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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.
00:22I 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.
01:03Lumball.
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, before we talk about Elon Musk, we 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.
01:48Woo!
01:49Oh, my God!
01:51What could possibly go wrong?
01:53A lot, actually.
01:55Yeah, a lot.
02:00Gather around your screens, people.
02:02Because this is what you need to know about the adventures of Dudley's three modifying musketeers so far.
02:08Yeah!
02:09After rescuing this S2000 from an undisclosed website, we've set about transforming it into a heavy-duty, head-turning Honda,
02:17the likes of which has never, ever been seen before on the streets of Dudley.
02:21Oh, we've boosted the exhaust, upgraded the seats, installed a roll bar, supercharged the stereo with a secret subwoofer,
02:29we're going to wrap the thing in gold, and only going to put a sodding great spoiler on the back.
02:34I do actually think it looks incredible.
02:36Whoa!
02:41Yellow car!
02:42No, that's not a car!
02:43It's a yellow car.
02:44No, it's not.
02:44That's like a forklift.
02:45It's a vehicle.
02:46No!
02:46Oh, there's another one!
02:47A digger does not count.
02:48You just slapped me for a digger.
02:49Bro, that's not a digger.
02:50That was a digger.
02:51I said that!
02:53Man said you slapped me for a digger.
02:56For a vehicle to qualify for yellow car status, it must have no more than four wheels,
03:01and its primary function must be for the transportation of people, not the excavation of rubber lumber.
03:07Listen, I don't make the rules.
03:07The rules don't hit on me.
03:10And you know who makes the rules in this gaff.
03:13Big DC.
03:14Darren Coleman.
03:15King of the modifiers.
03:17And he's laid out a banquet of new bits for the Honda S2000.
03:49So have a look at this.
03:50Massively unsafe, and it is for the purposes of the road.
03:53But when that car sat stanced, oh, that's a satisfying feeling.
03:57It brings back the young days, my friends.
03:59That's the mission.
04:00But while we're modifying the suspension, it makes perfect sense to upgrade the brakes, too.
04:05And for once, I feel like doing something that makes perfect sense, OK?
04:10Out of all the tables, Darren, you've shown us so far, this is the sexiest table.
04:14It's a good one, isn't it?
04:15All of this stuff is pretty cool.
04:19Darren's ordered in brand new brake discs and calipers.
04:22They're big, they're black, and they've got superior stopping power.
04:27I mean, it's the size of these discs.
04:29Massive discs.
04:30Can you explain to me, bro, why so massive?
04:33It's a bigger mass, you know, you've got a four-pot caliper there.
04:36What does a four-pot caliper mean?
04:37Right, so you've got four little pots inside there, so it's more pressure.
04:40Normally, you just have two pots, basically, so it's doubling the size, plus they're bigger
04:44pots as well, so you've got more clamping force.
04:46Bigger disc as well, so it's a bit of a heat dissipation.
04:50All right, them's the brakes.
04:53Now, dazzle me with your air springs, Darren.
04:55So, these are height-adjustable.
04:57Instead of a spring, you've got the airbag there.
04:59The thing is, the air suspension, it doesn't lower your car, it raises your car.
05:03When you're driving, you can have a nice lowered height, but when you come to a speed bump,
05:06you can raise it up to go over it, rather than smashing your splitter off.
05:09Can I tell you to the truth?
05:11I lost you about three and a half minutes ago.
05:15Sounds good, though, doesn't it?
05:17That's why I got carried away with everything you were saying.
05:19But we've never, ever explored trying to fit anything like this before,
05:21and this is going to be exciting for us to learn the knowledge of.
05:24Let's get it. What should we do first? Come on up.
05:26I can always trust Sensei Darren to find me the cutting edge of customised car gadgetry.
05:32But even a most patient guru needs a break from my incessant thirst for knowledge.
05:37So, I'm taking my curiosity elsewhere, eager for answers to life's big, important questions.
05:43Like, when exactly did we start dropping cars so obnoxiously low to the ground?
05:49Now, you know what I'm modifying, and I'm never averse to inspiration.
05:54Light, drivable, powerful Japanese mechanics.
05:59And as a result, we've come to see this.
06:05It's a bit different than that, but...
06:07Hey!
06:08Good to meet you, brother.
06:09You OK, yeah?
06:09Yeah, I'm good.
06:10This is quite a vehicle you've got here, my man.
06:141948, Hudson Commodore.
06:16You don't see many of these rolling around, let me tell you.
06:18This huge purple projectile belongs to my guy Ben here, a tattoo artist based in Derby.
06:25And it says it on a normal plate.
06:27Yeah.
06:28Lead sled.
06:29What is that?
06:30Yeah, the term lead sled, way, way back in the sort of early 50s.
06:34Yeah.
06:34I suppose it's their version of a modified car, basically.
06:38To stand out from the crowd, be different.
06:40Down from the paint, the wheels, get it as low down as possible.
06:44Sleek.
06:44It's not like something mechanical.
06:46It's not the way you drive, it's all about the look.
06:49Now, this look right here is essentially ground zero for any type of lowered car.
06:55Lead Sleds, as it came to be known, were born in post-war USA when fans of the sleek, elongated
07:01coupes produced by Ford brand Mercury decided they wanted their cars even more sleek and elongated.
07:08So, they got busy chopping the roof and lowering the chassis for that creeping and cruising silhouette.
07:14Any external chrome, including the door handles, was removed to enhance the natural lines of the car.
07:21Headlights got recessed and bodywork was made even curvier with the use of molten lead.
07:27Hence the name, Lead Sled.
07:30The guys that got these, some might have inherited it off their dad, their first car, and they're like, right,
07:35we need to stand out from the crowd.
07:37I suppose it's the early chick magnet, you know.
07:40Hey, okay, but I see you, sir.
07:43Mate, if this is a chick magnet, then it's an industrial size one.
07:47This is a hefty, great, aubergine emoji of a vehicle.
07:52It's a huge car, isn't it?
07:54Yeah, 17 and a half foot long.
07:56Whoa.
07:57Over six foot wide.
07:58You know what my thing is, though?
07:59Like, when I look at this, I feel like, what happened to car design?
08:03Because it's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
08:06Yeah, these guys are proper tape measure.
08:09That's how big they want it.
08:09Somebody took a pencil, they took a pad, and they did it properly.
08:12Yeah.
08:14I've seen our Darren back at the workshop, scribbling away with his pencil, and I know I'm in capable hands.
08:19He's going to get my S2000 to ride lower than Ben's 1940s classic.
08:25Surely, surely, can we get lower?
08:27Oh, this will go a lot.
08:28Swear down.
08:29Yeah.
08:29You can slam this.
08:30Yeah, this will go to the deck.
08:32Come on, show me the deck.
08:33Show me the deck, baby.
08:34Show me the deck.
08:35Let me see it.
08:43That's just the airbags.
08:44Compressing.
08:45Deflating and everything, just sitting where it should.
08:47It's gone so low that the rear tires have gone missing.
08:51That's low.
08:52Wow.
08:53That is unbelievable.
08:55Just looks the part, doesn't it?
08:56Yeah.
08:57Okay.
08:58I've been humbled by the Hudson.
08:59That is the lowest of the low.
09:02And it looks gangster as hell, man.
09:04But it's got me thinking.
09:06This is the thing that worries me a little bit, because although I love low and slow,
09:10I've gone and got myself a Honda S2000, and that is supposed to be quick driver's car.
09:16Something that you can really handle and feel.
09:18Do you reckon people will have a go at me if I slam it?
09:23That's something for you to decide.
09:28He's not going to push me one way or another, is he?
09:30Which, for a man who permanently inks designs onto people's bodies, is probably a very good way to be.
09:35Well done, Ben.
09:36Let's have a butcher's inside this classic cruiser, then.
09:42Oh, yeah.
09:43This is a little bit of me.
09:46Bench, see, it's social, isn't it?
09:48Yeah.
09:49Like, I still do missions in vans every now and then to shift stuff here for my sister or my
09:52mum or whatever.
09:53I love the fact that this has been built for comfort and for people to be social as well, isn't
09:58it?
09:59So, technically, you can get six people in it easy, isn't it?
10:02Three up front, three in the rear.
10:03You also have one of the craziest gear selectors I've ever seen in my whole life.
10:08Well, what is that?
10:09That is a proper old-school tattoo machine.
10:12What did you do?
10:13Just pull down and change gear?
10:14Yeah, it's three on the tree.
10:16Instead of having a boring knob on the end, you've got your own tattoo machine.
10:20Yeah, man, we ain't about boring knobs around here.
10:22It still works.
10:22Interesting interior.
10:24It flitted between extremely comfortable, those seats looked amazing, and kinky.
10:29Bit saucy on the inside.
10:31So, what's Ben got under that hood?
10:33This is a Chevy small block, 5.7 litre.
10:37Small block?
10:39Yeah.
10:395.7 litres?
10:40Yeah.
10:41Small in whose world, bro?
10:43Americans.
10:44This is a very good point.
10:45Have you seen the size of their slurpees and slushies?
10:48Oh, yeah.
10:48These are some big, Yankee-sized portions, you know.
10:52It's time for a taste of that V8.
10:59Oh, and again, Ben!
11:02Oh, V8!
11:05Yeah, sounds good, that.
11:07I like that.
11:07Sounds better than a 2-litre VTEC, doesn't it?
11:12Look, it might be louder than my Honda, but at least I ain't got to worry about getting
11:16grounded for two weeks.
11:18Hello.
11:19Coors, what's your name, my love?
11:20My name's Carol.
11:22Which is what I reckon Ben's mum has planned to do as soon as we all clear off her driveway.
11:26This is a very sensible, lovely house.
11:29That is the polar opposite.
11:31I know, I know.
11:32In terms of him keeping this car on your driveway, what, is it like a daily rate that you charge
11:37or what?
11:38Well, I've got it sort of backdated, because I've had that many cars on the drive here.
11:44Yeah.
11:44I love him to bits, but he can be a pain.
11:48His mum came out and told us tales for hours and hours.
11:52You know, because when he goes from anywhere, I always shout, Mummy loves you.
11:57I say it when I go to see him at his shop.
11:59What do the clients say?
12:01They just laugh.
12:04Pleasure to meet him, my love.
12:05And you, it's lovely to see you.
12:06Ciao, Bella.
12:09I thought of something, man.
12:10I thought of something.
12:11Maybe it was that lippy.
12:13Maybe it was the fact that she was Italiano.
12:15Leave your husband and come with me.
12:18I won't, but I will.
12:23Mamma mia.
12:24Listen, before I get myself in trouble here, I think we should get back to the car, which
12:28looks fine to me, but much like the tattoos, Ben can't help feeling there's more to add.
12:33And first on his list is a classic old-school cobweb to match the one he's got tattooed on his
12:39hand.
12:40So, I thought I was coming to see a cool American classic, maybe learn a thing or two about the
12:45origins of lowered vehicles, but now, somehow, I've ended up in an al fresco episode of Art Attack.
12:52You've got to get the flow of the paint.
12:54Ooh, that is steady.
12:56You know?
12:56Okay, here we go.
12:58So, yeah.
13:01Oh, God.
13:03Oh, no.
13:05Yeah, you got it.
13:08How's that?
13:10That's pretty good.
13:11Neil Buchanan, if you're out there, you ain't shit, Neil Buchanan.
13:15This was very enjoyable, but I'm not going to do it on the car.
13:18I'm going to watch you do it instead.
13:19Okay.
13:20Now, I don't know about you, but I'm thinking Ben must have some transferable skills here.
13:25Tattoo gun, paintbrush, can't be that different, can it?
13:31Try.
13:31Try from this end.
13:33The heat in my hair aren't helping.
13:38What's easier, tattooing or this?
13:41Tattooing.
13:41Tattooing, isn't it?
13:42I thought so, but I thought, oh, yeah, tattooing is easy.
13:48What?
13:49My technique's a little bit, a little bit rough, a little bit different, you know.
13:52Yeah.
13:53A bit rough and webby.
13:54It is.
13:55Yes, it is.
13:56Happy?
13:57Kind of?
13:58Yeah.
13:58I'm going to perfect on it.
14:00What a car.
14:01Best of luck with it, bro.
14:02Take care, mate.
14:02See you.
14:03All right.
14:03All right, then, mate.
14:04Bye.
14:16It's me, Guz Khan, and this here is a workshop in Dudley.
14:21And this here is a Honda S2000, which modification mastermind Darren is fitting with the necessary
14:27components for a high-spec air ride suspension system.
14:32D, how's the air ride getting on my bro?
14:34All good, all good.
14:35So what are these three, I can see three things if I'm not wrong.
14:38One, two, three.
14:39What are you doing?
14:40In basic terms, what you've got is your compressor.
14:42That compresses the air, puts it through that pipe into the air tank.
14:46Out of the air tank, through that pipe there, into your manifold block.
14:50Okay.
14:51Which you control with your controller, which we're going to put into the center console.
14:53It's depending on if you want to go up or down, put air into it or take the air out.
14:58There's valves in there.
14:59That controls the solenoids.
15:01And what that does when you open the solenoid, puts air down your nylon pipe, which you've run
15:05through the car, through there, fills up your airbag, which raises all over your car.
15:12Smart.
15:12So there it is that simple.
15:14For me, I think when it comes to impressing people, this is single-handedly the mod that
15:19people are going to go, oh, yeah, drop it low, drop it slow.
15:23So what do you have to do next, Nick?
15:24Right.
15:24So if we jump to front, get this one in, and then we can calibrate it and see how low
15:27this
15:27thing goes.
15:28I want to see you put it in.
15:29This is going to be great.
15:30A brief note on health and safety in the workplace.
15:33When lowering one's body from a great height, a procedure called the Lumbu Technique can be
15:38of use.
15:39It involves simply hitching your Capri pants, gently squatting into a seated position whilst
15:44bending the knees.
15:45Fingers outstretched, ready to distribute your weight.
15:48Perfect form, Lumbu John.
15:50So if you want to take the big break, 90 mil spanner, top two first off, yeah?
16:04Guns on the go today.
16:06Guns are always ready.
16:08That's why I like mechanic in with Lumbu from day one.
16:10That noise, one might say is quite an inappropriate groin for the workplace, but I know when he
16:16makes that noise, we're in.
16:19You know what I mean?
16:21Whoa.
16:22What kind of moans you hear at tennis?
16:24Oh!
16:26Oh!
16:28Oh, okay, that's off.
16:29Sweet.
16:30That needs to come off now, right?
16:31Yeah, you can do that one.
16:33Make my life easier.
16:35I think it's Mark Lumbu alive.
16:37Oh!
16:40That hurt.
16:41Forget your hand.
16:42No one can do your stupid knuckles.
16:44This is self, it's not even self-healing.
16:45You're self-healing.
16:47This is not self-healing.
16:48You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd think Lumbu was trying to sabotage this rap
16:52on purpose, you know?
16:53You can't let go of his demented design to turn the S2000 into a three-seater from DFS.
17:00Alligator white gloss.
17:03One week you've had and this is what you've come up with.
17:05I'm putting Lumbu on the naughty step for 20 minutes.
17:08It's time for Darren to take the reins.
17:11So, we're going to do a spring compressor.
17:14Okay.
17:14A lot of the time, when you're not changing the spring, you can take the strut out in just
17:18one go.
17:19Sometimes, you just find out that you can't, you know?
17:21So, we'll just take some of the tension off that spring.
17:23Yeah.
17:27This suspension strut is being, in technical terms, a rock pig.
17:31So, Darren's using his nifty low-tech device to compress the spring and take tension off
17:37the system, which will hopefully allow him to get the blasted thing off the car.
17:43I think it's just a bit stuck on there.
17:44What I'm wondering is if we put a bit of weight on that.
17:47Might just lower it enough.
17:49Yeah.
17:49Just to pull that over.
17:51Yeah.
17:57Sure.
18:00There we go.
18:03They look in pretty good condition.
18:04If you're in need of an original Honda S2000 suspension strut, just give me a shout, innit?
18:09Because I've got four to sell.
18:12Otherwise, I'm going to make a really ugly coffee table.
18:16Sorry.
18:17I'm going to let you do this bit.
18:18Look at his little face.
18:20He's off the naughty step, and Darren's giving him something to play with.
18:23This goes up here.
18:25Yep.
18:26Jesus.
18:27I'll just put those on finger tight.
18:28Cool.
18:29All right.
18:30That's supported now.
18:31Next thing to do is cut the old nut off the old stroke.
18:35That one, then?
18:35Yeah.
18:36I'm going to chop that off, and then we'll reuse that and bolt everything back up.
18:38So, you two chill here for a second.
18:41I'm going to cut that off.
18:42We are clearly not to be trusted with tools that saw, cut, slice, or burn.
18:48I mean, Lumbo's sometimes allowed to drill because he's a teacher's pet.
18:52For me, well, I'm occasionally granted permission to leave class for unsupervised field trips
18:57to immerse myself in the culture of modified cars, all in the name of furthering my education.
19:03So, let's get some learning in, baby.
19:10Today's classroom is the Convicted Car Show in Worcestershire,
19:13and I'm ready to swat up on some of the hundreds of modified motors that I've rocked up here today.
19:20What a mix.
19:22We've got a Beetle.
19:24We've got another VW.
19:25We've got a newer A-Class.
19:27There's so much going on here, man.
19:29And right out of the gate, this sparkly beam has caught my eye.
19:33Oh, yeah.
19:35When I walked up, I knew the person who owned this car,
19:39they know exactly what they want in their car.
19:41People hate me for it because they're like,
19:43oh, you shouldn't put that on that model car.
19:44You shouldn't do that.
19:45But I like it to stand out.
19:46And then everybody that sees it, it goes, oh, I know who the car that is.
19:50Because it's built to be different.
19:52I am loving the attitude.
19:56But this pink M235i certainly isn't the only car here that's built to be different.
20:02I want to let you see something that is going to tickle you.
20:05Have a look at this.
20:06Hey, yo.
20:08Oh.
20:10Oh, yeah.
20:12Oh, yeah.
20:14Bro, that's sick.
20:16I'm used to seeing these in Snoop Dogg videos.
20:19I did not expect the first one I saw in the flesh to be in a spa town
20:22situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
20:26But that's the modifying lifestyle, isn't it?
20:28Full of surprises.
20:31Speaking of which, there's even more surprises inside.
20:35Oh, my God.
20:41Undercover, there's more sculpted bodies, massive rims, and customised classics.
20:47Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially entered the Palace of Temptation.
20:50It's a very bad place.
20:51It's a very bad place for the fact that it's making me want to buy cars that, number one,
20:57I can't afford.
20:58And number two, I don't have space for.
20:59I have five children, and this has got me wanting to turn their bedrooms into places
21:04where I can put cars.
21:05It's a terrible place.
21:12Hey, yo.
21:14Someone sold their house for this.
21:17100%.
21:17Someone sold their mum's house for this.
21:18Or if not property, then I'm thinking some vital organs, at least.
21:23How are you guys?
21:24You all right, yeah?
21:24James, I'm all here, Roman.
21:25Explain to me, how many kidneys have you sold to do this?
21:28Um, I haven't got any kidneys left.
21:31They're all gone?
21:31All gone.
21:32So this is based on a VW Beetle chassis.
21:34Fibreglass body shell, which we then modified.
21:38Fibreglass is usually a nightmare to get to even fit, to align.
21:42Because you've managed to do this, you're going to inspire other people to be like,
21:46Fibreglass is a nightmare, but doable.
21:49100%.
21:50There's so much of me in this car.
21:52I've been offered a six-figure number for this car, and I said no.
21:55Wow.
21:56Six figures is a touch outside my budget, which is probably a good thing, as my wife will
22:01absolutely divorce me if I come home with another car.
22:05But what I've just spotted isn't just another car.
22:09Oh, no.
22:10This is a beacon in the darkness.
22:13A chariot of pure power.
22:15A German torpedo straight to the noggin.
22:18This is the BMW 8 Series.
22:21Its silhouette, its shark nose, is one of the most iconic of all time.
22:26Excuse me.
22:28Can I speak to you?
22:29Can I chat to you for a minute?
22:31Can you explain to me, bro?
22:33What have you done here?
22:35I've got four of these.
22:36Four?
22:37One second.
22:38Hold on a second.
22:40Someone.
22:40Yes.
22:41My brother.
22:42Cost of living crisis.
22:44Inflation's going up.
22:46You're greedy, bro.
22:47I'm out here.
22:48I want one.
22:48That's why I can't find one in the market.
22:50You bought one more.
22:50Go on.
22:51I've got all of them standing.
22:53I've always wanted to do something quirky with this.
22:56Yeah.
22:56We're an M5 lump inside here.
22:59What?
23:00Yeah.
23:00Can we pop the hood?
23:01Show me what's going on, please.
23:03What have you replaced this 840 engine with?
23:06It's actually a Z8 engine.
23:08He's from a Z8.
23:09Aye.
23:09You've put this in the body of an 8 series.
23:12Can I?
23:13Come here.
23:13That's it.
23:15Bro, let's be like two Asian politicians on the news.
23:18Congratulations.
23:19Very good, sir.
23:20Very powerful.
23:21Thank you, sir.
23:21You know, whenever I'm thinking about purchasing a BMW,
23:24which is about twice a week,
23:25I call up the one person I know whose advice I can really trust.
23:29Son, I want to show you something.
23:32I need your reaction.
23:33And no, it's not Lumbo.
23:36It's my eldest boy.
23:38What?
23:40Oh, my God.
23:41Bloody hell.
23:42Bloody hell indeed.
23:43Look at the spoiler.
23:45Shall I give him a bid on it?
23:46Shall I try and buy it?
23:48We might have to sell the house, though.
23:49Is that okay?
23:51Yeah, go on.
23:52You see.
23:52You see.
23:54Is your mum there?
23:54No, I'm just joking.
23:55Okay, I love you.
23:55I love you.
23:56Bye.
24:08I'm Guz Khan, and you find me in a perilous situation here
24:12at the Convicted Car Show in Worcestershire,
24:14surrounded by modified cars with very minimal willpower
24:18and a child hell-bent on enabling my serious BMW addictions.
24:22Shall I give you a bid on it?
24:24Shall I try and buy it?
24:24Yeah, go on.
24:25Time to get out of here and meet the fella who put all this together.
24:29Back in 2022 is when we did our first event.
24:33We grew it.
24:33We started getting better cars.
24:35This is incredible, bro.
24:36And what I love is how old are you now?
24:37I'm 26.
24:38Yeah, bro, you...
24:39I've got time, yeah.
24:40You're a young entrepreneur, bro.
24:41You're the only CEO of Convicted.
24:43And, of course, Jordan ain't just giving himself the CEO title.
24:47Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
24:49He's giving himself the bad man CEO whip to go along with it.
24:53Don't tell me this is yours.
24:54This is mine.
24:55Hey.
24:56Hey.
24:57Yep.
24:58Jordan's chief executive officer of transport of choice
25:00is a Nissan R35 GTR,
25:04which gets to 60 miles an hour,
25:06somewhere between two and three seconds.
25:09Oh, he's fast.
25:11He's very fast.
25:12This is my third GTR.
25:13I had my first when I was 22.
25:17You know how I was driving a 22?
25:19BMS.
25:20You feel my pain?
25:21I do feel your pain.
25:22Hello?
25:22Son, last car to show you.
25:25You need to tell me how you feel.
25:26Don't even do it with words.
25:27Just make it with noises, cuz.
25:28Are you ready?
25:29Is this a little bit of you?
25:31Ah.
25:34Be too much of a moan.
25:35Your mother's gonna be concerned.
25:36I think we can all learn a little something from our son,
25:39you know?
25:40Next time you spot something you want,
25:42just let out the authentic moan of desire.
25:45You'll feel better for it.
25:47And seeing as he's taught me something,
25:49you know what?
25:49I'm gonna get the little man
25:50and the rest of the kids
25:52a souvenir from the day.
25:53Whenever I see stuff like this,
25:55kids come to mind first.
25:56It's part of life.
25:57My daughter loves Porsche 911s
26:00and the boys love Skyline.
26:03What's up, man?
26:03Thank you, brother.
26:04Missed you bag in there
26:05with some sweets as well.
26:06You're a good man.
26:06Thank you, bro.
26:07I'm in those three in there, so.
26:11It's part of the experience, man.
26:13You've got to come
26:13and it's nice to support the guys here as well.
26:17Of course, there's people showing their cars,
26:19but what I really love about set-ups like this is
26:21when you get involved,
26:22you support a community,
26:24things grow, man.
26:25I love it.
26:30At the workshop,
26:31we've got the old brakes and suspension
26:33off the S2000.
26:35And whilst Darren gets to work with his grinder,
26:38salvaging the nuts from the old suspension struts,
26:40Lumbo and I sit quietly
26:42and promise not to touch anything.
26:45Right.
26:45There we go.
26:47What could I find?
26:48So, we're good to bolt all this back up now.
26:50All right.
26:50So, over to you.
26:51To me?
26:52Yeah, man.
26:53This is Lumbo's time to shine.
26:55He's the maximum heightening,
26:57fast as lightning,
26:59mood unbrightening,
27:00nut tightening,
27:01marvel of the West Mid.
27:03Watch him go.
27:07Oh.
27:09Okay, that's...
27:09That's nipped up.
27:10Oh, good.
27:11All right, let's get that bottom one in.
27:12Probably have to jack it up.
27:13Okay.
27:14And I'm no slouch either.
27:16Check out this one-arm jack action.
27:19Oh, yeah, I've been working out.
27:20Thank you for noticing.
27:22Keep going.
27:24Wait.
27:25I'm going slowly.
27:27Oh, I can hear noise.
27:27What are we doing there?
27:29Keep going.
27:30Wait, stop now.
27:33Okay, we're in.
27:37Gus, this one's for you.
27:39Oh.
27:42There's a kid here on work experience.
27:43You're going to get us all arrested.
27:45He's not here.
27:45He's here somewhere.
27:47He wants a good crud.
27:48That's it.
27:48It's all nipped up.
27:49Sweet.
27:50Right, let's take that jacket out of the way.
27:51Let me officially apologise to Darren's work experience, kid, who never returned to the
27:56workshop after Lumbo's power grunt.
27:58I promise you, not all workplaces are like this.
28:02Anyway, the new air ride suspension strut is fitted, but it ain't no use unless we get
28:07some air into it.
28:07So next, time for some pipe work.
28:11Okay, so next thing, I'm just going to P-clip this leader hose up, and then we'll cut the
28:16nylon hose to length.
28:17Have you ever heard of that clip?
28:18Have you ever heard of that clip before?
28:20P-clip.
28:21Sounds like a rapper from Dudley.
28:23P-clip.
28:24MC P-clip, brother.
28:26Let's hear the bounce.
28:27He lives in the castle.
28:30Dudley's got a castle?
28:32Yeah, man.
28:32Does he actually?
28:33Dudley Zoo is actually quite good.
28:35You never been to Dudley Zoo?
28:36No.
28:36We've got to take him to Dudley Zoo.
28:37Bro.
28:38That's a day out for the boys.
28:39Why not a Dudley Zoo, bro?
28:41I thought you guys were going to cuss me out and say I'd fit right in the zoo.
28:44No!
28:46Good day out.
28:47Actually, though, here we go.
28:50You are a giraffe.
28:51And a giraffe.
28:52If you were going to leave you in any pen, it would be there.
28:55Well, giraffe aren't yourself.
28:56I wasn't even thinking like that.
28:57No, you're going to love it there.
28:58I mean, I'd rather be a lion.
29:00This is the same problem we had since we were as kids.
29:03You push it too far.
29:04What would you like to be?
29:05Me?
29:06Straight gorilla or happily a hippo.
29:10What about you, Darren?
29:11That's no difference.
29:12You know what you want, brother?
29:14Oh, go on.
29:14Should I tell you?
29:15Go on.
29:15You're very panther-like.
29:16Oh, okay, I like that.
29:17And let me tell you why.
29:18Because you've got very low body fat.
29:21I can see that from your biceps and your triceps.
29:24Very attractive, by the way.
29:25But I feel like you also like a little bit of time on your own.
29:29Yeah.
29:30Don't we all?
29:31You got it?
29:31Up in the trees.
29:32Can't see you.
29:33I've always seen the trees.
29:34Wow!
29:35Broodly's panther's on you.
29:38Fellas, if you too want to make your friends incredibly uncomfortable, just casually compliment two or three of their muscle
29:45groups on their body and then compare them to a jungle cat.
29:49Works every time.
29:50On with the modification, please.
29:51All right, so I've figured in the zoo for a minute.
29:53Okay.
29:54Last connection.
29:55I always get scared about this, you know?
29:57I always worry if I undercut something, but you lot, you know what you're doing.
30:02Yeah, proper pipe cutters all.
30:03Show me that, please.
30:04That's the one thing with these.
30:06It comes, that comes in the kit, right?
30:08And you need to use that because it cuts it completely level.
30:10If you cut with a, you know, a standing blade or whatever, some pipe cutters, and it's not a square
30:15cut, it's going to leak.
30:16Snags.
30:17Well, that's going to leak.
30:18Because you can imagine, if it's not straight, look, if it's bent, it's not going to sit flush, right?
30:23Look, I feel like it's the NHS's circumcision tool.
30:26Look at that.
30:28Is that how they do it?
30:29Probably.
30:29Look, yeah, how else?
30:30If the NHS used that, that looks like more like it'll chop the whole thing off.
30:33Obviously a clean version, but it'll chop the whole thing off.
30:36I really like the fact that it slices through it clean.
30:39Yeah.
30:39Uniformly.
30:41And here we are, witnessing the West Midlands' most rare of creatures, the Dudley Panther.
30:49I don't need an action.
30:52Well, there we go.
30:53Air ride is complete.
30:55What?
30:56Yeah, boy.
30:56It's time for the brakes.
30:58Nice.
30:59Darren's fitting a brand spanking new £2,000 brake kit to the S2000, which comes with these beefy brake discs
31:07and four-pot calipers,
31:09which look, I don't know, for once I've struck for words.
31:14Lambo, I can think of a word.
31:16What?
31:17Do I?
31:17Rasmu-Jazz.
31:18Whoa.
31:20Whoa.
31:20Who taught you that?
31:21Did I mention our producer Moonlights as a Barry Manolo tribute act?
31:26No?
31:26No?
31:26Well, now you're not.
31:27That's what you're doing back there now.
31:29Right, just hooking up the banjo fitting on the brake pipe.
31:32Ooh, banjo bolt.
31:34Banjo, do you have a banjo?
31:35It's a specific type of bolt that's used for, correct me if I'm wrong, hydraulic lines?
31:42Yeah, mostly.
31:43Yeah, for sure.
31:44And on the end, it has a copper washer.
31:47Whoa.
31:49Yeah, it's good in threes.
31:50Go on, what's the third thing?
31:51Because the copper washer squishes ever so tightly to give that seal.
31:55That's right, so the two copper washers, one either side of the fitting.
31:59That's why I always loved you, man, because you're so clever like that.
32:02Thanks.
32:03Come on.
32:04Love you, too.
32:05Can you let that know, please?
32:09That's it.
32:10Quick draw, Darren gets the wheels back on, and the next time we get the Honda off the jacks,
32:14we'll see just how low it can go.
32:29Guz Khan at your service, people, and I'm lifting the lid on the mysterious world of
32:34modified motors for you, lucky luck.
32:36And on my own S2000 project, we swapped out the old brakes and suspension and replaced
32:41it with a digitally controlled airlift performance system.
32:45Yeah, baby.
32:46The key component that is different, no spring, we've got the juices.
32:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:51Instead of a spring, you've got the airbag there.
32:53Yeah.
32:53Maswan Kinu air suspension is an example of a mod that's going to totally change the
32:57look for the S2000 when I drop it to the deck.
33:00But customised car culture ain't all about radical transformations.
33:03There's a whole group of heads who are into a subtle style called Resto Modification.
33:10And as a brother whose style is as subtle as a sledgehammer, I need to go check it out.
33:14So, what boring old classic we've got to look at, huh?
33:18A vintage Jag, a racing green Morgan, some dusty old roller.
33:24Oh, yeah.
33:26No, I'm way off.
33:28This is a Resto Modded Porsche 911 by Theon Design.
33:33Brother Julian, I was just going to call you Julian, but I'm going to call you King Julian.
33:36Look at his car, bro.
33:37Nice to meet you, Gus.
33:38It's one of the most iconic bodies of all time, for sure.
33:42But take one look at this 911, and you can see this one's had some special treatment.
33:47The 911, for me, is the most beautiful silhouette.
33:51What have we got here?
33:53This looks like a little bit of a hybrid. What's going on?
33:56Yeah, so this is a 1990 Porsche 911.
33:59And what we did is we took the chassis of a 964, we stripped it down, and then we Resto
34:04Modded it.
34:05This is not a restoration.
34:07Restoration is you put it back the way it was exactly at the time.
34:10Resto Modifying is modernising the key bits of the car
34:14to make it up to modern standards in terms of power, braking, suspension.
34:21All right, so let me break it down real quick for you.
34:24This is a 90s Porsche, but styled beautifully like a 70s Porsche
34:28with all the power, precision and performance of a brand new factory fresh model.
34:34This is basically like giving your granddad a heart bypass, hair transplant, a facelift
34:39and dressing him up in his clothes from 1969.
34:41What's your name?
34:42This one is a supercharger, around 400 brake horsepower.
34:46Okay.
34:47And then very importantly for me, it drives pure.
34:51There is no driver's aid. It's you and the machine.
34:55Julian knows his stuff, man.
34:56But I've got to rewind a little because I swear, man, just uttered a very arousing word.
35:03Supercharger.
35:04The supercharger, which is effectively very similar to a turbo, you get instant torque.
35:09Life is about improvement.
35:11And if a supercharger improves this era in particular of Porsche, the engine, the drivability,
35:17I mean, I don't see nothing wrong with it.
35:18Some people think it's a sacrilege.
35:21Do you know what I found about most people who think it's sacrilege?
35:23They're driving a one litre Polo.
35:26Bro, stop teasing. Show me this engine.
35:28Let's go.
35:33Oh, my goodness.
35:34Yes, yes.
35:36Now, I might not be a full-on engine nerd like Lumbo, but I do know if you've got a
35:41supercharger
35:41in the boot, you need to keep that thing cool, which normally means an ugly old intercooler.
35:47Right? Spotting one around here.
35:50So how we cool this car is by injecting methanol into it when it spins.
35:57The thing that cools this vehicle is methanol.
36:00Yes, baby.
36:00Where have you hidden methanol on a 911 bucket?
36:02There you go.
36:03Yeah.
36:03What the hell is going on here?
36:09So, methanol tank.
36:11It's a danger sign.
36:12Yeah.
36:13Still don't know where to buy this stuff.
36:14Where would you buy methanol?
36:16Apparently, you can get it online.
36:18Really?
36:20You can buy it online.
36:21If I buy it online, I'm going to end up in Guantanamo Bay.
36:23Let's not do this, please.
36:24Give me the keys.
36:25Let's go for a drive.
36:26Let's go for a drive.
36:33Hey, Julian.
36:34Yes, my friend.
36:35We are in one of the most glorious vehicles.
36:41You can feel you're in something special here.
36:45I'll tell you what I do feel.
36:47Though you say you've got those modern elements and components in the car, I still feel the soul of old
36:53school.
36:53Of course.
36:54There's an energy with the vehicle.
36:55Like, just being down this road here, and when you're accelerating, in a good way, it doesn't feel like a
37:02gentle ride.
37:02It's not supposed to be super gentle.
37:05You're supposed to be understanding that if you're in a vehicle like this, you better know how to handle a
37:09car.
37:09Yeah, absolutely.
37:11No traction control.
37:13That's why they call it the Widowmaker, bro.
37:18We're on this road, and I keep defaulting back to third gear, because I feel like this Porsche is telling
37:24me, yeah, can you go faster?
37:25You've got to get some methanol going.
37:27Oh, yeah.
37:28Let's feel the meth.
37:29Can you go faster?
37:30Oh, yeah, you can.
37:31Yes, we can.
37:36Woo!
37:41Yeah, that's a special car, bro.
37:43A very special car.
37:44You know, the noise.
37:46You know, when you get your foot off the accelerator, you have the angry dragon in the back.
37:51You can hear it?
37:53The dragon is not happy.
37:55You've got to keep your foot down.
38:00Who doesn't love a bit of flutter, bro?
38:03Come on.
38:05We've got a dragon in the boot, and it's breathing fire.
38:09I feel like I have to tame this beef so we don't end up in one of these hedgerows.
38:13I've got a hunch that this 911 here didn't come cheap.
38:17How much money has gone into this project?
38:20So I had to buy a stock 964, which cost me probably around 40 grand.
38:25OK.
38:27And then you've got to pay Theon Design.
38:29Another 50, 60?
38:30No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
38:33Quite a bit more than that.
38:35Mine was less than half a million.
38:40If you wanted to do it now, it would be considerably more than that.
38:49How much?
38:51750, maybe.
38:53750,000 pounds?
38:56Yeah.
39:00Never in my life have I driven more carefully or concentrated on the road than I'm doing so right now.
39:07You OK?
39:08Being OK is a subjective term.
39:11I'm going to pull over here at the side of the road.
39:14And done.
39:15You have a hazard light.
39:16Excellent.
39:16How much was that?
39:1715 grand?
39:18What are we going to do?
39:21Brother, thank you for your time.
39:24I hope you have a wonderful life.
39:25It was nice to meet you.
39:26750,000 pounds.
39:29Yeah.
39:36Take it every time.
39:37Good to see you, mate.
39:38Probably not ever again.
39:39750 grand, mate.
39:42Yeah, I don't drive it anymore.
39:43Listen, I like Julian.
39:45And I love this Porsche.
39:47But you know what I really love?
39:49Being able to pay my mortgage and feed my family.
39:51Because I haven't wrecked a supercar worth nearly a million quid.
39:55You can go, Julian.
39:57You can go, mate.
40:05At a workshop, it's finally time to see just how slammed the S2000 is.
40:10With the new air ride system fitted.
40:13But we need to take the softly, softly approach here.
40:16It's time to put the car on the floor and see how good this looks.
40:20So, if you do want to grab that jack, I'll grab this one.
40:23We'll lower the front down first.
40:25Now, we'll go up a little bit, grab the axle stands out.
40:27And we'll lower it down slowly together.
40:29So it's equal, side to side.
40:31And we're going to see if we can get the jacks out.
40:33Because, of course, it's going to be equivalent to fully aired out.
40:36So it's going to be low.
40:37So it might be too low to get the jacks out.
40:39But we're going to find out as we do it.
40:40But basically, as soon as it comes off these axle stands,
40:43and as soon as you two lower it, we're going to see the stance.
40:45Yeah.
40:47Okay, boys.
40:48Drop it slowly.
40:49Keep it coming.
40:50Keep it coming.
40:52Oh, gosh.
40:54Oh, man.
40:55This looks very low already.
40:57I'm not going to lie.
40:59Bullshit.
40:59Whoa.
41:00Okay.
41:01That's too low.
41:02We're not going to be able to get these jacks out without this.
41:03Just bottoming out on the jacks or the front splitter to the floor first.
41:06So what we need to do is jack this back up so we've got a good two and a half,
41:10three inches underneath the front tyres.
41:12We'll put some blocks of wood underneath there just to give us that height on the tyre.
41:16Lower it back down.
41:22All right.
41:23Let's leave it there.
41:24We'll grab the wood.
41:25All right.
41:26You're good to go, Dan.
41:26Time to win?
41:27Yeah.
41:27Let's go.
41:28All right.
41:28Okay.
41:28I'm coming down.
41:32Okay.
41:33Yeah.
41:34You out?
41:34Cool.
41:35Right.
41:35Ready to move back.
41:37I'm also out.
41:38Careful.
41:38Careful.
41:39The wood is there.
41:41You're wood in, yeah?
41:42Oh, wood's in.
41:44All right.
41:45You ready to go down?
41:46Yeah.
41:47All right.
41:47You ready?
41:49Just get your woods in now, man.
41:51Are we going down?
41:52You got your wood in.
41:53Yeah, yeah.
41:54Let's go down.
41:55I'm going down.
41:56Yeah.
41:56Down, down, down.
41:58Okay.
41:59Time to check it out.
42:00The fully-bagged, super-slammed S2000 in all its glory.
42:09Oh!
42:10Oh!
42:12DC Customs.
42:14Head chef.
42:16Assisted by the legendary logo.
42:18Bro.
42:20Look at that.
42:21Looks so good.
42:22Of course, this is only a glimpse of what the air ride is fully capable of.
42:27Because I'm keeping that digital drop action under wraps for the final car meet, baby.
42:32I think the silhouette of the line, look how elegant it looks, it looks clean.
42:36I can't believe how much of a difference that is, bro.
42:39This feels to me like an almost complete car, lads.
42:43Getting close.
42:44Isn't it?
42:44Yeah.
42:45Yeah.
42:45We are getting close.
42:47This looks bad.
42:48Looks bad, isn't it?
42:48This looks bad.
42:49In a good way.
42:50Obviously, bad.
42:51Bad isn't great.
42:53Fantastic.
42:54Unbelievable.
42:54Good bad.
42:55Yeah.
42:56Next time, me and the boys have a couple of bright ideas for a revamp of the S2000's lighting.
43:03Are you ready, lads?
43:04Yeah, go on.
43:05It's the side lights.
43:06Yo!
43:07Yay!
43:07Yo!
43:08You can really see that H now.
43:09Does it look mad?
43:10Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:10I meet a community of car nerds who get hot under the collar for all things Japanese.
43:16Very sexy.
43:17Yes.
43:18Very sexy.
43:19I'm in love with it and I love driving it every single day.
43:22And step inside potentially the fastest Nissan Minecraft on planet Earth.
43:27Yes of it, bro!
43:40You can sit down.
43:41You can sit inside.
43:44I'm in love with it.
43:44Me and the boys.
43:45Yes of it, bro.
43:53You can sit down.
43:56Yeah, it's really great.
44:02I'm out.
44:03You can sit down.
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