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00:00Fire up the beast.
00:04Hello, it's me, Guzcan, comedian off the TV.
00:10What you may not know is that I am an absolutely obsessed petrohead.
00:18But here's the thing, when it comes to cars, I have always been a purist.
00:23I think cars should remain as original, fresh from the showroom floor.
00:26Why mess with perfection?
00:28But lately, I've been looking at things I shouldn't have been.
00:32Modified cars.
00:34Them big wings.
00:36Wide arches.
00:38Turbo swaps.
00:39I know it's wrong, but it feels so right.
00:42So I've made a decision.
00:43My next whip is going to be a fully modified masterpiece.
00:47All my own vision, all my own money.
00:50£2,600 for the two.
00:54Well, I'm a novice in this game.
00:56I have zero technical skill.
00:58But fear not.
00:59That's why I'm bringing along my big brain best friend to help us out.
01:03Lumbu.
01:06All spit serious.
01:07I like it.
01:13I'm meeting the kings and queens of car modification all across this great nation.
01:18Naughty car.
01:19Naughty car, bro.
01:21Oh.
01:22I'm trying to peek under their hoods.
01:24Pump it.
01:25Pump it, Ian.
01:25Pick up their skills.
01:27I think my shirt got burned.
01:28And learn their sacred secrets.
01:30Bro, dude, we talk about Elon Musk.
01:32We found a real genius in a random shed in Northampton.
01:36And when my masterpiece is finally finished, I'll reveal it to the most hardcore modification nerds on the planet.
01:43Three, two, one.
01:48Oh, my God.
01:51What could possibly go wrong?
01:53A lot, actually.
01:55Yeah, a lot.
02:02Here we go.
02:03Buckle up, buttercups.
02:04This is the big one.
02:06My S2000 is very nearly finished.
02:09Now we're cooking.
02:10It's taken blood, sweat, and a few troubling cash injections.
02:152,600 pounds for the two.
02:17This is like a baby's bath from B&B.
02:20But the end is in sight.
02:24My humble Honda has undergone a masterful metamorphosis.
02:28Oh, that's annoying.
02:30That sounds good.
02:31From sensible silver to glistening gold.
02:33The boys and I have radically upgraded the stereo, seats, bodywork, and lighting.
02:41I look sick, bro.
02:46And I don't want to get ahead of myself.
02:49But this may be the most successful car mission that Lombo and I have ever attempted.
02:54Not that the bar's very high.
02:56Look, Audi S4.
02:57I did buy an Audi S4.
02:59Yeah.
02:59We did notice that there was something off.
03:02And I did sell it to my uncle-san.
03:05And then what happened?
03:05My uncle-san is my cousin.
03:07And on his return journey to Edinburgh, yes, the gearbox did blow up.
03:11No, it was the engine.
03:12Was it the engine?
03:12It was the engine.
03:13I thought it was gearbox.
03:14So what we're saying is on one small journey from Coverage to Edinburgh, both the gearbox and
03:19the engine blew up.
03:20Luckily for big Darren C at the workshop, I've mostly stayed a safe distance from the engine
03:25bay.
03:26That's not my area of expertise.
03:27But you know what is?
03:29Sitting down comfortably whilst driving.
03:32Come on.
03:33Yes, boy.
03:33Darren.
03:35Final touches.
03:36Brother, how are you?
03:37Good to see you.
03:37Check these.
03:38Hey.
03:40Yeah, these look spectacular.
03:41This is about the finishing touches.
03:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:43And what I love is this is going to match the black with a little bit of a carbon-y
03:47leather
03:48vibe to the carbon fibre.
03:51I've already sunk over two and a half grand on carbon fibre bucket seats.
03:54I ain't about to let them get all scratched up.
03:56So this solution gives the buckets protection and extra comfort for my ample cheeks.
04:02We're going to get this double-sided Velcro.
04:06Stick this to the backs so they're still removable if you ever need to.
04:09For cleaning and whatnot.
04:10Yeah.
04:11I get it.
04:12I've got that too.
04:15Dude, what's my final bill on these little bits of plastic here?
04:18Including the trimming.
04:19Yeah.
04:19You've got 700.
04:21Shit!
04:26In moments like these, it's useful to repeat a few modification mantras.
04:32Old classics like, it's only money and you can't take it with you.
04:37That sort of thing.
04:38So I want to off-page 700 pounds for three millimetres of cushion.
04:42And don't forget the perforated leather.
04:44Yep.
04:44I know, it's all the details count.
04:46They're fine, it's cheap.
04:47But the trouble is, there's no choice unless you just sit on a cushion, which looks rubbish.
04:55And if my journey into the customised car community has given me anything, it's perspective.
05:03I may have made some substantial changes to the S2000, but the real Gs, well, they're out here doing total
05:09redesigns.
05:11Okay.
05:13Guys like Manny, the owner of this badass looking beast, who's taken this modification thing to the next level.
05:21Manny, how are you?
05:22Good, thank you.
05:23Good to see you.
05:23Bring it in, bro.
05:25Manny's whip is unique.
05:27This thing has undergone some serious surgery.
05:30So much so, that I'm not sure I even recognise it.
05:34Although, it definitely feels a bit familiar.
05:37Why do you think it is?
05:39If I'm not wrong, Ford Capri?
05:42Yes, it is.
05:43Yes, it is.
05:44He's made it look like something like a cyberpunk.
05:47It looks a little bit cyber-trucky in its form.
05:51Bonky.
05:52It looks old, but it looks new.
05:56This feels like a roof line that is not standard.
06:00Because whenever I think about the Capri, it's taller, right?
06:05Definitely.
06:05That roof line has definitely changed up here, bro.
06:09It's basically the original roof.
06:11Uh-huh.
06:11And then it's just been taken down approximately four inches.
06:15Have you done this yourself?
06:17Yeah.
06:17I've seen modified cars on this journey.
06:19Mm-hmm.
06:20Bro, I cannot see a seam line or a wild line anywhere.
06:23That looks like it's come out of the factory, bro.
06:25How have you done that?
06:26The roof was kept in one big section.
06:29Okay.
06:29And it was just the pillars, obviously cut down a little bit,
06:32leaned back and then bonded the glass in.
06:35One that's been extended and redesigned the front end
06:38and then basically just smoothed everything off.
06:40And you've done this by hand?
06:41Yeah, all by hand, all in steel.
06:43Yeah.
06:44Wow.
06:45Turns out Manny's been in the car repair business for decades
06:49and has some elite-level panel-beating skills,
06:52which explains how this 1985 Ford Capri 2.8 injection
06:57looks the way it does.
06:59Listen, this is the most gangster Capri I've ever seen in my life.
07:02And you said you extended some stuff out the front as well.
07:04What were you doing?
07:04I've lengthened the bonnet here and peaked it.
07:08Same with the front panel and then smoothed it all out.
07:11And then the grill is handmade.
07:13And that's actually strips of Anger Lane from B&Q.
07:16I beg your pardon?
07:17Yeah.
07:17This custom-made grill is from B&Q.
07:20Yeah.
07:21I don't understand how I can't see one line, one seam.
07:25How have you got this so perfect?
07:27Well, that's good for me to hear because that's...
07:29Well, I'm the big you up, bro.
07:30When somebody does masterful work, I'm here to big you up.
07:33But do you know what I'm getting, bro?
07:35I'm getting some very American muscle influences.
07:38Am I blagging it by saying that?
07:39No, that's...
07:40No, you're exactly right.
07:41That was kind of some of the concept behind it.
07:43I've always liked muscle cars,
07:45so I tried to integrate some of that into the Ford Capri
07:48because it's always been known as the British muscle car.
07:51For sure.
07:53Everyone knows Ford Escorts are silly money these days,
07:56but Capris, well, they're catching up.
07:58A 2.8 injection like this would have been a few thousand pounds in 1990,
08:02but today, good ones go for over 30 grand.
08:06And with those kind of price tags
08:08come the protective restoration purists.
08:11I think they tend to think I've taken one of these cars
08:14within the last six months to 12 months and done this to it,
08:18but I've owned this car for nearly 40 years.
08:21This was done in the 90s when they weren't worth that much.
08:24And I can understand it
08:25because we all like different things in life, you know?
08:27You know, that's because you're a nice man.
08:29But I can say it how it is.
08:31We don't want to see your standard shitty old rusty Capri.
08:34We want to see this one.
08:36Big up money and its creation.
08:37How do you feel about that?
08:38Uh, yeah.
08:39Yeah.
08:40You heard us.
08:41We said it together.
08:42I didn't say it.
08:43He didn't say it, I said it.
08:44I didn't say it.
08:44That's correct.
08:45No.
08:45You only even got seals on your car, bro, all rusted fruit.
08:48Look at this.
08:48My main problem with vehicles of all types of modification
08:51is what they're like inside.
08:53Yeah.
08:53But I assume by chopping a roof,
08:55I'm going to have a little bit of an issue.
08:57Can I give it a go?
08:58Yeah.
08:59What do you reckon?
09:00You want to drive it?
09:01Of course I do, brother.
09:03Um, I don't know about that, Guz.
09:05Have you driven one before?
09:06I have not.
09:07Have you driven one like that before?
09:08Absolutely not.
09:09I'll tell you what.
09:11I'll take you for a ride in it.
09:12And then we can think about it.
09:15Is that going to make you feel happier?
09:17Yeah, definitely.
09:17If that makes you feel happier, then let's go for it.
09:19Yeah, I feel better about that.
09:21Yeah?
09:21Yeah.
09:22Okay, I want you to be happy, Manny.
09:23Come on.
09:24Yeah.
09:25How do you open this door?
09:26Um, there's a little button there.
09:27Little button there?
09:28Yeah, just push that little button.
09:29Oh, Manny, I like it.
09:31Let's do it again.
09:33Manny, you naughty boy.
09:34Get in the car.
09:36Oh, shit.
09:50I'm Guz Khan, and I'm on a mission to modification Nirvana,
09:54which today means I'm hitching a ride in a custom Capri
09:58with a lovely little geyser called Manny.
10:00And it's not a problem that he's lovelier than me, which he is,
10:04but it's an issue that is littler.
10:06Um, there's a strange cranial massage taking place
10:10because my head is hitting your roof, my brother.
10:14Yes.
10:17Well, I don't know if you've heard of this term called decapitation.
10:19I'm not interested, bro.
10:21One wrong country road, my spine was already compressed.
10:25I could feel C3, C4, and C4.
10:27They were fused.
10:27They were fused in that Capri.
10:31What was your inspiration for taking
10:33what's already a very cool car...
10:36Yeah.
10:37..and making it your dream car, essentially?
10:39It was...it was always a great car.
10:42It had actually got into a bit of a scuff way back in the day.
10:46What do you mean, a scuff?
10:47Well, it was classed as an uneconomical repair,
10:49and back in the day when that happened,
10:51these cars were not worth that much money.
10:54Basically, I repaired it myself.
10:56Uh-huh.
10:59And then once it was repaired,
11:01that's when I started thinking about changing it a little bit,
11:03and it just went from there till I ended up with this.
11:08When you designed this to be the way it was...
11:11Yeah.
11:12..did you factor in anybody that would be over 5'7 1⁄2"?
11:16No.
11:16You didn't care, did you?
11:17No, that didn't bother me one bit, no.
11:20If one day you were to be like,
11:22you know what, I'm going to let this go,
11:23I'm going to sell it to my best friend, Goose Card.
11:27I destroyed his lower back.
11:29Yes.
11:29Take him on a drive round a country lane.
11:30Right, yeah.
11:31What kind of figure do you think you'd put on this car?
11:35Well, I do actually have it on an agreed value
11:37with the insurance company.
11:38That's coming in at £40,000.
11:41Wow!
11:42Yeah.
11:44So if you let me drive this and anything were to happen,
11:48at least we know we get £40,000 out of it, yeah?
11:50Well, no, because it's only really insurance for me.
11:53He goes...
11:54Oh.
11:56You're good vibes, man,
11:57but whenever I talk about driving this car,
11:59you immediately change, bro.
12:01Yeah.
12:01You get very worried on me.
12:02Mm.
12:03Well...
12:05Right, OK.
12:06I'll let you have a go.
12:08But please be careful.
12:09I will treat this car
12:11like I treated the third car that I ever owned.
12:15I did ride that car off,
12:16but that's not the point.
12:17Before it got written off,
12:18I absolutely treated it like gold.
12:20Oh, no.
12:26OK, Gus.
12:27I might technically be the first guy that's driven this,
12:28apart from you.
12:29You are, yeah.
12:29Am I really?
12:30Yes.
12:30What an honour, mate.
12:31What an honour.
12:32Please be careful, though, Gus.
12:33No, I'll try.
12:34Please.
12:34Probably, of course, I'll try and be careful.
12:36Oh, God.
12:38I really like the way them doors open, as well.
12:40Yeah.
12:40Here we go.
12:42Go on, let me...
12:44What's wrong?
12:45Now I'm just thinking about how to get in.
12:46Oh.
12:46Because, look, that's not going to work.
12:48Just...
12:48Look at that.
12:49No.
12:49No?
12:51Of the many lessons I've learned
12:52on this modification adventure,
12:54perhaps the most humbling
12:56is that very few of these cars
12:58are built for a man
12:59as curvaceous and cuddly as I.
13:03Oh!
13:08Oh, my...
13:10Oh!
13:12Good cunt!
13:14Oh, yeah.
13:16But first.
13:17Good work, Gus.
13:18Yeah.
13:19Gracious.
13:20I need to find more fat people
13:21in the modding community, bro.
13:23Ah!
13:24Yeah.
13:25You still in there?
13:26Still.
13:27Nearly out.
13:31He's out.
13:32But I have not met a motor.
13:33I couldn't squeeze into.
13:34Yet.
13:35Should we do it in and twist?
13:36Yes, try that.
13:37Yeah?
13:37Yeah.
13:38That first and then turn.
13:39Yeah.
13:40That's it.
13:41No, no.
13:41That's my arse against the steering wheel.
13:43Oh.
13:43My arse is pressing against the steering wheel.
13:44Can you not...
13:45No.
13:45There you go.
13:45That's it.
13:46Right, you're nearly in.
13:48Get that in.
13:48It was a bit like dogging at the moment, mate.
13:50Yeah.
13:52Look, man.
13:52Just a rule of the streets.
13:54Whenever you meet a stranger
13:55and they say,
13:56stick your arse in first,
13:57don't do that.
13:58That never ends well.
14:00No, stick your arse in first, mate.
14:01No, no, no, Manny.
14:03It's not going to work.
14:03It's not going to work.
14:04It's not going to work.
14:04Oh, well.
14:05Never mind, Guz.
14:06I'm sorry about that.
14:07This may be a personal low point,
14:09but I think Manny is frankly relieved
14:11that I'm not going to be driving
14:12this precious Capri anywhere.
14:14Is it time for lugs yet, man?
14:17I hate modified cars.
14:19I don't even know why
14:20I left my arse this morning, man.
14:21What is this, bro?
14:23At the workshop in Dudley,
14:25it's time to fit
14:26my ludicrously priced
14:28padded arse protectors.
14:29You can put in these expensive
14:32year 10 summer holiday projects
14:34in the car.
14:37Yeah.
14:37How do they look?
14:38I think they look quite nice.
14:39Yeah.
14:40You're just covering up
14:41those really expensive
14:42carbon fiber seats.
14:47My uncle bought his first house
14:50in Coventry, £1,250.
14:53Yeah, but I bet he didn't have
14:54carbon fiber seats
14:55in that house, did he?
14:56But brother,
14:57for half the value of his house,
15:00I haven't even bought one seat,
15:02have I?
15:03I've bought a bloody...
15:07As you can sense,
15:08the ever-increasing expenditure
15:10is getting to me.
15:11Well, at least I've got
15:12a lumber keeping
15:13the labor costs down, eh?
15:19To be fair to him,
15:21he's used to working
15:22with Velcro on his shoes,
15:23not on the seats.
15:27What's next?
15:31At least we've got Darren here
15:32bringing his expertise
15:33to the interior upgrade,
15:35and he sourced
15:36a swanky center console,
15:38no doubt from Harrods
15:40or something.
15:41What was the cost
15:43of the center console?
15:44Same price
15:45as a small island
15:45in the Bahamas?
15:46A little bit more.
15:49It's okay.
15:52No, the center console
15:53was part of your £740.
15:55Was it?
15:56Yeah, yeah.
15:57Nothing much better now.
15:58Do you actually?
15:59I don't think you do.
16:00I don't think you feel better.
16:07That's all in.
16:08I've got all the little
16:09surprise for you.
16:10Carbon fiber gear now.
16:12Oh, that's really neat.
16:14Darren.
16:14How nice is that?
16:15Can I have a feel of that?
16:16Yeah, man.
16:17Oh.
16:17That was £1,500.
16:19That was actually quite cheap
16:21what it was.
16:21Was it?
16:22That's about £40.
16:23This is...
16:24Well, thanks.
16:27Thank you for thinking
16:28of the future generational
16:30wealth of my children.
16:31That looks nice.
16:33Oh, I'll tell you what, mate.
16:34If it wasn't for the
16:35atrocious cost associated
16:37with what we've just done,
16:39that does look stunning, mate.
16:41So I can't complain
16:42about the visuals.
16:44But, yeah.
16:46I'm broke now.
16:48I'm broke now.
16:51I may be completely
16:52brassic, but as the saying
16:54goes, to be rich in friends
16:55is to be poor in nothing.
16:58And I have two buds
16:59helping me fit 4D license plates.
17:02So you do the math, mate.
17:05Yeah, I love a 3D plate.
17:07Yeah, that's good.
17:08It looks really good,
17:09but that's not 3D,
17:10this is 4D.
17:11Yeah, that's right.
17:13What's the difference
17:13between 3D and 4D?
17:15Well, 4D's more expensive.
17:20It's fine, you know.
17:22Some people spend
17:23thousands going skiing,
17:24some like to collect
17:26rare antiques,
17:26and some, like Lombu,
17:28even spend their money
17:29on Pokemon cards.
17:32But for the gearheads
17:33I've met on my
17:34modification journey,
17:35the real currency
17:36is time and energy.
17:38And few are putting
17:39in more of both
17:41than the guy
17:41I'm on my way to meet now.
17:46Oh, yeah.
17:48Bryn?
17:50Morning, Gus.
17:51How are you, my man?
17:51You okay?
17:51Very good, thank you.
17:52Very nice to meet you, bro.
17:54Bryn, explain to me, bro,
17:56what have we got going on here?
17:57This is my 1988
17:59Mini Mayfair
18:00track and race car
18:01that I'm building.
18:02And has it always
18:03been a passion of yours?
18:04So, from watching
18:05the Italian job
18:06when I was about 4,
18:08I fell in love with them,
18:09and I've always wanted one.
18:10Dad's friends raced minis,
18:12and I fancied,
18:13you know what,
18:14doing a full build myself.
18:15So what's your vision
18:16with this project?
18:17I'm going to do some races.
18:18There's a race called
18:18with the fastest mini
18:19in the world race.
18:22That's right.
18:23Bryn ain't building
18:24this thing to pootle about
18:25on a quiet Sunday morning.
18:26He's dreaming a victory
18:27at the annual fastest mini
18:29in the world race,
18:31where as many as 20 minis
18:33take to the track
18:33at Brand's hatch
18:34to bail it out
18:35in an event that's been going on
18:37for over 30 years.
18:40Bryn's got his eyes set
18:41on the price,
18:42and we all know
18:43if you want to be fast,
18:45you've got to be light.
18:47I've added the Perspex
18:48to make it lighter.
18:49My front suspension arms,
18:51the rear suspension swing arms.
18:53I've gone for disc brakes
18:54instead of hubs
18:55just to really take the weight
18:57out of the vehicle
18:57as much as possible.
19:00Not going to lie,
19:01I had a substantial breakfast
19:03this morning,
19:04and I'll be getting to wonder
19:05if maybe I weigh more
19:07than Bryn's mini.
19:09It's a deeply concerning thought,
19:11and just when I believe
19:12things couldn't get
19:13any more featherweight...
19:13So I've added
19:15the 3D-printed door handles.
19:17They save 100 grams.
19:18So 100 grams?
19:19Do you know
19:20what the original was?
19:21It was about 192 grams.
19:24So you halved it nearly.
19:25Yeah.
19:28So lightened rear suspension components.
19:30Uh-huh.
19:31Carbon fibre boot lid.
19:33The original weighs 6 kilos,
19:35and this is one.
19:36Oh, yeah.
19:37I can feel that's a straight kilo.
19:39So you saved a lot of weight.
19:40A lot of weight,
19:41but it's six times the price.
19:42600 quid.
19:43Yeah, take it back, take it back.
19:45Every gram is worth it.
19:47Every gram is worth it?
19:49Have I ever heard that before?
19:50Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
19:51my cousin.
19:51Right before he got nicked in 07.
19:54He's turned his life around now.
19:56Very generous man.
19:57Pillar of the community.
20:00Anyway,
20:00it's my turn to be helpful,
20:02as Bryn here
20:03needs a hand
20:04with his next job.
20:06What we're going to be doing
20:07is we're going to be putting
20:08the suspension
20:09onto the front subframe,
20:10which mounts to the front of the car.
20:12So this will house the engine
20:13and suspension components.
20:16And am I wrong in saying
20:17it's quite a small subframe,
20:18isn't it?
20:18It's quite a small subframe,
20:19and the mini engine generally
20:20will sit vertically here.
20:23And we're going to be working on,
20:24you said,
20:25those suspension components.
20:26Bro, let me tell you something.
20:27You see you,
20:29the funkiest mini in the country.
20:30You've got to have a bit
20:31of bling in your life.
20:32You have to have a,
20:33well, you've got plenty
20:34of bling in your life.
20:35So how does this work, bro?
20:36What are we doing first?
20:37So this is the mini front suspension.
20:39It's a rubber cone.
20:40It fits up,
20:41slots up,
20:42and sits in there.
20:43Then we have what we call
20:44a high-low adjuster
20:46for our mini.
20:46So here we can raise
20:48and lower the ride height.
20:49It mounts that way in the car.
20:51Just simply from that, yeah?
20:52Just from that.
20:54I will fit this part.
20:56Uh-huh.
20:59Try to.
21:00It's a quite old type fit.
21:02Just a little bit tricky.
21:03Just a little bit.
21:04They don't make your life easy.
21:08Are you in?
21:09Not yet.
21:12Oh, there you go.
21:14I've done that.
21:15In the wrong order.
21:17This is where it gets tricky.
21:21Do you remember in Pulp Fiction
21:23where Travolta accidentally
21:24shoots the man in the face
21:25and then Harvey Keitel rocks up
21:27in the silver Honda NSX
21:29to fix the problem?
21:30Yeah.
21:31It's a good scene, that.
21:33Who's that?
21:34Oh, this is my dad.
21:37Your dad brought him in any day?
21:39Yeah.
21:41Now this is an alpha male.
21:43I just can't tell if he's here
21:45to dispatch discipline
21:46or mechanical knowledge.
21:48Why are my palms all sweaty?
21:59I'm Guz Khan
22:00and I'm here in a garage in Northampton
22:02facing down a mysterious stranger.
22:05Okay, it's Brin's dad
22:07and he's arrived on the horizon
22:09like a celluloid anti-hero.
22:11Hey, look.
22:12We've got a visitor, have we, Brin?
22:14Yeah.
22:15Hello.
22:16This is Guz.
22:16Good, but if I get some barrier cream on
22:18and then we'll see where you've got to
22:20and we're ready to go, aren't we?
22:22Yeah.
22:22What a legend.
22:23Turn up in a bright orangey thing.
22:25You won't miss him.
22:29You hold that
22:30and I'll get that seal.
22:31Yeah.
22:32So you hold it on its edge.
22:33That seal's good, isn't it?
22:34Yeah.
22:35There we go.
22:36Okay, great.
22:36That's the way we...
22:37Okay, and then basically we'll slip it in
22:40and then when it's in
22:41we can just pop the seal back in place.
22:44I feel like we're an eternity ward.
22:47You two could deliver babies.
22:50So for you as a dad
22:52to have Brin this into cars...
22:54Yeah.
22:54It's the dream, isn't it?
22:55It is, yeah.
22:56Yeah.
22:56Imagine if he was into trains or something.
23:00Good.
23:00I think that's it.
23:01That's it.
23:01Nicely seated.
23:02Yeah, brilliant.
23:03Okay.
23:03That wasn't that scary.
23:05It's not scary now
23:07but if the lads don't correctly fit this arm
23:09to support the front hub,
23:10a vital part of the Mini's braking system,
23:13then it will be downright terrifying
23:15when it comes to drive.
23:19We're fitting them
23:20because they give the classic Mini
23:21the best handling possible.
23:23And there's a visual thing as well, isn't there,
23:25with 10-inch wheels on a Mini.
23:26That's the original factory size, wasn't it?
23:29And let me tell you,
23:30that is the funkiest 10-inch rim
23:33I've ever seen in my life.
23:34It's mad.
23:35Like, somebody would have just said,
23:37in terms of what can you get out of a 10-inch rim,
23:40you've got depth, you've got colour.
23:42I love the colour, by the way.
23:44Good.
23:44Fantastic.
23:45I really love it.
23:46So that's this side all finished.
23:48We're ready for the next side.
23:50You two are ready.
23:50I'm going to take the E3 for a spin.
23:52All right.
23:52Pleasure to meet you, boys.
23:54Look at this car.
23:56Let's have it.
24:04At Darren's Dudley headquarters,
24:06we are tantalisingly close to robber stamping his S2000
24:10and revealing it to the notoriously hard-to-please
24:13custom car community.
24:15Listen, I think I'm going to get cussed out, you know.
24:20Why?
24:20I've got no doubt that it's going to look cool
24:23and I have no doubt that my sons are going to be like,
24:26Dad, you're the man.
24:28But part on him aside a minute.
24:30Bro, that is a driver's car.
24:32That's why we bought that car.
24:34Have I just absolutely knackered it?
24:36I think you knackered it by doing everything you've done to it.
24:41No, thank you.
24:42I was looking for some moral support there.
24:45And whilst I'm very nervous about what the car nerds are going to think of it,
24:49I'm positively terrified what my kids are going to do to it.
24:54Oh, Dad.
24:55Yo.
24:56Hello, bro.
24:57Yeah, you all right?
24:57You good?
24:58How are you?
24:58By the way, every time I come around the back of here,
25:00this looks fantastic.
25:01But I do have to point you to the fact that I've got five kids
25:03and one of them will pour fruit chute all over these components.
25:07So please, can we figure something out?
25:09So there's not electrical death.
25:11Yeah, I pre-thought this.
25:13So I made these boards custom fit.
25:16So these will fit straight in there
25:19and make your boot completely mutable.
25:22Your attention to detail is never going to leave me.
25:25That looks O-E-M.
25:27I would say plus.
25:29Look at that.
25:29Yeah, look at that, mate.
25:32That has to be a 10 out of 10 for you.
25:34It's an 11 out of 10.
25:36Oh, it's not better than that, right?
25:38Miracles are taking place here.
25:40I'll take that.
25:40So, lads, that means we're on to the very final chapter of this journey.
25:46For a car to actually go on the road,
25:48it needs wheels and it needs tyres.
25:50Yep.
25:51And I have left this as a complete 100% trust surprise to Darren,
25:55the master mechanic at DC Customs.
25:57Are they here?
25:58Yeah.
25:59That's a big responsibility,
26:00but I think these are going to look sick.
26:02These look nice.
26:04Did you know they?
26:06All right.
26:08What do you think?
26:09I like.
26:10Good.
26:11Do you know what?
26:12Very Japanese-style wheel.
26:13Well, it's a smart wheel.
26:15It's a Japanese-style wheel.
26:17It's one that people might say,
26:18oh, didn't you go crazy?
26:19No, we went crazy on lots of other things,
26:21but this is really just stylish and funky, isn't it?
26:25Plus, also, we've gone for a custom offset on these as well,
26:27so they've been made for us specifically.
26:30Nice.
26:31So...
26:31Why do we have to get a custom offset?
26:32Because we want it to look cool.
26:34We want it to fill the arch,
26:35because we've got the air suspension as well.
26:37Yeah.
26:37It's also to clear there's monster brakes as well.
26:39They do sit out massively,
26:41so we'd have had to use a 20-mil spacer.
26:42Yeah.
26:43If we use a standard wheel, so that's why.
26:46But, yeah, I just hope they fit.
26:47Let's commence the final mission, lads.
26:48Let's get them in the car.
26:48Come on.
26:52What do I do?
26:53Get the other side, bro.
26:55At the beginning of this modification,
26:57if Darren brought out new wheels to fit,
26:59I'd have been straight over to the kettle
27:01preparing a brew for the boys.
27:03But not anymore.
27:04Pow!
27:05I'm part of pit crew.
27:07Pass me the socket drill, Daz.
27:09I'm feeling frisky.
27:11Is it up to me?
27:12Yeah, man.
27:19Sweet.
27:20All on.
27:23Oh, yeah.
27:24We are so close now.
27:26I've got goosebumps.
27:28Oh, goosebumps, in fact.
27:30The S2000 is finally finished.
27:35There we go.
27:37Oh, dear.
27:39What's that?
27:40What's that?
27:42What's that?
27:44That's the spigot ring out the wheel that you just put on.
27:46From here, that look?
27:47Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:48Yeah, the blue one's in the back.
27:55Had one job to do.
27:56One job.
27:58All right.
27:58Jack the car.
27:59Put it back on.
28:00I don't even know what a spigot ring is, okay?
28:03I don't even know what a spigot ring is, okay?
28:03Well, it had to fall out the one wheel that I put on the car.
28:09All right.
28:11I'll do it.
28:13Just like, oh.
28:14Oh, no.
28:15I don't know what a spigot ring was.
28:16I don't know what a spigot ring was.
28:29I don't know what a spigot ring was.
28:35as well, it's just perfect for the car.
28:37Where did you go?
28:38It's toilet, isn't it?
28:39You ran off.
28:41Shall we, um, shall we switch and see the lights on?
28:44Yeah, yeah, the lights are up and lowered, right?
28:46Of course, come on.
28:48This is it, time to witness the S2000
28:52in its fully modified final form.
28:56Oh, it's time for us to witness it anyway.
29:00You lot watching at home,
29:01you're gonna have to wait a tiny bit longer.
29:03Yeah, you know how we do it.
29:06Big final reveal is on the way, my good people.
29:09Now it looks really cool.
29:10Yeah.
29:13There it is, lads.
29:15That's our Honda S2000.
29:17That's our Honda S2000.
29:19I don't know what people do in moments like this.
29:22We kiss and stuff a lot.
29:24I'd rather not.
29:25No, no, that's fine, I just thought I'd float.
29:26I just thought I'd float the idea.
29:28Not for me.
29:29Yeah, I just thought I'd float the idea.
29:30No, cuddles are good.
29:32Looks amazing.
29:32Oh, I love that.
29:36It's not right that this is stuck in a garage in Dudley.
29:40We better get our skates on, boys,
29:42because we're about to go reveal this at a car show.
29:47Ready?
29:47Sure.
29:49Let's go.
29:49Let's go.
29:50Let's go.
29:51We're not all gonna fit in this, sir.
29:52You get a taxi, will ya?
29:53All right.
29:54Well, I'm driving.
29:54Come on, mate.
29:55Let's go.
29:57I'm only joking.
29:58Come on, man.
29:59Come on, Lombu.
30:00Come on.
30:01Come on.
30:01I'm driving now.
30:02Put your lanky ass in there.
30:04Daz, I'll see you up there, yeah?
30:05Yeah, yeah.
30:05See you there, guys.
30:06Thank you, brother.
30:12Oh, shit.
30:13Everything turned off.
30:14You're right.
30:17Finally, it's time to feel my beard flowing in the wind in my hyper-modified Honda S2000.
30:25Golden bodywork shining in the sun, twin exhaust roaring in my ears, and Lombu in the passenger
30:32seat.
30:33Hopefully not as underwhelmed as usual.
30:35And if you're hoping for a nice shot of the finished car, you're still out of luck, my
30:39friends.
30:40It's coming soon, though.
30:42Like, we've been on quite a journey with this car.
30:45Think about that silver, quite boring S2000 that you were grossly unimpressed with when
30:53we came to that garage, all the way in Dudley.
30:57And here we are now.
30:58What is it feel like?
31:00It's quite a transformation.
31:01Shit.
31:10What are you grabbing the dirt for?
31:12You're being funny.
31:14Don't do that, brother.
31:18These seats are surprisingly comfortable.
31:21They are, isn't it?
31:22They really are.
31:22Your legs are still mashed, and I'm still a little bit too wide.
31:26Let me tell you one thing that I love.
31:28The aesthetics of this car, the visuals, the wrap, the wheels.
31:32This does look bad, though.
31:35It looks bad.
31:35It looks bad.
31:37It does look bad.
31:39Even that big-ass wig in the back, it won't work.
31:43It works, isn't it?
31:44It works.
31:45It works.
31:46It works.
31:46Like, I can see why Darren's so highly regarded in the modern world, isn't it?
31:49It works.
31:51It's a better position.
31:53It works.
31:53You've got to go to the bike park.
31:57I'm going for it.
31:58That's Contour Bounty.
32:00What?
32:01What is it?
32:01Why is it Contour Bounty?
32:05Yo!
32:06You need to turn into some 80's pin Cadillac with Bounty all over the place, bro!
32:15how many decades of me and you been buying cars selling cars mucking around with cars and there's
32:22been nothing that we've done to any car in our entire history that's as extensive as this and
32:27you know the crazy thing is this isn't even that crazy people that have met on this journey have
32:33built engines coach worked body conceptualized things from scratch it's kind of mad bro
32:45there is one more mission to complete and that's getting this in front of the people
32:51i've loved getting to know this community and hopefully they're going to accept us
32:57let's say we get there and let's say there's a few people that don't like the vehicle yeah
33:05what are we going to do all right tell them pissed off
33:10so it's so it's an option
33:27i'm gus khan and i've been on a modification odyssey a journey to become part of the custom car world
33:35with my very own s2000 and the road has reached its ultimate epic destination because tonight
33:45i unveiled the s2000 at a real car show in front of real hardcore modifiers
33:54bro bro this is next level why haven't i got them spikes on the car look at the gear stick
34:00oh my god
34:01it's like an ai technology artificial intelligence for the gear stick oh my shift unbelievable
34:07wherever i look there are awesome mods and i'll be honest i'm getting nervous that the s2000 isn't
34:14going to stack up against some of these waves this is the latest the greatest hybrid technology infused
34:20with weird powers yes very many powers so we've changed a lot on this car it's got full titanium
34:26exhaust down pipes carbon intake different charge coolers running 1025 horsepower no it's not what
34:32yeah that's 2000 can't do a shit man from a sick m5 to an ultra cool lexus lt
34:40wow you don't see many of these around you don't know there's some impressive cars on display here
34:45tonight so this is a factory wing yeah it's a limited edition car on the three coupe in the uk
34:50which is a v8 v8 five liter it's beautiful it's very nice beautiful get the car
34:59word is out about my biggest 2000 review and plenty of familiar faces from my modding adventure
35:05have shown up to see how i've done including josh and his post-apocalyptic toyota camry i've never
35:12been more sure that we're going to be arrested on set in my life this looks insane our s2000 is
35:20some baby level btech qualification wait till you see what's going on with this camry okay
35:26i will yeah you didn't expect you didn't expect it i did not expect this oh yeah
35:38look what do you think very cool yeah it's cool by the way it's cool this bit is going to
35:45stun you
35:46completely road legal isn't it completely road legal that's road legal
35:51who is get out the van get out the bristol's finest how are you brother good yeah good to see
35:57you
35:58bro spencer built this himself
36:05never have i been more sure it was a crazy jump out of that car look at this maniac the
36:10thing that we
36:11really want to see is you try and get in the car so just crack on does it have a
36:15door no there's no
36:16doors of course i'm not about to let lumble know there was no roof on the buggy when i got
36:21in no
36:22you're very flexible i've seen it before when you get out of the shower just get in
36:26i don't think that's gonna work really really really really trust believe in yourself
36:30try go ahead first i'm not gonna go ahead i'm not gonna go
36:33let's do it how you big tree just put your foot all the way in there go on that's it
36:37i'll help you and then you'll
36:47climb the other one there you go there you go guys can we get a round of applause for the
36:55giraffe
36:55getting in the car she's never seen before on tv lads let's go how do i get out no no
37:02here's what
37:02names brother good luck island boo it's really not a bit but six four people huh
37:11i've realized i've spent a lot of time passing judgment on other people's cars and the shoe is
37:18about to be very much on the other foot and potentially aim squarely at my ass i am interested
37:24to see what you've done with the s2k remember amy she obviously remembers me on account of the
37:30traumatic experience i put her through when i drove her lowered nissan fairlady through a
37:35metaphorical minefield of body kit wrecking speed bumps
37:42this is actually my worst nightmare if you don't like it just bear in mind he worked on it most
37:47of
37:48the time i don't see you kind of have driving around no pressure am i gonna like it no even
37:52if you
37:52don't just lie and amy's not the only person i've met on my journey who's turned up tonight to pass
37:57judgment on my s2000 it's the inspirational ian mocking who built a hulking mgtf with a four
38:06litre v8 rover engine slap bang in the middle of it and his good wife sue even if no one
38:13else claps
38:13just didn't give us a little one see whoops yes we'll get whooped so you i'll tell you let me
38:21tell you something you're going to get run over by um an lc500
38:27we're like the guys in an extramarital relationship
38:29i think so as well someone is someone's wife and children are
38:38home not withstanding other people's personal lives it's time to get my own house in order and
38:43reveal my car to the masses
38:55bring up the lads as well these two work so hard and if you give them a round of applause
38:59they've been absolutely amazing all right lads you've got to go for it reveal this thing that
39:04we've been working on let's go
39:08ready five four three two one
39:37well this is a crazy thing we've never like modified a car before in our lives one more time please
39:42give it up for the guys guys guys do you reckon you smashed it have we done japanese car culture
39:55proud very that is amazing bro i saw what you pulled up in that's next level that's our car
40:00he put car game knows game bro come on this is the look okay is it any good what do
40:06you reckon
40:06what do you think right yeah all i care about is you man my son's your age i think he
40:12hasn't seen
40:12it yet if you've got your confirmation then we're on the right track the paint drop's amazing isn't it
40:16bro this is a wrap is it really yeah bro it doesn't look like it it's crazy like everyone's like
40:22they
40:22can't believe that that's a wrap this is mad innit pops yeah well it's emotional hours and hours
40:30creating something that we weren't quite sure how it was gonna go but here we are and we revealed that
40:35car and let me tell you something when i saw the looks on them people's faces and most importantly
40:39when i saw the look on darren and lumble's face i felt something i never felt before satisfaction
40:45at a deep deep level so i want to big up darren and lumble they put hours and effort and
40:51time and
40:52blood and maybe not blood but they put sweat into that car it looks like pain innit it doesn't feel
40:57rappy no yeah no it does look like pain whoever did it did a really good job so i know
41:01it wasn't you
41:02no absolutely absolutely thank you for correcting me not after what you did to my car definitely
41:06wasn't you what do you mean he just he just broke the side skirts
41:12the shittiest attempt at putting a side skirt on a car i've ever seen
41:15it's horrendous it's quite bad it is bad innit look they're not even in line
41:21how anyway good to see you mate yeah all the best have a good one all right mate that's what
41:24we did last
41:25time as well you'll have to tell me later yeah i'll tell you later the vibes are up the people
41:32are happy and i as usual i'm over sharing with total strangers you know what we found out when i
41:38bought
41:39this car i was too fat to get in it and my best mate is too lanky to get in
41:45it so bro it was an
41:46absolute nightmare point of view it's a no-go but these silly jumping knees bro have a feel what they
41:51like these are actually sick when you're in they're not bad but actually seeing that when you create
41:57something that's fun that's unique it really brings the crowd up it's nice
42:04i would never have dreamed of creating a car like that i would have never dreamed of of modifying one
42:09so extensively but now i've done it i completely get it and then you come and show it to actually
42:14a really lovely community it's great vibes here bro i think i think people were blown away by it
42:19yeah looking at it now and what you've gone through and what you've done like for me that's a life
42:24keeper are you feeling it i'm feeling it i think that's a life keeper there's why would you sell that
42:28when it's yours and you put the time and money into it it's special so i did it from a
42:35die-hard
42:35oem car guy to completing my first modified car what was once a nondescript normie mobile
42:43has been transformed into a highly customized vehicle packed full of personality with a lot of
42:50help from big d and lanky lumbo of course this has been one wild ride if i had to sum
42:56up my
42:56modifying journey in just one word i would say arduous this is what people don't know man this
43:02hard work man you get grease under your fingernails you smell like when you go home this is a difficult
43:07process but i tell you what i did love i loved spending time with my best friend and a new
43:12friend
43:13in darren and i would say look if you ain't into getting your hands dirty doing a custom s2000 is
43:20not
43:20going to change your mind but spending time with people that you love you like and you respect
43:24there's nothing wrong with that second second second this is the one
43:50so
43:51so
43:51so
44:01you
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