toyota – Royal Origin

Karuma Vs Lowballers Round III | Event Coverage

Feels like I’ve been here before, a Friday morning meet up to cruise to Vegas for a car meet, but this time with different faces. It’s been two years since I have given any effort to get back into the car scene and after a depression phase I really want to get back out there and hang with friends that I haven’t seen. The Karuma x Lowballers meet seemed like the perfect event for it and cruising with the homies to Vegas just brought back some nostalgia.

Like I always do, try to get some nice rollers of my friend’s cars. This is Kekoa’s xB rolling slammed on the 15. @alowha_kekoa

We stopped at a McDonalds to wait for Kekoa and ended up seeing a bunch of cool cars.

We asked where they were going and they were also going to Vegas for the Karuma x Lowballers meet.

We ended up going to In-N-Out to fix Kekoa’s air problem. Cuong’s E30, Kekoa’s xB, my GR86 and David’s FJ Cruiser. Oh yeah I bought a GR86.

@seldoondrol clean E30.

After being saved by AJ we were back on the road for more rollers and this time accompanied by AJ’s T-Demand Camry. @ayeeejayyy.

The day of the meet, everyone met up at the Airbnb to cruise together to the meet. Miguel’s Minty Porsche. @mintcoimports

Vince built his LS430 just in time for the meet! @vince_neil

Someone we haven’t seen in a long time, Neel’s LS400 on Work Schwert SC4. @implayaz9

The Lowballers boss, Andrew’s LS400 on TE-37s. @sohigaragedru

Karuma always making the coolest trophies for their meets.

The meet didn’t even start yet and we got people here early for merch.

Jay did a suicide trip in his NSX for the meet! @jaycraaay

Nimo accompanied him on the way to Vegas in his IS300. @findingnimo

Fast and Furious but make it cute.

Shout out to this girl for cosplaying in 100 degree weather.

First time trying Guam food and damn it was so good!

When Taylor gets on top of a car at a meet, bitches go crazy.

Thanks for the good times ridahs!

-NGUMINH

August 15, 2022

Tom’s A90 Supra | Car Feature

What’s up guys! I hope everyone is doing well, today we have some sick photos by our boy Kevin Chow(@kebinchow) that he took of Tom’s(@t0mnguyen) A90 Supra on Advan GT wheels. I took photos of Tom’s GS a while back, he is a man of good taste when it comes to modifying cars as you will see with his sick Supra. Check it out below!

July 29, 2020

Toyotafest 2019 | Event Coverage

July 17, 2019

Zion | RO Offroad

It hasn’t been long since some of us have fallen in love with off-roading, which really compliments our love of all things car, and exploring the world we live in. So, we decided to plan a Friday to Sunday camping and off-roading trip to Zion National Park in Utah. With Zion National Park only 2-3 hours away from Las Vegas, Nevada, and 6-7 hours away from Southern California; it was far enough to change the scenery dramatically. The first day was just filled with getting there, and setting up camp so we could off-road till the sunsets.

The primary off-roading vehicle; Chivas with his Toyota 4Runner overland build.

The secondary off-roading vehicle; Derek with his Jeep Wrangler Sport.

There was a light rain fall earlier, but cleared up perfectly in time for first day.

It felt like the cartoon movie “Cars” out here. The beautiful iron-filled surroundings gave the awesome rich red color to this area.

Just taking a dip.

Chivas leading the way on the off-roading trails.

It was the most fun I have had in the longest time being in this car and ripping through the creeks and streams.

Derek, Angelo, and Nimo were about to do some shenanigans.

Ripping through the stream with Angelo as a hood ornament.

These cows eventually blocked our path at one point. Until Angelo told them to “mooooooo-ve.”

You can just imagine a bunch of dinosaurs running across this area like Jurassic Park.

This ain’t a study area no more.

YOTA BOYZ.

So photogenic out here.

Here is a video of Chivas ripping through this area and hitting the rev-limiter:

That was pretty much day one of exploring and enjoying Zion National Park. Check to see what we did on our second day there.

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

July 11, 2016

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.

Thanks.

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

June 18, 2016

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

June 10, 2016

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. These two yellow FRS caught my eye from a far.

Bugeye on Work XD9.

So much gloss in the paint. Glad to be seeing more modified R32s in SoCal.

DNA Motoring’s S2000 for show.

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

Wow, 2nd generation IS with a 3rd gen front bumper molded on. John’s R35 on Advan GT. Evil looking Mustang.

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

Low is an understatement.From satin black to all the colors of the rainbow. Perfect photo opportunity for this skyline syndicate. They were having a revving contest where the audience choose the winner. The one time revving your car at a meet was cool. The “Fuck Likes” sticker on this clean GS. Another 2nd gen IS with a 3rd gen bumper with excellent fitment. Neck breaker. Old school Mazda rolling out. Bagged and boosted S2000.

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

God, I love seeing a immaculate Civic.

After a long day at the show, a musubi from Musubi Monster ended the day.

Try it, it’ll change your life.

-NGUMINH

May 27, 2016

Vankulture x Air Runner | Square Meet

Just another weekend in Southern California, where you can find all kinds of automotive events going on. This time around we have Vankulture bringing some of the coolest modified vans together, and Air Runner Systems provided quality suspension and the venue for the meet up.

Photo Dumpage:

Thanks

-@ShaviW

September 25, 2015

RO in Australia | Cafe Roman & Photo Hang

Its the next day or so in Sydney, Australia, and the Built To Order guys started out our day by hitting up Cafe Roman for some bombass breakfast/brunch.

The menu.

Art x Food.

Hass x Carl.

The Mediterranean breakfast. Cumin spiced fried eggs, sujuk salsa, labneh, halloumi, eggplant, zaartar bread, olives, and with Lebanese bread.

Eggs Benedict. English muffin, wilted spinach, smoked salmon, poached eggs, and with hollandaise sauce.

The Roman breakfast. Eggs, sausage, beef rashes, sauteed mushrooms, roasted tomato, hash brown, and sourdough toast.

Posted up in front of Cafe Roman.

Tarik x Nitto x Carl.

After Cafe Roman, we spent the rest of the day light at the Sydney docks. Just hanging out and shooting some nice cars.

Jacob’s Evo was so photogenic in these settings.

Fitment shot on RSV Forged RS10D wheels.

I love me some directional wheels.

George x Nitto.

Matthew’s Toyota 86 on RSV Forged Retro Centre R1.

Group shot.

Diversity. What a spectrum of cars right there.

Jame’s S14 on AG wheels. He didn’t have much fun getting home later as you will see.

Astra Limousines & Wedding Cars Ferrari California T rolling on RSV Forged RS5Y wheels.

The hard top convertible adds a different look to it.

Mercedes-Benz CLS on RSV Forged RS10.

That’s about a 6.5 inch lip right there.

And around 5 inchs of lip in the front.

So due to minor technical difficulties from just moving to the spot you saw above, it had to be towed back home.

Headed back to the suburbs before the sunset, and went back into the city later that night for some night life. More posts on Australia coming.

September 1, 2015

RO in Australia | Fitted Friday III

I recently had the opportunity, thanks to Tarik at Built To Order, to go to Sydney, Australia to transport custom made trophies from California, and take pictures for a car meet called, Fitted Friday III. And thank you to Tarik, his family, and friends for showing me Australian car culture and for showing me around Sydney.

I started out my journey getting informed that I needed to go to Australia immediately, and the very next day. So, packed up my bags, and lost a day getting to Sydney. I always wanted to go to to Australia, just never thought it would be so soon, and so unprepared.

The moment I arrived into Sydney, it was already the day of the car meet. Fitted Friday III is a mega car meet held Friday night that shows a vast variety of Australian automotive culture. For someone who knows nearly nothing about the culture down here, this meet was filled with premium examples of what the current car culture is like.

Behind the scenes before Fitted Friday III. Official starts at 7:00PM, and ends around 11:00PM.

The car display and DJ stage being constructed.

Fitted Friday staff discussing their plans to be executed.

Things I don’t see in the US.

The ramps for the stage, which will be used to move the unveiling cars off and onto the stage.

Jacob’s Evo VIII bagged with AirRex, and on RSV Forged RS10 D. A lot more photos of this another day.

The Offset was in town from Melbourne, helping out with Fitted Friday III.

Matthew Morgan’s Built To Order x RSV Forged Australia Toyota 86 on RSV Forged Retro Centre R1.

Just a preview of the variety. A lot of awesome trucks and bikes showed up.

Heasman Steering Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG on RSV Forged RS5Y by Built To Order.

BMW E92 M3 on a Liberty Walk kit by Heasman Steering.

25 year import rule currently gets us the Nissan Skyline R32 in the US. Something you really won’t see in the US. And here we have the Nissan Skyline R34 GTR.

The ESTBLSHD crew from Melbourne, which is about a 9 hour drive from Sydney. Good meeting you guys.

Australians definitely love their drag.

Aussie muscle.

Bagged out on a block.

Love seeing these older rotary platforms.

Even in Australia you can’t escape the rice.

These are the custom trophies built by Built To Order x RSV Forged for Fitted Friday III. These needed to arrive before the meet, so I was commissioned to take the journey with them.

I guess its an Australian thing to put wedding ribbons on your car. Saw other cars with them too.

Some LA low rider flavor.

Back to the Future fans.

Another good car we do not have in America. Toyota Chaser.

Classic Ghia.

Its not a car meet without the Supra.

They had a hookah vendor, where you can enjoy a personal or group hookah while at the car meet.

Clean S15.

Food trucks were rolling in and setting up.

The stage is ready for the mega meet.

The trophies were ready to be given to 16 people.

Very clean skylines.

See plenty of these in the states, but here it is known as the Toyota 86.

Clean, but too donk for my taste.

Very complete build. Love the sense of rawness it gives off.

Seeing this felt like home.

Wet S14.

Plenty of people all around.

Rolling in.

Even more people pouring n.

Inside the underground structure were even more cars.

Fitted Toyota Vitz

Seeing a simple clean Supra is nice.

Classic Toyota Crown kept immaculate.

Stance House Honda Accord Euro. Great meeting you guys as well.

Leading into Fitted Friday III.

Overhead view. That is a lot of people.

Mega Meet.

Gold plated everything. It works.

Varis widebody Toyota 86.

Time for the unveiling.

James’ Brown S14 on AG wheels 18 x 10.5 with 5 inch lip front and 18 x 11.5 with 6.5 inch rear lip.
Accomplished by Australia’s premium outlet for custom wheels and crazy fitment, Built To Order.

Garage 88 x Micheal May’s Varis widebody Toyota 86 on SSR Professors.

Palms Customs 24kt gold plated bike with custom airbrushing, and pin striping.

Rocket Bunny FD3S RX-7. Painted by 2 Sus Custom Resprays, Built To Order supplied RSV Sport Line RS5Y wheels kit series and Rocket Bunny kit, and Heasman Steering for all suspension work and brakes.

Killer Customs Toyota Supra on Built To Order RSV Forged RS10.

That is 20×16 -101 in the rear.

Rear camber shot.

The lucky winners are below with guest New Zealand judge Carl Thompson.

The Fitted Friday staff. I am impressed by Tarik at Built To Order for putting such an experience for the Australian community, and everyone that helped make Fitted Friday III happen. These are the type of events that should be created to share automotive passion with each other.

Check back to see what happened on my other days in Sydney, Australia.

August 24, 2015

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