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00:00Fire up the beast.
00:04Hello, it's me, Guz Khan, 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?
00:27But 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.
01:06Oh, spit serious.
01:08I like it.
01:08I'm meeting the kings and queens of car modification all across this great nation.
01:18Naughty car.
01:19Naughty car, bro.
01:21I'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.
01:433, 2, 1, go!
01:51What could possibly go wrong?
01:53A lot, actually.
01:55Yeah, a lot.
02:03The Honda S2000.
02:05Now, we've already started transforming my sporty little Japanese number.
02:10And the exhaust was the first thing to replace on my long list of modifications.
02:15Giving me the volume I required to both impress Lumball and intimidate Pensions.
02:23And I've immersed myself in the car-crazy culture of the lunatics I'm hoping to impress with my very own project.
02:32Once it's ready to unveil.
02:34Oh, yeah.
02:35It's another beautiful morning over here in Dudley.
02:41And Lumball's finished his paper round early, so his mum said he can come to the garage with me.
02:45And I want to make crystal clear what his very important role is on this project.
02:50My boy, you're my brother.
02:52When he gets too techy, it does take over.
02:55Is it because you think I'm a genius?
02:58It's because I think I am the visionary.
03:01And you put up walls for a £180 day of labour.
03:05That's bad.
03:06Let's not overstate it.
03:07You've had some wild visions, though.
03:09My visions are in, like, top ten sexy of all time.
03:11Yeah, but they can't or we don't.
03:12You've got to stop this, bro.
03:14You're a budget Asian and China.
03:17That's what you are.
03:18Now, these brothers are anything but budget.
03:25Darren's elite team of modification masterminds are already hard at it.
03:29And I ain't even had my Coco Pops.
03:32Although maybe I should skip the refined chocolatey carbohydrates, because it's time to face the question every middle-aged man fears the most.
03:39Am I simply too fat for the ridiculous sports car I have just purchased?
03:45I'm too wide for this.
03:46But we do need a seat change.
03:48I mean, look, the seats are all right.
03:50But I'm not complaining too much, but I'm saying we need weight-saving and we need rigidity.
03:58What do you know about rigidity?
03:59Oh, hey, guys.
03:59Yes, bro.
04:00There you are.
04:01Oh!
04:02Check this out.
04:03Is this weight-saving and rigidity, my friend?
04:05You were saying S2000 interior, a bit of a flop.
04:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:09Yeah.
04:09And it's just a bit dull, right?
04:11And the seats, they look nice, they're leather, but they're not comfortable.
04:14They don't hug you, but there's not a lot of room to play with in the S2000 as well.
04:18We don't have time to retring them.
04:20Yeah.
04:20So the easiest thing is to do is to swap them out.
04:23Swap them out, baby.
04:24So you ready?
04:24Yeah, I'm ready.
04:26All right, so we've got the black suede bride suit.
04:30They're going to suit this car perfectly.
04:33You like?
04:34No, yeah, no, I like.
04:35They're very nice.
04:36They look...
04:37Yeah, I was worried about that when they were after the fair.
04:41Yeah.
04:41The one problem with this car is it's so narrow.
04:44You struggle to get a seat to fit, not only on the base, but also the wingbacks as well.
04:48I fit in there great, but they are meant to be tight for a racing seat.
04:52I think we should try it.
04:55There's only one way to find out, innit?
05:00Oh, God.
05:04Go on.
05:04I feel like I could defecate very easily.
05:08Who would have thought that bucket seats would cause me such an issue?
05:14I would have been able to identify that with one quick Google of Guz Khan.
05:19You would have seen how wide these hips are.
05:20You would have seen how juicy this booty is.
05:21There is no way that I was going to get into a bride bucket seat that wasn't any less than quadruple XL in size.
05:29You're actually sitting on it.
05:30I feel like I could swallow it.
06:02I feel like I could do that.
06:03I feel like I could do that.
06:04It's a bride test from Tecmo, bro.
06:05Okay, listen, this is a good part of doing up a car, though, bro, modifying a car.
06:10Not everything works first time every time.
06:12We know what we want.
06:14Clearly, I don't have the BMI for this specific situation.
06:17So, we're going to come up with another plan for some different seats.
06:21You know, up until now, I didn't want to mess about with changing seats and custom upholstery.
06:28I thought you had to keep things exactly the way they were carefully designed and engineered.
06:33That was my motto.
06:34But I've definitely caught the modification book now, baby.
06:38So, I'm headed to meet a guy who's broken all the rules on one type of car that purists really don't appreciate you chopping up.
06:47Flipping goodness me.
06:51Meet Charles and his seriously modded Ferrari F430, which began life in its original black paint job,
07:00before Charlie over here unleashed a whole host of mad mods, transforming this into a true one-off.
07:09Good to see you. Good to meet you. What's going on?
07:11Look at what we have here.
07:13Ferrari, of course.
07:15You ain't gone halfway here, bro.
07:17There's no halfway crooks here. There's only one way to go. Talk to me about this.
07:20So, it is a full Liberty Walk works kit. Rear arches, front arches, diffuser, spoiler, front splitter,
07:27the whole, all the way around 360 degrees. Just transforms every angle, every side of the vehicle.
07:32Yeah. Charles said Liberty Walk. And no, that is not the thing my cousin's going to be doing when he's released from HMP Birmingham in 18 months.
07:40Freedom on them.
07:41It is, in fact, a Japanese company famous for their extreme wide body kits.
07:46These guys have come up with kits for all sorts of vehicles, with full mods available for everything from a Lamborghini Countach to a Suzuki Jiminy masquerading as a Mercedes G-Wagon.
07:57When it comes to those Ferrari purist enthusiasts who are shrinking, who are sweating the, what have you done to the car?
08:05How are they responding to it? You being there, just chopping off wings.
08:09Yeah, this has had some disgust from our Italian friends.
08:13Yeah, you had some aunts and uncles turning their graves at this, bro.
08:15A lot of people will look at a vehicle like this and say the way it comes out in the factory, the way it was designed, Ferraris are a piece of art.
08:23Do you really want to come out in the morning, get in a car and drive it that's exactly the same as someone else's?
08:28That's never been really a bit of me. A car is a reflection of who you are.
08:31Yeah.
08:31I think the best modified cars out there are done by people who aren't afraid to do something that will be disliked.
08:36Yeah.
08:36Because it's got to be for you. It's my property, not Ferraris.
08:40Just do us a favour, let's get in and give it a drive. Yeah? Let's do it, my bro, come on.
08:44Now, if I'd have dropped 140 bags on a modded Ferrari, which is roughly what Charlie here has spent,
08:49then I'd keep it in a dehumidified bunker and maybe take it out round the block every six months.
08:54But Charlie over here reckons this is an everyday motor.
08:58I'm not leaving any bits behind. I don't want to get told off.
09:00No, no, yeah, no. Environment first and all that.
09:02And today, apparently, is the day he does the rubbish run.
09:07These producers are setting me up.
09:08Obviously, I'm very excited about this.
09:10I would have been slightly more excited without 32 cardboard boxes, but let's go.
09:15Let's do it. Let's do it.
09:22You know what? I can't believe that this is your daily, bro.
09:26Can you explain to me, first of all, why you're such a nutter?
09:28And second of all, how this has managed to happen, please?
09:31This sits on my drive. I don't have a garage. It's covered up. It's sat there, ready to go.
09:37It's built to be used, so I'm going to use it.
09:40Okay, listen, I rate you for using this as a daily, bro, but there must have been a crazy place that you had to drive in.
09:47Where? Give me the craziest place.
09:49Craziest place I've driven here. Frozen Lake, middle of Sweden.
09:52Say it again, repeat one more time for me.
09:53Frozen Lake in the middle of Sweden.
09:56Yeah, you heard him correctly. As well as doing the school running this Ferrari,
10:00Charles also drifted the damn thing across the icy tundra of rural Sweden.
10:06But not before he gave the F430 a full winter makeover, adding a custom light bar, ski rack,
10:12bucket seats, full graphic wrap and studded tyres. Madness. And what do you do after all that work?
10:20Let's ski alongside your whip for one of the hardest photos of your life.
10:24He looks freezing now, doesn't he? Listen, some people have been having mad ideas,
10:27bro, but your ideas is crazy. You've got to use it. You've got to enjoy it.
10:32I mean, you can't argue with Charlie's logic though, can you? What's the point in having a mad ride
10:37if all you do is polish it and post pics for the ground? We are here living this mod life
10:42at the local recycling centre. It don't matter where you stop,
10:47don't matter what you're doing, you've got to wear it out. You've got to drop it to the desk.
10:49Every single time? Every time. Yeah, man.
10:51Oh, you're flexing on them, bro, every time. Every time.
10:57Gracefully done, man. Aye, can you see the size of me? This is not about graceful. Oh, my God.
11:06Oh, my God.
11:13Okay, big man, now I've done you a favour. Do me a favour, let me take you for a spin, please.
11:17You know that look people get when they suddenly realise they agreed to do something and now there's
11:22a whole camera crew and they can't really say no. That's the look my guy Charles is modelling right
11:27here. You have to press the go pedal.
11:31Can't say I blame him, to be honest. Where are the hazard lights on this thing, man?
11:44It's your boy Guz Khan and I'm sat behind the wheel of a 140k Ferrari with a beastly V8 in the back
11:56and it's rather nervous only Charles in the passenger seat. Why? Who cares, man? Just listen to this thing.
12:03Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye. That's Ferrari, bro.
12:07You can change gear if you want. Yeah, boy. Thank you for trusting me with a Ferrari because...
12:22Naughty car. Naughty car, bro. Maybe it's because I've only been driving this thing for a minute or
12:28maybe it's because I skipped breakfast but I'm feeling a type of way I was not expecting when I
12:33first had to clamber into this iconic Italian supercar. As you can see, I'm struggling to get
12:38in and out of these buckets but they are extremely comfy when you're in them. I've seen the buckets,
12:44I love the look of them, they're car for fiber and I was like, there's no way they're going to be
12:47comfortable. My wife, she struggles with fibromyalgia, she can be in so much pain and honestly,
12:54I think the biggest compliment to the guys that made these seats is her getting out of them and going,
12:59do you know what? I feel great. Considering how uncomfy they might appear to look, these are some
13:06of the comfiest seats I've sighted. How is that? It's ergonomically perfect. I'm not going to try
13:11and offend you right now but these are the B10XL. Yeah, listen, that's what mine is. There's no
13:15offence taken, bro. XL is where I'm at. I think this boy just dropped some more wisdom right here.
13:19There ain't no point letting vanity dictate what type of way I design my Honda's interior. If I want XL,
13:26I'm going to get XL and I've decided I'm going to implement the same ethos Charlie's applied to
13:31his whole Ferrari project. There's only one person you need to be thinking about when modifying your
13:36car and that's your damn self. It doesn't matter what we do, there's going to be people who see
13:41this car and see you and say, yo, I don't care what Guz Khan says, there's no way that we should have
13:48messed with that Ferrari in that way. But you know what them people that do? They can do one, bro.
13:52They can absolutely do one.
13:59Down at the workshop, Darren's had a brainwave and come up with an alternative to the new bucket
14:04seats that I don't fit in. And conveniently, they're inside his very own Nissan Skyline,
14:09which he's been wanting to show off on the telly ever since I met him. So here it is,
14:13everybody. Say nice things to Darren on Facebook. I hope these work, man. Yeah.
14:19Like I said, they're virtually the same seats as we got. Okay. They're a recliner. They are
14:25different on the side, so they should be more comfortable on the base for you.
14:29Oh, yeah. What do you think? I mean, the recline really helps. Yeah. But Shakira says it best,
14:37the hips don't lie. Bro, my hips are compressed. Still too tight, yeah. Yeah, man. It's really digging in.
14:44Man, I finally understand how Goldilocks felt trying out all them chairs. At least you got some
14:48free porridge out the whole ordeal. But just when it seems all hope is lost, inspiration strikes.
14:55There was a seat that sat in it. It wasn't a Ferrari. I can't remember the name of it.
15:00Well, aftermarket. Yeah, aftermarket. Okay. What's it look like? It was carbon.
15:06Full carbon. Full carbon, yeah. And it didn't look like it'd be comfy because it was minimal padding,
15:11but it's one of the comfiest seats I've ever sat. That's got to be a tillit racing seat.
15:14That's what it was. Full carbon, yeah? Yes. They don't look like they're going to be comfortable,
15:17but you're sitting in it. It's just nice, right? Super comfy, yeah. Yeah. It's going to look insane
15:21in that car. So you're saying we get the aesthetics and we get the comfort. Yeah.
15:25They are going to cost more money, though.
15:29Yeah, we're doing it. I trust you, brother. Sweet. Let's do it. You're my sensei, man. Let's get him in.
15:33Let's go. Well, let's get you out. Let's go. Oh, my God.
15:40Okay, I'm in the zone now. So it's straight on with the next modification of the Honda,
15:45and this one is a banger. This is an incredible vehicle,
15:50and it's an incredible pedigree of driving car. Roll bar. Yeah.
15:56How fast are you planning to go? Probably not fast enough for a roll bar,
15:59but they look good, don't they? They look cool. They look cool. Good to see old Captain
16:03Buzzkill is on form today. Will he be any more enthused when he can envisage what this next mod
16:08is going to look like? My bet is no. No, because he's a moody old uncle.
16:13We got this bad boy. Oh! We got this locally, but the paint was terrible. So we stripped all the paint
16:19off. So you've got it into primer. You've crept already? Yeah. Sick. So now we can paint in your
16:23choice of colour as well, which is really cool. Okay, let's get to work. And remember, you can rock
16:29absolutely any outfit if you give it enough swagger. Case in point, baby. Come on now, look at me.
16:36All right, so guns all set up. All right, if I show you first, nice and quick. If you go too slow,
16:42you're going to get around this. 50-50% overlap. Yeah, yeah. So the fan pattern is like a fan.
16:51Oh. You want to go like that. Do you want to be like this? Like a motion. Like Danielson.
16:58Okay, 100% overlap. I don't agree. There you go. For obvious reasons, Darren ain't let me loose on a
17:04roll bar straight away, which is why I'm spraying what I think is the side panel of a 1980s microwave.
17:11As spray painting goes, it was my first time. Was I worried about getting paint on my Timberland?
17:17Yes, I was.
17:27I don't think painting's for you.
17:31Come on, you can... Do you want to go out on oil? Okay, come on.
17:40I just want to say this suit is very snug. Let me take a photo of you. No. And I'll show you.
17:47It's been a very shameful day. He kicked me out of the spray booth. Can't fit in the suit. Can't fit in
17:52the suit. Smile. You look so good. Painting was a very unique experience. I was looking forward to
17:59learning the technical mastery of applying paint properly on a roll bar, but it turns out I was just
18:05self-conscious because you people made me wear an outfit that made me look like a brown marshmallow
18:10shoved in a plastic bag. Very nice. Wait, let's do a wide angle zoom. I was bursting at the seam.
18:16One nipple over here, one titty over here.
18:17It was so tight, that outfit, I had to rip it off at the end like a pervert. I bet there's a specific
18:25website someone can go on to. Let's see Guz Khan bursting at the seams.org. Pull it up, man.
18:34Pull it up, man. You are never ever coming anywhere near my car.
18:37Painting your own car.
18:41While we're waiting for the paint to dry, which is the type of thing Lumbu likes to pull his
18:44pudding over, we're getting back to the seats, taking out the old ones to make way for the new.
18:50And lending a hand is one of Darren's trusty fabricators. Dan the man. Bring it in, mate.
18:57We're on the same team. And in the exact same way that I tried to get my kids to clean their bedrooms,
19:02Darren has decided to turn removing the seats into a friendly competition.
19:07Right, it's me and you. You can see who wins.
19:09Guys, I think we're winning. Fuck you.
19:17And there ain't no such thing as friendly competition in my book. Lumbu, watch your back,
19:22your beanpole. I'm coming for you.
19:24I can lift that out. Which way, just straight up?
19:27Yeah, straight up.
19:30How many more turns are there? Oh, is there a number? You must have a rough guess. 32 turns.
19:35I'm at 28. 29.
19:38Dan, I've turned this 733 times. How many more times?
19:43Shall I test it? Shall I finger test it?
19:44It's just come out right now. Has it come out?
19:46Well, there you go. At least the public knows.
19:48To remove behind the S2000 seat, it requires 732 turns. There you go, bro.
19:53Is that it? Any more? Two more at the rear.
19:56Dan, that's tight. It's tight.
19:58Have you got a bigger bar for me? You mean bigger muscles?
20:01Go on, then. I've got a bad experience with stripping balls.
20:08Oh! What about me?
20:11Right, let's set the seat out. And it should just lift out?
20:14Two hands, bend with the knees. Always bend with the knees.
20:17Oh, we're out.
20:20Yeah. Yeah. Oh, hang on, two seconds.
20:22Oh, what's the cable?
20:23It's all right, man. That's good.
20:26That's good. What's that cable for?
20:28Yeah, it's just a seat belt warning, mate. Right.
20:29That's some clips. Yeah?
20:32Yes. A close second place, and that's nothing to be ashamed of.
20:36The main thing is the old skinny boy seats around,
20:39and the next time I plunk myself inside this S2000,
20:42it'll be sweet carbon fibre cradling my caboose. Oh, yeah.
20:46I'm Guz Khan, and I've abandoned sparkling showroom SUVs
21:00to dive headfirst into the intoxicating world of extreme car modification.
21:07And down in Dudley, it's delivery day.
21:10Guys, check these out. I think you're going to like them.
21:13I just hope you're fitting them.
21:15This is the biggest hope of the nation, that I fit in a seat.
21:20Oh.
21:24Oh, yeah. How can you not like that?
21:25How can you not like that?
21:27Feel the weight of it, though.
21:32I agree, it's very light.
21:33Nice, eh? That is very light.
21:35The one thing I'll say is, the biggest complaint we've had about the S2000 so far
21:39is not having enough room to lean back,
21:42and I feel like the seat is creating that force.
21:44Do you get what I mean?
21:45I think they're going to bang.
21:48What do you think?
21:49Very underwhelmed, and I feel like I'm zapping your energy out of everything.
21:54Thank you for describing who you are as a person.
21:57Forget this, Karsha.
21:58I agree.
21:58The last 25 years, this is what you tend to do every time you walk in a room.
22:02There's air in the room, and then Lumbo sucked it out.
22:06Why is Lumbo so negative about everything?
22:09We don't know.
22:10Lumbo was born like this.
22:12A man who came out of the womb, not crying, but moaning.
22:17I could understand the reaction if he paid for them, but, you know...
22:20What do you mean?
22:21I mean, they weren't cheap, were they?
22:22They're £2,600 for the two.
22:26Yeah, they're a bit more than the others, but look at them.
22:28Carbon fiber.
22:30£2,600?
22:31For the two.
22:40This is like a baby's bath from Bee and Bargains.
22:43Look at this.
22:43Look at this.
22:44Look at this.
22:45That's amazing.
22:46It's amazing for, like, 80 quid.
22:50Yeah.
22:50It's three times more than the ones I got for you, original.
22:52Now I've got £2,600 with a carbon bucket baby plastic bath.
22:56So we should get it in the condom, yeah?
22:58I want to go home.
23:02Well, I like it anyway.
23:03Why did I just drop these three bags on some seats?
23:08Well, apart from to house my shapely badonkadonk, it's because modding is all about people hanging
23:15out together and flexing.
23:16That's why.
23:17When my Honda's finally finished, I'm going to unveil it at a hometown car show for a crowd of seriously discerning car nerds.
23:24Bro, I don't want to look like an empty mate, an absolute donor, because this is a scene that
23:31we've observed from afar we've never been part of, bro.
23:35And I know people who are in this scene love showing off their cars.
23:38Apparently, in the summer here, even when it's raining, there's a show every weekend.
23:43There's multiple shows every weekend.
23:45We've only been to, like, three car shows in our life, bro.
23:49Well, make that four.
23:50Because I've just rocked up at the infamous dub club in South Central Coventry,
23:55which started as a meet-up for brothers with a fetish for all things German.
23:59Your Beamers, your Audis, your VWs, and the odd Merc or two.
24:03But now, well, it's a bit of a free-for-all.
24:08And I wasn't lying when I said I know people on the scene.
24:13And I think this young ginger brother is Lumpu's friend from the youth club.
24:18Go on, more. Go on, go on, go on.
24:19We've got some work to do, but congratulations.
24:21And it's all going off here, man.
24:23You've got everything from a souped-up samurai-style BMW E30.
24:28Have you done all this yourself as well?
24:29Yeah, we've built it all ourselves.
24:31To a geezer whose entire vehicle is themed around a six-foot purple dinosaur.
24:35This is a world-exclusive Barney Audi convertible.
24:39Yeah.
24:40What have we got kicking around underneath the bonnet?
24:42Should be about 300.
24:43So 300 brake.
24:44So that's nice, usable.
24:45Yeah.
24:45Steel punches.
24:46I love it.
24:47Who's whip is this, bro?
24:49It was my first car.
24:50This was literally your first car?
24:52I've had this since 1996.
24:55I'm 17 years old, and we've had it in the family ever since.
24:58The same age as me, 1978.
25:00Hello, what's your name?
25:01Hi, Beau.
25:02Nice to meet you, Beau.
25:03What's going on, Beau?
25:04Please tell me, has Dad already signed over the documents to you?
25:07It's a birthday, Tomiza.
25:08Is it your birthday?
25:09Happy birthday.
25:10And Dad just gave you his first mini as a birthday present.
25:13Round of applause.
25:14Congratulations.
25:15This is my car now.
25:18F*** you!
25:20Come here.
25:21Who are you, big girl?
25:22There's more to Dog Club than just mad modified whips.
25:25In fact, they've given a whole section to the sensitive souls who prefer to keep things on the classic side.
25:31Where are you from?
25:32Coventry.
25:33Are you from Coventry?
25:34Yes.
25:34What made you choose this car?
25:35Why is this important to you?
25:36It's a hard one to get, and I wanted it.
25:38What condition was it in when you bought it?
25:39Respot.
25:40Swear down?
25:41Respot, yeah.
25:42Floors hanging off it.
25:43So do you get angry at people who come and slap a Liberty walk body kit?
25:47No.
25:48Who cares?
25:48Who cares?
25:49Who cares?
25:50Of course.
25:50Everyone else's taste, you know?
25:52Or her taste too, as it happens.
25:54Because whilst this might appear to be an enormous sausage fest, there are in fact loads of women
25:59here showing off their own amazing whips.
26:01Tucked away in the corner, this iconic Japanese silhouette.
26:05What tone of pink are we dealing with here?
26:07Um, it's a custom colour, so I created it myself.
26:10Go full pink, Hello Kitty theme, proper Japanese.
26:13Yeah, man.
26:14What are you looking to change with the car?
26:17Because that's one thing we know about car owners.
26:18We're never satisfied.
26:20There's always the next step.
26:21There's always the next thing.
26:21What would you like to do to it next?
26:23So next, I want to turbo it.
26:25I don't want to go stupid power.
26:26Maybe I'm talking 240.
26:28Knowing that having usable power is more important than top line numbers and output,
26:34it's the way to go, really, isn't it?
26:35Yeah, I think it needs a bit of everything, really.
26:36It needs style, it needs a bit of power, and it needs to be fun to drive.
26:40I think that's the main thing, really.
26:41Come on, listen.
26:42A little bit of Hello Kitty power in the streets of Cov.
26:46We love to see it, mate.
26:48There's such a different mix of cars, but there's a car that I've spotted that wasn't my wheelhouse,
26:54no pun intended, but so much love, attention, and care has gone into it.
26:58A very special man called Carl over here.
27:00Let's go take a look.
27:00Now, this is a blast from the past.
27:03A true icon of the 1990s hot hatch era.
27:07And I'm pretty sure I had a poster of one of these on my wall as a spotty teenager, you know?
27:11How you doing, man?
27:12How are you, my brother?
27:13Good.
27:13Good to meet you.
27:14Absolute pleasure to meet you.
27:15You too.
27:15Now, bro, there's a lot of different types of cars here.
27:18Yeah.
27:18Everyone's on German power.
27:20Everybody's on Japanese power.
27:23How have you ended up with this piece of motor vehicle history?
27:26French power.
27:27How?
27:28Oh, what can I say?
27:29So, Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider, obviously had the original running gear, 1.4 turbo engine.
27:36Yep.
27:37Went through many of those, blowing them up, head gaskets, turbos, etc.
27:42And it's interesting you say that, bro, because not traditionally the most reliable car, you know,
27:48from this era, bro.
27:48Exactly.
27:49Decided to get a pulling injury from a Clio 1.8 16 valve.
27:53Wow.
27:53Turbo, injectors, ECU, Clio Sport gearbox, Mokul oil cooler.
28:02How did your love for the Renault Star, how?
28:04Uh, year seven, year eight, I remember my cousins.
28:08Yes, so, 1993, 1993.
28:10Yeah, yeah.
28:11My cousins and all the older boys took me down to McDonald's, Southend, all those places.
28:15Those times it was RS Turbo's, Fiesta's, Unos.
28:18And my cousin had one, absolutely fell in love with it.
28:22Whenever we've been looking at cars, even the reason why I love them,
28:25it's always tied into a family member, a memory.
28:28Yes, 100%.
28:30And it's the nostalgia that still keeps us passionate with this stuff.
28:33I want to see the real Renault bad man.
28:35No problem.
28:36Jump behind the wheel.
28:36I can't fire up.
28:37Yeah, let me see you behind that wheel.
28:49Look down the barrel of that camera, bro.
28:50Talk to them.
28:51Thank you very much.
28:52That's the real Renault bad man.
28:53The more time I spend here, the more ways I'm seeing to personalize your car.
29:01You've got the nostalgic route, the unofficially branded theme, the classic renovation, the performance
29:07and power first crowd.
29:08It's giving me mad ideas for what I can do with the S2000.
29:12I've just got to pick the right ones.
29:14It's a huge mix of people.
29:17There's cars.
29:18There's food.
29:19There's energy.
29:20Cov told me to be a person and be myself and be authentic.
29:23I need to be authentic with this S2000.
29:26Dub club.
29:27Cov city.
29:28I love you.
29:28And I'll see you again soon.
29:29Bye.
29:32At the workshop, Darren's granted me access to his special spray room once again,
29:37but only because the roll bar is finally dry and there's no more paint for me to bugger up.
29:42These have finished.
29:43I'm going to use the word splendidly.
29:45Do you agree?
29:46Nice one.
29:46Spectacular.
29:47They come out well.
29:48I'm really happy.
29:49Nice color as well.
29:50They look great.
29:51They look, honestly, they look amazing.
29:53What are you doing?
29:53Let's do it.
29:56Surprisingly quite low.
29:57It really is.
29:59First thing we can do is just literally put it straight in.
30:02All right, so the tubes are going to sit right next to the back seat mount bolt.
30:09Let me grab those bars and we're bolted into there in a supported turn white.
30:22When that carpet goes back into place, even looking at you placing those bolts through,
30:26it feels like something that Honda could have done themselves back when it was made, right?
30:30Yeah.
30:30I'm trying to make it look like as if they would have done it.
30:33Yeah.
30:34We're almost there, mate.
30:36Last two bolts.
30:39There we go.
30:40Finish.
30:42Combination sensation.
30:44But tell me, now that it's in,
30:46draw the truth.
30:47Always the truth, always the truth.
30:48Come on, man.
30:50It's cool, uh-huh, but I wouldn't have done it.
30:53Okay, we all know by now that Lumble is allergic to anything fun.
30:58And if it was up to him, you'd be watching a show about a man slowly driving a Vauxhall Corsa
31:03around Milton Keynes.
31:05So, am I alone when I say I'm not feeling a little roll bar?
31:09Definitely, yeah, yeah.
31:10Negative Nancy.
31:11Yeah, you know I learn.
31:12You know, all it's going to mean is that I'm not honest with you anymore.
31:16That's not very nice, is it?
31:17I would like you to continue to be honest with you, but just about a look on Darren's face,
31:22just be lying.
31:23Do you like the roll bar?
31:24I think it's amazing.
31:25How do you feel?
31:26Yeah, it's much better.
31:27Darren, we've solved this.
31:28We've solved this.
31:28Back to normal.
31:30Let's go.
31:31I'll tell you what else I love about this modification.
31:33This is the first visual one that's made a big difference.
31:37By the time we get the wrap on, by the time we get the wheels on, by the time we change lights,
31:42I think it's all going to really tie in, isn't it?
31:44This is going to start to get really exciting from here on in.
31:47Well, I don't know.
31:48Maybe really anticlimactic for him, you know.
31:50Yeah, he'll hate it.
31:51Whatever, man, ain't it?
31:52I believe it's going to look good.
31:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:54Yes.
32:06I'm Guz Khan, the cuddliest of comedians and self-confessed car obsessive.
32:11I've stepped into the mad world of modified motors to create my own dream car.
32:16Only, I don't have much, in a way, of mechanical ability.
32:18You're going to have to have a little fun with it.
32:20You're going to have a little little vibes in here.
32:22I feel like he's wasting a lot of pain.
32:23I don't think pain seems for you.
32:28Which is how I found myself on a deserted industrial estate,
32:31looking for a man called Ian Mockit, who may or may not have some wisdom to impart.
32:37Oh, I think I might have found him.
32:39Ian!
32:40Oh, Guz!
32:41How are you, fella?
32:42How are you doing?
32:43Good to see you, bravo, yeah?
32:44Yeah, good.
32:46Ian's got me out here to check out the passion projects
32:49that's consumed him for the last 10 years of his life.
32:52And apparently, he also wants me to help him with it.
32:56Which seems like a reckless decision, but here we are.
32:58The thing underneath this very modest-looking cover.
33:02Yeah.
33:02This is your baby.
33:03It is, it is.
33:05This is Ian's way of getting a car he's always dreamed of, but he couldn't have.
33:09I wanted a mid-engine supercar.
33:11Yeah, yeah.
33:12Like a GT40 or a McLaren or something like that.
33:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
33:15I can't afford that, so I thought I'll build one myself.
33:17Who's got a spare £215,000 to go down Lamborghini?
33:21Oh, man.
33:21If we ain't, we can build it ourselves.
33:23Yeah, exactly.
33:24So I bought an old MGTF, like £500.
33:27Yeah, yeah.
33:27And that was it.
33:28I just, I literally, like, cut the back off and I've made a bit of a chassis.
33:32Do you want to see it?
33:33Of course I want to see it.
33:34Let's go, bro.
33:34Right, okay.
33:35Slow reveal from the front.
33:36It's very dusty.
33:37Hey, yo, what?
33:42We're at the custom build end of modding right here.
33:45Design, engineering, fabrication.
33:48It's elation.
33:50I mean, an MGTF is nice.
33:52Don't get it twisted.
33:53But my guy, Ian, has vaulted a four-litre VA inside his.
33:59God damn, he's even got matching orange inserts in the dash.
34:03And what's more impressive, he ain't even had any help from the man them at Halfords.
34:07Houston, the majority of this kicking about at home.
34:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:12Real bad man.
34:12Yeah.
34:13Real bad man.
34:13Yeah.
34:14Can you change that to your middle name, please?
34:17Bad man.
34:17Yeah.
34:18When it comes to the actual drivability of the car, is there anything specific that mid-mounted
34:22Oh, it's the handling, for sure.
34:23Yeah?
34:24Yeah, definitely.
34:24Going around corners, it does handle good.
34:26There's a lot of engineering conundrums that have gone into it.
34:30Like that, that is a Rover engine, but that's a Porsche Boxster gearbox.
34:34And I had to make a big adapter plate.
34:37This is the adapter plate.
34:38Yeah.
34:38So the Boxster gearbox goes on the Rover engine.
34:41That was one of the first things I did, actually, because when I started the project, I wanted to make sure that I
34:46could get the mid-engine bits together.
34:49One thing I am really pleased about is this gear linkage.
34:52But the only thing on the Porsche gearbox, it's just got one shaft coming out.
34:56So all this linkage I had to make from nothing to get it to work.
35:01You want that linkage?
35:02Let's have a look at this.
35:03Yo, this geezer is a rocket scientist.
35:06Oh, hang on, hang on.
35:07He's a market scientist.
35:09You get it?
35:10Because he's signing his market and pay attention at the back.
35:15Did it himself.
35:16I feel very inadequate around now.
35:18And what?
35:19Did you sketch it before you did it, or you just did it straight from...
35:22No, bits of cardboard.
35:24I'll call it CAD design, cardboard-aided design.
35:26Hey, yo!
35:27Yeah, you know what I say?
35:28It's mesmerized to me.
35:30I love it.
35:30Bro, when we talk about Elon Musk, we found a real genius in a random shed in Northampton.
35:36This is unbelievable, man.
35:38I showed the video of that to my wife and she wasn't overly impressed.
35:41This is what happens, man.
35:43Yeah.
35:44Ian, let me tell you something, bro.
35:46I walked off stage after doing three and a half thousand people at the Apollo.
35:49Yeah.
35:50And my missus was waiting with the kids.
35:51You know what the first thing she said is?
35:52I'm hungry.
35:54It looks like my wife and Ian's have got something else in common.
35:58Because no sooner do we mention them, they appear out of thin air.
36:01How do they do that, man?
36:02Every time, how?
36:03Yeah.
36:04This giver is a magician.
36:06And he is.
36:07Most people are changing like the spare wheel on the bike in the garage.
36:10He's built a custom creation.
36:12I know.
36:12It's amazing.
36:13That he does love.
36:14Couldn't have done it without my wife.
36:16Can we get a round of applause for the real hero again?
36:19Listen, a round of applause for the real hero.
36:21Put up with all this vroom, vroom.
36:23Any important advice as being a loyal wife for 40 years to a car nut?
36:28Anything you want to advise my missus about?
36:30Um, just put plenty of holidays.
36:33Is that what it is?
36:33Yeah.
36:34I have said that this car would not exist without you because you've enabled me to buy stuff and
36:40maybe when we should have gone on holiday.
36:42Yeah, but if you're happy, I'm happy and vice versa.
36:45Yeah, exactly.
36:47Oh, get a room, you two.
36:51Ian's wife's been offering moral rather than mechanical support,
36:54which might explain why the MG is currently far from roadworthy.
36:58I want to see it on the road here, even if that means I have to get involved.
37:03You know, this is the light bit.
37:04This is the light bit?
37:05This is the light bit.
37:06It's not very light.
37:08You've got to go to me, to you.
37:09To me.
37:10That's the rule.
37:10To me.
37:11To you.
37:11To you.
37:13Rest in peace.
37:14Are both the trickles gone now?
37:15No, one of them's all right.
37:16One of them's all right.
37:16All right, good lad.
37:17You can't shift anything without saying that.
37:19Can you see where the catch is?
37:21Oh, yeah, yeah, I can see.
37:23I can see.
37:25I'll tell you what, I forgot to get the bolts.
37:27They're in that blue box over there.
37:28On the deck.
37:29All right.
37:3012 mil with a couple of 12 mil bolts.
37:3212 mil, yeah?
37:36Did you find them?
37:37Yeah, I think so.
37:37Did it say 12 mil anyway?
37:39Is that how you find out?
37:40It said eight quid eight.
37:42Yeah, go on, mate.
37:43Okay.
37:44Here, pal.
37:45Oh, perfect.
37:46Are they the ones?
37:46Yeah, they're the ones.
37:47Yeah, I knew it.
37:47I was confident.
37:49I was confident.
37:50You knew.
37:53You might need to come down this side, Gus.
37:54You might have to lift the back up a little bit.
37:56I think.
37:57Let me commend you.
37:58That's a lot of dexterity.
37:59There you go.
38:00Look.
38:00Are we on?
38:01Yeah.
38:02Yeah, look at that smile, man.
38:04See what I mean, though?
38:05It's still like MG.
38:06It's still the same shape, but it just looks different,
38:09doesn't it?
38:10I haven't changed the shape of the wings.
38:11If you ask me, it's improved it.
38:14I think so, yeah.
38:14It's more hulking.
38:16Yeah.
38:16It's more beastly, isn't it?
38:17Yeah.
38:17And that's what you want.
38:18When you've gone and developed a mid-engine like that,
38:20you want it to look, yeah, you know what I mean?
38:22Yeah.
38:24So pay attention, because this is how Ian's MG will appear
38:27as it arrives in your rear view.
38:30Now it's time to see how it looks as the Rover V8 powers past
38:34your bloody old family saloon and leaves you in the dust.
38:37To me.
38:37To me.
38:38To you.
38:39I think go down at the back.
38:41Down at the back.
38:44There we go.
38:44Oh!
38:45I feel out of breath.
38:49And I'm trying to hide it.
38:50Shall we take a step back and have a look at it?
38:52Yeah, I think so, yeah.
38:54This might be British all over, but it does bear a certain
38:57resemblance to a car I've driven only recently.
39:00Come on, man.
39:02There's some Italian DNA in that supercar body, ain't there?
39:06There it is.
39:07You happy, innit?
39:08Yeah, I am.
39:09Yeah, look at that cheeky little smile.
39:10I can see that smile on your face.
39:12They helped me out big time.
39:13I've got one request.
39:14Go on, then.
39:15Can we hear it?
39:16Yeah.
39:17Yeah?
39:18Well, it'd be embarrassing if it wouldn't start.
39:20I'm here.
39:21I'll go and get the job, please.
39:22Don't worry.
39:29V8!
39:32Pump it!
39:33Pump it, Ian!
39:34Make that in his garage, bro.
39:42I like it.
39:45There goes Ian Mocky, the most inspiring uncle from Northampton I've ever met in my whole life.
39:49They need to send him into schools in his MGTF to motivate the youth of this nation.
39:53If Ian can build a show-stopping supercar in his garage, then I reckon I can probably fit new seats in my Honda.
40:02Right, guys, you ready?
40:03OK.
40:04Let's go.
40:04I say I.
40:06I obviously mean Darren and Lambo whilst I supervise from a safe distance.
40:10Right, your ratchet's down there.
40:12All your bolts are on the floor.
40:13Yeah, so the smaller ones at the front, big ones at the back.
40:16And that is it.
40:17They're probably some of the simplest seats you want to fit really.
40:20They're side mounts.
40:21I'm broke.
40:22I ain't got no money left.
40:24My children are going to go hungry.
40:26My wife is going to see this on television.
40:29There's a divorce on the cards.
40:31There's a lot going on.
40:33Oh, we've got a problem.
40:34What?
40:34Your £2,600 seats don't fit.
40:37Bolts aren't going in.
40:39Mine's fine.
40:40You just have to open it.
40:40Then this is good news.
40:43Because if yours fit, then negative Narendra over here has probably just placed the seat in the wrong way.
40:50Yeah.
40:50Absolute bone-on killer you are, Lambo.
40:53Anytime a man feels a flutter in his trousers, Lambo turns up.
40:57I've got something to tell you.
40:59Flassing.
41:01Darren, can I say one thing?
41:03Yeah.
41:03These seats do look bad in a good way.
41:06Bad good.
41:07Yeah, they look bad.
41:09Can I ask a very important question too?
41:10Uh-huh.
41:11I can see that you're bolting them in place.
41:15Is there any movement forward and back on these runners or are they static?
41:19Yeah, yeah.
41:20Oh, there is?
41:20Yeah, yeah, you've got runners.
41:22They're just not reclinable.
41:23Well, where can you recline to anyway?
41:25That's fine. That's great news.
41:27And you know what else is great news?
41:28I just figured out a way for Lambo to make some extra pocket money so he can finally move out of his
41:33mom's house.
41:34Bro, you know the way you keep straddling that seat?
41:36Imagine that.
41:38He's checking out his ass.
41:40I'm about to start an OnlyFans from back here.
41:43Trying to get it in.
41:44Oh yeah, we'll all be nice.
41:48Okay, I'm in and I'm done.
41:52Let me do this first test because, brother, this is the end of the road.
41:55If this doesn't work, I wish you the best of luck.
41:59I've done everything I can to secure the seat.
42:03Nice, right?
42:13Lads, no mocking about.
42:18This is the one.
42:20Not only do I feel secure,
42:22not only do I feel comfortable, even though they don't look like they should be comfortable,
42:27because of the way it's slanted in and it accommodates for buttocks at the bottom.
42:31They hug you just enough without being uncomfortable, right?
42:34Yeah, and for me, when it comes to any upgrade that we've done so far,
42:39this was worth every penny.
42:40I cannot believe I'm saying that.
42:42Mate, I want to thank you, bro.
42:44This upgrade required the master mechanic.
42:47Because, bro, me and Lumbu would have thought about it maybe,
42:50seen the price, shut the laptop and gone to Dixie Chicken.
42:54Ah, the fairy tale of Guzzi Lox and the Three Bears has a happy ending.
42:58I finally found a seat that was just right.
43:02I mean, I may have to live off porridge for the rest of the month, but that's fine.
43:05Bring on the next step in a modification master plan, baby.
43:08Next time, I'm on a journey into sound, as I meet a serious speaker fiend,
43:16and we give the S2000 a radical stereo upgrade.
43:20That's a big improvement. That was worth the wait, bro.
43:24Plus, I'm meeting the adrenaline junkies who've modified their cars for the drift life.
43:29That's what a tire will look like when you've had a few minutes of drifting.
43:33Oh, come on.
43:38All right, thank you.
43:43Ungerian, yeah.
43:46Take care.
43:46See you soon.
44:02So I'm out.
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