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NARRATOR: Supercar customizer Yianni

lives life at full throttle.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: How accurate is that speedo?

NARRATOR: He takes incredible cars--

He's gorgeous.

NARRATOR: --and works with his talented crew.

You're a G. You're a G.

NARRATOR: --to give them a unique look.

But the stakes are high--

How can we get this so wrong, man?

NARRATOR: --when you work for demanding clients--

I will be calling you 20 times a day.

NARRATOR: --who expect perfection--

Yes. Yes.

Yes.

NARRATOR: --every time.

AMELIA: That is so sick.

That's why you're the king, bro.

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NARRATOR: This time, the team are working

on a road legal race car.

GT3 RS.

Love, of course.

NARRATOR: The owner loves to seriously

test its limits on the track, so the paint has to be protected.

He wants a complete color change,

which requires a full strip.

MIKE: We're taking bumpers off, spoilers off,

wing mirrors off, everything.

NARRATOR: But it's a complex car.

It's going to be really fiddly for them, but I'm taking it off.

NARRATOR: And if the team can pull it off--

This is my satisfying thing in the whole world.

NARRATOR: --Yianni has been promised

he will get in on the action.

This is more fun than my Lambo.

I can't lie.

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NARRATOR: Anish Vinayak is a successful property developer

with a passion for speed.

He regularly takes his car to the track.

And today, he's brought Yianni his newest addition.

Ooh!

The bad boy.

- Good to see you. - Anish.

Hey, my brother. What's been happening?

What's new? - New car.

Time for a wrap.

Another new car?

Another one.

So how many is that now?

Five-ish now.

Got on, name them.

Performante, the S-class.

Got Levante.

Two Ferraris to mix things up.

Just one is not enough?

Need to get two.

[laughs]

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: So this is a great color, man.

Why are we wrapping it?

Yeah, it looks good, but matches the Performante

it too much because that's red, of course.

I want to change it to maybe like a darkish blue.

Why blue?

ANISH VINAYAK: I want something a little bit darker

and something that stands out.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Are we going to break it up at all?

Maybe a bit of satin black or another color?

ANISH VINAYAK: Satin black, I think, maybe on the wing.

Keep the wing in blue, but maybe some Porsche decals on the top.

So we're going to have a blue car, yellow calipers,

orange interior.

Are you all right, mate? - You make it look beautiful.

Come on!

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Yeah, just put it on me, mate.

So if anyone hates it on social media, you'll be like--

ANISH VINAYAK: Yianni did it.

And when do you need the car back for?

So I'm tracking in four days time.

I need the car protected.

Can you do it by then?

[laughs] Am I going to come to that track day?

So if I come to that track day, you know what?

I will make sure this car is done.

Shake my hand on that.

Let's do it. YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: 100%.

ANISH VINAYAK: 100%.

Give me the key. How are you getting out of here?

Car's here.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Is that your driver?

ANISH VINAYAK: There he is, waiting to take me home.

How the other half live. Hey!

- See you. - Enjoy, man.

Thank you.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: I'll see you later.

See you.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Look at this guy.

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NARRATOR: With a price tag of over 141,000 pounds,

this road legal, track-focused sports car has

the widest tires of any 911.

A six-point harness and integrated roll cage

keep you safe at speed.

The lightweight body panels are made of expensive materials

such as carbon and magnesium.

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With such a big job ahead of them,

Yianni gathers the whole team.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: I love this car.

Today, Porsche GT3 RS.

Are we excited to work on this? - Of course.

Yes.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Customer is a guy called Anish.

He tracks this car, so he wants it protected rather

than just having a PPF, lot of paint protection film

all over the car.

He's like, Yianni, let's do a color.

The orange is going to go, and it's going

to be a full wrap in the blue.

Mike, what are we stripping off this car.

Everything.

We're taking bumpers off, spoilers off, wing mirrors off.

We're taking windows out of this.

We're taking doors off the hinges.

Just be careful because it is a massive strip down.

Don't want any damage to this car.

It is Anish's pride and joy.

Guys, you're going to have to hide the orange.

Make sure only blue is on show.

Wrappers, make sure your quality is bang on.

Here is a difficult car.

We're going to be under pressure on this.

Have we got this? ALL: Yes.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Thank you. Let's do this.

ALL: Cheers, guys.

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NARRATOR: The team have to make sure each panel

and every gap between them are wrapped in the blue.

So Mike and Pav have to strip as much of the car as possible

to give the wrappers the access they need.

Well, look, you deal with the doors,

the rear quarters, the glass.

And I'll deal with the front bumper,

have a look at these wings, do the spoiler,

and she's good to go.

Let's do this.

NARRATOR: They start by removing the high-end wheels

with a special wrench.

Down.

NARRATOR: The single nut center locks are racing inspired,

and make for a faster wheel changes in the pit area.

Get ready.

NARRATOR: The car is designed to go fast.

So to keep the weight down, its body panels are all made

with lightweight materials.

The carbon composite rear spoiler

is designed to push the rear wheels hard into the tarmac

for better traction.

Once off the car, Amelia will wrap it and then apply

the contrasting black graphics.

Go for it.

Time to get the brackets off.

We've still got to take off the third brake

light cover, rear lights, and bits of the bumper trim.

So quite a bit to do still.

[music playing] When I'm on the rhythm

You know we don't stop

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Do you sometimes get shocked

that how people believe certain things

that are posted on social?

Because for me, I'm from a different generation, where I

don't believe everything I see.

Nowadays, anything you put on socials is taken as gospel.

BERT: Do you remember that time where I sacked you on socials?

Do you remember that, for the April Fools video?

Oh, Yianni fired.

BERT: When Yianni got fired.

Most of you guys don't know this,

but Yianni is or was actually an actor that I employed

around about five years ago to look

after or to front my company.

His real name is Costas Stelios George Panathinaikos.

[laughs] For real.

Unfortunately, today, I've had to fire him for reasons

that I'd rather not disclose.

He was just a low-paid actor.

I need to look for a new Yianni.

So you don't have to be a good actor.

Preferably I'd like you to be of Greek origin

and reasonably good-looking, but that doesn't matter.

As long as you're confidence is sky high,

just like the old Yianni.

[laughter]

The pay isn't great, but you get to drive a Lambo,

you get a new wardrobe, and you get

to live in a really nice house.

Mate, I'm still recovering from the amount

of people that rang the office complaining,

"You can't fire Yianni."

"What have you done?"

"My kid is crying."

I actually felt so bad.

BERT: There was a hell of a lot of people that

actually applied for your job.

April Fools, people fell for it.

I almost had you gone out of business.

It could have been fantastic.

[laughs]

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NARRATOR: Downstairs, Pav is working on the front of the car.

PAV: I'm hoping we can get this vent out for the boys just

to make their life easier.

NARRATOR: They need to be removed for the wrappers

to have the best chance of covering the whole panel.

Well, yeah.

The grill is actually bonded onto the wing.

No movement whatsoever.

Solid.

So unfortunately, the boys will have to wrap the wing

with the grill on the wing.

It's going to be really fiddly for them.

I thought that we'd be able to get it off.

But on this case, I'm taking it off.

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NARRATOR: Fortunately, the rest of the parts

have not been as difficult to remove,

so the team will be able to start the wrap in the morning.

MIKE: The Porsche is fully stripped.

We've even taken the rear bumper off.

This is all just to make the wrapper's lives a lot

easier, and mine a lot harder.

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NARRATOR: Mark and Nicco start to tackle

one of the largest panels, the carbon fiber bonnet.

To ensure a clean application, they first

remove all the dirt and grease from the surface

before masking up the edges.

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Oh shit!

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So we saw some problem.

NARRATOR: It seems that there are marks on the material

from the manufacturing process.

We found some imperfection in the vinyl,

but we get it all back straightaway.

What have we got?

A big problem in here, bro.

BERT: What is that?

It's just like roller marks and stuff

where they've made the vinyl.

One, two.

It's all the way through.

It's all the way through.

Have we checked the rest of the roll?

Not yet.

So it could be through the whole lot?

NARRATOR: Bert is assessing the damage.

BERT: Is there a way we could maybe cut a piece off where

the problem is, lay a small bit, heat

it, make sure it comes out before we

commit to the whole bonnet?

We could do that because we're going to have some offcuts there

anyway. BERT: Yeah.

Cut that out.

Lay it on the bonnet.

Try and heat it.

If it comes out, great.

If it doesn't, then we're going to have

to come up with another option, and get some more--

a new roll of vinyl in for it.

Thank you, Bert.

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NARRATOR: Mark and Nicco know from experience

that applying heat to the problem area

may remove the marks.

[upbeat music, whirring]

Thankfully, it works.

They can now get on with the huge wrap job ahead of them.

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Up on the mezzanine, Amelia is working

on the black graphics, which will

be applied to different sections of the car.

AMELIA: I've just finished the decals for the Porsche.

We've got the GT3 RS side strips, a big Porsche logo

for the spoiler, the four liter decal for the side

of the spoiler, and then one GT3 RS logo going

yellow to match the calipers, which

is what the customer wanted.

But everything else is going satin black.

This is the first time I've actually

done this sort of design.

It's extremely important that every single detail

of this and every single measurement is bang on.

Because obviously, very high-end car.

[music playing] When I'm on the rhythm

You know we don't stop

Yo, hit with the high and low

Low, low, low

This is the side strip that's like above the side skirt.

[music playing]

When I'm on the rhythm

You know we don't stop

This is most satisfying thing in the whole world.

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NARRATOR: Downstairs, the wrap on the mirrors and doors

is well underway.

And Yianni is checking on progress.

I think there's a lot of orange inside with the roll

cage and the seats.

And with the blue that he's chosen--

listen, it's Anish's car.

Let's hope he's happy.

NARRATOR: Mark and Nicco are about to tackle

the trickiest section of the car.

MARK: They can't take the vents out,

so this wing is going to be a problem for us.

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When we super heat in the panel, the plastic might melt.

So I'm trying to mass each blades on it

so we don't burn the plastic.

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NICCO: The first thing you have to do,

you have to get the shape.

It's ready to cut.

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NARRATOR: Nicco has to precisely cut off the excess, making

sure he has enough vinyl to completely cover the panel

and navigate around the vents.

I have to be careful when I'm cutting this one.

And I don't want to scratch the car, so I have to take my time

and do it slowly.

I need a proper steady hand on this one.

NARRATOR: If he cuts away too much,

then he won't be able to hide the orange paint,

and will have to relay the whole panel.

NICCO: So I have to it lightly.

Don't press the blade too much.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: The brothers have achieved perfection.

NICCO: That's it.

Is it?

Yeah.

MARK: It's impressive.

- Yeah, we're safe. - Good job.

Thanks.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: Anish promised Petrol Head, Yianni,

a chance to drive his GT3 RS on track if he meets the deadline.

But there's still a lot to do.

The vinyl is being laid onto the rear bumper, which hides

the Porsche's power plant.

Its four liter flat 6 is the most powerful street

legal engine in a non-turbo 911.

It can accelerate to a top speed of over 190 miles per hour.

This two-seater sprints to 62 miles

per hour in just 3.3 seconds.

Down on the shop floor, Yianni is taking

another look at the color.

Listen, you guys have done a great job,

and this really reckons the orange and blue works.

NARRATOR: Yianni is great at keeping his team motivated.

But ultimately, it's on him if the customer isn't happy.

All the orange has now disappeared, except for the roll

cage and the seats inside.

I'm personally still not feeling the blue.

NARRATOR: With some of the wrap pieces being reinstalled,

Amelia is finishing off the bright yellow decal,

which the team hope will really lift the design.

AMELIA: I'm just going to take this transfer paper,

pop it over the top, squeegee it on.

When it's peeled off the white here,

obviously it picks up all the letters,

and you can then put it on the car from that.

NARRATOR: The whole car is now almost blue.

They've wrapped everything possible so

that when all the pieces are reinstalled on the car,

there will be no orange on show.

Every part that's refitted carries the risk

of damaging the fresh vinyl.

So Pat and Mike have to bring the car back to life

as carefully as possible, so it's ready for the track.

[upbeat music]

AMELIA: Colour is good now.

Happy days.

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YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: The Porsche GT3 RS is now complete.

The guys have done a fantastic job,

getting rid of all the orange.

So when you look at this car from the outside,

you would never know it was orange.

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NARRATOR: It's early the next morning,

and Yianni has planned something different for this reveal.

He's brought the car to a private test track, where he can

really see what it can do, but only

if Anish approves of the work.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Anish. ANISH VINAYAK: How, Yianni.

How's it going?

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: How you doing, my bro?

ANISH VINAYAK: Good to see you.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Are you well?

ANISH VINAYAK: I'm good, man.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: So I'm excited for this.

So am I. Can't wait to see it.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Do you remember

when we first chose this color?

And you said to me, Yianni, I definitely want to go blue.

And I'm like, the roll cage inside, orange, blue.

And you're like, don't worry, we'll get rid of it.

Look, I think the blue and orange will go,

but the main thing is that all of the paint on the outside

of the car is covered.

OK.

Wait there.

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ANISH VINAYAK: Wow!

That is amazing!

That color looks so good.

Incredible.

Love it.

[music playing] Everybody wants to live--

The best thing is you can't see any of the orange

at all, apart from that roll cage.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: The orange is not easy to hide.

But obviously, my guys went to town on this.

ANISH VINAYAK: Love the decals, satin black.

You can just see them.

And the rear wing, that looks amazing.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: Yellow calipers,

orange roll cage, blue car.

I can't believe how different it looks.

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I think it's worked out perfectly.

Thank you, Yianni, so much. - Are you pleased?

Thank you. Really appreciate it.

It's a great car.

And we're at a track.

Yeah.

I think I made a little promise, didn't I?

I think you need to deliver on that promise, mate.

Look, you delivered on time.

Car looks amazing.

Time for you to take me for a little lap.

Can I-- can I go nuts?

Yeah, go for it.

So I can go all out?

I trust you, Yianni. You can do whatever you want.

My man.

[laughter]

Let's go!

Woo!

[upbeat music, revving]

Mate, this is lovely.

I just like the ridiculous wow factor

because it's got the wing.

And the thing is, the wing is actually useful.

ANISH VINAYAK: For that downforce around these corners.

You can put your foot down, and the car's not going to kick out.

[revving]

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: It's got such long revs.

It really holds the revs.

Yeah, it goes up to about 8,000 RPM.

And the noise is there.

Some people say with force that the noises are there,

but this screams at the top end.

[revving]

It just keeps going and going and going.

I love this.

[revving, upbeat music]

This is more fun than my Lambo.

In fact, I can't lie.

ANISH VINAYAK: I know you're going to track

the hell out of this properly.

YIANNI CHARALAMBOUS: So once you ruin

the whole front end with stone chips, you bring it back to me.

New wrap job.

[revving, upbeat music]

[theme music]

I'll never know how you're going to be

It's a crazy world down low

But you're my destiny

And we're not gonna jumble

So round we go

Around we go

Cause we know what we're made of

So around we go

Around we go

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