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  • Karuma Vs Lowballers Round III | Event Coverage

    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

     

  • 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

  • Zion | RO Offroad

    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.

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

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

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

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

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    Just taking a dip.

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    Chivas leading the way on the off-roading trails.

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

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

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    Ripping through the stream with Angelo as a hood ornament.

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

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

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    This ain’t a study area no more.

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    YOTA BOYZ.

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    So photogenic out here.

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    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

  • Royal Origin Presents Sin City Affair

    Royal Origin Presents Sin City Affair

    It’s that time of the day, time of the month, time of the year, time of the time, where our supporters, friends, lovers, and family all get together to celebrate the anniversary of Royal Origin.

    Again we are having our meet in Sin City in collaboration with LV Racing Scene and Wa Da Pho food truck, where what happens in Vegas is on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter. We got permission from Clarion Hotel Las Vegas to use their parking lot, so we won’t get kicked out by the cops. It fills about 300+ cars, so please join us in our Sin City Affair.

    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/567235920031143/

    When: March 29th, 2014

    Where: Clarion Hotel Las Vegas
    305 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

    Time: 3:00PM – whenever we feel like it should end.

    Special Hotel Rate – Clarion Hotel Las Vegas
    Promo Code: CARSHOWRATE
    March 28-30 ONLY

    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/567235920031143/

    PAST COVERAGE
    http://royal-origin.com/2012/04/23/the-anniversary/
    http://royal-origin.com/2012/04/13/journey-to-vegas/
    http://royal-origin.com/2013/05/01/were-here/
    http://royal-origin.com/2013/04/25/omw-throwback/
    http://royal-origin.com/2013/04/06/sincity/
    http://royal-origin.com/2012/04/27/a-royal-adventure/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cApvi7nGWOg
    http://imking.com/blog/2012/04/so-we-meet-again/

  • A Weekend in Sin City

    A Weekend in Sin City

    It was that time of the year again where Royal Origin invades Las Vegas to have our 3rd annual meet and greet in the city of sin. As the years passed, nothing has changed for the most part. We do it to have fun with our friends and family, and love making new friends with each passing year.


    Some of you might know this by now, but I recently went Universal Air bags over BC Racing coilovers with Accuair analog management. Thanks to Bag Riders and Unlimited Auto Craft for helping me get it all together. Because of this, I was constantly working on getting everything fine tuned and safe to make the journey to Las Vegas. In the end, I made it to the meet with only one hour left before the meet ended. Regardless, I was happy to see everyone who made it out.

    The top two pictures you see above is my car aired up at 80 PSI, which is also my drive height. Here I am cruising to Red Rock Canyon, which is in the North-West corner of Las Vegas.

    With Red Rock Canyon as our back drop we have Chivas’ Civic, Ashton’s IS350, Neel’s Accord, Alex’s E36, and my Mazdaspeed 3.

    My car aired out on 18×10 +25 Cosmis Racing MR7, which were powder coated Gloss White.

    Overall I am super satisfied with the Cosmis Racing MR7. The concave is extremely aggressive, and the wheels feel a bit lighter than most cast wheels these days.

    You can see more of my build items over at MazdaFitment.com.

    Gassed up and ready for some Las Vegas night shots with Goco Photography. Look out for more LV weekend coverage.

    Thanks

    shaviw
    -Shavi W.
    IG @ShaviW

  • Royal Origin Invades Las Vegas

    Royal Origin Invades Las Vegas

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    Hosted by Findlay Fiat
    http://www.fiatusaofhenderson.com

    It’s that time of the year again when we invade Las Vegas to wine and dine our lovers the Low Ballers with some meat. Celebrate our anniversary with some old fashion meats.

    Where: Findlay Fiat

    210 N Gibson Road

    Henderson, Nevada 89014

    When: Friday, March 29th, 2013

    8:00PM to 11:00PM

    The best cars and people around

    Jelli 96.7 Radio with DJ Remote

    Fuku Burger

    Oso Ono Snow Truck

    Findlay Fiat

    Prizes/ Giveaways

    Main:
    http://Royal-Origin.com

    http://www.theLowBallers.com

    Facebook:
    www.Facebook.com/TheRoyalOrigin
    www.Facebook.com/LOWBALLERS

  • Video Timeline 2012

    I recently decided to compile all my footage from 2012 into a timeline video. While I was doing this, I thought it was cool that I took the time and effort to create a video nearly every month of the year. Great way to learn from my mistakes and improve; at least I hope I am improving. In the end, I do this for fun as an additional hobby to my obsession with cars. I hope you guys enjoy a look into my 2012.

    Royal Origin – Timeline 2012 from Shavi Wijegunaratne on Vimeo.

    Also available to be watched on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REwX1LIbA0U

    Thanks for watching.

    Prince

    Filmed & Edited By: Shavi W.
    Like me on Facebook: http://Facebook.com/TheRoyalOrigin
    Follow me on Tumblr: http://ShaviW.Tumblr.com
    Follow me on Instagram:@ShaviW

  • White & White

    White & White

    We were out in Las Vegas, Nevada for the end of the SEMA show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. After we were done with SEMA, we had some time to chill with our friends out there like usual and shoot the cars for a bit. It had been a while since I made a video and got my hands on a new crane, so it was a fun way to learn some new things while filming. Nevertheless, I especially liked this shoot because both these cars were running new setups; be it new wheels or new lip kits. Check out Minh Nguyen’s Lexus IS250 and Keith Cheng’s Honda Accord.

    Royal Origin – White Power from Shavi Wijegunaratne on Vimeo.

    I also had some time to take some pictures, something I rarely do, but have gotten into playing around with my photo skills these days.

    Minh still rocking the Junction Produce Scara wheels, but now with a new lip kit. Looks mighty fine.

    Keith recently got a much needed firmware update on his wheel setup; it’s been outdated since 2010. Now updated to Work VS-KF wheels.

    PEACE BE WITH YOU.


    -Shavi W.

  • Vegas Visitation Ikea

    Vegas Visitation Ikea

    Chivas and Christine came down from Vegas to visit us and shop at IKEA for some furniture. We took them to a local joint for breakfast, and decided on Omelette House. I also got to test out my 5D Mark 2. Coming out of the house, I just had to stop and test out the Mark 2 on my SC. Photos came out way better than I expected; I definitely see the improvement of image quality compared to my D7000.

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  • Alignment Day at 714 Tires

    Alignment Day at 714 Tires

    So with Vegas right around the corner, all of us are trying to prepare for the crazy trek up the 15N to the state that is known for,  “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Jimmy, Minh, and I decided to get an alignment for our cars today at our buddies’ place over at 714 Tires. The funny thing is that 714 Tires has an above-ground alignment rack, so getting our somewhat low cars onto the rack was a mission for all of us.

    Jimmy’s car went first and it took a couple of wooden planks and a jack to get his car up on the rack, but it made it.

    Jimmy’s car on the rack; it was definitely a mission, but it was well worth it.

    All about that camber.

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