[Javier] We got a 2020 Honda Accord.
This is like a brand-new car, man.
[Javier] I had never done a Honda Accord in here.
Building this for your wife?
That's what I want to do, man.
It's different when you make it yourself, with your own hands.
[Joe] The plan is to do a wide-body kit.
[Joel] This is the best air-ride system I've ever done.
I have '64 Convertible Impala SS.
This is my car.
This is my baby, man. This is my favorite.
[man 3] If you want to take it to 14, that's going to be huge.
[man exclaims]
I want to drive it right now. [laughs]
[Javier] My name is Javier. But most people call me Shorty.
I was born in Mexico.
And when I was four years old, my parents moved to Texas in search of the American Dream.
Now, I'm living that dream
with my own custom shop and the team that builds the coolest cars on the road.
-Oh, damn! -My God!
[Javier] We make dreams come true.
[all cheering]
[instrumental music playing]
-[Joe] Short Dog! What's going on, man. -[speaking other language]
[Joe] Man, what're you doing? Cleaning it up?
[Javier] Getting it ready for the weekend.
[Joe] I've been meaning to talk to you, man.
But I would be so busy, I hadn't had a chance, man.
Let me just talk to you about it.
You know I had cancer, right?
-[Javier] Yeah. -You know, I told you, Joel and everything?
I had cancer and...
I had a 50-50 chance, man, of making it, right?
During that time that I was going through all my treatments,
and chemo and radiation, everything like that, man.
For 18 months.
Man, my wife kept it together, man.
She paid the bills, you know?
Took care of the kids, you know?
Took me to the doctor, you know? Was always on top of everything, man.
And I kind of want to show my gratitude, man.
You know what I'm saying? I want to...
Show her some, you know what I mean?
[clears throat] I don't...
She was the one that held everything together while you were down.
When one is down, the other one has got to get the other one up.
You know, it's kind of hard, man,
you know, to talk about it.
[Javier] Yeah. No, I get it, man.
Well, what did you have in mind?
-What did you-- -We had bought a car, like, in 2020. Brand new.
Sick miles on it.
And, uh...
Basically, what I want to do, man. I kind of want to fix it up for her.
You know, I want to make it look really nice, I want to make it stand out.
You know, anybody can go buy anything, you know?
But it's different, man, when you actually build it yourself,
make it yourself with your own hands, you know what I mean?
-It's special. It makes it special. -[Joe] It makes it special.
I'm good with fiberglass, I'm good with my hands, man.
I want to make it unique and I want to build it myself.
Yeah. What kind of car is it?
It's a 2020 Honda Accord.
-So, what I want to do-- -A Honda Accord?
[Joe] Yeah, Honda Accord.
-I know it's going a little bit of-- -[both chuckle]
-Out of our realm, here, man. -[Javier] Yeah.
I ain't never done a Honda Accord in here, man.
Ever since I came over here,
I tried to stick with the classic cars.
You know what, though?
It's for Joe and it's for a good cause.
And we're going to get it in the shop and we're going to get it done.
I want to make it a wide-body.
-Add some carbon fiber-- -You want to put a body kit on it.
Yeah. I want to make a body kit.
She loves this car, so I want to surprise her with it.
I'm ready, man. I'll do whatever I can.
-This'll be a family deal. -Yeah.
Not just you and her, but everybody together.
It's a very special car for him
that he started for his wife and he hasn't been able to finish it.
So, we have a shop here. This is what we do.
Why not bring it here, finish it up, so he can complete it.
-I can't wait to get started on it, man. -All right.
-Appreciate it, Shorty. -Yes, sir, man.
[Wayne] This Honda's badass.
Man, this is like a brand new car, man.
-[Joe] It is brand new. -[Wayne] Oh.
Are we building this for your wife?
-Yeah. That's what I want to do, man. -Oh, man.
I'mma make it wide-body.
And with the help of Shorty and Joel, man, we're going to paint it.
-And him, too. You know what I'm saying? -[Joe] Yeah.
I'll sand whatever you need.
This is a Jack of all trades over here.
Oh, yeah, you can do it all, huh.
Are you going to keep it the same color?
[Joe] We still haven't 100 percent decided on the color yet.
-[Javier] What's up, T-Money? -Look what we got here.
-Looks like Joel's in Dreamland. -[all exclaiming]
Yeah. You know, we couldn't escape it.
-Joel had to put his two cents in here. "Bring a Honda." -[laughs] Yeah!
[Joe] Check it out, man.
It's a 2.0 liter. Got dual overhead cams.
Got a little turbo action.
It's got 280 right now.
[both] Damn!
[Joe] That's what Joel like right there.
-Shorty, come on, bust it. -[Javier] Man, you can do it better, T.
Come on, show them. You do it way better. What are you doing?
-[blows raspberry] -Man, get your ass out of here.
-[blows raspberry] -[all laughing]
Let's get it off the trailer and put it inside.
This is very, very different than what we're used to doing here at the shop.
We got a 2020 Honda Accord.
Most of the cars that we do, they have a pretty good story behind them.
And this one here is no exception.
This car here belongs to Joe.
It's a very special project
because he's doing it for his wife, you know, just showing the gratitude.
Our plan is to do a wide-body kit.
And Joe, knowing as much as he does about fiberglass,
so, he's going to handmake all the panels.
He wants to put a 12-inch wheel.
So, you know, this fender literally has to come up to about right here.
Since we're doing a wide-body,
it's going to have some new, wide wheels.
And we're putting air-rise suspension on it,
that way his wife can lower the car when she gets to her show.
And me?
Well, I'm just going to give it an awesome paint job.
He needs our help.
And we're going to help you with what we can
but this is going to be mainly you as far as that goes.
Let's do a little bit of teardown so we can get him started.
[Joe] Well, the fenders and the hood pretty much all I need,
the rest can stay on the car.
[Javier] Well, let's do it, man.
[Joe] All you got to do is, that bolt's already loose.
[Javier] This is like a snap-together model.
And kicked it off.
[all chuckling]
[Joe] Wait till you pull that fender, you going to see how heavy that thing is.
-Go ahead. You got it? -[Terry] Yup.
[Javier] You can barely hold it, right, T?
[Terry] I'mma need help next time.
[Javier] Freaking light's heavy, isn't it?
Perfect, well, get the other side.
[Terry] Here we go.
-[Javier] You go it, Joel? -[Joel] Yeah, man.
-[Terry] All right, man. Don't drop it. -[Joel] Yeah, man.
No problem. I got this thing.
[Javier] Hell, this don't weigh nothing, man.
-You can carry it yourself. -Yeah, aluminum.
Look at that.
-It's all aluminum. -Look at that.
No wonder they get 100 miles a gallon.
[Joe] Boy, this is about the fastest teardown we've ever had.
[Joel] With one 10 millimeter.
[Joe] I'm going to start marking up this front fender for the wide-body
to make me, basically, a mold.
Typically what I do is,
I'll get some aluminum aviation tape, put it all over the fender,
get me some blocks of foam, spray some adhesive on the foam,
stick the foam on there.
Then I'll start shaping the foam to the desired look that I want.
So, typically, my first step that I like to do is lay down my aluminum tape.
It easily conforms to the shape.
And once I get the tape down, I'll spray some adhesive
and then get the foam block and attach it to the panel.
The foam works perfect for my process because it's easy to work with.
I mean, I just take a regular grinder, grind it, shape it,
and get it the way I want it to look.
But, the downfall is, it is a little bit messy.
I tell you what, they say it don't snow in Texas, but look at that.
[claps]
I've already finished shaping the foam.
Now, I got to make the actual
fiberglass piece that I'm fixing to put on the car.
I'm just going to cover this whole fender in this aviation tape
and then start laying some fiberglass on top of that.
Here we go.
I start off with a coat of resin over the aviation tape
and then I'll get my fiberglass mat and lay that on top.
Most people like to use pieces of fiberglass,
I like using the whole sheet.
A solid piece is more durable and stronger.
I'm actually doing three layers.
That gives me the thickness of quarter-inch thick.
And each layer consists of resin, fiberglass mat, resin, fiberglass mat.
In between each layer, I use a cibic tool to roll out
any air bubbles that it might have.
If you have bubbles, that creates a weakness in the product.
So, you want those air bubbles out.
Here comes the last one.
When you're doing this type of work,
you want to take your time and make sure it's done right
'cause if I make a mistake,
I will have to start all over from scratch.
Now, all we have to do is wait for it to dry
and I'll trim up all the excess.
-Can you pop it off now? -Yeah.
[Javier] I want to see that.
There it goes.
[Javier] And that's how you make a mold.
-[Joe] All right. -This is raw.
He made this right here, out in the open.
There were no machines,
there was no 3D scanners.
It was just plain Jane fiberglass material.
You can see right through it. Look at that.
And this is strong as heck, man.
Well, that's awesome, man.
You did a heck of a job.
-I can't wait to see it cleaned up. -Yup.
And then fuse it on the car.
[Joel] Yeah, these things are pretty cool, Joe.
We're working on a 2020 Accord
that we're building for Joe's wife.
And this thing is about to get air ride.
And I'm smiling because this is probably
the best air ride system I've ever done as far as simplicity.
[Joe] This is kind of like a factory drop-in almost.
That's basically all you do. Yeah.
[Joel] So, what we're about to do right now is put the air bag-slash-strut in.
It sits in the factory spindle here, in this cup.
And then, basically, you'll mount it from the top side
and this will actually go into the strut housing
where the actual factory strut would sit
and so, this and this is pretty much just like the factory strut.
The only difference is, they've removed the center section to put the bag in it.
[Joe] Push down in it, it'll give you room to slide that back in there.
Putting the air ride on the Accord 'cause of the convenience.
My wife's going to be driving the car daily, it's not going to be trailer queen.
So I want her to be able to have a ride height
that she can clear all the speed bumps
or anything imperfections on the road.
The other reason why I want the airbags,
so, whenever me and my wife go to a car show,
I want to be able to pull up and jus air it out
and just have it all the way on the ground.
Man, I've never seen anything so damn stubborn to go on.
All right. Now, let's go up.
So, on a classic car, you have a lot more room.
All you have to do is build your upper bracket and your bottom bracket
put the bag in there and it's pretty much done.
Now, on these newer cars, there are struts, so they only have so much room
and you can only compress that strut so much.
It's straight learning process, let me tell you.
This ain't no old-school for sure.
Little back.
Get in your spot.
Be a nice, little bag.
Aw, you are being a nice, little bag.
Just put a little pressure on it and see.
There we go.
I need to start training some young bucks.
[Joe] Right. So you wouldn't be doing that.
Apparently, I was told I wouldn't be able to bend like this her for long.
We're getting to that age.
Me and Joe got the bags on here.
Uh, little different, little different.
But they're on and everything's good.
It looks nice, man. It's nice.
It think once it's on the ground,
it's going to be everything you envisioned and then some.
Yeah, dude.
Joe has the front fender formed and the air ride done.
Now, he's going to move on to the back of the car
to get the quarter panels started for the wide-body kit.
[Joe] What I'm doing now is, I'm about to put some aluminum foil tape
on the quarter panel so I can start get it ready to put my foam.
But, before I do that, some of this panel's got to get cut out
'cause I'm going wider wheels.
Once that air ride's going to hit the metal, so I got to have that clearance.
The process is basically the same as the front fenders.
Except, I'm going two inches wider so I can give the car a tapered look.
It's a little bit tricker on the rear quarter panel
because I've also got a door to deal with.
So, we're going to do this in one piece
so it'll gradually go from the door to the quarter panel.
Then, I'm going to cut it
and I'm going to refine it in two pieces so I'll be able to open the door.
Since I like the wide-body to be a subtle,
I try to get it incorporated into he door as well
that way, it'll gradually start getting wider.
And I kind of try to lose it.
I just don't want just a crazy-wide fender
that's going to look kind of crazy.
Trying to blend it in, so that's why I've got two parts.
Not only am I tapering it off for a subtle flow
but I also have to cut this to make it two parts
so I can open the door and close it.
I'm pretty pleased with it right now.
I have my own, personal passion project.
It just happens to be a '64 Convertible Impala SS.
So, we're going to give this car a major overhaul.
This is a long-term project, I've been working on it for a few years.
Right now, Joel's going to do the wiring
and I need to get with PG so we can get some material in the car.
This is my car.
And I've had this car forever.
So, this is... my baby, man. This is my favorite.
Finally getting somewhere on the '64,
we're about to get the trunk lid on,
but, before that, we want to replace the harness.
We need to pull the old one out.
There's the old one right there.
What you'll do is, you'll fish it back through here.
And you basically want to come down through this channel right here.
This can be tricky sometimes.
And if you get this plug stuck in there, it's not going to be good for you.
And you have two reverse lights and two break lights.
We're going to leave everything tucked inside
because we're going to actually put the trunk on now.
[exclaims]
Oh!
[Javier] Look at that, man.
I mean, that sucker went on like butter.
This car, as far as the wiring goes,
pretty much done.
[Javier] Hey, man. What are we doing over here?
[Terry] What's up, what's up, what's up!
Good looking wheels, man.
What are you doing with the wheels?
You know, these are some rare wheels.
They're kind of hard to find, man,
'cause they weld the faces to the barrel.
So, the only thing you can adjust is the lift.
Good as this looks right now,
we got a surprise here.
This is the lip.
It's going to replace this lip.
So, that'll take it from a what to a what?
So, this is, right now, a ten and a half.
This is going to take it to a 14.
[Joel] That's going to be huge.
[Joe] Big ol' lip for a four banger.
I'll tell you what we're going to do.
We're going to put Terry and Wayne,
and don't give me no lip.
Sounds like a winner.
-All right, Short Dog. All right. -[all laughing]
[Wayne] We're removing the silicone.
Then, we'll remove these bolts
and then this hub will come off
and then, we can put the new hub.
And then, we'll have to re-silicone it so it won't leak.
I'll get on the other side over here
and start breaking this wheel down while we get on the other one.
Okay.
-Look at that. -[Terry] Man.
[Wayne] Oh! There it goes.
[Terry] Wayne's got the new rear lip
and this is the front lip
that Shorty said don't give him no lip.
So, we're going to give him some lip now. Look at that.
Yeah.
How're we looking, fellas?
-Check it out, Jose. -[Javier exclaims]
Got it all tightened up.
This is exactly the look that my wife had envisioned, you know what I mean?
It's awesome. They look really, really amazing.
You did a good job, fellows. I appreciate the help.
-You bet, man. -[Terry] No problem.
I've already got the panels permanently bonded on there.
No, it looks awesome.
Joel should be pulling up any time now.
I just need to make sure my wheel tucks in there
so I could check all my fitment.
I want it to be a nice, tight fit.
I actually want the wheels to tuck into the fenders.
Check this out, [speaking Spanish]
-Put it on there, man. -The real test. The real test coming up, man.
I've got to make sure it clears.
-Golly! That sucker's wide now. -I want to see it.
[Joe grunts] Come on.
-[Joel] Yeah. -[Joe] Swallow all that up.
[Joel] Man, it sure-- [whistles]
[Joe] We'll see how it fits.
[Joel] Well, hell, look how much he had to bring it up.
That's crazy, man.
Real test is going to be when we air it out.
See if it clears.
[Joe] Wife has always talked about, she wanted a car that's over the top, man.
Extreme, you know?
Let's check out how the air ride works.
[Joe] See if it clears, man.
Go ahead. If it cracks, it cracks.
[hissing]
[exclaims]
-[Joe] Man, that's crazy. - [Joel] Nice!
I don't think you can get any closer, man.
[Javier] That is crazy, man!
Man, Joe, that's close, man.
You sure you're going to leave it that close?
[Joe] I'm going to leave it that close, man.
That's the way I want it. Nice and tight!
[Joel] Really?
That is extremely tight.
I don't think you can put a dollar bill on there, huh?
-[Joel] Nah. -[Javier] Not over there.
[exclaims]
[Joe] That's... that's what I wanted, man.
[Javier] Hey, Joel, if it gets stuck,
-I think you're going to have to leave it. -Yeah, there it is.
-[Joe] There. -[Joel] Look at-- Listen to that. Listen.
[rustling]
That's crazy, man!
Are you sure that's going to be fine.
Yeah, well, you know, it's only going to be like that whenever
she'll take it to car shows and air it out.
She ain't getting no wild hair trying to cruise it with that low.
-[Joe] Nah. -Well, that looks pretty nice, Joe.
That things tucked in like no other, man.
Tuck it up! Got the tuck!
[Joel] Is that what we call the Texas Tuck?
[Javier] That's the Texas Tuck.
Go big or go home.
Progress on the Accord's going great.
I blended the quarter panel into the rear bumper.
And now, it's time for bodywork.
Even though this is a small car,
I'm taking my time and I want it perfect for my wife.
[Javier] We're just down to the final touches
on the bodywork on Joe's wife's Honda.
Now, it's time for me to get involved,
get this sucker primed
and move onto the next phase.
So, I'm pretty excited, man.
I might just have to get me a little import, man.
-And get you a little Honda? [chuckles] -[Javier] Yeah.
Now that Joel is finished with the electrical on the '64 Impala,
it's time for him to move on to the air ride.
[Joel] For those of you who don't know,
this is your air capacity tank for the air ride.
These are your two compressors
and, basically, this is your manifold.
All this does, is basically, is controlled by this unit here,
which, this unit is controlled by ELK unit inside the car.
This is the space
that I've chosen to put the air ride system in.
Reason why we're going to do it down there is
'cause we're going to hide everything.
So, we want to keep it in this,
kind of like, this little wheel well right here.
What we're going to do is, drill all this in
and then, we're going to wrap it in gray carpet
and then, assemble it and put it in the car.
This air ride system is put together of a couple components.
And, usually you want to do that when you want to customize it to the car.
And this one has, basically, front, back, side to side.
So, it means, every corner can individually move.
So, you know, you can take it out to the park
and get out and let it all the way down and just be gangster.
-Turn this on. -[Terry] Yeah.
[Joel] Careful with this thing.
[Terry] Got the bolt holes drilled and then counter-sunk
to where the bolt is extra flush.
How tight are you going on here is tight as it'll get, basically.
[Joel] Yeah. Pretty much.
-No leaks, huh? -[Joel] No leaks, man.
'Cause that dog will bite.
-He just don't let anybody work on his car. -No, he don't.
You know what I'm saying?
We'll get all this set up.
Take it to the car, set it in there, and then, from there, wire it up.
So, should be fairly easy.
[Terry] You got it, PG?
-[chuckles] -Yeah, I'll help you.
Come on, PG. Come around, PG.
-PG's helping you, man? -PG's helping us.
Y'all got it?
[Terry] Perfect, man.
[Pedro] That looks good.
[Joel] Nice, little, tight fit.
[Terry] What do you think, Joel?
[Joel] I like it.
-Big gangster. -Big gangster.
You think he's going to pinstripe that tank later on?
-He might. You know him. -[Terry] You know him. Yeah.
Deion Sanders time.
It's prime time.
Today we have Joe's Honda in the booth.
This is the second go-around of priming.
We put a polyester primer the first time around really heavy
so we could have a nice canvas to block on.
And now, we're just going to put some regular primer,
that way we can water sand it and get it painted.
The car is basically brand new.
The only place we're doing bodywork, priming and all that stuff,
are the places that we did the wide-body on.
And then, the rest of the car is going to be painted.
So, I think the car's going to look killer when we get done with it.
We have another block party lined up.
Today, we're doing the Honda Accord.
Jose's Honda Accord.
We all love cars no matter what they are.
So, this is a super special day
for us to get to work on this car.
And that's going to be just one more step
into getting the car in the booth, in the kitchen
and put some paint on it.
All right, here we go.
[horn blaring]
That cleared up my eardrums.
Dinner ready?
[Joel] What's up, Shorty?
[Javier] All right, let's go to work!
We're getting this thing ready for 2 Fast 2 Furious part 35.
[all chuckling]
-[Pedro] Shop's getting closer to the food. -[Javier] I saw him.
Every time I look up, he's getting closer and closer to the grill.
[laughs]
Food is ready.
We got shrimp and we got steak, chicken and some fried rice.
-Even brough chopsticks. -[Javier] Look at that.
Even brought the chopstick with him.
-All right. So, ladies first. come and get it. -[claps]
[Joel] Let's get some food.
How do you hold this thing, man?
How're you supposed to eat with it?
I don't know.
Oh, like this!
Oh, okay. Yeah. There we go.
-Here, look. That's easier. [chuckles] -You ready, man?
I'mma toss it up. Say "ah".
I ain't doing that, man.
[man 1] Here we go, coin toss ceremony.
-[man 2] Come on. -Hey, watch out for this lift.
[exclaiming]
He caught a little bit.
[all laughing and cheering]
The help from these guys today was really amazing
at getting the car that much closer into the booth,
really means a lot to me that these guys came together to give me a hand.
You know, Joel's a little sick.
He's got-- you know, his allergies are acting up.
His son, Romeo, came out
and did some Hibachi for us, even did some tricks.
-And I got to tell you, man, it's amazing, man. -Thank you.
I think if just keep coming, I'll cook for free if I just get a little paint job, man.
-Cut. -[all laughing]
Joe and I are getting ready to look at some colors for this Honda Accord
and we're trying to pick the right color that will be perfect for Luz.
[Joe] What do you think about that?
[Javier] To me, that stuff's too dark.
I'm thinking this one, right here.
-[Joe] Yeah, Seaside Blue? -[Javier] Seaside Blue.
With a little bling in it.
-[Joe] Yeah, that'd be good-- -So, I'm thinking, with maybe some of this.
-[Joe] Some bling-bling. -[Javier] Ooh, man! Look at that.
We got all the bling you want.
This is mini flake but this is ultra.
So, this is a-- one step above that.
[exclaims]
-You have bling, bling, bling! -[Joe] Super bling.
So, we're thinking of the Seaside Blue,
which is this one right here.
And then, we're probably going to add a little bit of this.
Throw all three of them on. [chuckles softly]
If that ain't enough, I don't know what to tell you.
[Joe] Yeah. I think that's good.
By adding extra bling, it'll kind of go and fit in well with my wife's name.
'Cause her name is "Luz", which in
translated in English
"Luz" means "light".
We'll be bringing the light.
Yeah, they'll be bringing the light all right.
-They turn that corner, it'll be like, "Pah!" -[chuckles]
Like a disco ball.
Today, you know, we have Joe's car in the booth.
So, anytime we have a car in the booth,
regardless of whatever it is you're going to do with it, it's a good day.
I tried to talk him into just a nice, simple color, but no.
He can't go for that.
He got to have something hard.
So, this color here, it's called "Sea Blue".
A really cool blue with a bunch of sparkles in it.
What we call "metal jewels".
These are just hundreds of thousands of little sparklies in the paint.
We have to spray black as a base
before we spray this blue.
The black base will make the color stand out and look radiant.
Joe wants it nice and dark but, yet, radiant, if you know what I mean.
You know, both worlds at the same time.
[spraying]
At night, it'll look almost black.
On the '64, we're having to frame up all the door panels
and everything, make sure everything lines up
and make sure we've got the pattern running right for it.
[drilling]
I love Impalas. I'm an Impala guy.
And Shorty is too.
And I want to see what the outcome is going to be on this one.
I know it's looking pretty badass.
-I brought the panels [speaking other language] -Okay.
It actually goes like this.
So, this is the driver.
So, we have the badge
and the door handle,
the window crank, a small window crank.
-I want everything the way it was. -Okay.
I have these crown moldings getting redone.
But I want the same design
everything that-- as it was from the factory.
[Pedro] Okay.
But in all leather.
-All leather, right? -Yeah. All leather.
[both speaking other language]
Hmm.
[speaking other language]
-I like it. -[Pedro] Okay.
We have a plan.
Let's get this framed up and we'll take it from there.
-No Lambo doors? -No Lambo doors.
-Oh. Okay. -Don't even talk to me like that.
[laughs]
It'll be badass to make some Lambo doors on this car.
-No, it ain't going to be badass. -[chuckles]
No Lambo doors, man.
-[Joe] What's up, Short Dog? -[speaking other language]
[exclaims]
[Javier] What do you think, man?
Man, that looks a lot better than I though, man.
-You like it? -Blue-- Hell yeah.
I'll tell you, my wife, man.
She's going to love this blue, man.
Wait till you see that in the sunlight.
I can already tell, man. I can see it.
It's got a lot of bling to it, man.
[Joe] It'll sparkle here and there.
I think it's going to look killer.
So, what we need to do is go ahead and unwrap it and get it out.
Let's get all the rest of the parts in here and get them done.
[Joe] It's just like unwrapping a Christmas present.
I can't wait to see the reaction on my wife's face when she sees it
'cause this car is looking amazing.
Shorty killed it.
-We need to go back some more, Joel. -[Joel] Yeah.
Probably about another...
Right there.
We're making really, really good progress on this badass '64.
I'm getting really excited.
We're getting the car done to where we can crank it.
Anytime you get a car in a situation where you can just put the key in
and get it started, that's awesome.
We're going to have to put it on the lift
so Joel can put a starter on it
and get the car running.
[whirring]
[Joel] That's good.
Is there gas in there?
-Yeah. I put, like, ten gallon. -Okay.
I'm trying to go over like this, make sure we ain't missing anything.
-All right. -[Joel] Looks really clean, though.
[Javier] Looks brand new down here.
Let's go put the starter in, though.
You almost need a lift for this starter, huh.
[Javier] Right now, we're just putting all the pieces
that are needed to get it started.
So, we just want to continue touching on it and get this car burning gas on the street.
I've had this car 24 years.
I can't wait to take the first cruise.
That feeling, I can feel it right now, without even driving it.
I can feel it.
That's that.
[Joe] How's it going, Jose? T-Money!
[Terry] Short Dog sent me over here, man,
to help you out, get this car put together.
Put this whole car together with what I brought.
-Check it out. -[Joe] Well!
-That's all we need! -That's all we need to put this Honda together.
It's pretty amazing that you can put this whole car together
with just what I have in my hands.
-What's going on out here? -Hey, man.
We're getting this car put together. I brought all the tools.
This car should go together pretty easy, right?
I mean, this car is, like, they go where they go.
You know, it's getting a carbon fiber hood, and front, back, right?
-Yeah. -Okay, so that's cool there. I didn't have to paint them.
[both laugh]
I thought you liked painting them.
-I do. But we got to get this car... -Okay. Okay.
We get all the sheet metal hung on it,
we put the trunk and the hood.
We'll get ready to rock and roll.
[Terry] We'll glow in the dark.
Yeah. Lots of stuff to do and little time to get it done.
All right, well, y'all handle it, man, I got other work to do.
[Terry] You got it?
[man] Go up...
[Terry] Okay, I got this.
That's one.
[Joe] How's that look?
[Terry] Squared up. Yeah.
Okay, man.
Front doors?
That there's crazy.
[Joe] Yeah. Wife's going to love that.
[Terry chuckles]
[Joe] She's going to love all that bling! Bling-bling!
Hey, check it out, Jose.
This thing's heavy, isn't it?
I make it look light.
[Joe] Make it look light.
-That's light work to you, Terry. - [Terry laughs]
[woman] Hey, guys.
-[Joel] What's going on? -The shine's here.
The shine is on.
-What do you think? - [man] Uh, it should polish right up.
We can take care of it, Shorty.
[Javier] That looks like a brand new wheel, bro.
Check out the wheel, Joel.
It looks good, man. It's got a lot of depth now.
Bling-bling.
-Man, that's a dirty job, right? -[man] Very dirty.
[Joel] So, does that come off?
[woman] With Dawn soap.
Just mix that with my bodywash.
[Joel] You use bodywash?
-[woman] Oh, Lord. -Yeah.
You use bar soap?
Yeah, bro, I'm old school.
-I'mma leave y'all alone. -Old Spice, man.
-Yeah. -[woman laughs]
-[Joel] I'm old school. I'm brute. - [woman] Ugh.
Hey, Joel.
I've been working on the linkage.
Just want you to fit it, see if it's going to work.
[Joel] Yeah.
-[Javier] Good? -[Joel] Yeah.
I'll have to move this valve cover over here and put this valve cover over here.
That would be Joel.
I'm no mechanic, though.
Doesn't matter about that.
It's the matter about passion, man.
End of the day, what's going to drive you
to finish these cars is the passion.
How much you're willing to give up and sacrifice.
-How much work you're willing to put in. -[Joel] Yeah.
One of the biggest things to me, is, like, how do you keep this alive?
I mean, once we're gone, who's going to pick up?
'Cause there's not a lot of people doing this anymore, you know?
This last couple years, we've lost some good talent, man.
That's what I want to be, Shorty, an innovator.
I just ain't found what to innovate yet.
You just don't know it, you've been innovating.
You're innovating right now.
And you don't even know it.
My '64 is a long-term project and we have a long way to go.
The guys have really stepped up to get the car done.
Unfortunately, we have to get off this car and get other builds finished.
I didn't have an innovator like you.
I've been stuck up the, you know, creek without a paddle.
Well, it works both ways, no?
You just got to have that offset.
It's never a bad thing to want to upgrade your brakes
especially when you have such extreme body mods as this.
I mean, you almost have to. Look at this thing.
I can't even see it.
So, you need, like, something that says,
"I'm here, check this out."
I'm gonna pull that off there, Joel.
Getting ready to put the new rotor on just to test fit everything.
Lot of times, these hubs get a little rusty
and things like that, driving through water.
You don't clean it up, rotor doesn't fit right.
So, we're going to clean that up.
[Joel] We're going to put this dust shield off
'cause we don't need a dust shield.
This dust shield is for little brakes.
We are putting [whispers] big brakes.
Golly, that thing ripped through that.
Boom.
These holes, right here,
basically so you can mount your rotor to your hub.
You locate your mounting holes to your rotor
and then, properly align it so you can put the bolts in there.
Hell, yeah, boy! That's nice, man.
That's going to make a huge difference.
Cool. Let's get the back done.
Today, the mission's going to be
to remove the old air ride control system
and install the new one.
We've got the air rides mocked up right here on the table.
Now, what we're going to do is get some tubing.
We're going to make a pedestal.
From here, it'll be hardlined out and come back into the tank.
Kind of get a little vision of what you want to do
and then, it just, kind of, works itself out.
So, we're putting the air ride in the spare tire compartment
and that floor is so uneven, it's really hard to mount the components.
So, what we're going to do is create a false floor
so we can mount everything to it.
Basically, at this point,
we can just finish the wiring and the plumbing
and we can call it a wrap.
This Honda is extremely hard to work on
'cause, you know, it's so wide.
-Hey, Joe. -[Joe] Huh?
What was the reason in making this car so wide, man?
[Joe] Kind of want to be like Cardi B, man.
We got that WAB.
-Wide. Ass. Body. -[chuckling]
It's been a challenge.
One right after the other.
But we're knocking them out.
-Hey, Joe. -[Joe] Yeah.
Hey, I think we got everything wired up on this thing to try it out,
see what it's going to do.
How do you turn it on?
I got to connect it on, it's all Bluetooth.
Boy, you fancy, man.
Hey, guys, y'all are going to want to check this out.
[Joe] Do a little disco over here.
Fire it up.
[all exclaiming]
[Joel chuckling] Well!
What in the hell?
Even the lights are doing it, look.
[Joe] That ain't nothing yet.
So, the headlights got their own show, man. [laughs]
[Joel] Golly!
Are you trying to get, like, the "Import of the Year" award, or--
-[Joe] Yes, sir! -[Joel] That's the show.
-Best of-- Best of everything, -Literally a show.
[Joe] Well, that's enough fun for the day.
-Enough light show, man? All right. -[Joe] Enough light show, man.
[Joel] I will say, it's definitely cool.
Today's a big day for my wife,
who, we'll be revealing the car to her.
We're just buttoning up the last little bit of things on the interior.
I'm really excited to see my wife's reaction.
You know, what husband doesn't want the best for his wife?
-[all applauding] -Wow! [chuckles]
Oh, it's so nice!
What do you think about your car?
[Luz] It's beautiful.
It's been a long time but it's worth it.
I wasn't expecting for it to come out that nice.
I like it a lot. I want to drive it right now.
[all laughing]
All the guys here, at the shop,
put forth a lot of effort to get it done.
[Luz] Thank you all. I really appreciate it.
-Thank you. [giggles] -[all applauding]
[Joe] The main reason why I wanted to do that car is 'cause I wanted to
show my...
my gratitude
you know, for the time when I was sick
with, uh...
with the cancer, you know? [clears throat] And...
I mean, I know it takes a lot for somebody to take up the...
the slack, you know, like you did.
There's no other way better for me to show you than to do it with my hands, you know?
I don't want to buy nothing.
I wanted to make it
and it was special.
And I hope you like it.
I love it. Thank you.
You know, we're only as good
as the woman that we have behind us.
I know everybody's wives, so I appreciate,
and my wife, I appreciate what they do for us in general
'cause they put up with a lot of stuff.
But, at the end of the day, they understand.
You know, they understand what we have going on.
Proud to be a part of this today.
I feel like I gained a new family,
you know, help me make something for my wife.
Thank you for being there.
[all applauding]
You want to show her what all everybody had part in doing to it, now?
[Joe] I widened the front fenders and rear quarters.
I made the actual wide-body actually starts halfway on the door
and makes its way back but you just can't tell.
Carbon fiber trunk.
Carbon fiber hood.
The headlights, had them custom-made.
Had to do some of the interior to match the exterior.
You like the color?
[Luz] That color's perfect.
I love the color. It came out really good.
[Javier] Ryan is not here, he came the other day
and helped Joel install the brakes on it.
[Joe] Joel ended up installing the air ride, him and Wayne.
[Luz] Who's going to air it up?
I'm not going to drive it like this. [chuckles]
No, you're not going to drive it like that.
[Luz chuckles]
[Javier chuckles]
-All right. Yeah! -[all applauding]
[Joel] I don't think it's getting tighter than that, Shorty.
-[Javier] That is tight. - [Joel chuckles]
Like that fitment.
And this is all from him for you.
And we all just, you know, tried to help as much as we could.
-Thank you. -Yeah.
Appreciate it.
[Javier] You won't get it back until I drive it first.
-[all chuckling] -I'll let you drive it.
Certain things mean so much to certain people, you know?
And that was something that meant so much to him.
And that'll be something that'll touch them
and other people for the rest of their lives.
It was just awesome
to be able to be a part of that with him.
[Lupe] It was great to be in the room.
You can feel the emotions of everybody,
could feel that emotion that he was feeling.
He was so excited to be able to do that for her.
So, what do you think, Luz?
-You're ready to cruise, or what? -Yup.
I'm ready.
-[Javier] Just like you're Bruce Lee. -[Joel] Come on, man.
[all laughing]
Let's go, let's go! Do it!
[Joel] Aw, there he is!
Look. That's it, look. Look at that.
Joe, I wouldn't want to see him in a dark alley.
[Joel] Go faster.
[Pedro] Between the legs, let's go.
He's pretty good, man.
-[man 1] There you go. -[man 2] Oh, yeah!
-Come on, Short Dog. -All right. That's it!
-[clapping] -[laughing]