Tag: vip

  • 99 Problems

    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.
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    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.

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

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

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    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.

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

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

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    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.

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    Holy camber, Batman!

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    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.

  • Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff

    Royal Origin – Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff from Vu Pham on Vimeo.

    We took a couple of bagged cars, beautiful ladies, and some of our street wear out for a nice day at the park.
    For more, visit Royal-Origin.com and to pick up some of the wear visit Shop.Royal-Origin.com.

    Special thanks to:
    EPonym (Song: EPonym & ESTA – H&B)

    LS430:
    Steve Dam (@instadammmn)

    Ladies:
    Nathalia (@nattykboo)
    Heather (@yofatassma)
    Nancy (@_nancysm)

    BTS:
    Minh Nyugen (@nguass) (Owner: IS250)
    Celso Nimo (@celsonimo)
    Henry Nguyen (@hennessy_henry)
    Shavi Wijegunaratne (@shaviw)

  • Neel’s LS400

    Neel’s LS400

    Spent the day in down town LA, we planned to do a photo shoot of Neel’s LS400 before he leaves us to Las Vegas for work. We had a pretty good team with Vu, Shavi and Nimo doing video work and Rocky and I shooting photos.  The main photographer was Rocky, I was just hanging out and trying to do some behind the scenes photos.

    Rocky’s Photo Set: http://royal-origin.com/2014/06/30/plunk-plunk-done/

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    Vu with his limited editiong HKS x Jansport backpack.

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    That lens filter..

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    Tried to do a hipster in the middle of the street photo.

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    Shavi sliding on some videos.

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    Neel’s LS400.

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    Neel is rocking a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.

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    Bagged with a set of racing wheels on a VIP car looks perfect to me.

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    One legged squat for the perfect shot.

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    Rocky directing the shoot, he’s one of my favorite photographers.

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    BTS.

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    Some shots I got out of this location..

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    The man of the hour, Neel Nana.

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    The next location was under the historic LA bridge. Many movies and photo shoots have been shot under this bridge.

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    Our next location was another famous location, but I guess there was a movie being filmed, so it was closed off with police surrounding the area. We decided to just find an empty parking structure to shoot.

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    The lighting was a bit hard to work with, but we had a bunch of fun light painting which none of my photos show. I was the one holding a piece of cardboard to cover the lights when they were light painting.

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    Hope you enjoyed the photos and I hope Neel does too. Good luck in Vegas and watch out for some spectacular photos by Rocky.
    Rocky’s Photo Set: http://royal-origin.com/2014/06/30/plunk-plunk-done/

    – NGU ASS

     

     

     

     

  • 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)

  • AUTOCON LA 2014

    AUTOCON LA 2014

      It’s crazy to think that the last time I was at Autocon was  3 years ago. Time flies by fast, one day you’re complaining about car shows the next day you’re helping host one. It has really changed my perspective of car shows and now I fully understand the stress and headaches of running a car show. I apologize for what I’ve said back in 2011 about this show. I was young, dumb and a wreckless keyboard warrior. Even though apologies are way too late now, I hope this picture of a sad chocolate Labrador will make up for it.

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    The morning started like every other car show, early as fuck roll in. The process for check in was pretty quick and we got set up within 20 minutes of checking in.

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    Hundreds of cars were pouring in through this gate. I hate commenting on about cars because all I can really say is what kind of car it is and what wheels it has. So, I’ll just comment here and there if I really have something interesting to say.. which is never.

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    I want this diffuser bad.

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    So many Lambos at the 88 Rotors booth. That whole section was money.

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    Mismatched wheels? You’re totally going to lose some style points when the judges come around.

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    Aired up and still a lot of camber. VIP cars from Royal Flush.

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    Man what I would do for a set of any of these wheels… The things I would do..

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    Johnne keeping his Infinite wheels clean.

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     Johnne’s E60.

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     Infinite Wheel Werks.

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    These Volk ZE40s are on point.

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    Ryan Gold’s EVO X now on some Enkei RS05RR and a nice wrap. 

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    Lexus Prius?

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    Instantly became my favorite MR2 because of the deep dish Work Equips.

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    Marcus Cooke’s supremely clean G35 now on Air Lift. Height looks the same to me when it was static, but a mm of clearance makes all the difference to the driver.

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    Car show people are serious. If only they kept their homes as clean as their cars. Am I right ladies?

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    I believe this is a Mini Cooper truck? This thing rocks.

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    Mr. OC Food and Drink Specialist, Mr. Armand Pranadi.

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    Man this 370z is so cool. I only saw it during the roll in and it kinda just disappeared from there.

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    I don’t know why, but I really dig this photo.

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    A line up of quality builds.

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    How many years of being a hooker will get me this car?

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    This guy is taking all the compact cars/Euro awards this year.

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    What I love best about swinging by Todd’s xB.

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    What I love about a group of guys taking photos of models. They’re never in unison when looking at the same camera.

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    Tianna Gregory…

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    Toyo Tire girls.

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    People were very impressed with the JDM Chemicals products. Check them out here..www. jdmchemicals.com

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    Reppin’

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    Vinh showing Infinite Werks the Glaco Mirror Water Repellent. This stuff works.

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    Seeing if they got any good up skirt photos.

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    Anh said he was planning out his next Disneyland meal.

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    Super cross faded Chris.

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    As always more photos in the gallery.

    -NGU ASS

  • Formula Drift Long Beach 2014 and Offset Kings Show Case

    Formula Drift Long Beach 2014 and Offset Kings Show Case

    I feel like I’ve been covering Formula Drift Long Beach for a while now. Not much has changed, maybe different cars but the same vibe. Seems like every year I get less and less content because I end up having other priorities on my plate. This year it was the first time I was working with a company that had a booth in the vendor aisle.  So my deepest apologies if there isn’t that many photos.  Just kidding, I don’t really care what you think. Enjoy the photos though.

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    The trance style lives on through Angelo’s Z.

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    The Barney mobile.

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    Thao coming out hard with the new Cosmic Racing wheels.

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    The talk of the show. Static FRS with superb fitment from Street Faction.

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    This car is so hot we needed to put a water bottle in front of the car to cool it down.

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    Now for some bad quality photos of some drifting..

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    Back to the vendor lifestyle…

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    Me and Vinh doing work at the JDM Chemicals booth.

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    Todd’s Minty XB. His first time at Formula Drift Long Beach. I’m glad I was there to share this special moment with him.

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    Mike’s crazy GS300 front bumper from Thailand I think.

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    BMW of the year.

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    The show area was packed full of fan boys.

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    Styling on you fools.

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    Very clean Audi on 3SDM wheels.

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    RWD DAILOW.

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    NSX from last night.

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    The amazing Boogs.

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    Baller ass wheels..

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    Back to more crappy drifting photos…

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    Vendor village.

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    A cop posing for this guy’s Subaru. We should stop hiring models and just bring out the whole PD. They seem to get more media attention haha.

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    Started with Angelo’s Z and ending it with his Z. Because I can.

    -NGUASS

     

  • New Year. New Ass.

    It was the first day of the new year, and I wanted to get a move on with recording anything. Here is a few clips I recorded while Minh was washing his car for the Lowballer Japan guys, who are currently in town visiting till Sunday. Made this strictly to share on Instagram.

    Filmed & Edited By: Shavi Wijegunaratne

    Instagram:
    @ShaviW
    @RoyalOrigin

  • BOOSHMA V3

    BOOSHMA V3

    Sad to say, BOOSHMA V2 never came into fruition and Derek had decided to part ways with his S13 project. It was just too much work and Derek did not have any means to get around to work and school. Derek was lucky enough that Vinh hooked him up with our old friend Jimmy of Super Autobacs on a pretty clean GS300. This GS300 has alot of history with us, Vinh did his second air setup on this car and I remember drooling over this car every time I went to Super Autobacs. 6 grand later and here we have BOOSHMA V3.

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    The infamous license plate.

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    Jay devirginizing Derek’s brand new IND’s by fingering each spoke..

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    Shiny.

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    Getting ready for lift off.

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    This is BOOSHMA V3 aired up.

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    This sticker is often replicated by shit sticker companies. We don’t sell it, so wherever you buy it from it’s not helping support us or representing us at all.
    True supporters buy from Shop.Royal-Origin.com

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    As you can tell this is a late post, you can find a picture of Derek’s car finished in the WFC fest post.

  • Yogi FTLC

    Yogi FTLC

    With car shows in full effect, everyone is getting their cars ready with their newest mods. Yogi from Fatlace recently started his Lexus GS430 project and already it has changed quiet a bit.

    The never ending projects stay never ending.
    Thanks

    -Shavi W.