s entirety.

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    Decided to go to Snow Monster for some bomb ice cream on belgian waffles and on the way I got some pretty cool rolling shots of Shavi’s car.

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    The mother fucking prince.

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    Snow Monster is where I learned how to play my favorite game card game of all time. Monopoly Deals.

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    Will doing a ricer drive by while flicking us off. Very impressive he was able to multi task.

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    Nimo about to go HAM(hard as a mother fucker).

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    All Nimo.

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    Jimmy looking very jealous of Nimo’s diabetes.

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    Rica so focused on winning in Monopoly.

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    Shavi gave up and started to play connect four by himself.

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  • Low Beachin

    Low Beachin

    I’ve been missing the Lowballers lately; it’s been a really long minute since we hung out. In our honeymoon phase, we saw each other every week. One week, we would make the trip to Vegas and the other week, they would come to Cali. Nowadays, we rarely get together, but when we do, it’s epic. Gerald and Chivas came down for Nisei and since we were at the Infamous, we didn’t get to hang out that day. The next morning, Gerald hit us up and we did some old school bromancin’.

    Gerald wanted to show us how he get’s down.

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  • WFC Venice Beach 2012

    WFC Venice Beach 2012

    This past weekend was the Wrong Fitment Crew meet in Santa Monica/Venice Beach. It was a highly anticipated meet since many websites, blogs, and forums were promoting the event. We all planned to meet up bright and early so we could all roll deep together to the meet, but that did not happen. Some of us met in Irvine and others met in Walnut. Fortunately, I live in the Walnut area, so I thought I could wake up 10 minutes before the meet-up time & still make it. Well, that was not the brightest idea. Since I woke up late, everyone else who was caravanning with us ended up being late as well (sorry everybody), and on top of that, the fact that I have an unfunctional car did  not help. We had to take two extra freeways because I could not use the normal 10 freeway (sorry again). But, after all the hecticness, we finally arrived in Santa Monica.

    We arrived around 10:30 A.M. Once we got there, our caravan was lost. There were so many cars coming from every direction, so we had to let people in between us. We waited about 15 minutes on the main street that led us to the parking lot, but we all ended up waiting for nothing because we soon found out that the parking lot was full, and the police were not letting anyone in. We somehow all managed to meet up again and parked in a parking lot across from the event.
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  • Wekfest 2012 – San Francisco

    Wekfest 2012 – San Francisco

    Sunday, February 19th, 2012 was the day of the highly anticipated Wekfest 4 by Weksos Industries. This Northern California Automotive Show did not disappoint one bit. People from all over the country came to the San Francisco Bay for this event.  There were just good vibes all around. The amount of spectators at Wekfest was just crazy. We got to catch up with some old pals and we also got to meet a lot of new people! There were just good vibes all around.

    One of the two hangers at Fort Mason

    Cars rolling into Fort Mason
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