The Story of Illiminate

Two best friends from San Jose, California with the passion for street wear, cars and skateboarding. It's been the best 10 years of our lives and to be able to have such a strong community backing us up, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Who would have thought that we would be here today. From dreams to reality. The best thing about starting YouTube is that we got to document it all and we can watch this journey from the very beginning. I wonder what the future hold. Here's to many more memories.

Video filmed/edited by @AcostaVisuals

As I'm typing this up, I still can't believe I'm driving around with my best friend in our dream cars. Don't let anyone hold you back. Do what makes YOU happy. Even if you fail, at least you tried. We're rooting for you!

[illiminate]

You guys are making me tear up with all these comments 🥹♥️ Thank you for all for being a part of the journey!

[AvalancheCarCare]

Illiminate really went from a group of friends posting YouTube videos for fun to an empire and a respectable group of car enthusiasts

[saullazaro]

These guys are inspirational I remember when they had their apartment !

[carlreyes]

A reunion of all OG illiminate members would bring back so many memories not for the content but for the appreciation of each member who made the channel what it is today

[ameermanohar]

I started watching illiminate when I was 9 this year I'll be 17 and to see how far the boys have come and growing up with waiting to see another video or laughing at older ones and seeing them progress from the apartment to the different houses from 2 s2ks and skateboarding to now a ferrari and multiple tuner cars and all the people they've met along the way its been an amazing journey and it's still going on and I can't wait to see the rest

[KronicNitron]

Been here for 6+ years. Crazy how far y’all have become and being here across the journey. I didn’t even realize the warehouse was 3+ years ago. Time sure does fly. Man wish I could get the first feeling of discovering you guys at 3am. Now I’m just used to y’all’s energy. Keep on working.

[KronicNitron]

Man I still remember the old apartment videos. You talking about working late nights, taking care of your brother. Dropping him off at school, I feel old now. But great to see y’all successful in your ambitions. From 100k to 1mil. Time sure does fly. Thanks for the content Randy❤️

[chrisginoc]

Just discovered your channel. This video is absolute fire. Not only as a 38 year old lifelong JDM fan who's worked on B16s, H22s, etc in his garage in high school, but as an entrepreneur as well. This is a lesson to all the people comfortable is their 9-5 jobs and affraid of pursuing their dreams. Life is too short to not be pushing to the limit. Happy for your success. Keep pushing

[BmwAlex]

Been watching for 7 years now im now 20 and ive met you guys at a meet and greet. And when I say the comment when you said "when you make your side hustle your job is the day youll make it" dug deep. I took my passion for cars and started helping people out working on cars for cheap last year and decided to do it more and more enjoying it and seeing how much it helped people and now I just got my first big big job where i made more than i did working my part time job and its going better and better everyday this year with at least 1, 2, 3 or 4 people coming to me for work a week when it used to be maybe once a month. Love the channel like crazy

[aurelianomonteiro]

If you don’t mention on the video that illiminate is going to be 10 years, I didn’t know that I have been kicking with you guys for that long. 10 years where does the time goes? From low costs mods on your S2K now getting sponsored on wheels and parts, you have came along way. I always wanted to do what you do but I don’t have the balls to do that. You prove me wrong. Do what you love and the rest will comes along. Congratulations and I can’t wait to see more success from the team!

[Slug_Plug]

The first video I ever watched was "how many stickers does it take to cover an S2000". It's really crazy to see how far you all have come and how much you each have individually grown. The success is well deserved and it's inspirational to see. Love from another car lover <3 To any one reading this, never stop chasing your dream

[WUBBBBB]

insane how quickly time moves, its so scary. I remember when I first started watching your guys videos I was looking for 240sx videos because I was so obsessed with them and I found the S14 Kouki conversion video and fast forward to now, the group has come so far that it makes me think life is not real. Thank you guys for everything. Kudos to your success.

[Js_Vlogs]

Illuminate really changed my life for the better and I thank you for that.

[fabiolevyteixeira]

I Just Love the vibe that KJ brings with him! Happy 10 years anniversary Illiminate!

[seelracing]

This is awesome! Been watching for 3+ years and never disappoint. Love this

[doghart]

Been watching for a couple months now, everything you and your friends have done have changed my view on what is reachable and that dreams can come true. You are an inspiration.

[ikigaicomputer]

When I started to become a fan of stance cars, I randomly watched illiminate's vlog wherein randy was showing the retractable license plate of his S2k. Then from that time I where become addicted of the crew. I kinda missed the time where they just randomly go to the EZ Wash to wash their cars and hang out. Those days are really amazing. Randy came a long way and I still loved watching him.

Crew from lowering cars to getting their dream cars is extremely SAVAGE!.

I hope you visit PHILIPPINES guys. We got amazing car community right here!

[ridah]

We're all very proud of every single one of you, your story should be a inspiration to many folks who need it. Thank you for sharing your story and everything else Fam. Y'all stay blessed

[fujiwaratofucafe]

You guys are one of the people that inspired us to do something different, good job guys !

[DaBue]

The good old apartment days! I've been following for many years, but rarely comment. So much growth throughout this time and it's crazy how time goes by so quick.