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Shop Visit | Avant Garde Wheels

Made a quick visit to Avant Garde the other day to visit Yuya and see if they had anything that would go well with the latest GTR project at Robros Customs.

Seems like all their latest wheels came in crazy colors. Like this teal F233.

F141 with some bronze lip and white faces look damn good.

A set of deep dish F221 ready for a really wide car.

Wheel heaven.

Rose gold seems to be very popular.

F421 looking deep.

Yuya, the wheel connoisseur.

Wheel porn for days.

Cool thing about Avant Garde, everyone has cool cars.

As you guys already know, one of our members are already rocking the wheels.

Yuya’s own Mercedes CLS on F132.

Thanks Yuya for showing us around. The wide wheel selection gives us so many options.

Check them out here for more info:
http://www.avantgardewheels.com/

January 27, 2015

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/

Vu with his limited editiong HKS x Jansport backpack.

That lens filter..

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

Shavi sliding on some videos.

Neel’s LS400.

Neel is rocking a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.

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

One legged squat for the perfect shot.

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

BTS.

Some shots I got out of this location..

The man of the hour, Neel Nana.

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

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.

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.

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

June 30, 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.

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.

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.

I want this diffuser bad.

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

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

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

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

Johnne keeping his Infinite wheels clean.

Johnne’s E60.

Infinite Wheel Werks.

These Volk ZE40s are on point.

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

Lexus Prius?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A line up of quality builds.

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

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

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

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

Tianna Gregory…

Toyo Tire girls.

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

Reppin’

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

Seeing if they got any good up skirt photos.

Anh said he was planning out his next Disneyland meal.

Super cross faded Chris.

As always more photos in the gallery.

-NGU ASS

May 6, 2014

Offset Kings Late Night Roll Ins

The Friday night staging for the show area for Formula Drift Long Beach.

IG – NGUASS

April 7, 2014

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.

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

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

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

Rotiform INDs look perfect on any big body cars.

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

Very cool design by Rotiform.

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

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

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

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

So many parts laying around..

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

I regret nothing.

Adam’s lipless Subie.

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.

Installing the Mugen front lip.

That mirror finish..

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

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.

Thanks to JDM Chemicals for their awesome products!

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

Jimmy’s final product.

September 9, 2013

LTMW 2013 Meet

It was one of those days where all I wanted to do was check out cars all day long. I decided the night before that I would go to all the car meets on Saturday which included Cars and Coffee in Irvine, LTMW in El Monte, and Fast Autoworks in Arcadia. I met up with Dat at Cars and Coffee because he planned to drive the Fatlace FRS to all the meets. Since he planned to go to the LTMW meet after, we caravanned to Charles’ house where everyone met up before the LTMW meet.

BMW 3, 5, and 7.

Yoshi, leading the pack.

Gautam and Marc met up at Charles’ house too. Note that all three beemers have mesh wheels. It’s going to be a common theme throughout the post.

All Marc needs is a front lip to set this thing off.

LOL BOTTLE CAPS.

All static here.

Celebrity car, the Fatlace FRS.

Gautam’s M5 on dem purps.

Haven’t seen Armand in a while; he’s still riding hella fucking flush.

I wonder if that Go-Pro is there to check out the reactions of people when he drives by or to see his suspension travel when he drives.

Keith came out to play.

Bagged 5 series on Waffes. Awesome.

Dumped CRZ rolling through.

The more I see these newer Honda Accords modded, the more I want to take Jennifer’s Accord and slam it with my Scaras.

S2K with some meat fitment on Mag Blue Volk TE-37.

Time Attack EVO 8.

Prepare for a bombardment of BMWs of all series on either mesh wheels or TE-37’s.

BMW owners love their TE-37’s and mesh wheels.

Something different, Courtney’s F30 on SSR SP1’s.

5 Spoke goodness.

This guy is everywhere…Sam’s Civic, also on TE-37’s. I guess he can fit in with this crowd.

Yoshi and Sam.

Releasing the monster.

I always see this E36 on tumblr. Glad to be able to see it in person for the first time.

Fatlace FRS, posted.

Another person I haven’t seen in a while is Jose and his Audi A3.

The paint on this VW is so crazy. Brown and greenish color.

Speaking of green, Jose’s Audi A3.

LTMW E90 was displayed in the middle of the lot.

Sick blue CCW’s to fit this wide monstrosity.

Going to end it with this model, who dressed pretty skimpy. She looked pretty out of place, modeling at the Stance Wheels booth. Anyways, thanks LTMW for throwing a fun meet and for the free food! Check out the rest of the photos in the gallery.

-NGU ASS

April 22, 2013

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

-Shavi W.
IG @ShaviW

April 6, 2013

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.

December 7, 2012

See Ya Later…

The part I hate most about our out-of-state friends visiting us, is saying goodbye. All good things come to an end and even though we will for sure see them in the near future, it’s always sad when they leave. We started out the day with the obligatory all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Cham Sut Gol.

Sizzlin’ brisket.

The best part about eating at Cham Sut Gol is the free thrifty ice cream.

Afterwards, we rolled out to meet up with Nimo and the IE guys for a photo shoot in Anaheim Hills.

Love watching the sun kiss…

Ryan’s gangster GTI.

This is the first thing Nimo does when he sees me…

Vuzoku.

Figuring out how to ride this contraption.

Vu’s Miata with his brand new Work Meister CR-01.

Looks perfect on his car.

Ryan’s GTI on 3SDM.

Nimo test driving the Sunkist.

He looks pretty good in it.

Jeff and Kentaro.

Jeff giving all of these cars a blessing. WARNING: The next couple of photos might give you a small glimpse of heaven.

A better photo of Vu’s Miata. So clear…

IE guys.

Yoshi rockin’ the Hella Flush Japan shirt.

A photo within a photo.

Black reflections.

Sun kiss me.

INSTAGRAM CREW.

Good times hanging out with the Vegas crew. It’s never a goodbye for us, it’s always a see ya later. We’ll reunite again at Formula D Irwindale!

-NGU ASS

Photos by NGU ASS & Jeff Payuan aka Father Jeff.

October 7, 2012

Summer in Ghetto Valley

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to this corner of California. I used to swing by every other weekend just to sleep over and make shitty fried rice. Well, things change, people grow apart, and memories are just that…memories. So, it was cool to see some of the guys that I haven’t seen because of whatever they have going on in their lives. I forgot how much fun it was when we just hung out and did random shenanigans.

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September 11, 2012

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