Driven By Details Podcast

Killmer is home from another long trip, this time he is retuning from the Grand National Roadster Show in sunny California. Killmer shares some stories of his experience at the show, reconnecting with some old friends and making new ones along the way. Killmer has rediscovered his passion for hot rods and had such a great time at the show.  As the episode progresses, we talk about how having...

Jason and Mattie sit down with Markus, to discuss some of his past working for Meguiar's in Irvine California. Fast forward to present day, Markus has moved onto working with Harbor Freight Tools.  Killmer talks about his love for Harbor Freight and the convenience of having so many locations. Jason has shopped and many of the locations across the country with his travels detailing hot rods a...

One of our friends called us the three amigos, so that is what we are naming this episode. David Patterson & Jason Killmer have known each other many years before connecting with Mattie. David shares a deep passion for auto detailing industry, and brings a very high skill level to this industry. Oberk has created some staple products in the the industry by trying to simply the process and remo...

For our first guest of the year, we invited RJ from WD detailing. We look forward to having more guests on the podcast in 2023. WD Detailing has built up a great business in Ohio and has a very successful YouTube channel that puts out weekly content. In this episode we talk with Rj about his recent project with Killmer on the 57 Bel Air. We also discuss some of the challenges we all face as detail...

As the new year gets underway, both Jason and Mattie are very busy. Jason was recently in Ohio with WD Detailing while Mattie was with Oberk Car Care in Michigan at Jesse's Classic & Customes to kick off the New Year. We have a lot of fun stuff planned for 2023 and in this episode, Jason & Matt catch up live on the podcast to recap the last few weeks, and set the tone for all the craziness...

Mattie and Jason talk about some to the challenges associated with auto detailing. This is a hard topic when it comes to pricing out your services. Around the globe you will find all kinds of different pricing structures for auto detailing.  What should you charge? How do you get charge more for your service? There is no easy or perfect answer to this question. It helps to know that we are no...

As the year draws to a close, Mattie and Killmer sit down to talk about past, present and future goals. Killmer digs into his goals for working with certain painters from across the country. Mattie talks about the goals of the driven by details podcast as we close out 2022 Thanks For Listening!!

Mattie & Jason Talk about ceramic coatings. Mattie shares a story about how he was introduced into ceramic coatings, along with some of the things he has learned along the way. Coatings help drive bigger ticket sales, but not everyone wants to pay that kind of money additionally, not every vehicle should have a coating installed.  Thanks for listening, Enjoy! 

Killmer is back home from his travels. There has been some new developments for the 2023 calendar regarding training with Gloss University. Mattie & Jason discuss whats happing live on this podcast as we plan ahead for 2023.  Thank you all for listening. We appreciate your support!

Mattie & Jason talk about the tools used daily in the modern world of detailing. From rotary buffing, DA polishing and forced rotation correction, choosing the tool thats best for you takes some time. Using the tool to is full potential can really take some time to master. Having so many choices makes it a great time to be a detailer.  

Jason and Mattie sit down to discuss that moment in time right before Mattie started his full time detailing business. We also discuss how training is a big part of our past and how it will evolve in the future.  

A brief back story about how Jason and Matt met for the first time. Having only connected on Instagram a few weeks before, Matt and Jason finely got to meet in person at a detail training event.  

Matt and Jason discuss Matts backstory, and discuss some of the things that led up to where he is today with his detailing business.  

In episode one we discuss a bit of Jason Killmer's back story. We explore some of the things leading up to Jason getting into auto detailing and talk about how he became know as the "sandman"