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NARRATOR: In the exclusiveworld of supercars,

if you want yours to stand out,there's one customizer to call.

Yianni.

NARRATOR: A social media star, he creates one

off cars in stunning colors.

Dealing with demanding clients--

So when does this car need to be done by?

Tomorrow.

Are you serious?

NARRATOR: It's a high stakes world.

Wow.

2 million pounds worth ofcar, why would it be easy?

Up for this one?

NARRATOR: Where image is everything.

Oh my [inaudible].

NARRATOR: And the aim is perfection.

100% happy?

A million percent happy.

NARRATOR: This time Yianni is seeing

double as he takes on twoeco-friendly electric cars.

And the reason you got these is why?

It's all about loweringyour carbon footprints now.

NARRATOR: It's man versus machine

as the team battle against thecars with a life of their own.

It's like a magic car.

NARRATOR: And with regular clients

dropping by looking for favors--

It's a bit last minute, I'm afraid.

NARRATOR: Maintaining standardsis the name of the game.

That's no good.

NARRATOR: Can the team pull together

and deliver the mean, greenlook the client demands?

- You ready? - Let's go.

All right, let's get the cars out.

NARRATOR: Early morningNorth London, Yianni gathers

his crew for a briefing.

Quick meeting, guys.

Morning, everyone. NARRATOR:

Morning. How

Are we doing?

All right.

All right, today, we haven't got one car,

we got two of these coming in.

Tesla, the one with the doorsthat open up at the back.

The Model X.

The model X. You should like this car, yeah?

He's got loads of cars, this guy.

I was a bit surprised when he said to me

he's sending us two Teslas.

He did mention that he wantsto dechrome to these vehicles.

Chromes on a Tesla.

What issues do we have with the chromes?

- Wing mirrors. - Wing mirrors.

They don't come apart.

OK, so that's easy for you, Mike.

Mark, any issues with this car?

The handles, I think.

I remember, because the handles are quite flush,

aren't they?

Obviously they go in and out.

Mike, and we don't strip these?

We don't usually ship them, no,

just because of the mechanismthat's on the back of them.

OK, guys, chrome is a real bright color,

so obviously if we're doing them gloss black

and any sort of chrome isshown, it's going to expose.

Don't rush, but make surethe quality is on point, OK?

I'll let you know when they're here.

Cheers, guys.

NARRATOR: Danny is a businessman with a host of supercars,

but there's no engine roaras his cars arrive today.

Hi, Danny.

What's this?

Please tell me you'vestill got your supercars?

I've still got them.I've still got the Lambo.

I've got the Hurricane, the SV.

OK.

[inaudible] come in.

So don't panic.

OK, because you love cars.

I'm real passionate about my cars.

You know I am.

So what have you brought me today?

So you got the Teslahere, got another one there.

They're both identical cars.

And the reason you got these is why?

Bought them for the company,because that way going green,

it's good credentials for the company.

Is the way the future. - Yeah?

Definitely.

It's all about loweringyour carbon footprints now.

Wow, you're really gone green, haven't you?

I don't know about that green, but were trying.

- So you got two black ones.- Two black.

What we doing?

We just want them dechromed,that Yiannimized touch to them,

just make them look reallygood, clean, stealthy,

done for a shiny gloss, and I think

that'll just give it thatfinishing touch that it needs.

Tesla's have got so much chrome on them.

I know, that's why it's here.

It's going to be worse than actually

doing a full wrap on the car.- I know.

It's a lot of worker.

Deep in here.

And you know the worstthing about this car is--

- Handles? - Exactly.

See, you know about this already.

The handles go in.

I know.

So trying to get thevinyl, it's going to lift.

You don't like to give me an easy job, do you?

Nope.

It's going to be a hard one,but I want it done properly.

- Do you like the car? - Love it.

Really?

Really amazing car.

They're quick.

They're a lot of fun, good technology.

I know they do like some like mad thing

with the doors or something.

Yeah, you can make them sing, dance.

Let me show you.

You need to stand back a bit.- Really?

- Yeah. - OK.

NARRATOR: This is one of the first cars

to be programmed with hisown song and dance routine.

Clips of it have gone viral.

What a show.

I'm applauding the car.

I'm actually applauding the car.

That's probably the best thing I've ever seen.

You see why I like it now.

I'm really, really impressed.

OK, give us the keys, letme get some work done.

- There you go, mate. - Brilliant.

Thanks very much, and I'll see you soon, OK?

Take care.

See you later.

An electric dancing car, whatever next?

NARRATOR: The TeslaModel X may look low key,

but beneath its exterior, it's full of surprises.

It combines state of theart all electric technology

with supercar speed, doing naught

to 60 in just 2.9 seconds.

Danny wants these Teslasto look good and stealthy,

so it's now over to Yianni todeliver a full chrome delete.

Danny wants his companycars returned in three days.

He needs to get them back onthe road for his business.

Every part of the high tech Tesla

is wired to a central control system,

so the team must do everythingpossible to avoid stripping it.

Because if they interferewith the wiring,

the whole car could malfunction.

So anything electronically powered,

like the wing mirrors or door handles,

will have to be wrapped on the car.

But the badges and signs aren'telectronic and can come off

so Mike pitches straight in.

First he removes the badges,and then he has to tackle

the fragile rear trim.

Off in one piece, no damage.

NARRATOR: But he's not out of the woods yet.

Two Tesla's means two sets of trim.

It is slightly nerve racking.

Every time one of these clickspop, my heart skips a beat.

I think I've become pro at this now.

Oh, yes.

Mike head's upstairs for abreak, but for Bert and Yianni

it's all business.

So, Yian?

Hm?

What do you think aboutgoing green as a company?

Have you just met me?

Let me-- hi, I'm Yianni.

Pleased to meet you.

Hi, I'm Yianni.

I have five liters worth of petrol car outside.

I have super chargers, I have lambos,

I have very expensive gas guzzlers.

OK, let's offset some of the carbon footprint

then, let's go green.

I think you should have an electric car.

Do you think it's gotthe road presence though?

I know Teslas are cool,and they're fun, and they

dance and they sing, and they--

They're up and coming, aren't they?

They're gonna split opinion, which is what

you do most of the time anyway.

Wrap it in a completely bonkers color, which

is what you do anyway, but then you're saving

the planet at the same time.

If you want to save the environment,

go and get a bicycle.

I have got a bicycle.

OK, so use it, drive it to work.

- Drive it to work. - Only to work.

- What's your point? - No point.

Excuse me.I'll order two Teslas, please.

- Yeah. - To go.

To go?

NARRATOR: Downstairs the gloves are on,

and the meticulous job ofcovering the chrome has begun.

Leandro gets to work onthe rear window surrounds.

This job is all about precision and attention to detail,

and even each individualcharacter on the Tesla motifs

must go gloss black.

Stealthy, my cup of tea.

NARRATOR: And for once, Alex decides

a vinyl wrap isn't the answer.

With wrapping them, you're probably

looking at a whole day.

It needs to be sprayed.

It's so much easier.

They come out better as well.

NARRATOR: Alex has to rub downeach badge with a scouring pad

to leave a rough surfacefor the paint to stick to.

Alex, how we getting on, bro?

I need to go.

Yep, all good.

There's only one set of badges here.

Yeah, that's OK, becauseDanny wasn't want them

on the back of his car and hispartner does, so that's OK,

so we'll paint one set.

And you've got two trim stillgoing glass black as well.

Lovely. Brilliant.

All right.

Later.

NARRATOR: Leaving his teamto push on with the job,

Yianni takes his chrome black wrap

BMW out to drop off the badges.

So we're on route to my cousin Pani's body shop.

He's got a big set up.

When we need paint work done and we can't do it

at Yiannimize in house, I quickly take it there

and ask him to do it for us.

I'm Greek, and when you'reGreek, you got a big family,

and this is just anothermember in the car industry.

Yo.

What's happening?

You cool?

- Yian. - You cool, yeah?

- Yeah. - Not bad, you?

- Yeah, not bad, man. - Go on.

Go on. - Desperate.

The cars are in, I need them gloss black.

- Seb? - Seb?

- Got another one, mate. - How are you, brother?

You well? - Good, good.

Bro, no pressure, like always.

Tomorrow morning, I need theseback, bro, gloss black, fully

finished, fully polished up, so I can get the car

fit off in the afternoon.- No problem.

100%?

Of course.

No pressure.

I love Seb man.

NARRATOR: Spray painting is an intricate process.

First, a coat of primer is applied

to ensure a better adhesionof the paint to the surface.

Then a spray gun is used to apply

three or four separate coatsof the gloss black paint.

Finally.

The badges are flash baked for 15 minutes

at 65 degrees in a paint oven to give

the finish a perfect shine.

I'm always watching.

Yianni has always got half aneye on the CCTV in his office.

You're working here and suddenly just

the door is going to close.

These electric cars havegot a mind of their own.

You have to be careful thatit might happen at some point.

The doors just go up,the handles go in and out.

NARRATOR: In order to cover all of the chrome,

the team need access to areas on the car which

are usually out of bounds.

So imagine you're standingthere, and all of a sudden the

door comes up on you.

It's kind of slowing you down.

NARRATOR: The safety sensors are kicking in

as the car doesn't quiteunderstand what's going on.

You have to step aside, don'tget your finger there or--

yeah, like a magic car.

NARRATOR: Concerned at what he's seen,

Yianni goes downstairs tocheck out the work so far.

This is what I'm talking about.

We've got two doors up and two doors down,

and they just probably opened on their own.

Very nice.

That's no good.

Leandro, no good, man.

Sometimes it's hardwork, and it's stressful,

and I feel I'm up against it,and today is one of them days.

NARRATOR: Double trouble for Yianni

as he tries to turn aroundto futuristic green cars.

So what have you bought me today?

So you got the Teslahere, got another one there.

They're both identical cars.

NARRATOR: This client wants a full chrome

delete on both Teslas.

It's going to be worse than actually

doing a full wrap on the car.- I know.

It's a lot of work.

NARRATOR: It's fiddly, and thesecars have minds of their own

making it slow going.

Like a magic car.

NARRATOR: And with time running out,

the boss has alreadyspotted a flaw in the wrap.

That's no good.

Leandro, no good, man.

All the stuff was wrapped, the indicators.

The one he's wrapped, when I'vegone round, I've spotted it,

it's covered in dust.

No, good, man.

NARRATOR: Leandro is from Brazil.

He's been at the garage for four months,

but barely speaks any English.

I don't want to be angry with you, Leandro.

You're so nice, but youneed to learn English, man.

NARRATOR: He arrived in the UK with 10

years wrapping experience, and that's

why Yianni gave him a break.

I love Leandro.

The problem is when I say something to him,

he's like yeah, yeah, yeah, andthen he'll do what he wants.

Take off.

We do again.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Language barriers arenot new territory for Yianni.

I've always had staff thatare from different countries.

It's like United Nations here,and we're all like a family.

It doesn't matter.

The two brothers, Nico andMark, when they first came,

they couldn't speak a word ofEnglish, but they understand,

they can communicate withme, and we get the job done.

Leandro has got a long way to go.

NARRATOR: The Tesla deadline is looming,

and now everyone's attention is focused

on this demanding dechrome.

Each Tesla has around 25individual chrome pieces,

all of which need to be covered,and they're only halfway there.

The team have moved on to thetricky Tesla door handles.

They sit flush the bodywork and that's more

like a button than a handle.

Push in to open.

The complex wiring means theycan't be stripped so Nico draws

on his eight years of wrapping expertise

to create a seamless fit.

The sprayed badges and trimshave arrived bang on time.

So it's just the edges that I'm going over,

but these look fine to me.

This one, I'm not quitehappy with, to be honest.

See under the S and under the L you

can still see a bit of chrome,but I think it's good enough.

If I'm not happy about it, Yian definitely

won't be happy about it, so.

We're going to have to send it back.

NARRATOR: The trim is sent away.

It's now going to be touchand go to get it back in time.

So we sent the badges to besprayed, they've come back,

and one of them isn't right.

And we are cutting it real fine.

NARRATOR: It's all go today at the garage

and a regular client has turned up unannounced

with another green car.

Disco Rachel.

Hi, Yianni.

Welcome back.

You still happy with the green?

I am.

NARRATOR: This client loves her Land Rover

Discoveries so much that the team

have dubbed her Disco Rachel.

She's had three andYianni's wrapped each one.

We've done purple glitter, blue glitter,

now we've done the green.

So why did you come back to see me today?

Well, I was passing, and we're going actually

on holiday tomorrow, and I wanted the car

to look super spanky wonderful.

OK.

The wing mirror is a bitscratched, so I don't know.

It's a bit last minute, I'm afraid.

OK.

You know the wing mirror is pretty minor.

Go upstairs, have a coffee.

I'll get one of the boys to come out now

and we'll sort it out for you.

Thank you very much, Yianni.

How do you set it up?

I've got no idea what I'm doing.

NARRATOR: As Disco Rachel takeson pool shark Bert upstairs,

Mike makes quick work of the wing mirror.

Yo, Vas?

What?

Do you remember Disco Rachel?

It's impossible not to remember.

She's damaged the wrap on her wing mirror.

Can we get it wrapped as soon as possible?

- OK. - Yeah?

I'll call you.

Cheers.

NARRATOR: Vas has to strip the damaged vinyl

and clean the surface before he can rewrap.

Mikey?

Yo?

Bring the stand.

NARRATOR: Vas and Mikey have devised

a homemade stand and super fast way

to wrap this type of wing mirror.

Ready?

NARRATOR: By heating the vinyl and pulling it

down in one swift motion, they can get

a clean finish with no joins.

Yeah, that's the one.

Looks good. Yeah, you cool?

Yeah.

I'm all right with that.

NARRATOR: The wing mirror is finished.

All finished.

Fantastic.

Brand new wing mirror.

- Lovely. - All good?

Very good, yes. Thank you very much.

Oh dear, just scratching.

There you go again.

I'll wrap that when you bring it back.

Thank you.

All right, then that's great.

Have a lovely holiday.

Thank you, Yianni.

- And I'll see you soon, yeah?- Thank you.

- Take care. - See you then.

Drive safely.

Bye.

The Hulk.

NARRATOR: It's getting lateand the Teslas are still

playing tricks on the staff.

It just opened by itself.

There must be a ghost or something.

NARRATOR: But the job isn'tgoing to finish itself,

and Yianni has asked brothers Nico and Mark

to stay late and work in tandem to get

the Teslas over the line.

Nico and Mark are special.

Nico was a real junior, didn'thave a clue about wrapping.

He started learning withone of the other wrappers

and the more he wrapped, the better he got.

It's in the blood.

He said to me, I want to bring my brother in.

I was like, can he wrap?

He was like, no, no, but I'll teach him, Yianni.

I'll teach him.

Nico, do you know that you're my inspiration?

Why would you say that?

You have loads of patience teaching me.

You'll always be my master.

Mark came in, and before youknew it, Mark caught Nico up

and now they're both on level par.

I'm so proud of you, man.

NARRATOR: Deadline day, Danny is catching

his company cars at noon.

Thanks to Nico and Mark'slate shift, the major work

may have been done.

But they can't deliver until they

have the resprayed rear trim.

And it arrives just in the nick of time.

The final piece of the puzzlegoes straight onto the car

ready for Yianni's inspection.

And he not only has to checkthe quality of the wrap

but also the sprayed parts.

Is that the trim that was damaged?

- This is it, yep. - OK.

Is the car fully complete now?

The car is fully complete.

Because he's on his way now.

100%.

Danny, what's up, mate?

- They ready?- Of course, they're ready, man.

You know what I'm like.

I'm bang on schedule.

How they looking?

My thing is that you gone electric,

but then you tried to likeboy it up and make it funky.

I still want to bedriving it and enjoying it,

but it's still sort of mean and green.

All right, you ready?

Can't wait.

All right, let's get the cars out.

NARRATOR: They were set a critical deadline.

Here it comes.

NARRATOR: The trim had to be sprayed twice.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: They worked into the night,

but the Teslas are ready to roll.

Yeah.

Loving it.

And there's two of them.

I love how it's just quiet.

So what do you think? - I'm in love.

I love it.

It's just thee, isn't it?

It's absolutely spot on.

Everything I wanted.

Loving it.

Straightway the badge.

See that T, it just takes it away.

It just flows.

It's absolutely perfect.

Love the detail in the indicator.

You still get a little T on show.

- You spotted that, yeah?- I love that.

I didn't think-- I thoughtit'd be totally out.

I love that.

Now the boys had to cut round to actually

make that stand out.

Brilliant.

Exactly what I wanted.

People now will want to really know what it is.

It's really sort of, what's that?

You get that anyway. - It's true.

And now you're going to getit even more because the people

will be looking for a badge, butthey won't even see the badge

because it's stealthed.

Will your partner be pleased?

He's going to be over the moon.

So two electric cars?

I know you got the lambos.

Can I expect any moreelectric cars from you now?

Yeah, maybe some Model 3'swhen they're out next year.

Send two at a time, I love it.

Listen, you get out of here. - Thank you so much.

Brilliant.

My pleasure, and I'll see you soon.

- See you soon. - Thank you, bro.

- You're the best, mate. - See you later.

Bye bye.

I'll get it home, admire it some more,

and get to work in it in the morning.

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