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The Chronicles 10 Year Anniversary | Event Coverage

We’re back here already for our annual coverage of The Chronicle’s Year 10 anniversary! I feel like you could just scroll a couple of pages back on our site and you will have the Year 9 anniversary. Even though we’re not as active anymore, I wanted to make an effort to swing by the meet. So, I met up with Brandon, Rodney and Ashton and we cruised together to the meet.

My SC400 and Rodney’s Cressida with a new Mark II front end.

So many beautiful Hondas as always here at The Chronicle’s meet.

The owner of this S2000 came down all the way from Canada for this meet.

This bagged R8 on 305 Forged wheels really caught our eye at the meet with its intricate wrap. This R8 also made the journey from Canada!

I’m sure this Civic has a ton of mods, but the way it is put together looks effortlessly simple and clean. Great job by Battle Craft.

This Civic EG was so sick! Pandem Kit paired with a J’s Racing hood and rolling on TE-37 SLs, What a combo!

I love Poacari Sweat.

I literally followed this CRX to check it out. My love for CRXs runs deep.

Tracked ready S2000 on Advan wheels.

On the other spectrum a bagged S2000 looking sleek.

Spoon S2000 from Spoon USA.

We found another member for the Red or Dead crew.

Becky not knowing why she’s at a car show.

We couldn’t stay long at the meet, so most of us cruised home together. Rodney and his beaten up Cressida.

When you’re friend is in another tax bracket and you can’t follow him on the Fast Track…

Congratulations Joey on Year 10! See you in 4 pages for Year 11!

November 15, 2018

Cars and Coffee by The Chronicles | Event Coverage

Joey from The Chronicles invited us to a private little morning car meet at his shop, we thought we were pretty special until he posted the flyer for the public. Either way we were gonna come out to support and I was planning to take my own car, but found out the morning of someone tried to jack my wheels because two of my lug studs were broken off. A thief wasn’t going to deter me from attending the meet, luckily everyone had planned to meet at my house, so I was able to get a ride.

We have to start this post with Joey’s famous Mode Parfume Q45 kitted Work Meisters M1.

Ryan’s super clean E30 on Volk TE-37s.

Usually double parking isn’t cool, but when you have a sick ass Integra, it’s cool.

This cars and coffee is a lot better than the one in South OC because all cars are welcomed and it starts at 8AM.

Red looks so good in overcast weather and it looks even better when it’s on a NSX on Mugen MF10s.

A lot of tastefully done Hondas this morning. It’s expected when you’re going to a Chronicle’s meet.

Miguel’s bran new Civic already with cut springs and baseball bat rolled fenders. #HOODRATstuff

John’s Corvette on Forgestars.

Ashton’s Pandem E36 on his new set of customWork Meisters.

Our favorite at the meet was this TSX on Volk ZE40s. It’s just really tastefully done.

We would have loved to see John and this Supra go do some high way pulls.

Thanks Joey for the water and the good times! We hope there will be a Cars and Coffee 2!

-NGUMINH

July 24, 2018

The Chronicles Year Six

Seems like not long ago I was writing a post for Joey’s anniversary for his website, The Chronicles. Crazy how fast time passes and now we’re almost at the end of the year waiting for the next season of Formula Drift and car show season. Good thing there are events like Joey’s Year Six and SEMA to fill the void during the winter season.

Early morning, we met up in Anaheim hills the birth place of the red unicorn.

The Red Unicorn.

Erik’s EP3 on black chrome TE37s.

The Chronicles is well known for covering mostly Honda content, so the VIP parking area was filled with sick Hondas like this EF sedan and Civic Hatch.

There were still some cool non-Honda cars at the event like Amir’s 911.

Sang from Project Zero’s J’s Racing S2000 drove all the way from San Diego for this meet.

More crazy S2000s from Project Zero like this slammed Berlina Black S2000 that is also right hand drive!

Hiding among the herd of Project Zero S2000s is Jamie’s Impreza Wagon.

Always nice to see this Project Zero Amuse S2000.

Low problems, they had to hold his bumper up just so he can reverse without ripping off his bumper.

Kyle’s crazy TSX on CR Kiwamis.

Another Kyle in the building and this time in the famous super low S13.

So much tuck.

Yogi’s internet breaker GS430.

Yogi and the heart breaker, Mateo.

Joey’s Aimgain Q45 on SSR MS3s.

Ray giving all of the cars in our line up a good detail.

Too bad that won’t fix Shavi’s front bumper. The ground was too high for Shavi’s front end.

Wide body all the cars!

The No Rush crew brought out a plethora of cars that had a distinct type of styling.

They all build their cars for time attack and have Japanese nostalgic influence.

Damn, that guy has a nice hat.

Ray’s ultra clean Integra on Sprint Hart wheels.

Ryan’s immaculate E30 on Volk TE37s.

This CRX is ready for some late night canyon runs with that light beam.

Cool little setup they had going on here. Doubles of each car.

Mikey pulled out a mission and a half to get his car ready for this event. Picked up his Integra the night before the show and came back in the morning to little to no sleep.

Thanks for reppin’ home slice!

The back lot was pretty filled with supporters of The Chronicles.

Aron’s freshly painted Glacier Frost Mica M35S on Avant Garde wheels.

Dat cloud porn.. The weather was unusually pleasant today and made it perfect for an outdoor car event.

Vegas to OC.

Probably talking about Mizu or something.

Jeremy came with no car, but still gets some coverage.

You know you love your car if you have a canopy for it.

Mugen everything.

I love this tracked out RSX.

Loi Spec.

Gonna end it with this group photo of people I don’t even know. Good times were had today and we hope for more future success for The Chronicles!

-NGU ASS

November 4, 2014

YEAR V

Last Saturday, we celebrated Joey Lee’s fifth year of running The Chronicles. If you never heard of his site then you probably don’t know what porn is either. In which case I suggest to check out his site stickydiljoe.com and xvideos.com. I’m a big fan boy of Joey’s work because he always has really good content on his site and gets great coverage at every automotive event. So, if you love cars and need a good read after being on xvideos his site is the place to go. Vinh, Keith and I showed at Year V with some of the Vegas guys, it was pretty exciting because Vinh and Chivas who both had to rebuild their engines would be debuting their cars at Year V.

Ray’s Integra from Vegas.

Sick matte red S2000. It had everything I would’ve done to a S2000.

Ariana Grande is back and now a bit faster. Fully built with Tomei parts and is now pumping 425 ponies.

VIP styling from Hawaii.

Joey’s meet had it all! Cool cars from different makes and models, food, DJ and even a marriage proposal. Congrats to Jay from JDMEGO!

One of the coolest awards I have ever seen. Not made with that plastic bull shit either.

Engine bay poppin’ all day.

I love capturing people in awkward stances.

Jay’s beautiful FRS. Quality parts all around from the suspension to the exterior.

Jon with his swagger walk.

S13 wearing some Barramundi wheels.

Mikey supplying the meet with some Virgil’s soda. Every single flavor is so refreshing! Definitely a must buy at Whole Foods.

Chris’s Rabbit and Jon’s GC.

Full function Integra Type R.

Mark’s M5.

Sucks I couldn’t get a better photo of this crazy LS from Hawaii.

Noel got his car wrapped in this cool yellow.

The yellow bumble bunny.

Loi Spec Integra’s are so sick.

Yogi’s GS.

Another well done S2000. I believe this belongs to my buddy John.

Mr. Armand’s Devil MR2.

First time seeing someone put food on their lips to show how many inches of lip they have. I was about to take it and eat it.

Michael Mao’s NSX.

Pretty clean TSX in the spectator parking lot.

S2000 on CCW LM-5 T.

My favorite S2000 as of now. The color is really doing it for me.

Crowded.

Street race car on some fat ass slick tires.

Tires were so fat that it pushed the front bumper off.

Keith with a complete make over on his IS300. Vertex all around and some 5Zigen wheels.

Another build that came back from the dead is Chivas’s EM1. Now with a color matched engine bay.

John missing his Integra.

Ojay’s Previa and Mike’s GS300 with a new black wrap job!

This EK is so damn clean. I want one!!

Mikey’s LS400 on Rotiform BLQs.

Joey’s Q45 on SSR MS3s.

Sloppy’s Fit seems to always be the car to get ratchet in.

God damn that camber.

Love seeing our stickers at meets.

This S13 was a bit late..

After the meet, some of the guys decided to meet up at our lair for some good old instagram photo shoots.

My IS250 and Shavi’s MS3.

Jimmy raised his car. Can you tell?

Instagram famous people.

Jon Jacob’s Jetta on 3SDM wheels.

NA Hero. Thanks Brendan for letting me drive your car! It was pretty difficult parking it because of the wide body.

Charles aka the King of Fitment.

Another shot of Jon Jacob’s car.

Man I love the side vinyl that Abbitt put on my car. Makes it look so cool.

The prince of Royal Origin.

Instagramming gets real serious around here.

Friends that become family.

November 7, 2013

The Chronicles Year IV

Most of the Honda heads in our crew went out to support The Chronicles Year IV anniversary meet a couple of weeks ago. The Chronicles is one of our favorite blogs and has been one of our inspirations when it comes to blogging. Honda lovers from all over the world came to the meet and so did our friends from Vegas, Chivas and Ray.

Ray’s Type R and John Fob’s NSX.

The only good rolling shot I got out of our journey to Eibach.

Meeting up with some of the peeps from the LA area before showing up fashionably late.

Jennifer breakin’ necks.

A rear end shot of John Fob’s NSX.

Mark and Miguel getting into the backseat of the M5 for a quickie.

Mark could totally get me in his backseat, too, with his sexy M5.

Cool IS250 on 7 Series wheels.

This 350z was looking super fresh with teal centered Equips.

Hi Anh.

Salem’s TSX.

Michael Johnson’s TL on VIP Modulars.

Super tracked out Integra.

Rica, the official Royal Origin fan girl.

It was super hot during the meet, and I was trying to stay hydrated by staring at the Sunkist. Didn’t work out so well.

RSX on TE37s! Love it!

This EG was packed full of awesome, from the engine bay to the rare Mugen seats.

Must be nice to sit on 2 grand.

Nimo’s IS300 on another set of Work 11r FT.

Another shot of Ray’s Integra.

The Honda game was on point at this meet, especially this S2K.

Mark moving his big penis out of the way so people could get through.

One of the few fitted Honda’s in the show.

“Babe, that’s V-TEC.”

A crowd of photographers were shooting this model, so I decided to get the shot no one ever sees. The back of a model.

Big Mike’s Prelude. Famous!

CANIBENOEL?

Another sick s2000 on TE-37s with a Spoon front end.

You already know what’s up with this NSX.

Godzilla.

IP MAN!

Sick S14 that rolled up late.

On my favorite wheels too! Weds LX-Zs.

I wanted one of these Civics when I was in high school, but my mom was afraid that I would turn out like the people in Fast and the Furious. Little does she know I became a ricer anyways…

This was a fun meet. Too bad it was blazing hot and we couldn’t hang with the heat. Next year, we’ll be more prepared and will bring a canopy and cooler of water with us.

-NGU ASS

November 22, 2012

Wekfest LA 2012 Part 3 (Minh)

Here is the last part of our 3-part coverage of Wekfest. All I can say is that it was another successful show thrown by Weksos Industries. We usually don’t go out to shows and meets because we just see the same cars over and over and over again…not hating on the people that keep on coming back, but it’s just nice to see something different for a change. With that kind of thinking, I realized I had lost my way; I forgot that I didn’t go to car shows and meets just to show the world what I have been doing with my car. I also go to hang out with my friends, meet new people, and make bigger connections. I hope I don’t forget that again in the future. I’m going to just leave you guys with some photos that I shot for all the homies and future friends of Royal Origin that attended Wekfest. Enjoy!

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June 9, 2012