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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.

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.

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.

I want this diffuser bad.

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

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

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

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

Johnne keeping his Infinite wheels clean.

Johnne’s E60.

Infinite Wheel Werks.

These Volk ZE40s are on point.

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

Lexus Prius?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A line up of quality builds.

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

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

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

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

Tianna Gregory…

Toyo Tire girls.

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

Reppin’

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

Seeing if they got any good up skirt photos.

Anh said he was planning out his next Disneyland meal.

Super cross faded Chris.

As always more photos in the gallery.

-NGU ASS

May 6, 2014

Just Hold On We’re Going Home

Just as the title says, just hold on we’re going home. We were on our way back from Las Vegas, Nevada; where we had our annual anniversary meet. Going down the 15 North back to Southern California we ended up at the abandoned water park to take some quick pictures before traffic builds up too much.

May 5, 2014

Formula Drift Long Beach 2014 and Offset Kings Show Case

I feel like I’ve been covering Formula Drift Long Beach for a while now. Not much has changed, maybe different cars but the same vibe. Seems like every year I get less and less content because I end up having other priorities on my plate. This year it was the first time I was working with a company that had a booth in the vendor aisle. So my deepest apologies if there isn’t that many photos. Just kidding, I don’t really care what you think. Enjoy the photos though.

The trance style lives on through Angelo’s Z.

The Barney mobile.

Thao coming out hard with the new Cosmic Racing wheels.

The talk of the show. Static FRS with superb fitment from Street Faction.

This car is so hot we needed to put a water bottle in front of the car to cool it down.

Now for some bad quality photos of some drifting..

Back to the vendor lifestyle…

Me and Vinh doing work at the JDM Chemicals booth.

Todd’s Minty XB. His first time at Formula Drift Long Beach. I’m glad I was there to share this special moment with him.

Mike’s crazy GS300 front bumper from Thailand I think.

BMW of the year.

The show area was packed full of fan boys.

Styling on you fools.

Very clean Audi on 3SDM wheels.

RWD DAILOW.

NSX from last night.

The amazing Boogs.

Baller ass wheels..

Back to more crappy drifting photos…

Vendor village.

A cop posing for this guy’s Subaru. We should stop hiring models and just bring out the whole PD. They seem to get more media attention haha.

Started with Angelo’s Z and ending it with his Z. Because I can.

-NGUASS

April 9, 2014

Marc’s E38

Some people would say the BMW 7-series is the European counterpart to the Japanese Lexus LS. Why is this? Just look it. It is screaming big body VIP.
Such is the case with Marc’s E38 (750i), who is no stranger to the BMW brand.

Marc has an E36, E39, and E38 (what you are seeing right now), all of which he loves dearly.

He was able to transform an unappealing E38 into a visually stunning thing. Who would of thought a E38 could look this good? Not many, that’s for sure.

Marc’s current shoe of choice for the E38 are Work Brombachers, which are basically VS-XX looking wheels for European cars.

VIP accessories. Junction Produce Neck Pads and Junction Produce Luxury Curtains.

Something most people do not know about this car is that it is bagged on Universal Air bags in the front, which allows Marc to air up and not constantly destroy his oil pan, which hangs pretty damn low on these cars. However, the rear is still static, since Universal Air bags have no room to fit back there. Bagged and static all in one car.

Photos by Keith Cheng (@k3ychain)
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February 22, 2014

Cruising With The Meat

A couple of weeks ago; our friends from Lowballers Japan paid California a visit. It was great to show them around and give them a taste of our daily Hoodrat American shenanigans. The night before they were to fly back home to the land of the rising sun we did our best to organize a meet to end their trip to California with an awesome memory. Blasted on mediums of social media the meet had an awesome turnout. Cars from all over showed up and the parking lots went bonkers. What started as a meet turn into a cruise. Explanation to follow…

BIPPU

The planned location was at the Best Buy parking lot at the Tustin Marketplace on the border of Irvine and Tustin. Although it was “scheduled” to start at 9PM, I showed up to the parking lot at 8:30 to find rows of cars already lined up and people already mingling. Cars continued to fill the lot and the parking lot got filled quick. Around 9:15 Tustin PD showed up and kicked us out. I guess there was just too many awesome cars for them to handle. Word spread quick that the next spot to meet was the Petsmart parking lot at The District down the street.

I’m not a fan of the trending crazy-sporty-VIP style, but i love the attention to detail that people put into these builds

Christ Foreman – Back into hover mode after his drift day

Every time I see this car, I lose my mind. It’s static, it gets driven, it’s awesome

Word had traveled quick as everyone was forced to leave the Tustin Marketplace. The next spot was the Petsmart parking lot at The District. Like a scene from The Fast and The Furious almost everyone rolled up and bombed down Jamboree. Oil pans scraped and cars screamed at wide open throttle to the next spot. Once everyone had reconvened at the second location, people continued to hang out but eventually Tustin PD showed up once again and escorted us all out. On to spot number 3.

JDM4Play

A President ready to rule the world

Another shot of the biblical drifting prodigy

Every time Nick rolls up to scene, he’s bumping trance.

So much beauty

It’s a rare sighting seeing Angelo with his silver other-half rather than his Korean one

One day; I will have one of my own

ForeverYoung

Drift ready

Mugen faced RSXs aren’t as common as they should be. Who doesn’t like an awesome happy looking car?

People everywhere!

NVUS came out with some cool cars

Purple contrast

It wouldn’t be a car meet without someone showing off their steering wheel

You don’t see those colors on those chassis’ too often

A Porsche that gets the girl, a comfy Lexus that keeps the girl, a van to take the kids around if the girl gets pregnant.

An old friend from the 8thcivic community. JUAN CHEESE!

v8 POWWWWAHHHHH

IS-F: “Mine has over 400hp”. IS350: “Mine has over 12k spring rates”.

Time for spot number 3…

Spot number 3 was the structure of the Diamond Jamboree Plaza which was further down the street out of Tustin PD’s jurisdiction.

Ready to disturb the peace

Wait…. why??

Two different styles, one common purpose. DRIFT.

BBS RS’ are played out you say? not when they’re built like Jimmy’s.

Royal Origin Lexus Gang

Dippin’

IIRC, this thing had an FMIC 😉

Meet J-Ho. She’s awesome for those lonely nights

More VIP Goodness

A Lexus with a hint of Benz

I need one of these in my life

All the way from Vegas

The President made it out to spot number 3!

Parking structure filled quick!

RB26DETTs were found in both of these

Hello Boso

To those who came out; thanks for showing the Lowballers Japan guys some cool cars and how committed people are in Socal. I’m sure they appreciated the magnitude of the meet and will be looking forward to the next one when they pay Socal another visit.

– Jay Tien

Instagram @jaygiatien

January 20, 2014

AMG x M3

Spent the day hanging out with Lowballers Japan, and took them to a location in Orange County to shoot some pictures. Here we have Erick’s AMG and Navith’s M3. Made this strictly to share on Instagram.

Filmed & Edited By: Shavi Wijegunaratne

Instagram:
@ShaviW
@RoyalOrigin

January 14, 2014

New Year. New Ass.

It was the first day of the new year, and I wanted to get a move on with recording anything. Here is a few clips I recorded while Minh was washing his car for the Lowballer Japan guys, who are currently in town visiting till Sunday. Made this strictly to share on Instagram.

Filmed & Edited By: Shavi Wijegunaratne

Instagram:
@ShaviW
@RoyalOrigin

January 1, 2014

Beach Burger DBAP

As some of you know, I started working for Illest Orange County since June and now Big Vinh works there as well. Mark Arcenal was down here visiting the shop, so we had to show him Big Vinh’s S13.

Mark was pretty excited to make an Instagram video of Vinh’s car.

Vinh’s S13 was very bright and shiny today.

Mark in Instgram mode, check out that stance for steady sliding videos.

Another Marc came to visit us too. The fucking limo of BMW’s.

Jay wanted to see Vinh’s tattoo really bad and couldn’t wait for him to take off his shirt.

Our new Set the Sun bumper sticker. You can get it here.. http://shop.royal-origin.com/product/set-the-sun-box-sticker

Crazy how a set of wheels can change a car so much. Vinh’s car was pretty cool before with the Varrstoens, but with the XD-9’s it totally changes the way you view this car. I don’t know if it’s the design of the wheel or the color, but Vinh has made me fall in love with his S13.

After chilling a bit, we decided to roll out to the uselesss meet at Beach Burger.

Edris is always telling us DBAP and come out to the meet. If you don’t know cool internet lingo, DBAP is “don’t be a pussy”.

John couldn’t find parking… Yeah that’s three parking spots on the left.

Man these cars are TC… (too cool).

Jimmy’s car looking good on the Work Equips.

O WHALES.

Jimmy had a Cosmo mag in his car… He actually reads it for the articles.

Elvis singing in a empty room.

Royal Origin street racers. Coming soon…….

Good night, I had fun with you today.

September 12, 2013

Wagon Life

Young is no stranger to the Lexus brand. He has been through various models through the years, and it is no surprise he is also a Lexus technician.

Young chose to be apart of the wagon life as he used to have a regular is300, but always wanted the rare Sportcross model aka Altezza Gita. He really just wanted to get something he could slide around in.