Royal Origin

Tag: UAS

  • Plunk Plunk Done

    Plunk Plunk Done

    Recently we spent some time in downtown Los Angeles to take pictures and video of Neel’s Lexus LS400 before he moves away to start his new life journey in Las Vegas, Nevada.


    Neel and his big body beauty.


    The simple and clean things on this LS400 go a long way.


    Neel has been through a few shoes already, but this time around is on a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.


    Sitting pretty on Universal Air Suspension air bags on BC Racing coilovers all around with Airlift V2 digital management.


    The big body beauty side profile; gotta love it.


    The Airlift V2 digital controller.


    Location number two and three coming soon. Look out for another photo set.

    Photo set by Rocky Wong (@rockytwong)

  • Marc’s E38

    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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  • 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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    Pandora One.

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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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    Vuzoku.

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    The vinhnumber.

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    Neems.

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    Love bokeh.

  • Wheel Wednesday

    Wheel Wednesday

    Finally had a day off work and it was spent putting in work on cars. Shavi met up with me early in the morning because we both had to go to Rotiform. I was going to be dropping off my Junction Produce Scaras to get the faces milled down to fit an aftermarket lip and Shavi was going to order some Air Lift products through Jason.

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    Weird seeing this car more often now, Shavi’s MS3 use to be the rarest unicorn.

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    As soon as we reach Rotiform, Orbit was there to greet us.

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    You can always expect some cool rides over at the Rotiform parking lot like Brian’s S4 on Rotiform INDs.

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    Rotiform INDs look perfect on any big body cars.

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    Right next to the S4 is Jason’s Mercedes CLS 55 AMG on their new Rotiform WRW.

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    Very cool design by Rotiform.

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    After our trip to Rotiform, I drove by the Boss Company garage to see what they were up to. 141

    Jimmy was taking out his Work VS Mesh face and replacing it with a Work Equip face.

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    Adam had Vinh’s S13 in the garage for a full detail job.

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    Kevin and Vinh were working on putting in some KW suspension for Kevin’s S2000.

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    So many parts laying around..

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    In the midst of it, an ice cream truck was chased down by three grown ass adults.

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    I regret nothing.

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    Adam’s lipless Subie.

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    For the past month, while I wait for my Scara’s to be rebuilt, Vinh has been kind enough to let me rock his Weds Bazerias. 20’s don’t look too bad on my car, but it only fits my rears.

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    Installing the Mugen front lip.

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    That mirror finish..

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    Adam made it look like it just came fresh out of the paint shop.

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    You can see the details of Vinh’s shelf through his paint. If anyone needs a detail job from Adam you can contact him at Adametayeb@gmail.com.

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    Thanks to JDM Chemicals for their awesome products!

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    I love bokeh even if there isn’t a subject to focus on.

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    Jimmy’s final product.

  • The Impossible Will Take a While (The Story of my Lexus SC400)

    The Impossible Will Take a While (The Story of my Lexus SC400)

    Everyone has their dream cars, from the NSX  to the Murcielago. In all my years I was into cars, I was never really into those super cars that everyone would give an arm and a leg for. I have a slightly different liking for cars. I’m more into the cars that everyone sees everyday and then making them a beautiful form of moving  art. I know people say this is just a hobby and you’ll probably get over it in years to come, but I believe it’s something much more than that. It’s my way of showing the world that there is a creative side of me because hell I can not draw or paint if my life depended on it. I’m trying to get my SC400 ready for AUTOCON because to me that event is like an art gallery and one of the pieces that I want to be displayed is my car.

    You must be thinking, “Damn, Minh you have two cars?! Must be freaking nice” and I have to tell you it is nice. The story behind me buying this car was when I had the money I could have bought UAS(Universal Air System) aka bags for my IS250.

    When I talked to my financial adviser(my girlfriend) she said, “With that much money, why don’t you just buy another car?” I considered investing in something like Bitcoin UK, but instead, we decided to buy another car. She helped put in half of the money, so half of this car belongs to her and whatever I do to it, I run it by her first. Good thing we have similar taste in everything. So, here it is my 1992 Lexus SC400…

    The first thing you should do to any car is drop it. After months of research, I decided to go with Powered by Max coil overs. It was the most stiffest ride you can get(insert dirt joke here) and probably gives you the best drop for the SC. They also dip it in gold for you and give you copper plated springs.


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