Tag: SLAMMED

  • Our Favorites at Wekfest Nagoya 2019 | Event Coverage

    Our Favorites at Wekfest Nagoya 2019 | Event Coverage

    Some of our favorites at Wekfest Nagoya 2019..

    I’ve been following Seji’s S14 for the longest time ever since Big Country Labs posted his car on their Instagram. This S14 is ridiculous in every way from the wide body to the gigantic Big Country Lab wing and it’s static!

    On the other side of the spectrum we have Masaki’s super clean S13. He perfected the clean body look for years now and has keep his car in such pristine condition!

    You can’t even tell this sticker is like 6 years old.

    Flashy is an understatement for this FD. The gold chrome wrap with the RE-Amemiya kit steals your attention from all the other cars around it.

    I rarely see any TL wagons in the states, so seeing this one slammed on wheels caught my attention right away.

    Japan just knows how to build 240s. It’s really amazing.

    That shift knob is sick, uncomfortable but sick.

     

     

    Nissan R32 on TE37s with a toy replica. So sick.

    This Lotus Espirit is so cool, those formula mesh wheels pair really well with the old school theme. There’s an Espirit for sale near me, I kinda want it now..

    No function, all style with this AE-86. Still looks awesome!

    My favorites at the show was this line up of FDs with super awesome liviries.

    Hiroki’s NSX is so nice from Level One Japan, I believe he won an award too!

    Seji’s and this S14 are what kids in America are trying to make their shit boxes into.

    Closing it with Yasu’s S2000 it is a subtle execution, but this car so many crazy parts!

    My blogging game has been weak, so sorry for the lack of updates! I’ll try to put this as a priority…

    -NGUMINH

     

     

     

  • Boden Bash 2016 | Event Coverage

    Boden Bash 2016 | Event Coverage

    Boden AutoHaus a premium air suspension specialist shop in Costa Mesa, California put together a car meet that had a cars and coffee type vibe with a good variety of makes/models coming together to share their Saturday morning together. These are the cars that caught my eye.

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    DSC07888Matt’s GS400 equipped with 326power and Black Magician kit on SSR Professor SP1.

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    After Boden Bash 2016, we head up to 714 Tires to meet up with John to hangout while he gets an alignment since we were getting lunch together after that.

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    DSC07895John’s C6 Corvette on Rotiform LVS.

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    Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • Greddy Pandem E36 | Wekfest Prep

    Greddy Pandem E36 | Wekfest Prep

    Kevin recently collaborated with his parent company Greddy on his latest project BMW E36. The last build was the red Honda S2000 that we posted here often. The E36 will demonstrate the latest Greddy Performance products that are offered in the automotive market with the finalization of the build at SEMA 2016 in November.

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    DSC06015You can always spot these Rocket Bunny Lexus pair at the Greddy Headquarters in Irvine, California.

    DSC06023Formula Drift driver Ken Gushi’s Scion Racing Greddy Racing FRS.

    DSC06006New Toyota Racing livery, which was first demonstrated at NASCAR in Sonoma, Washington.

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    DSC06026The heart of Ken Gushi’s FRS is this Greddy powered 2JZ-GTE.

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    DSC05984The raw Rocket Bunny Pandem BMW E36 parts ready to be fitted on Kevin’s car.

    DSC05988Enkei 6666 wheels. The standard for Rocket Bunny Pandem built E36s.

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    DSC05997Kevin fine tuning the fitment of the kit to the car before cutting and paint.

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    DSC06062Spotted a beautiful R32. Pretty common place now in SoCal.

    DSC07692Another day at Greddy HQ, and this time spotted one of two LC500, which is coming from concept to reality.

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    DSC07689Looks good from the front, but the rear is quite questionable. Its here at Greddy HQ for some research and development since Greddy has a good relationship with Lexus.

    DSC07695Limited edition Takata x Rocket Bunny street reclinable seats  going into Kevin’s E36 build.

    DSC07701Livery and stickers provided by AWstickers.

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    DSC07722The awesome Greddy color way.

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    DSC07726The Sung Kang x Greddy Racing collaborated 1973 Nissan 240z also makes it home inside the Greddy HQ.

    DSC07732The results of building this in about a month or so, which is pretty incredible. Ready for its first show case at Wekfest San Jose.

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    DSC07743Truly love how the Rocket Bunny Pandem kit extenuates all the lines that were already standard to the E36 platform.

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    DSC07768Vertex Racing steering wheel looks at home in there.

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    Good job to Kevin for working on this build in such a short amount of time. Many late nights went into this, and there are many more nights to come, especially with the next phase of the build being a 2JZ-GTE build. Also, congratulations for getting 2nd place best BMW at Wekfest San Jose 2016.

  • Throwback to Vinh’s S13 | Royal Origin Member

    Throwback to Vinh’s S13 | Royal Origin Member

     Thought I make a post of Vinh’s S13 from when I shot it for Stance Nation. These are some of the photos that didn’t make it into the article. Check it out! 194

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    I miss seeing this car.

    Vinh tore this car down to the very shell and made this beautiful creation.

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    Henry lives up to his name.

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    It was awesome seeing this car scrape the roads of Orange County.

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    Work Equip perfection.

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    The sun set too soon for this car..

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    Still missing you everyday. Check out this video I made of some old clips of Vinh’s S13.

    -NGUMINH

  • Vegas for a Day | Road Trips

    Vegas for a Day | Road Trips

     Did a suicide trip with Shavi to Vegas, so I could surprise the wife. Thanks Shavi for being the real MVP.

    The road to Vegas from Orange County.

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    Met up with Nick and Jeremy for Baby Stacks.

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    How Shavi looks after driving 4 hours. Check out that bokeh in the back.

    Adobo Fried Rice.

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    Got back to Shavi’s house and checked out what Shavi’s working on for the M30.

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    Amazing that it can move at this height.

    Vertex and camber forever.

    -NGUMINH

  • Nemo’s Garage | Grand Opening

    Nemo’s Garage | Grand Opening

    It’s that time of the year in Southern California, where the blistering heat and car meets align. This weekend took us to the Nemo’s Garage grand opening in Ontario, California. And as you will see they are new, but veterans of experience and knowledge in the automotive realm; big with the Honda platforms.

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    Thanks.

     Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

    Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

    Just another Wekfest at Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, however, this time around this is the last one at this location. Nonetheless, they put together Southern California’s finest automotive builds together once again. Here is a video highlight from some clips Nimo capture, and I decided to quick edit together. Enjoy.

    Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • Extreme Dimensions Car Show 2016| Event Coverage

    Extreme Dimensions Car Show 2016| Event Coverage

    The annual Extreme Dimensions Car Show was a couple of weeks ago and the turn out was amazing. There were cars from all walks of life and they had some crazy events that were going on during the show, but we’ll get into that in a bit.DSC02725 These two yellow FRS caught my eye from a far. DSC02727

    Bugeye on Work XD9.

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    DSC02742DNA Motoring’s S2000 for show.

    DSC02745 DSC02747A front end collision would suck for this Subaru. DSC02748 Wide body Mustang, so it could hit more people in crowds.DSC02750 That color tho.DSC02751 DSC02753 The Subie presence was strong at this meet.

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    Damn!! Satin black with gold accents on this S2000 looks amazing.

    DSC02777 Low is an understatement.DSC02778From satin black to all the colors of the rainbow. DSC02780 DSC02783 DSC02785 DSC02789 Perfect photo opportunity for this skyline syndicate.DSC02791 DSC02793 DSC02795 DSC02798 DSC02801 They were having a revving contest where the audience choose the winner. The one time revving your car at a meet was cool.DSC02803 DSC02804 The “Fuck Likes” sticker on this clean GS.DSC02805 DSC02809 DSC02810 DSC02813 Another 2nd gen IS with a 3rd gen bumper with excellent fitment.DSC02816 DSC02818 DSC02819 DSC02822 DSC02824 DSC02831  Neck breaker.DSC02836 Old school Mazda rolling out.DSC02840 DSC02844 DSC02850 Bagged and boosted S2000.DSC02852 DSC02853 DSC02856 DSC02862

    Best LS right now in Orange County and it’s owned by Tommy from Infinite Werks.

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    Try it, it’ll change your life.

    -NGUMINH

  • Jimmy’s Civic & Erik’s EP3 | Video

    Jimmy’s Civic & Erik’s EP3 | Video

    It has been a long while since I have actually did video, and doing this video was like learning it again. Here we have Jimmy’s Honda Civic and Erik’s Honda EP3, which have nearly identical visual appearances and performance modifications. Both these cars are static (on coilovers), boosted, and on Volk Racing TE37s.

    Take a look at this highlight of both fine tuned cars:

    Thanks.

    Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • Random Night in Daikoku | Parking Lot Finds

    Random Night in Daikoku | Parking Lot Finds

    We continue our journey in Japan with us departing from Vinh and Rica and us heading to Sagamihara to stay with Ryo. He’s been living here for the past year working with Lexon Japan. He didn’t have time to take us around, so we decided to go out and explore his area.

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    We went to Machida and found this small ramen shop that sold meals for cheap! Spicy ramen that was only 580 yen.

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    Add a combo for only 200 yen!

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    Spotted a small stand that sold this strawberry and chocolate custard dessert. Pretty good!

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    Exploring a bit of Machida.

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    After exploring Machida, we went to Yokohoma station to meet up with Shavi’s friend, Kato.

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    Kato’s slammed Mazda 3. He took us to Yellow Hat, an autmotive chain service shop.

    DSC05225  We came here to meet up with his homie, so we can head out to Daikoku parking area together.

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    Chaser on some 3 piece wheels in the parking garage of Yellow Hat

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    This sick chaser came out of no where in the parking structure.DSC05313DSC05257 

    First car that caught my eye was this slammed VIP Cima from 502 Factory.

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     So jealous that GTRs are a common thing here in Japan.

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    GTR meet ups.

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    S14 on classic Work Equips.

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    Me and Abbitt went inside for some soft serve ice cream. Thanks Abbitt!

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    Van culture is huge here.

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    Big green machine.

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    Kanjo racing?

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    Vending machine heaven.

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    Shavi and fans.

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    Itasha style is huge here.

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    4 dour bangers.

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    My favorite car here was this R32. Jesus Christ it was so nice and it had stickers from all of the HKS Premium events it attended. DSC05394

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    I wonder if you know…

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    Crazy 350z from Freakin Works that was just welded together recently. Still has a lot more work to be done..

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    It started to pour and it was freezing, so it was time to head back home.

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    Thanks Kato for taking us around!

    -NGUMINH