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NARRATOR: Supercar customizer Yianni--

[engine revs]

--lives life at full throttle.

How accurate is that speedo?

NARRATOR: He takes incredible cars--

It's gorgeous.

NARRATOR: --and works with his talented crew--

You're a G. You're a G.

NARRATOR: --to give them a unique look.

But the stakes are high--

How can we get this so wrong, man?

NARRATOR: --when you work for demanding clients.

I will be calling you 20 times a day.

NARRATOR: --who expect perfection--

Yes, yes, yes.

NARRATOR: --every time.

That is so sick.

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

[music playing]

NARRATOR: This time, it's a stand-off between two clients

with very different visions.

- So you want to go black? - Black.

All blacks.

I want to keep it white.

NARRATOR: Yianni steps in with one-of-a-kind wrap to try

and keep both sides happy.

[sighs] I don't even know if I want

to say this because my staff are going to kill me.

Half and half?

How?

Straight down the middle.

NARRATOR: Inside the garage, Amelia faces her biggest

design challenge ever.

AMELIA: This hopefully will be my first major success.

NARRATOR: But making this concept a reality is tough.

I really, really don't like it.

NARRATOR: Can the team regroup to produce

a finish that both clients will be happy with?

[sighs] Under pressure, Charlie

and Jay are on their way.

And they're still working on the roof.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: It's a new day at the unit.

And outside, there's a modded Transporter

heading Yianni's way.

Charlie and Jay own a car detailing company.

They've spent over $10,000 customizing this one-off show

vehicle, which they take around the country to motoring events.

[air hissing]

YIANNI: He's got it on air-- of course he has.

NARRATOR: And now they've come to Yianni for their first wrap

to complete the look.

You're a boy, isn't you?

How are we doing, fam?

Have you got air right on this van?

- I do. - You good?

Hey, Jay. You well?

Good. You?

Mate, this is lovely.

We've just had it literally done.

So it's going to become our show vehicle--

got to have a van, thought we'd make

it look a little bit different, step our game up a bit.

Brand new wheels coming on up to you next week.

You know what? My guys are going to love this.

CHARLIE: There you go. YIANNI: It is different.

I think it looks great in white.

I like it in white.

But we want to go for the camo look.

So we'll have a bit of satin and matte.

Satin, matte.

What colors?

Kind of white still.

So still keep it a camo, slight gray.

Hold on.

I just seen his face.

What's wrong?

We need to go stealth.

- So you want to go black? - Black.

All blacks.

And you want to go white?

I want to keep it white but want to go camo.

Black camo.

Arctic camo.

Black. JAY: Black.

White. Black.

Black. JAY: I want it all white.

Black chrome, black something.

It's got to be black, all black.

Are you lot having, like, a little domestic--

are you lot married? [laughter]

Not yet.

It's not looking good.

So I'll tell you what I'll do, is let's go upstairs.

Yeah?

I'm going to put the swatches in front of you.

Yeah?

I'm going to have a coffee, and you lot can battle it out.

Cool.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: The Transporter has been around for over 60 years

and is a cult classic.

The Sportline is the top spec, coming with 18-inch wheels

and exclusive exterior trims.

But Charlie and Jay have taken this van to the next level,

adding hydraulics, a top-of-the-range sound system,

and a complete interior retrim with bespoke leather seats.

[sighs]

[music playing]

Here's what we're going to do.

You can have one.

You can have the other.

And I'm going to sit back and enjoy my coffee.

Hold on. Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Are you 100% set on white?

Got a-- look.

Polar bear-- done.

Are you 100% set on black?

Done.

[sighs] I don't even know if I want

to say this because my staff are going to kill me.

Half and half?

How?

Straight down the middle.

Go one side-- go one side white, one side black.

CHARLIE: Will that work?

YIANNI: Uh, I'll make it work somehow with my guys.

So literally, one whole side of the van

is going to be in the black camo,

one whole side is going to be in the white?

What do you think about that?

What are you thinking?

I guess it's going to have to be a compromise.

Ah, see? This-- do you know what?

I actually feel like a counselor now.

[laughs]

YIANNI: A compromise-- this is nice.

- Cheers, brother. - Good man.

Cool.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Decision made--

Charlie and Jay have agreed to meet in the middle.

Now Yianni has to brief the team on his unorthodox design idea.

YIANNI: Morning, guys.

TOGETHER: Morning.

So we've got a VW Transporter.

- This is bad. - Yeah, bad.

This is real bad.

They want something a little bit special.

So the van is white.

They had a full-blown argument upstairs with me.

One of them wanted it black.

The other one wanted it white.

And then they decided to go white and black camo separately.

[groaning] MIKE: Oh, man.

No.

No, no, no. - Yes.

Solid color, man.

I've got Mike--

no, no, no.

I've got Amelia like, yes, yes, yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

That's because she likes all that stuff.

But no, a solid color would just set this off.

No, this would look good.

MIKE: It's got to be different.

YIANNI: OK. Well--

[laughter]

It's got new wheels coming as well, by the way.

No. YIANNI: So that is the wrap.

Right.

So first of all, you guys are going to strip this down.

Mike, do you see any issues with this?

At the moment, the front bumper--

it looks like there's a little body kit on there or something.

So we're going to have to look into that.

OK. MIKE: Not too bad.

YIANNI: Amelia, you're up for the camo.

I'm so excited.

I can't wait-- besides the fact that it's a massive van.

So this will be my biggest job.

OK.

So you guys strip it, get fit to wrap it.

Amelia, camo. - All right.

Cool.

YIANNI: Thank you.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Mike gets straight to work stripping the door cards.

Mike, what's going on, bro?

Just the man.

What's happening?

I know you've worked one of these before.

My main issue is that front bumper.

All right.

NARRATOR: Every body kit is different.

And for the strippers, it's always a case of searching

to see how it's attached.

How is it getting on underneath?

We've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-- about 5 volts under here.

Yep.

PAV: Watch this. MIKE: But then these come out.

PAV: Watch this. Watch this.

Want it or not?

No.

No.

When we were taking bumpers off, the main things

that we have to get off is this inner wheel

arch, this bit of plastic here.

NARRATOR: But even with the arch covers loosened,

the bumper still isn't shifting.

I've got a bit of play, but it just doesn't seem to be budging.

Mate, it's not going anywhere. Do you know what?

Give me that torch.

There you go. I've found it.

MIKE: What have you found? - T30.

Come here. Look at this.

What, through the grille?

Through the grille.

NARRATOR: Pav's discovery unlocks the puzzle.

Lovely.

Cheers, mate.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Amelia is in charge of the bespoke black-and-white camo

design.

She's been wrapping for two years now

and started off teaching herself at home.

AMELIA: To be honest with you, it was my brother.

He said something about "wrapping my car."

And I was like, what is wrapping?

Like, what even is that?

So he showed me this company.

I sort of fell in love with it from there.

I literally just bought some vinyl off the internet

and took over my mom's garage, bless her.

NARRATOR: She's been with the company

for nearly a year now, starting off as work experience

after she contacted Yainni showcasing the warps

she'd done on her own cars.

AMELIA: What we've got from the customer

is a picture of a completely different car but

with a camouflage design on it.

And I'm trying to take the design that they've given us,

and put it into this, and sort of conform it, and stretch it,

and make it work on this.

NARRATOR: She uses the plotter to cut the design.

AMELIA: So it's going to have to be sort

of my interpretation of what the customer has given us,

basically.

And this is definitely the biggest thing I've done.

So the pressure's on.

The thing is, I know I've done it right.

It's just so nerve-wracking.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Back in the garage, Nicco and Mark

are prepping the van for the wrap, which

will take 10 meters of vinyl.

So me and Nicco is about to wrap this Transporter.

Luckily, we can leave that other side in gloss white.

So wrap-wise, me and Nicco is going to do it.

And then we're going to leave it to Amelia.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: This van is nearly two meters tall.

The brothers have to work together to manipulate

the giant pieces of material.

It takes them almost four hours.

But by the end of the day, the two-tone look is taking shape.

[music playing]

Early morning.

Today is the day for Amelia.

She needs to start laying the camo design

on the white side of the van.

The unusual pattern mixes both satin and matte vinyl finishes.

And it's all about getting the placement right.

Now is the moment of truth. .

NARRATOR: And this is a one-shot deal.

It's impossible for Amelia to get

an idea of how the final design looks

until all the patches are laid.

Upstairs, Yianni is monitoring Amelia's progress on CCTV.

But he wants a closer look at this tricky design.

YIANNI: Milli.

Yianni.

How are you getting on?

Yeah, getting there.

[tense music playing]

I don't like it.

I think the rear quarter looks quite good.

But I'm not feeling this.

It looks a bit too--

too close together.

I really, really don't like it.

[tense music playing]

NARRATOR: The camo patches are too close together.

And there's not enough contrast between the satin

and the matte vinyl.

It just doesn't work.

It looks more of a design rather than just a--

AMELIA: OK. Fair enough.

--camo patch print.

That we can sort out.

NARRATOR: Amelia will have to strip out the sections

which don't work for a rewrap.

And Yianni's reaction has come as a real blow.

Such a horrible feeling to be peeling off something I've,

uh, spent time laying down.

But it has to be done sometimes.

NARRATOR: Yianni has his hands full, too.

Jay has unexpectedly arrived with the new wheels.

- Jay. - How are you doing?

How you doing, mate? You well?

Stressed, but good.

Let me see the--

The one-off wheels are here, my man.

Let me see these puppies.

[inhales] Woo, hoo, hoo.

Let's have a look at this wheel.

Oh, man.

Like it?

That's nice-- satin face and gloss black on the rim, yeah?

Right. Brilliant.

Thanks for bringing me the wheels.

No worries.

YIANNI: Now that you're here, I need to show you something.

I've got a little problem.

Let me just quickly show you.

NARRATOR: It's not often a customer gets a sneak peak

at their car before it's finished,

but Yianni needs Jay's opinion.

So what I wanted to show you is, if you look at the satin

and matte together over there, they're so close.

Right.

Do you like that?

Do you not like that?

Because literally, we've done your side of the van.

There's not too much different between those two, is there?

No.

What would you guys advise?

My idea was to actually use a gloss white.

Because a gloss white works with the satin white.

You've got three good contrasts rather than the satin and matte

so close together.

OK.

Do it. - Are you OK with that?

Yeah.

We'll lay a few more panels where we think it looks good.

I'll throw something up on social media.

Have a look.

And then based on that, we'll finalize our decision.

- No worries. - Cheers, Amelia.

Come on. Good luck.

Perfect. See you later, Jay.

See you.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Jay trusts Yianni to deliver.

But that means all the pressure is now on Amelia.

This time, she'll cut the design by hand,

allowing her to be creative and really show her skill.

She hopes that, by using a gloss vinyl,

the difference between the shades of white

should be much more obvious.

And the design should really pop.

I'm happy with the way it looks now.

It looks much better than it did before.

Obviously, we've broken up the bottom bit here,

put gloss on top.

And it does break it up a lot.

So I'm much happier now.

NARRATOR: Yianni has been keeping an eye on the CCTV,

but he needs to sign off the new design in person.

YIANNI: Ameles.

I think it looks so much better now-- so

gloss, matte, satin, obviously.

No, I think it looks really good.

What I'll do is, let me take a picture.

And I'll send it to him, even though he

said we can do what we want.

Perfect.

Amelia, good job.

Cool, babe.

Thank you.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: This combi van can hit a top speed of 126mph.

It's powered by a turbocharged direct injection diesel engine

and has a dual-clutch direct-shift gearbox

for smooth power flow when changing gears.

[music playing]

It's the end of the day, but this is no ordinary evening

at the garage.

NICCO: It's Thursday.

We call it, like--

Thursday-- clean day.

Every Thursday, me, and Mark, and all the crew--

we always clean our cars.

Yeah, this is, like, a little bonding as well for the staff.

NARRATOR: Whether their car is wrapped or not,

washing and detailing is hugely important to everyone

at the unit.

NICCO: This is my car.

It's Mark's old Type R. He gave this car to me

because he bought a new car.

That's how much he loves me.

NARRATOR: Upstairs, Yianni can hear what's going on.

Yo, are you going to wash my car?

Absolutely not.

YIANNI: No?

No.

[laughs] They said no.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: From hot hatches to cool coupes,

the crew's fleet is washed and polished up to perfection.

[music playing]

Deadline day.

The morning starts with some good news for Yianni.

[ding]

Charlie.

"Looks OK," capital "LOL.

But Jay loves it.

See you soon."

[laughs]

NARRATOR: Downstairs, Amelia has gone from light to dark,

laying the black camo patches on the other side of the van.

[blowing]

And Yianni has had a last-minute idea to help unify the design.

Mark and Nicco have to make it work.

We got to find the proper straight line on this one.

So we're just going to straight-- like,

stick it straight bang on.

Cool.

Let's do that then.

Cool.

[music playing]

Mark's at the top looking down to make sure it's 100% straight.

And Nicco is trying to line it up.

It's taken a lot longer than I thought it would.

[sighs] Under pressure-- and I know Charlie

and Jake are on their way.

And they're still working on the roof.

A little bit more to me.

NICCO: More.

How is it?

[blowing]

[blowing]

Much better.

Nice.

NARRATOR: The blue line ties the black and white

together and gives a burst of color.

Now Mike has to refit the van before the clients arrive.

[music playing]

I'm fitting up the Transporter.

We're under a lot of pressure on time.

NARRATOR: These custom wheels were designed by the client

and are totally unique.

The wheels complete the look.

And the job is ready for Yianni's final inspection.

[music playing]

This van has been an incredible design challenge.

Yianni needs to have one final check over both sides

of the camo pattern to make sure he's happy with the finished

product.

I think the stripe works.

Amelia has really done well with this vehicle.

It's the first time I've asked her to do something like this.

I'm really happy with the quality of work.

Great job, Amelia.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Charlie and Jay are on their way.

[laughs]

NARRATOR: But will they both be happy with this 50/50 wrap?

- Get in there. - Good to see you, fella.

How are we doing? - What's happening?

Good, mate. Good.

Talk to me. Hold on.

All white, black and white-- what's going on?

I've had to come round, haven't I?

We're going to have a black and a white van.

So the t-shirt had to match.

You look a little bit nervous.

- I am nervous. - Why are you nervous?

Because it should all be black.

But we'll have to see how it happens.

We want it to be that vehicle that people talk about.

Look, I love people talking about my cars,

whether they love it or hate it.

Are you ready to see it? - Let's do it.

Yep. [laughter]

He's like a little child.

Don't be so nervous. Are you ready?

JAY: Let's do it. Let's do it.

All right. Wait there.

[banging]

[ambient music playing]

[engine revs]

[engine humming]

[laughs]

CHARLIE: Oh.

[music playing]

Yeah, brother.

But they can't

I'm the one and only

I've been around the world

Uh, I got to find this girl

Uh, everybody wants to live my life

Oh, dude.

YIANNI: [laughs]

That is nuts.

Smashed it.

JAY: That is so cool, unbelievably cool.

Love it.

Unbelievable.

I'm speechless.

And I haven't even seen the black side yet.

[laughter]

Do you like the white side, Charlie?

Yeah, I do.

It works really, really well.

JAY: And how cool does it look with the wheels--

the white side with the wheels?

- You like the white? - Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's see the black side and see what you think.

Now we are talking.

[laughs]

That is cool.

That side you smashed out of the park.

This side is an absolute-- another level.

I bet I know which side you prefer best.

Yeah.

It's cool.

[laughter]

CHARLIE: Yeah, they're splitting it up.

Now when you stand at the front and you've got the two

different colors, the blue strip up the middle,

it's like having two different motors, isn't it?

- So are you happy? - Over the moon.

Ecstatic.

Smashed it, mate. Smashed it.

Brilliant.

Well, listen, obviously the white side's yours.

So the key is yours.

[laughs] So you're right.

It's going to look great driving around.

JAY: So you're right, man.

Thank you so much.

My absolute pleasure.

CHARLIE: Fella.

YIANNI: Enjoy.

[music playing]

Amazing.

Oh, I can't wait to just get it on the open road.

[laughs] It looks stunning.

Still better on the black side, though.

[laughs]

[engine revs]