What REALLY Happened To Aaron Kaufman From Fast N' Loud!? What Is He Doing Now?

so he says need to talk to me alone and i'm thinking i don't know you know does he uh want to raise or

what

's going on but i'm thinking cool i got to tell you about this street outlaws thing so

aaron

's uh got a serious hat on and he's fixing to tell me something and i'm pretty sure i'm not gonna like it to quote stevie nicks i think i have to go my own way

aaron

kaufman

was a fan favorite mechanic on

fast

and

loud

and though the show was successful and

aaron

was

gaining mass popularity

aaron

surprisingly left the show at its peak gas monkey garage located in dallas texas is famous for being the home of the discovery channel series

fast

and

loud

the show follows the team of mechanics and fabricators as they fix up old cars and produce new works of automotive art

aaron

kaufman

was the beloved star mechanic who was richard rawlings right-hand man he began working at gas monkey long before it became a famous worldwide tv show yep it was kauffman's

creations that often caught the eye decided you were gonna do this you just kind of started grabbing sticks and putting crab together it was crazy

fast

and

loud

ended after the 16th season in 2020 however rawlings has been working without right hand man

kaufman

since 2017 after the mechanic announced that he was leaving the show and gas monkey garage welcome to tuna no crust so why did one of the best known duos in motoring tv shows break up

what

is

aaron

kaufman

doing

now is he working on his

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now let's get back into the video

aaron

left the show and gaz monkey garage in 2017. many viewers were upset to see him go and there was a lot of speculation around why he left in the first place although the answer seemed straightforward nothing happens in

fast

and

loud

without a little drama apparently

kaufman

was not the only gas monkey to leave the garage two other crew members tom smith and jordan butler left the show after a fallout with rollings the conflict arose from a dispute over

a fan and one of rawling's precious cars smith has since gone on record to declare that he and butler left after a fan with cystic fibrosis approach the garage to take some photos with one of rawlings rides a rolls-royce to be specific when the manager on duty at the time saw this they were told to get the f away from the car taken back by the rudeness smith told them the chill and it got him and jordan butler fired fortunately for smith and butler it wouldn't be long before they found

themselves back on tv where they featured in misfit garage a similarly styled reality tv show of course we couldn't leave this video without a bit of drama but the real reason behind

aaron

kaufman

leaving the show is more prosaic but why don't we ask him about it in an interview with art of gears

aaron

shared everything about why he chose to leave the show and the garage as a whole i wanted to build cars that were big or better and then tv needed cars that were much smaller than that on

top of that there were some growing personal issues and professional differences of opinions and so i decided the time had come and i could see the fork in front of me it seems like

aaron

kaufman

quit

fast

and

loud

because of creative differences with owner richard rawlings his approach to fixing up vintage cars apparently bought cheap on the street kauffman wanted to have more flexibility regarding the cars he could work on while

kaufman

left gas monkey garage in 2016 his leaving wasn't

screened on

fast

and

loud

until 2017. it was an emotional scene between

kaufman

and his boss mentor and friend richard rawlings despite emotions

kaufman

was seen to try another approach to car modifications he needed to start on his own for a while and we've been building cars we've been

really

busy there's definitely some a different direction i want to go and and here i just can't i can't do both and because we build so much we built so

fast

it absorbs every second of my

time so i

really

i

really

think that it's it's time the two mechanics indeed had very different visions for the kind of work they wanted to do rawlings and

kaufman

may have worked together and been friends for years but when it came down to business rawlings was still the boss both were very creative guys but each also had solid personal ideas about

what

kind of work they loved to do

kaufman

felt he couldn't be as creative at the gas monkey garage as he wanted to be as well

kaufman

especially hated the producers strict deadlines on the show the difficulties weren't just with richard rawlings and how he was running the business

aaron

also felt that

fast

and

loud

producers were too restrictive when it came to filming and that the deadlines they proposed to ensure episodes were completed on time made it difficult to work

aaron

felt these deadlines blocked him from

doing

his best work on their projects

kaufman

is a talented mechanic hungry for sophisticated and detailed

custom car projects apparently the producer's deadlines prevented him and rawlings from

doing

their work correctly

aaron

thought that the level of craftsmanship at the garage was also suffering because of the tight deadlines they were forced into however the conflict between

aaron

and richard never

happened

although

kaufman

left

fast

and

loud

he kept a solid friendship with rolex it was stunning to

fast

and

loud

fans when

kaufman

declared to richard that he was leaving gas monkey garage but

rawlings also seemed to take the news pretty hard still despite their creative differences

kaufman

had no personal issues with rawlings and the two have remained good friends so

what

happened

next with the talented mechanic at my new shop arclight fabrication i'm designing aftermarket truck parts building unique vehicles that i've always wanted to build and i'm having more fun

doing

it once he had left gas monkey garage it didn't take long for

aaron

kaufman

to originate his own

garage where he would have total creative control over all the projects he launched his shop arclight fabrication in dallas and opened the doors to customers in 2017.

kaufman

soon clarified

what

projects he wanted to work on at his new shop arclight fabrication was originated with one particular vehicle in mind the ford f-series pickup truck not just any ford pickup will find a home at arclight kauffman focused strictly on vintage ford f-100 trucks later

aaron

starred in his motoring show

shifting gears with

aaron

kaufman

which ran for two series in 2018. the show featured the long-term projects

kaufman

preferred despite

aaron

kaufman

's difficulties with tv cruise on

fast

and

loud

he also invited the discovery channel cameras to film his new shop however there was a significant difference between how the projects were filmed on

fast

and

loud

and shifting gears while

fast

and

loud

cars must have been done within the one hour show

aaron

kaufman

demanded that each vehicle on

shifting gears be presented on at least two episodes and that the team had more time to finish their work another contrast between

fast

and

loud

and shifting gears was the type of vehicles that the different garages prefer to work on as well as

kaufman

's passion for ford pickups he also spent screen time creating his own race cars they were then tested on the track including a harley motorbike and homebuilt dragster that they take to the race of gentlemen this wasn't

aaron

kaufman

's

first and only experience in motorsports in 2015 while he was still a part of the gas monkey garage crew he participated in two super truck series off-road races at the costa mesa track in california he came eighth his second run though experienced racers were a bit grave of his style as fans of shifting gears with

aaron

kaufman

we are still waiting in vain for a third show series however in the meantime the star mechanic has been busy making a tv show with a difference from the discovery

channel i'm

aaron

kaufman

and i need a job dum-dum dum over the past few years i've been on quite a journey i've challenged myself as a builder and perfected my skills that's all right huh wow but building all those hot rods had its ups cool and down come on dude every time it's a new set of problems it's called

aaron

kaufman

needs a job the show was first broadcast in july 2019. kauffman travels the u.s trying out multiple mechanically minded jobs don't worry despite

the title of the show

kaufman

doesn't need a job arclight fabrication is

doing

all right the new show's premise sees

kaufman

traveling across the usa to try his hand at various jobs with some mechanical connection and show viewers behind the scenes of some professions the tv star also tries his hand at high adrenaline careers some of the challenges that

aaron

kaufman

tries are exciting and dangerous for example he tried tackling wildfires in nevada and joined the crew of a tugboat in the

busy port of tacoma

aaron

also has to get his hands dirty in different ways by entering the housekeeping team at a vegas hotel and stepping into his comfort zone by helping to repair military vehicles of course we couldn't finish the video without the age-old question how much is

aaron

kaufman

worth now are you sitting down let's sum it up

aaron

kaufman

worked on

fast

and

loud

aaron

needs a job shifting gears with

aaron

kaufman

and his personal shop arclight fabrications plus

aaron

was

one of the producers on his own show thanks to all the projects

aaron

kaufman

is worth 8 million as you can see

aaron

has had a wonderful life and career so far we are impatiently waiting to see

what

he does next we hope he appears on tv screens once again but

what

do you think was that the real reason behind

aaron

kaufman

leaving or is there something else hidden behind the curtains share your opinion in the comments section don't forget to like share and subscribe so you don't miss an

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