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NARRATOR: Supercar customizer Yianni

lives life at full throttle.

How accurate is that, though?

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.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: This time, Yianni takes it to the next level,

tackling two stunning supercars at the same time.

Talk to me.

What are we doing?

You know how much I love a pinstripe?

OK, I could-- you know, I should have guessed.

NARRATOR: And his demanding clients aren't making life easy.

So you're going to have to pick up the car from me

at the end of the week.

It's tight.

Yeah, it's tight for me.

I'm the one that's got to get it done.

NARRATOR: But the wild wrap design leaves everyone

scratching their heads.

YIANNI: There are loads of bits.

I didn't realize it was this much.

NARRATOR: And Amelia struggles to walk the line.

Is it actually short?

Yeah.

Fuck's sake.

NARRATOR: Has the boss bitten off more than he can chew?

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

This here doesn't match up in the middle.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: It's early morning.

Returning customer and friend Jack Duncan is on his way.

Yianni's previously worked on his 2-million-pound Aston Martin

Vulcan and his McLaren 720S.

Today, the pinstripe king is back with another new car.

[dramatic music]

[RAPPING] This is the everybody

Jack. JACK DUNCAN: Good morning.

Welcome back.

How are you?

Mate, this is a car and a half.

GT2 RS pack.

Picked it up a month ago.

Straight down to you again.

You've got some special cars, but this is awesome.

Why did you choose champagne wheels?

Black wheels are dead now, mate.

You'd lose the design.

You lose everything in it.

OK.

Standard price on this car if you were going to a dealer?

246,000.

And it's worth now?

A lot-- about north of 500.

So you've doubled your money.

Yeah, pretty much.

Talk to me.

What are we doing?

You know how much I love a pinstripe.

OK, I could-- you know, I should have guessed.

It's time for part three of the pinstripe.

What, champagne color?

Nah.

Got to go carmine red, matching the interior.

Bonnet, roof, plates and the spoiler,

and the RS badges on both doors, and the bumper in gold.

OK, but just the RS on the sides?

Just the RS.

That's it.

I don't mind that.

- Little touches-- - Little touches.

- --make it perfect. - Less is more, as they say.

- Yeah, exactly. - There you go.

- Thank you. - Cheers, mate.

It's always a pleasure.

Thanks, mate.

I'll see you soon.

I'll look after this baby.

Cheers, mate.

See you in a bit.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: The GT2 RS is the most powerful production 911 ever

built. It has a racing chassis and carbon panels to minimize

weight and maximize speed.

Jack wants the pinstriping to accentuate the curves

of the car's bodywork.

Jobs like this require consummate focus and skill.

Yianni brings the details team together.

[upbeat music]

Porsche GT2 RS.

Jack Duncan is a big customer of ours,

but a personal friend to me and Bert.

He is quite fussy.

So, Bert, you're going to be heavily involved in this.

Yeah.

YIANNI: He wants to add a couple of red pinstripes

to go with his interior.

So he's going to go red around the bonnet in the central part

of the carbon, falling over the roof, the end

plates on the spoiler.

But it is pinstripe, and if you don't line it up correctly,

it's going to look shocking.

Cool? - Got this.

AMELIA: Sounds good.

YIANNI: Amelia, if it goes wrong, it's on you, Bert.

- Hey. - Right.

Let's do this.

Cool.

Come on.

OK, right, here we go.

Right.

Top of the bonnet.

Yep.

NARRATOR: This job requires no strip down,

so they get straight into measuring up.

[upbeat music]

BERT: Cool.

I should go start cutting.

Lovely.

NARRATOR: Upstairs in the mezzanine, Amelia inputs

the dimensions into a plotter, which will cut

the vinyl with laser precision.

Downstairs, Yianni has received a call.

Josh. JOSH CARTU: What's up, man?

How are you doing, my man?

You well?

I'm well, I'm well.

NARRATOR: Josh Cartu is a racing driver and previous customer.

He's been liaising with Yianni to plan a special wrap

for an upcoming road rally.

What are you sending me?

JOSH CARTU: It's a Ferrari 812 Superfast.

Ooh.

JOSH CARTU: I've done a lot of modifications.

YIANNI: OK. And what are you thinking?

JOSH CARTU: I want to go crazy this time--

blue chrome, dragons on it.

Oh my god.

So you're not playing around.

This is a proper car.

OK.

And where's it coming in from, Budapest?

Yeah.

Yeah, you should have it pretty soon.

OK, fantastic.

So once it arrives, I'll work out what I'm going to do.

And I assume-- will you fly in and pick up the car?

Yeah, I'll come in--

when do you want to do the pick up?

Well, I know the rally is this weekend,

so you're going to have to pick up the car for me

at the end of the week.

Man, it's tight.

Yeah, it's tight for me.

You're like, it's tight.

I'm the one that's got to get it done.

I got stuff to do, too, man.

Josh, as soon as the car arrives,

I'll get cracking on it, and we'll make it happen, pal.

Thanks, brother.

Chrome blue with dragons.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: It's a short deadline, but Yianni can't pass up working

on this extraordinary supercar.

Across the unit, Amelia is laying

the first of the pinstripes on Jack's car.

[upbeat music]

Is that actually short?

Yeah.

How much have I given it?

Fuck's sake.

Did you measure this?

AMELIA: Yeah.

I measured it with you.

NARRATOR: They've laid the shortest stripe by mistake.

It was one that was--

BERT: You cut it short.

You used the short one.

I've used the short one?

Go home.

NARRATOR: Amelia will have to recut new vinyl.

But that's a job for tomorrow.

NARRATOR: It's a new day, and racing driver Josh

Cartu's Ferrari 812 Superfast arrives after

a 1,700-kilometer journey.

[upbeat music]

DRIVER: [non-english]

Josh Cartu.

Auto, Budapest.

- OK. - OK.

Thank you very much.

Bye.

Safe journey back.

All right, then.

I'll take the car.

Cheers.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: First manufactured in 2017,

this is one of the fastest road-going Ferraris ever built,

with a price tag of 260,000 and a top

speed of 211 miles per hour.

[upbeat music]

The car has arrived, but Yianni is still waiting

for the one-off digital print.

With the short deadline, he needs to brief the team.

Ferrari 812 Superfast.

It's a great car.

I've never seen one before.

No.

It's not easy to wrap in.

You two are loving the car, and Nicco is straight,

it's not easy to wrap.

Every single panel is, like, there's some curves in it.

Pav?

Worried, I'm not going to lie to you.

I've never worked on one, so time for this, Yian--

You've got to give us a bit of time, Bubba.

He's doing a rally.

That's all I needed to hear.

He's coming to pick up at the end of the week,

and the following day, he's gone.

So it's having a full digital print wrap,

which is like a chrome effect.

It's then having dragon print stickered on top of the wrap

that you've already done.

So it's going to be--

it's going to be like a puzzle.

[laughs]

Listen, it's a team effort.

All for one and one for all.

Yeah.

So if it goes wrong, we're all to blame.

If it goes great, obviously, I'm the man.

[laughter]

All right, Pav, I love you.

I love you.

PAV: All right, I'm going to get my tools.

NARRATOR: Short of time and concerned about the amount

of work ahead, Pav gets stuck into the strip.

Just start by taking off these vents here.

First time I'm working on one of these, so, you know, take us

a little bit longer just to work everything out.

But, look, Ferraris are pretty much built the same way.

NARRATOR: Upstairs, the digital print has arrived.

Bert, what are you doing?

Your timing couldn't be any better.

What is this?

This is Josh's vinyl for the 812.

Ooh.

All right, I don't want to damage it, so pick it up.

NARRATOR: Josh commissioned this design himself,

so the team have yet to see it.

Oh, wow.

So it's all in pieces.

BERT: Yeah, so section by section for the car.

This ain't going to be easy, is it.

BERT: No.

It's going to be hard.

Because trying to match this up--

what's that, the dragon?

BERT: Yeah.

On a level, you have got this 100% confirmed

how it needs to go on the car.

Yeah, I've got a layout of exactly what piece goes where,

and that's why I'm rolling it all now.

I'll then mark them to tell the boys exactly

where they're going to go.

You've got all sorts of different shapes.

There are loads of bits.

I'll be honest, I didn't realize it was this much.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: Downstairs, Mark and Nicco

have been given a guide for the design

and now need to make it work.

They decide to lay the front bumper first.

Once in place, they can use it as a reference point

for the rest of the panels.

[upbeat music]

This digital print is a one-off, so they only have

one shot at getting it right.

They cannot afford to stretch or damage the vinyl.

So we laid the first panel.

And it's going to be hard now because we

have to match every panel.

We have to do the pattern.

And, yeah, it's going to be difficult, this one.

NARRATOR: Next, they want to lay the first side of the car to get

a sense of the overall design.

[dramatic music]

You all right?

Not really.

We're having issues because this one--

they cut it too short.

So when we go in the middle, we need to go higher, like this.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Let me understand this.

This here needs to be exactly in the middle, which means,

if you pull this higher, you're short on the bottom.

If you leave it lower, you're going to be short on the roof.

That's it, yeah.

Can we see?

There's not a lot.

Right.

The dragon goes straight over the top.

Look at that.

The dragon goes straight over that rear quarter.

OK, here's what I would do.

I would lay it to the maximum.

So go to the maximum that you can come over

without leaving yourself short.

Then lay the roof.

Based on where we put the dragon,

we'll hide the duplication, and then we'll just

mirror it on the other side.

I know it's not ideal, so let's just make it work somehow.

OK?

You got it, you got it, you got it.

NICCO: Yeah. MARK: Cool.

Calm, calm. We got this.

Don't worry.

We got this.

It's too late to order a new vinyl print,

so Yianni's plan is the only option.

But hiding mismatched joints in the vinyl with the dragon design

is still a shot in the dark.

Amelia, though, is making progress

and has laid some of the pinstripes

on the black bodywork.

Last job is the rear spoiler.

Amelia feeds the dimensions into the plotter,

which cuts the exact design.

AMELIA: We've put the image into a design-and-cut software.

The next stage would then be to vectorize it.

That gives us a solid cut line from the exact shape

of the spoiler.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: The base of the complex digital wrap

is almost laid.

They've done their best to minimize

the joins in the pattern, but the problem is all too visible.

MARK: All I can say is, because of the vinyl,

this one of the hardest--

hardest cars we've done.

NARRATOR: Under the bonnet, this car gets its awesome power from

a massive 6.5-liter V12 engine.

Boasting true supercar speed, it can do 0 to 62 miles

per hour in just 2.9 seconds.

Yianni has been keeping a close eye on this wrap on the CCTV

and is constantly monitoring progress.

You up, boys?

You cool?

Yeah.

Looks good, doesn't it?

MARK: Yeah.

NICCO: Yeah.

How'd you get on over here?

We have to make some joint in here again.

YIANNI: Hopefully the dragon will hide this.

I'm going to have to have a look at it when the dragon is on.

What have you got left to do?

We've still got to do the back panel.

We're going to start on the dragon.

OK.

All right, guys, keep it up.

The wrap looks great, but the finish is not ideal.

It's not Nicco and Mark's fault. Right now, I'm really nervous.

I'm waiting for them to put the dragon on the car,

and I'm hoping it will hide it.

I'm not so sure.

[suspenseful music]

NARRATOR: It's deadline day for both supercars.

The final element Jack requested is for the RS in the logos

to match the champagne wheels.

Sorted.

NARRATOR: There's no such thing as a simple job

in the wrap world, and this design

has caused real headaches.

Yianni knows Jack is an exacting customer,

so the stripes must be absolutely inch-perfect.

YIANNI: Perfect.

When someone just wants detailing,

sometimes less is more.

I think he's got it bang on the money,

and I'm really happy for him to see it.

[upbeat music]

NARRATOR: Jack arrives, but will he see eye to eye with Yianni

on his latest design?

Jack.

- Good afternoon. - How are you?

Yeah, good, mate. How are you?

What's been happening?

I'm really well, mate. Yourself?

Nervous.

I've done a fleet of cars for you.

Why are you nervous?

I know, but every one's different.

You and me, we always clash.

But I think that one in there--

I think you got it bang right. - Liking it?

- I think it's perfect. - Let's have a look.

YIANNI: You want to see it? - Yeah, please.

YIANNI: Wait there.

[knocks]

[suspenseful music]

[engine revs]

[dramatic music]

Look at that.

[music playing] But they can't

Over the moon.

[SINGING] I've been around the world

I get the finest girls

Everybody wants to live

It's not too much-- subtle, thin pinstripe.

You've done it again.

YIANNI: You were nervous.

But now that you've seen it?

Amazing.

So happy with it.

It just looks perfect--

the bonnet, the roof, the end plates, the rear diffuser.

I wouldn't add or take anything off.

[upbeat music]

I'm so happy with it.

Well, I'm glad you're happy again.

Are you happy, though, this time?

I'm very happy, for once in my life.

JACK DUNCAN: Perfect.

I suppose I'm going to wait for the next job,

which is going to be pinstripe.

- Perfect. - Key.

Thank you very much.

Jack, always a pleasure.

- Thanks, mate. - Be good, mate.

- Appreciate it. - And I'll see you soon.

See you soon.

YIANNI: See you later.

JACK DUNCAN: So it's a minor detail.

I think it's set off the car.

It looks perfect now.

And we all know that pinstripes make the car go faster, as well.

[engine revs]

NARRATOR: The team have no time to enjoy

their success because Josh's car now needs their entire focus.

[suspenseful music]

The critical moment has arrived.

The dragons are being laid to hide the lines

on the rear quarter of the car.

It looks good.

But as the car is off on a cross-continental rally,

these delicate designs must be superheated into place.

MARK: I am so happy with how it looks right now.

It looks mean.

[growls]

NARRATOR: Pav fits the car up ahead of collection.

He knows everything must be 100% right,

as the customer is heading straight to the rally

start line in Central London.

[upbeat music]

A short turnaround, a rare car, and a complex design--

Yianni really gave his team a tough time on this.

This is definitely one of the best we've ever done here.

It just looks part of the wrap.

Josh's car is complete.

It looks fantastic.

I'm really pleased with the outcome.

Josh said, I want something out there, something leery.

And that is what we have delivered.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Racing driver Josh Cartu has arrived,

and Yianni is ready to unleash the dragon.

[upbeat music]

- Josh, welcome back. - What's going on, man.

- How are you? - Long time.

Flew in last night?

Yeah, crazy, crazy.

Now, when you said to me, I want to go out there,

I want something extreme, something crazy,

you weren't messing around.

You know, the theme is Japanese, right?

If we want to stand out, and we want to, you know,

draw a lot of attention and do a good job,

we've got to be, like, up there with all the Japanese guys.

I think you're going to love it.

I love it. My guys love it.

Are you ready? - I am.

YIANNI: All right.

Wait there.

[knocks]

[engine revs]

[upbeat music]

[SINGING] Everybody wants to live my life

But they can't

It's completely insane.

Man, it's so beautiful.

[SINGING] I get the finest girls

Amazing. YIANNI: You like it?

It's amazing.

Oh, man.

This is the best wrap we've ever done.

[upbeat music]

I didn't understand how much detail there was actually,

like, in the base layer alone.

I mean, this is crazy.

It's perfect.

YIANNI: Well, listen, here's your key.

Enjoy.

Please drive safely.

Look after her.

And I look forward to the next one.

JOSH CARTU: You got it, man. YIANNI: Be good.

Take care, brother.

YIANNI: I'll see you soon, yeah? Take care.

- See you later. - See you later.

[upbeat music]

[engine revs]

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