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NARRATOR: Supercar customizer Yianni

lives life at full throttle.

How accurate is that speed, though?

NARRATOR: He takes incredible cars--

It'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.

That is so sick.

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

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: This time, Yianni takes on a job for an artist

with a bold color sense.

I got well known for the orange

that we wrapped the RS 6 in and the RS 5 before that.

So we're going to go orange again?

Good morning, Paul.

NARRATOR: And Bert has a client stop by for some tweaks

to his Aston Martin.

BERT: What are we thinking?

Just tints around the windows, smoke the lights.

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NARRATOR: But when the wrap encounters a major problem--

Stop work on the car.

I'm actually very embarrassed, pal.

Very sorry.

NARRATOR: --they have to go back to square one.

This is really, really frustrating.

NARRATOR: And the deadline goes out the window.

Oh, what a great day.

[upbeat music]

[engine revs]

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NARRATOR: It's a new day at the garage,

and an engine roar signals the arrival

of an exciting sports coupe.

British portrait artist Paul Oz travels the world

painting sports personalities.

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He's had two cars wrapped by Yianni before.

And today, he's back with his new Audi RS 5.

YIANNI: Ooh.

This is nice.

How you doing, Paul? - Really good, Yianni.

- Long time. - Good to see you, mate.

Good to see you again. - How you been?

Awesome, absolutely awesome.

How's all the painting going on?

It's crazy busy.

It's done a couple of F1 trips back

to back, so, yeah, just got back from Monaco,

live painting out there, so all good.

Nice. I love that.

Who's your latest celebrity that you've done now?

I'm working through a series of F1 drivers

at the moment, so live painting around Paddock

Club and all good fun.

Lewis Hamilton yet?

Yeah, I've painted Lewis twice in the last few weeks.

So, yeah, and that's--

I've got a piece going to Canada at the moment.

YIANNI: Really? - A show out there for the--

YIANNI: Amazing. You're killing it, as always.

Yeah, all good, mate, all good.

RS 5-- this is a great color.

Not only-- this is like a special order.

I wrap a lot of cars in this color,

and you're going to change it?

I just miss the orange too much.

I got known for the orange, and it's now become on brand

for what I do as a business.

So--

Listen, you're a painter.

I'm sure you know what looks best.

I see colors all day, every day.

I bet you do.

Gloss again, or are you going to go, like, a matte or a satin--

flip it up, mix it up a little bit?

I think it needs to be gloss.

I like-- what I like about what you guys do

is it looks like a paint job.

So you want it to look factory.

Exactly, exactly.

And, yeah, same gloss, bright orange.

So orange for the car and then, on the roof,

some splats coming out from it.

What, paint splats?

Yeah, exactly.

I'll knock something up and send you a file.

OK.

You've got a lot of chrome on the car, as well.

Is that staying?

Some of it.

I like the chrome around the windows.

I'm not a fan of it on the front and on the rear underneath--

YIANNI: Oh, the diffuser. PAUL OZ: Yeah.

YIANNI: OK.

So you want to do the front and the rear diffuser?

PAUL OZ: Yes. - In what, a gloss black?

PAUL OZ: Yes, gloss black.

OK, so the whole car in orange.

Inside the door shuts, as well, so everything's done?

PAUL OZ: Perfect.

YIANNI: So it looks straight out the dealer.

PAUL OZ: Perfect.

YIANNI: Your front and rear in gloss black,

and everything else stays the same.

Perfect.

OK, you got the key? PAUL OZ: I have.

YIANNI: Brilliant. Lovely seeing you.

- OK, bye. - Take care.

I'll see you soon.

NARRATOR: The RS version of the A5 a high-performance coupe

full of technological innovation,

with 30 cutting-edge driver-assistance systems.

This model is specced to the max,

with carbon fiber options accenting the bodywork.

Paul wants his car to stand out, like his artwork.

Yianni has given the team three days to make it picture-perfect.

[upbeat music]

Audi RS 5 in nardo gray.

Lovely car.

This is an old custom of ours.

It's Paul Oz.

We wrapped his RS 5, the old-school one,

originally in orange. - Yep.

RS 6?

And then he got an R6 that we wrapped in orange again.

Yeah.

It's more its signature color now.

Yeah.

YIANNI: Exactly that-- his signature color.

So he's like, yeah, here's my brand-new RS 5.

Let's wrap it orange again.

So full wrap, shuts and returns in orange.

All the chromes and the silver bits are going gloss black.

Yeah.

We're leaving the carbon roof, though?

YIANNI: Leave the carbon roof.

But you know he's an artist.

He wants a big paint splat on the roof.

Who's doing that, him?

YIANNI: Amelia.

Yeah, we're definitely not going to paint it on that carbon roof.

I was going to say, do you want me to actually

splat some paint on there?

Hell, no.

Paint splat with vinyl, so you can obviously

make that on the plotter-- - Cool.

--and then stick it on there.

You'll get, obviously, the design and style.

Yep.

You're going to be stripping this car down, Mike.

Yeah, it's going to be a big strip because, obviously, it's

shuts and returns, so front bumper, I mean,

wing mirrors, handles.

And we're going to be taking the doors off of this, as well.

OK, so that is the car.

Mike, if you can get to stripping this car,

and if you two start wrapping.

Lovely.

Thank you.

All right, cheers.

NARRATOR: Mike makes a start stripping

the first of over 30 parts.

MIKE: We're starting on the rear.

I'm going to take the lights out of the vehicle

and off of the boot lid, as well.

So this is the best place to start.

Keeps me out of the way of the wrappers

so they can do their thing.

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NARRATOR: At the front of the car,

the first panel is being wrapped in the new orange vinyl.

Gloss vinyl is designed to give a finish which looks like paint.

Wow.

NARRATOR: The shine shows any flaws.

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The wrap is looking good, and under the bonnet is

something really special, too.

Designed as a grand tourer, the RS 5 has a lightweight,

biturbo 2.9-liter V6.

All-wheel drive and a lower suspension

mean the car has remarkable grip and handling.

From the bonnet to the boot, Terry

continues to strip the badges.

It's a delicate process.

The team have devised a special system to avoid any mistakes.

So we're just templating the badge.

So when it's removed, and we wrap this boot lid,

we put this template back on, and the badge

will go back on this boot exactly where it come back off.

So now anyone that wants to put this on,

they know exactly where-- what car it's for and what panel

it's going to go on.

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NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Mike is freeing off the door,

and it's heavy.

Well, go on.

Try it.

That's it.

Slow down.

[groaning]

Lovely, boys.

Well done.

NARRATOR: It needs to come off the car so the shuts

and returns can be done.

The client wants the car to be seamless, all in one color.

With the door stripped, the wrap team

can also access the front wing.

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The color looks really good.

NARRATOR: Yianni often posts midway photos of jobs

to his social media pages.

See how many likes it gets, the comments.

People talk about the color.

NARRATOR: It means clients like Paul Oz--

Nice.

NARRATOR: --get a sneak peek at their car.

It looks great.

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NARRATOR: It's an early start at the unit,

and Mike has one more part to strip

from the car, the huge carbon-filled front panel.

The front wheels have been removed,

as the panel fixings are tucked away in the inner wheel arch.

MIKE: Right, who's here?

James, quick, jump on this corner-- here, here, over here.

That's it.

Let me jump around the other side.

All right, you ready?

NARRATOR: The panel needs to be stripped down further

to give the wrappers access.

High-performance cars often come with optional carbon fiber

upgrades.

It's a super lightweight material,

but it's 20 times more expensive than steel.

OK, so here's one of the carbon pieces--

not damaged in any way.

No clips broken or anything like that.

So hopefully this goes all nice and smoothly.

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NARRATOR: The workshop is full.

Pink.

NARRATOR: And Yianni is keeping an eye on progress.

Wrong color.

How's that even possible, Bert?

NARRATOR: Paul Oz has been in touch.

He's seen Yianni's post and is worried they've picked

the wrong shade of orange.

Bert, downstairs now--

now.

[suspenseful music]

Stop work on the car.

It's the wrong color.

It's not even close.

Look at the difference, man. It's massive.

What, it's supposed to be the right one?

It's supposed to be that color,

and we've done it that color.

Look how much we've wrapped--

bonnet, two wings, shuts.

Vinyl-- a waste.

Order a whole new roll in.

All right, I've got to go.

I'm going to make a phone call to see if I can get some vinyl.

Fuming.

Fuming.

Schoolboy error.

And the only reason we know is because I posted it

on social media, and Paul's like, hold on a minute,

is that the same color?

How can we get this so wrong, man?

[dial tone beeping]

[ON PHONE] Hi, Yianni. How are you doing?

I'm well, Paul.

How are you? - [ON PHONE] Good.

All good.

Thank you, mate.

All good.

You're right, mate.

It's the wrong vinyl.

[ON PHONE] Ah Ah.

Yeah.

I'm actually very embarrassed, pal.

Very sorry.

Because I've wrapped your car already twice

in the orange you've had, I know there's no way on Earth

I'm going to say to you, keep this orange,

so I haven't even bother to ask it.

So I'm just going to literally get my guys to strip the car

and rewrap it.

My only problem is, Paul, now, I don't think I'm going

to be able to hit deadline.

[ON PHONE] We will work around it whatever, my friend.

Thanks, Paul. I appreciate it, mate.

Thank you. Bye.

[ON PHONE] Cheers. Bye.

He's a cool customer.

But can you imagine doing hand-over

on the car fully wrapped and fully fitted and him turning up,

because he lives miles away, and be like, oh,

that's not the color, Yian.

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Oh, what a great day?

NARRATOR: This is a costly mistake.

Four people's labor, half a car's

worth of vinyl, thousands, not hundreds

of pounds down the drain.

The new vinyl has been ordered to arrive special delivery

tomorrow morning.

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NARRATOR: Paul was due to collect his car today,

but it's still half wrapped in the wrong color.

All the team can do now is strip the car

and wait for the new vinyl to arrive.

This is really, really frustrating,

after we spent all those hours on it, because I was

very happy with what I've done.

NARRATOR: Not only does the vinyl have to be stripped,

the whole car needs to be cleaned

to remove any glue traces.

Outside, there's a welcome delivery.

YIANNI: Vinyl's here, guys.

[cheering]

Right.

OK, everyone, let's get cracking on this car.

Need to get it down quick time.

NARRATOR: Missing deadline is a huge embarrassment.

The garage is full, but Yianni wants all six

of his wrappers to focus on Paul's car.

Everyone jump in.

NARRATOR: Wrappers usually work in pairs.

It's extremely rare for Yianni to put everyone on the same job.

It will take at least a day to finish the wrap,

and it will also have a knock-on effect on the other jobs

in the garage.

ANDREW: Boys, Paul Oz is giving us a bit more time on the car.

No?

[cheering]

I was going to say, I thought you'd be happy with that.

Amazing.

NARRATOR: The collection is now booked in for tomorrow.

[upbeat music]

Jobs are booked in weeks in advance of the workshop.

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Paul is an Aston Martin enthusiast.

Bert booked him in for an on-the-spot job,

and now he has to put on a brave face.

- How are you? - Very well.

Yourself? - Yeah, good, thank you.

- That's good. - She's a pretty-looking thing.

Thank you very much, indeed.

NARRATOR: This 608-horsepower beast is the DB11.

Priced at nearly 150,000, its V12 engine can hit speeds

up to 200 miles per hour.

So you're here today.

Obviously, we're going to do a couple of little touches

on the car for you.

Yeah, a little bit of tint in your windows--

BERT: Yep.

PAUL LOCK: --and smoke the lights.

And I assume you're hanging around

for this as well, aren't you?

Yeah, I'm going to go for a little walk.

So you're putting my boys under pressure.

Yeah.

[laughs]

You'd better give me the keys, then.

I'll see you in a bit. PAUL LOCK: Thank you very much.

OK. BERT: Lovely.

Take care, mate. PAUL LOCK: Cheers.

Bye bye.

NARRATOR: Window tint master Mikey has been pulled off

the Audi to work on the DB11.

So what we're going to do is going

to start with the back screen, which is the hardest

window on this car, just because it doesn't open with the boot.

So I'm going to have to get in the car

with the tint on my hands.

And I'm a tall guy.

I'm, like, 6' 5", so that's--

that don't make it easy, as well.

NARRATOR: Tinting windows is time-consuming.

This job has taken Mikey a good half a day.

The tint film will take 48 hours to fully adhere to the glass.

Smoking the lights is the final touch.

[upbeat music]

Yeah.

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How you doing, mate? You all right?

PAUL LOCK: Very well. - Timing is impeccable.

- Yeah? - Just pulled it out.

PAUL LOCK: Beautiful. Yeah, I love it.

- First thoughts? - Yeah, love it.

BERT: Yeah? - Yeah.

BERT: We've done tints all around.

PAUL LOCK: Yep.

BERT: But we've done smoked front

lights, smoked the rear lights.

I'm over the moon. BERT: Good.

Yeah, I am. BERT: That's yours.

PAUL LOCK: Thank you very much, indeed.

BERT: Have a safe journey home, and when

you get bored of that color, you come and see me,

and we'll sort it out.

- You changed the color. - Brilliant.

- No problem. - Excellent.

Thank you so much for your business.

- No problem. - Take care, mate.

Drive safe. - Bye bye.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: It's the end of a busy day,

but at least one customer is happy now.

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NARRATOR: Deadline day.

The team have worked flat out, and the car is finally

wrapped in the right color.

While Mike begins fitting up, Amelia

is working on the roof design.

So the customer is an artist, so he wants

some paint splats on the roof.

Here, you can see the design that he's got.

The black background will be the carbon fiber roof,

and then the white paint splats are going

to be orange to match the car.

So I've taken this image, vectorized it, traced it,

and then put it into, like-- sort of squished it

down and put it into a software so I

can cut it out on the plotter.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: Terry uses the template he made,

and the badge is in the perfect position.

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Paul finishes each of his artworks

with a splatter of paint.

Amelia needs to carefully line up the design with the roof edge

to make sure it gives the artist's trademark effect.

[upbeat music]

It's taken a huge effort from the whole team

to get Paul's car wrapped in his signature orange.

After the color disaster, Yianni knows he

cannot afford another mistake.

[upbeat music]

We did get the orange wrong, but we have

now rectified that mistake.

I love the personal touch with the splats on the roof.

He is an artist, so it is personal to him.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: It's a day late, but Paul has arrived.

And to show there's no hard feelings, he's not empty-handed.

Paul, how you doing? You well?

Yianni, good to see you, my friend.

Good. What's this?

Well, just thought I'd bring you a little--

little present to say thank you for everything.

YIANNI: Mate, that's amazing.

And you know I'm a massive Lewis fan, as well.

PAUL OZ: I did know you were a secret Lewis fan, yeah.

Wow.

That's so good.

Mate, thank you so much. - Oh, it's a pleasure.

Absolute pleasure.

Thank you so, so much.

Do you know what?

I'm going to put this inside, and then we're going

to have a look at your car, OK?

Looking forward to it.

All right, your turn.

Yianni, quite excited. YIANNI: Yeah?

Looking forward to this.

Yeah, properly.

Be honest.

How annoyed were you when you saw the color?

PAUL OZ: It's just that I'm--

I see colors in my dreams.

I'm quite specific about it.

So I'm glad you fixed it pretty quick.

YIANNI: OK.

Well, the sun is shining. Are you ready?

Good. I'm ready.

Wait there.

[knocking]

[dramatic music]

[engine revs]

You excited? PAUL OZ: Yeah.

I've waited a long time for this.

YIANNI: Here it comes.

[upbeat music]

Wow.

[music playing] Everybody wants to live my life

But they can't

I'm the one and only

I've been around the world

I get the finest girls

Everybody wants to live my life

She's back.

Look how bright that is.

Oh, wow.

Looks better than I thought it would.

It looks like paint.

PAUL OZ: Especially on the roof.

YIANNI: That is your personal touch.

You are an artist.

PAUL OZ: It's what I do with my paintings, throwing paint on it

when I've finished it.

So amazing.

Absolutely amazing.

YIANNI: You're a little bit lost for words.

PAUL OZ: Yeah.

That's incredible.

YIANNI: So we're winning.

PAUL OZ: Definitely, mate.

[laughs] Brilliant.

PAUL OZ: Definitely winning. - Brilliant.

- Absolutely beautiful. - I'm so happy for you.

Well, here is your-- your beautiful key.

PAUL OZ: Thank you. Glad to have it back.

Enjoy.

Drive safely, and I'll see you soon, for sure.

Number four, yeah?

I'll see you for the next one.

[upbeat music]

PAUL OZ: It's the third car wrapped in this color,

and I brought them all to Yianni because of the job that he does.

It's just incredible.

And the paint splats on the roof just set it off perfectly.

I'm so impressed.

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