We Modified Our $2000 Hot Hatches

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We bought each other cheap hot hatches and today were modifying them. Will bought Edwin a stolen Civic Type R for £1950 ($2500) and Edwin bought Will a crash damaged Ford Focus ST for £1800 ($2300). We both have a budget of £500 in modifications and we'll also surprise one another with one free mod each.

🔧 Thanks to Febi Bilstein for the OE matching parts

🛞 Tire Streets for the 651 Sport XTRAs

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[TopDeadC]

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[MikeOnTrack]

Edwin cares not for performance or mods. No. He is a man of cleanliness and shine. Respect.

[MrJethroB]

6:10 This is the key to swapping springs. Use the safest style of compressing clamps in the world which could never slip, then just in case of the tiny chance they were to slip, keep your face above them as much as possible to protect the car/ceiling.

Love it, some great added tension lol

[ram_stick_samurai]

Will's imitation of a ST is impressive, hire him to make engine noises in the next Gran Turismo.

[ilutrazvan]

Very interesting fact that these two guys didn't really shine on the other channels but on their own they're just brilliant. A joy to watch how much fun they're having. Quality content and high level of authenticity. Keep up, boyz!

[gregfarley]

Will just enjoying a succulent chinese meal

[raulbudi]

The thing i like the most about these videos is that when you guys say you have a £500 budget you actually stick to it and dont just thrown in a £1000+ set of BC Coilovers in the mix lol, seeing a £100 set of springs being put on the Focus was very refreshing, keep it up!

[streeatbeat]

God this channel is a gem!

These two just GET car culture!

Being able to appricate older peformance cars and doing cheap or shady work to em and just enjoying them without having to compare them to the newest bmw M-whatever and being obsessed with numbers seems to be somewhat of a lost art in the car community!

Keep it going guys!!!

[ms_enj]

"There's two different blues, isn't there? I think I got the other one, I got the wrong blue, didn't I?" 🤣

[alexanderbrown]

The insulation under the bonnet is not just for NVH, but is also designed to smother an engine bay fire should one occur if you leave the engine bay closed, which in this instance might end up being necessary 😂
Watching this on my lunch break from working on audis for a living, I envy the amount of fun you two are able to have working on cars. Loving the videos, keep it up!

[deaks]

Goddam that induction kit on the Civic. VTEC just kicked in properly now!

[RH]

Just finished Jack and Ethan’s new video, back to homepage and TDC have a new video…Good timing

[Scitch]

That orange bumper makes it kinda look like a hotwheels car. I like it.

[adamh]

Honestly this channel is so fresh, loving the content! CT obviously died, but I'm struggling to get through Auto Alex currently, fed up of BMW content, looking forward to seeing his Ferrari build at least!

Never knew Will before this, but feel like I could have a genuine petrol head chat in a pub with them both. Top work lads

[VicthRacing]

@TopDeadC Edwin. 7:37 . Bit of advice from someone who had to restore metalwork on vintage motorcycles and cars; WD-40 and some triple ought steel wool will remove most of that pitting, far better than metal polish will. Follow that with a cotton cloth and the polish, both yourself and the Can-o-Japan will thank me later.

Or y'know throw the whole car in the bin and move onto another project, thats pretty good as well

[markianke]

When Will said, “That is silencing me like an oppressive government”, my Kenyan self felt that

[louisdavieskidel]

YESSSS, just what I needed to get through monday thanks lads

[rosh_producers]

That buying each other parts was such a top gear style moment. Actually had me creasing and you didn’t just copy something that had already been done. Nice to see some inspiring content on YouTube. This is definitely the channel to be watching right now, top tier boys.

[Windsail]

I love to see ex CT et al presenters enjoying making videos they actually want to make. Makes the videos so much more enjoyable to watch

[Gibbo]

I love this, just 2 mates scaring the shit out of each other when fitting springs