Anything is possible if you want it, go get it. I fit all of my equipment in my Toyota Camry...

I am amazed. These guys are so genereous. They took some of their precious time to help a human being to build a future.

I keep watching this video as motivation. I started my own detailing business this April 2021 and I’m not looking back. The amount of inquiries and booking is just off the charts! And i’m only doing this part time with 2-3 vehicles per week. Working a full-time job on top of this is more challenging but hey, Time Management and building customer relationships are the key 👌🏽

Chicago Auto Pros is my biggest inspiration, i hope to one day own a detail shop, and to be able to grow it like you guys have, this is my biggest goal in life🙏 thank you for sharing your tips with us.

I've been doing mobile details (mostly wash wax and interior) for a few years now with a friend and I've found that when it comes to equipment you can keep it simple. if you have a garage with good power supply you can run bigger air compressors, power washers, and vacuums when you go mobile unless you have a way to generate your own power you have to run smaller equipment, at least air compressors and power washers or use gas powered (which I hate because they are noisy) I have finally found a decent power washer with auto start/stop for less than $200 that actually has decent output and plugs into any 120v outlet without tripping breakers, you never know what poeple have plugged into the circuit you need to use and how old or weak the breaker is, running an big enough air compressor (for a tornador) on an extension cord never works well, and the mighty vac steam unit can be a bugger when the heater, vac,and pump are all on. so you can downsize and just use water from a house, and a vacuum, and keep it simple which I have also done the other option is to have a generator. I spent a considerable amount of time shopping for one, most are loud, I wanted a honda inverter generator, fairly quiet and fuel efficient, but $$$$$, what I found instead was an old unit honda made called the EX5500, it is super quiet, and liquid cooled with a radiator and electric start, perfect for being runn in a hot van in the summer, ( they are rare but less than $1000) I vent the exhaust out the door, and and wired outlets in my setup for all my equipment to be plugged into at all times, all the hoses, pressure and supply and air, and cords are all on retractable reels accessible from the back, the generator can easily run a 220v air compressor big enough to supply tools like tornadors, smaller 120v air compressor could not keep up, and ones large enough had to be taken in and out of the van to be plugged in direct and were so loud find the quietest vacuum and compressors you can, old loud shop vacs we dont use anymore, no more gas power washers( to finicky with carbs and gas), its so much nicer and less obnoxious to your customer and their neighbors, we detail on weekends and nobody wants to hear a screaming jet powered shop vac or a loud clanky power washer on sunday morning I keep a table in the van and a few organized baskets and bins that go on the table that hold all the tools, chemicals and rags. And we always carry a rolling chest with a gallon of each chemical, empty spray bottles,and a funnel. wash buckets, triple the rags we normally use on one car, and enough heavy duty non kink water hose to get to the far away spigots, a few extension cords all on reels and jumper cables and a jump pack. But like I said you can make do with much less complication and now I have people bringing cars to me and do them in my driveway at my leisure. the van still has all the tools in case I get a mobile appointment, but its not my main gig, I run a small farm most days and work from home mostly, so I can wash cars almost anytime in between other projects and my partner in the business details at a dealership all week, so its nothing super serious but it could be very easily if my other business dried up

Of all the CAP videos ive watched over the years, this one was the most valuable. Thank you for posting this.

It’s crazy hearing the numbers here, i’ve been detailing for 2 months and have made 1,000 net profit. And you guys are making $500 or more a day easily

My gosh the smile on your guys face when he says he will get 10 cars under my belt before taking on bigger jobs is priceless lol. This is the best video ever!

Man this is Definitely the best raw footage I have ever seen fan for Life

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on the business of detailing. Thank you for being so open and honest. Your professionalism is amazing.

I own a mobile company in Arizona and everything these guys are saying is true... Very genuine and straight to the point, great video!

love your videos, i've had my detailing shop for 16 years, started with dealers and worked 18 hours a day for the first year and half, now i work 10 hours a day, have no dealers as customers and make twice the money and i'm booked for 2-3 weeks in advance

Great video I'm in my 50's and I am having to start life over and trying to make a go at my own detailing business this video has given me alot of ideas thanks guys.

That was awesome, taking the time to explain and talk to someone who is just starting their own business. You guys rock!

Love checking out the info, you guys are informative and entertaining .

I absolutely love this video! You guys are amazing for taking the time out to do this

Just ran upon this video. Transparency in the foundation of who you guys are was truly Authentic. Thanks for knowledge and nuggets. Honestly I pray for your continued success.

Detailing is really hard work.

Why am I now, just watching this video?!?! Dropping that knowledge on running a shop! I'll be listening to this video once a day until get the keys to my shop in two weeks!

Awesome video guys!!! Hats off to you for being so transparent and willing to take the time to educate those of us who are interested in pursuing our passion and putting a bit of money in our pocket while doing so. Keep up the great work!

Just started a detailing business last week, love learning from you guys!

Thank you for this video! Watched every second and I opened my eyes to the endless possibilities.

Wow guys - Talk about openness and honesty. I really have enjoyed your how to videos and this behind the business scenes was very instructive, also. Great job! Thank you !

Gentlemen, thank you for putting this video together. I've been washing, detailing cars since I was 12 years old. Now I'm 60 and getting close to retirement. In order to keep busy and active, I'm seriously contemplating opening my own detailing business from my home. I already have all the equipment I need which I've acquired over the years. My goal is to do what I enjoy, even if its only one car a week. The garage is my sanctuary on weekends. Thank you for sharing the footage. The gentleman who is interested in starting his own business had excellent questions. Thanks again for sharing, this was hugely helpful. I'm a firm believer in "you do good", "good will come back to you". You guys have done real good. Congratulations on your success. May your business continue to grow..........profitably. All the best.

Fantastic video! I appreciate Jason advice on the insurance part of things. I’m getting started with home based or Our Garage based auto detail and that is the first thing I have been trying to figure out! Loved this video, will watch a second time to catch anything I missed

Absolutely awesome video, possibly one of the best I have watched. It's wonderful to see that you guys are doing well and get such a good feel for the personalities driving the business forward. Great job guys and may you have massive success going forward 👌👍

So informative guys! Quality and passion is what I love about detailing and that message came across. This motivates me to keep grinding my own business out. I am definitely a fan and will visit next time I’m back home in Chicago.

This is amazing information. Greatly appreciate you uploading this for us.

I also would say that its incredible you guys are so open sharing all this valuable experience about running your business, not many would have the balls to do it. You have a big heart. Thanks!

This video applies to detailing and so much more. Quality over quantity. Thank you for this

Thank you for sharing so much knowledge, has brought a great perspective on starting out.

Concrate conversation ! Need more things like this Thanks guys

Detailing business 101! Just watching a lot of your videos and truly awesome and informational stuff. In the process of launching my own mobile detailing business in NJ and drawing inspiration from your videos. Thank you and Keep up the good work!

You guys are seriously brilliant and incredibly generous to share such golden nuggets with us. Thank you so much 🏆

You Guys are Awesome! !! ThankYou for Sharing !

You guys are awesome!!! Thank you so much!

I really love the way that you guys are running this business. Btw, the content came from this video that inspired me alot in this detailing industry. All love to Chicago.

Thank you for another amazing, info filled video please keep it up

Thank you for this video. Trully inspiring. And the guy has really great questions!!

I'm opening a detailing shop next month, i'm a certified car painter since 2004, but i want to grow has a detailer now, and you guys have realy nice information, thanks and keep sharing, thumbs up from Portugal.

Thank you for posting this!

Absolutely awesome video. I am a 21 year pharmaceutical sales professional and I detailed cars as a kid while in college. During Covid, I started watching detailing videos and I started buying Rupes buffers and all kinds of detailing products. I am already at a point where I could ceramic coat every weekend. Anywho, great video and my wheels are turning.

like your visitor stated, this was awesome guys!! Thank You !!

Thank you guys. I have been doing mobile for two years and i want to move to a shop in two years. A lot of good ideas and I love the quote "Your not my customer if you dont walk backwards."

Good video, you guys talked about a lot of stuff I deal with now and or had dealt with. Appreciate the videos Jason . I started out MOBILE DETAILING 2 1/2 years ago now I have a shop its definitely a learning process for me now . That's my main thing QUALITY OVER EVERYTHING. Word of mouth is key . And DETAILING AINT FOR EVERYONE. THANKS.....

Great video! This guy has a radio voice, and it makes for a nice interview.

You guys are legends - thanks for video and your willingness to pass on your secrets

Very valuable information, these guys are so humble they make it look easy, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the Awesome interview & great info!

Hands down the single best detailing related video I've ever seen! Confirmed a lot of my thoughts/feelings, enlightened me in areas I was not aware of, and encouraged me to continue with a lot of my business ideas and mottos seeing them embodied in your business! Thank you very much for this amazing content.

Thank you guys for positing this video! Very informative

Jason, great video. I will sign up for your Houston event. You guys have built a great thing, thanks for sharing with the world.

I rank this video as serious real business talk. Great conversation about the pros and cons to running not just a automotive detail business but any business itself. If you can’t budget, market, negotiate and sale your going to have a very small amount of business an a shorter time and history as business owner.

Thank you for all of those advices.

Great video as always, much appreciate the super content!

Thank you, very nice to hear it from the Pro's

Great content. Worth my time. Thanks for doing this!

These guys gotta be the coolest dudes ever to share their knowledge !!!

Guys were amazing. Open honest and friendly as ever glad to see there business is so successful. Appreciate the video I'm in the same boat as the gentleman asking the question. So was all good info to hear and absorb.

Awesome, this video has blown me up with ideas to grow. Thanks guys

Thank you for your time guys. great info.

Very interesting video and I feel how cool it was of these guys, owners of a decent sized shop to take the time to have a sit down interview with someone trying to get a business going. Very informative, and Honest Video here. Thank You 👍😎

Great advice as always 👍

I have always said, dealership work will pay the overhead. public clientele will make u ur money!! great video

This was EPIC. Thank you to everyone involved in the making of this video. SO much knowledge. S/O to Chicago Auto Pros

This is a fantastic video. Thank you for sharing your passion!

This video is gold, Chicago Auto Pros you guys gave me that little push and knowledge to get my detailing business going and setting that high standard 🤩

Great video, honest and concise!

Phenomenal... thank you so much for the insight. Subscriber for life. It really means something when you don’t forget where you come from.

great info for more than just car detailing business. Even though I started out with detailing my own cars, then family, then friends, then neighbors, then their friends, this is such good information to what will happen if I want to go the next step. This is not my business as I'm a full time Building Information Modeling Manager. It's my hobby. This is awesome information. This is a hobby that pays for the hobby.

Your premises and work is stunning with such a skilful team, very impressive.

What a brlliant, honest and open video👌

Great information in this video. Have you ever thought of doing a follow up on this guy? I live in Minnesota and currently detail out of my garage and have been for 10 years. Haven't really done much marketing other than word of mouth and only 3-4 cars a month which are mostly interior jobs (dislike interiors) but it is my bread and butter and seeing the customers reaction after the job is done is what keeps me doing it. Keep up the great work.

I'm actually planning to having my own detailing shop. services ranging from basic carwash, to full paint detailing, interior detailing and so on and so forth. I'm into cost analysis and pricing strategy now. Hope to be successful like you guys. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for this! It really helps.

Verry good info in this interview. Thanks guys! I live in France and I’m thinking of starting a car detailing business here.

I knew most of this but it gave me the reassurance I've been looking for. I literally made some business cards a few wks ago & I wasn't even intending on doing this full time, but I did a magazine shoot prep on a Grabber Blue right hand drive civic for my brother & a 64 Impala low-low for a friend & just those posts on Instagram & Fb have spread like wildfire & booked me 7 days a week due to the quality I've always been known for with engine builds. It's achievable of your goal is to impress each customer a lil more than the last & stand out from other detailers. This video was made by that same type of person, down to earth, not selfish & cares about quality & reputation. I'm glad I came across this!

Best 51 minutes of my day, thanks!

Awesome video for someone starting out! Very inspirational and alot of great advice and insight on how to get started. I really like how y’all touched on not needing a lot of money to get started. That’s one of the best things about trying to start a detail business vs some other business is the relatively low start up cost. I’m a beginner myself and just recently decided to dive in and buy equipment. I already had a shopvac and air compressor so not counting that, I have around $1500 invested so far. I have enough equipment and chemicals to do anything from a simple wash and interior detail, to a paint correction and full disaster detail. I really enjoy the videos guys, thanks for helping me learn along the way!

My parents started their detailing business back in 01 have built up a very good reputation i started in our shop my 6th grade summer and have been going at it since then. I have a true passion for this industry and now being co owner with my father, learning the marketing side and new technology and techniques I'm looking forward to advancing our business even more. I watch a video a day sometimes a couple from you guys to keep my mind fresh and learning daily! Thank you for the honesty and time you take to make these videos!

Great informative video. Appreciate you making these vids showing the business side of things. Very very valuable information. Teaching has been the greatest advertisement I agree.

Those 51 minutes went by quickly. Learned a lot . Some advice i even figured it out although there is more questions/concerns I have business wise that I wish I could asked you about. But other than that I love learning loee about how to run the detail business and keep getting work. Doing the detailing and learning as well is another interest I like to do. But business and running it is coming to me more natural. I just need advice on what I should do

Loved the video very very informative great job guys..

This was really insightful thanks guys

Wow, I'm mindblown. Thanks for sharing this in so many ways!

Amazingly informative and thought provoking.... And damn logical

Appreciate this video tryna start a detail business to.!

Great video. Thank you. Subscribed

Great F'n video. You guys just created the blueprint for starting, managing, and growing a detailing business. There are other videos out there, but we feel that you guys touched on all of the realities of the business. The guest and/or interview was aces. His questions were on point and very thoughtful.

Great info and motivation. Starting my own mobile business

THANK YOU!!!!

One of the insightful videos I’ve seen about the detail industry so many great nuggets of information I used to work for a dealership that reconditioned their own vehicles this video really hit home for me thanks for the great video

Great questions👌🏻

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

Thank u bud..appricate you sharing ..

PLEASE MAKE A PART 2!!

Thank you so much for taking us with you on this conversation. Watched the whole thing with pleasure

Thank u 4 this

Great video guys, thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise!

great video guys, thank you..