Vinh – Royal Origin

Throwback to Vinh’s S13 | Royal Origin Member

Thought I make a post of Vinh’s S13 from when I shot it for Stance Nation. These are some of the photos that didn’t make it into the article. Check it out!

Wet.

I miss seeing this car.

Vinh tore this car down to the very shell and made this beautiful creation.

Henry lives up to his name.

It was awesome seeing this car scrape the roads of Orange County.

Work Equip perfection.

The sun set too soon for this car..

Still missing you everyday. Check out this video I made of some old clips of Vinh’s S13.

-NGUMINH

July 21, 2016

Tokyo Auto Salon 2016 | Event Coverage

Tokyo Auto Salon is a world famous international auto show by Nippon Auto Parts Aftermarket Committee. It is held at Makuhari Messe convention in Chiba, Japan, where they display the latest and greatest in Japanese performance and dress-up display. We started the year off by attending this world famous event, and we were definitely more than impressed. It is quite similar to our famous auto trade event, SEMA, in Las Vegas, Nevada; however, just imagine seeing the awesome Japanese styling just consistently throughout the entire event.

One of about 11 halls filling up fast with media, attendees, and those involved in the Japanese automotive industry.

Over at Rush Motorsports we spotted a familiar face, Sara Choi.

Nissan GT-R R35 on Mikado Hayabusa wheels.

Rush Motorsports Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 on Mikado Hayabusa wheels.

Forgiato x Liberty Walk Audi R8.

Over at the Toyota Gazoo Racing booth you have school kids taking notes, and learning a thing or two about the history of Toyota Gazoo Racing.

Liberty Walk Mini Cooper R56.

Liberty Walk Audi R8.

Liberty Walk Nissan Fairlady Z S30.

Bunch of Liberty Walk merchandise everywhere.

The Subaru BRZ STi.

Liberty Walk Maserati.

WALD displaying the latest wheel and brake products.

Defi showing off the latest for the newest Mazda 2 Demio.

The latest from Vossen x Work.

This VW has a mixture of USDM and JDM styling.

The AIMGAIN ND Miata. One of the nicest ND builds of Tokyo Auto Salon.

Really love the rear end appearance of the whole AIMGAIN GT kit

The AIMGAIN X STANCENATION Toyota FRS. As you can see this version of the kit includes no rivets at all.

One of a few simulators around TAS.

326POWER suspension essentials.

Crazy 326POWER Toyota Prius.

Vertex was in the house. Quality steering wheels.

Kenda Nissan S15.

These two Nissan GT-R showcasing truly beautiful hand-crafted paint work.

The Kuhl Racing ND Miata.

Y33 Cima tucking ridiculously all around with butterfly doors.

Pandem Rocket Bunny E36 M3.

Microvans and K-cars were amazing. Something you definitely do not see in the US.

Probably our favorite build of Tokyo Auto Salon was this red Spirit Rei 180sx.

The fitment and everything was on point.

Garage RiseUP FD3S RX-7 bringing an update to the whole FD front end.

Car Modify Wonder; loved them all.

Greddy Rocket Bunny ND Miata. Another over fender build.

Got Aero?

BN SPORTS kitted Toyota 86.

COCKPIT TATEBAYASHI Nissan Skyline GT-R.

We highly recommend anyone that is able to head out to Japan to give Tokyo Auto Salon a look, because you surely will be impressed by nearly every car. And if you do, be sure to bring a long a good amount of money, because there are ridiculous deals on car parts for cheapy cheaps.

More photos in the gallery below.

Photos by @shaviw and @nguminh. Please check watermark to give credit to the correct photographer.

January 25, 2016

99 Problems

Vinh’s garage is where most of our cars have been worked on or fixed and usually we come back the next day because we messed up on something. We’re not perfect, maybe Instagram makes it look like we have perfect cars, but we don’t. It actually takes a lot of work to build a car that we would be happy with. A suspension drop, wheels and a lip kit doesn’t really count as a build for us. It’s definitely a start, but what separates the car scene kids to the true enthusiast is the attention to detail and the never ending thirst to build a complete all around car.

From Lexus to Nissan now Subaru, Vinh is trying to catch them all. He has always been able to build some unique cars with his simplistic style, every car he has built had it’s own way of grabbing your attention without it having something crazy to it.

Vinh’s room mate, Bryan’s M5. Shit’s packing heat with 500hp.

Henry’s freshly bagged GS on Loc’s Work CR Kais. They’re for sale for $1,900.

Today’s project is Abbitt’s Subaru, we were getting it prepped for a tune. Abbitt is not about the details of his car, if it works and looks good, it’s fine for him. He still builds some pretty cool cars though.

Love/hate relationship for Vinh and building cars. He likes building cars, but he hates being broke from buying the parts.

Henry was trying to fix his air leaks all day. #airproblems

John’s been a rut trying to sell his Work VS-TX. Seems like people now a days don’t want to be a gangster.

Holy camber, Batman!

Sunsets and slammed cars. Even though cars can be a headache, nothing beats seeing your hard work put into a car with the sun setting in the background. Do it for the love of the build instead of Instagram likes.

February 5, 2015

Family Time

After a morning of taking over the 15 freeway, we finally made it to Sin City. Of course we had a lot of preparations to be done and things to do before the meet so, we met up with Chivas and LV Racing Scene to plan out the venue.

When we arrived we were pretty impressed on how much space there was.

The hittas.

Wonderful Vinh approved.

Josh’s MK5 on Racing Harts.

After scouting the spot, we went back to the house and did some old fashion bonding time. Smores over a camp fire and sang kumbaya. Just kidding, we got hella hammered.

Bonnie and Angelo doing some couple’s shots.

Angelo doesn’t need a reason to drink tho.

Finding his bae.

Smell Randy’s finger.. it’s the smell of your mom’s vagina.

Shavi approved. Faded version.

Mr. Colonel of Stance x Weed Guru.

Bitchassvinh.

Thirsty.

Cimon passing the vape pen. Just kidding there were a lot of drugs in that pen.

Angelo showing Shavi how big his dick is.

Ryo the Japanese Rock God.

Ashton and Phat the best at giving blow jobs. Check out that mouth action.

Regina not impressed.

Phat looking at Vinh to test his skills.

Angelo already gone. How are we going to take you to the strip club?

Regina always knows when I’m about to take a photo of her.

John drinking pure vodka.

We’re doing bad things.

The biggest freeloader.

Give us our food back!

A weird version of the trust game.

I got chu bro.

Mr. Rootbeer.

Fuck Miguel.

lol…..

Team Vietnam.

Vinh trying to sober up?

Time for some pillow talk.

Photos that you actually want to see will be posted on Saturday.

– NGUASS

Photos by Minh Nguyen and Celso Nimo

April 3, 2014

2012 Forumla Drift/Slammed Society: Irwindale

On Saturday, October 13th, a majority of the Royal Origin guys including myself attended the 2012 Formula Drift: Title Fight event at the Irwindale Speedway. This was the last FormulaD event of the year and a Formula Drift Champion would be crowned by the end of the day. Along with the main drifting event, Fatlace hosted the Slammed Society Showcase.

The Irwindale Speedway.

First time in a while that we rolled deep to a show.

The Royal Origin window cleaner position has finally been filled. Good work Bonnie!

BMW M5 on Leon Hardiritt Orden’s. Owned by Mark of Phase2.

I’m in love…

Kirk’s STi from RoyalFlush.

Nimo rockin’ some Work VS-KF’s and his newly painted matched flares.

Allen of Low n Slow.

…More like low and fast.

Sup girl, heard you like big tips.

Angelo displaying his new wheels at the showcase.

Beautifully slammed Accord.

Ken Block.

What’s a car show without models?

FormulaD media meeting.

It was pretty damn hot out there on the track. Luckily, they gave us free water to stay hydrated.

First time shooting on the track; it was an awesome experience.

The Champ, Daigo Saito.

Alex keeping me company at the track.

Awfilms working hard or hardly working? Hmmm.

Got some behind-the-scene coverage.

Badass little Z4.

Greddy FR-S.

The awards.

Time for some crew love.

Nimo’s IS300 scraping everywhere.

Alex’s E36.

Vu’s Miata on his new Work Meister CR01.

Keychain looking sexy with his VS-KF’s.

Angelo debuting his Volk.

Ryan’s GTI.

Minh’s revitalized IS250. Came out looking hard.

Gerald aka Rootbeer from Vegas.

Jimmy’s civic on brand new Rotiform TMB’s. Ballin’… Be sure to check out the rest of the photos in the gallery!

-VINH

November 11, 2012

People of Awesome!!!

A couple of weeks ago, we met up because it’s been a while since we last saw each other. We decided to kick it with a close group of friends, nicknamed AWESOME PEOPLE! Yeah, that’s right, awesome people. It’s funny how this group on Facebook came about. The group started off with people who were showing with Royal Origin for the 2011 Autocon show. Gradually after the show, our friends started to add people for fun and now we have a huge group of awesome people posting up everything, from drifting to people’s penis. What’s especially cool about the group is that we all share a common hobby, cars. We don’t just drive ordinary cars, but we drive AWESOME ones. The day we all decided to meet up also turned out to be the day that we would do a mini car meet on top of Diamond Jamboree. Fun Fact: Diamond Jamboree is pretty much the hangout spot for awesome people, so if you want to kick it with us just hit us up at Lollicup. Anyways, the little car meet ended up turning into somewhat of a photo shoot. With so many cool cars, it was hard not to take pictures. So here is what I have for you.

This awesome Miata you see below is Zayan’s. Believe it or not, Zayan claims that this is his raised ride height. Stupid crazy if you ask me!

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July 10, 2012

Baby Daddies

This past Father’s Day, I hit up two of my good friends Patrick Daguio and David Uy to do a photoshoot. Patrick drives an 06 STi and David drives an 05 STi. Both are rocking Te37SL (I had no idea until we met up haha). These two guys are both young fathers that have a passion for cars. It’s not easy modding cars while having to care for a child. However, both are able to work hard to take care of their families and at the same time, mod their cars. I thought I had it hard with a girlfriend and a car. Big props to these two.

Volk Te37SL love.

Patrick rolling on 18×10 +15.

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June 22, 2012

Wekfest LA 2012 Part 2 (Angelo)

Wekfest Long Beach was one of the most anticipated car shows that I have been waiting for. One reason was because I was planning to show my car, and another reason was because I knew it would bring out the best of the best that SoCal has to offer.

I was hoping to have a lot done on my car for Wekfest, but time was not on my side. I was really busy with school, trying to get ready for finals, and work took up all my time on the weekends, so I ended up not changing anything. I did add one big piece of information, and that is my car is for sale. That was the main reason why I wanted to show my car at Wekfest. I wanted to promote it and let everyone know that it’s for sale. But enough about my car and me, and onto the show. Wekfest was spectacular like always. I felt like it was better organized than last year. We did not have to wait a long time to get our cars into the show, and the parking situation was well-planned and organized. The finest cars came out and displayed what they had. I noticed that the VIP style is very popular this year, and is becoming something very main stream. There were also a lot of nice functional cars on display ranging from Subie track cars to tracked out Civics. The styles of builds were endless.

On to the pictures!

I started off on the asphalt, where all the vendor cars were, and the first thing that caught my eye was this crazy Honda Insight. That is definitely the best-looking hybrid I have ever seen!

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June 7, 2012

Sunday Fun

Just another Sunday with the friends before the work week. Cruised around with goodfeeling in the morning and ran some errands with them.

Big Vinh and Ky from goodfeeling.

That camber!

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May 12, 2012

A Royal Adventure

Keith Cheng aka Keychain here, and this is my first post ever on Royal Origin. I am usually blogging and taking pictures for It’s JDM Yo, but I am here to share with you our Las Vegas adventure through Jeff and my eyes.

A few rolling shots on our way to Las Vegas.

Ryan Gold’s Civic Si. He drove all the way from Santa Barbara to join this adventure with us.

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April 27, 2012

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