From Minivan Mods to NOPI Nationals: Mike Cooper’s Wild Car Scene Stories & the On the Stax Journey

Hotrods & Hijinks: B's Auto Detailing Talks Mobile Detailing, Ceramic Coatings, and Paint Correction

On this episode of Hotrods and Hijinks at LilyJack Customs in downtown Greeneville, Tennessee, the hosts sit down with Bladyn Norton and Brody Inscore of B's Auto Detailing to talk about their fully mobile detailing business, including full interior/exterior details, ceramic coatings, paint correction, extractors, and fleet work. Blake shares how he got into detailing through a love of cars and discusses his LS-swapped, lifted Jeep and its drivetrain issues. They break down ceramic coating expectations and prep steps, paint correction processes, common causes of swirls from car washes, and why UV and thin modern paint can lead to clear coat failure. They cover pricing ranges for mobile services, travel distance, social media marketing, odd cleaning challenges like dog hair in Toyota carpets, and goals like building a shop and possibly expanding into PPF and aircraft detailing.

Hot Rods & Hijinks Podcast: Off The Chain Bicycles Talks Custom Builds, Giveaway Bikes & Epic Night Rides

In this episode of HotRods and Hijinks at LilyJack Customs in downtown Greeneville, Tennessee, the hosts welcome Brandon Shaw and Tyler Ricker from Off The Chain Bicycles. They discuss how Tyler’s longtime interest in bikes and a partnership with Mark Ailey (Knuckle Busters/Off The Chain) led to building custom bicycles and helping grow a local custom bike scene. The conversation highlights a Pigeon Forge night ride and fireworks outing featuring a chrome cruiser with a powerful custom sound system, plus unusual builds like swing bikes, a buddy bike, and other rare styles. They cover upcoming shows and raffles—including Pedal Enuf at the Fair Enuf car show in September, a Pigeon Forge bike show on November 7th, and future giveaway bikes for Fair Enuf and Sparks—along with plans for a two-wheel-drive e-bike build. They share how to find Off The Chain Bicycles on social media and at their Sevierville storefront, then wrap with “had enough” gripes about parts suppliers, road construction, and not having enough fun.

Black Label Coatings: Custom Powder Coating, Color Matching & Show-Quality Work(with Victor Pate)

In this Hotrods and Hijinks episode filmed at LilyJack Customs in downtown Greeneville, the hosts talk with Victor Pate of Black Label Coatings about his one-man powder coating shop and how he focuses on difficult, high-detail work other shops avoid. Victor explains his background in paint, the lack of touch-ups in powder, and his process from chemical stripping and outgassing to blasting, curing, and multi-stage finishes, including powder-only graphics and artwork inspired by tattoo flash. He discusses developing custom powders (signature satin black, murderous gloss black, and clear), launching blacklabelpowders.com [http://blacklabelpowders.com] during COVID, and why he scaled back production. Victor also covers wheel refinishing with in-house mounting and balancing, equipment and air management upgrades, maintenance tips, warranty, and standout projects like Patrick-from-SpongeBob wheels, plus his long-term 1975 C10 build.

Chats and Greene County Real Estate Update w/ Tom Willett (Greeneville & Co.) | Hot Rods & Hijinks

At LilyJack Customs in downtown Greeneville, the Hot Rods & Hijinks podcast welcomes Tom Willett of TRC Logistics and Greeneville & Co. Realty to talk about growing up across Greene County and how that local knowledge helps in real estate. Willett explains why Chuckey is currently the county’s most desirable area, discusses land and home pricing differences by location, and shares market numbers showing active listings are flat year-over-year while land listings are down. He describes his approach to pricing, flipping vs. rehabbing and renting, FHA anti-flip rules, and how barndominiums and newer manufactured homes compare to stick-built houses. The group also discusses out-of-town buyers (many from Florida), local growth, zoning and development challenges, affordable housing, tiny homes/containers, and frustrations with Zillow estimates and panhandling.

From Minivan Mods to NOPI Nationals: Mike Cooper’s Wild Car Scene Stories & the On the Stax Journey

From Minivan Mods to NOPI Nationals: Mike Cooper’s Wild Car Scene Stories & the On the Stax Journey Mike Cooper, owner of On the Stax, joins the podcast to reminisce about early-2000s East Tennessee car culture, car clubs, and cruising scenes, from minivan and mini-truck mods to imports, big wheels, and air ride. He recounts building a heavily modified Mazda 5 daily driver with air ride, carbon fiber parts, an elaborate Sound Decision stereo setup with many TVs, and the costs and tire wear that eventually led him to trade it in after winning at NOPI Nationals, where class winners had to make major changes to return. The group swaps stories about major shows like Slammed Enough and Lebanon, discusses how trends evolve (including electric cars and new engine tech), and shares Mike’s infamous Gatlinburg arrests tied to car-show antics. Mike also explains how he quit drinking, found Friday Night Magic, and opened On the Stax nearly four years ago as a Pokémon/Magic buy-sell-trade tabletop shop serving mostly adults, with Pokémon demand driving big business.