MAT Armstrong has built up an impressive following thanks to videos showing him restoring wrecked cars.
He’s paved a career for himself on TikTok, helping him add to his large car collection. Here’s everything we know about Mat.
Mat Armstrong has risen to fame through his TikTok channel.
He has managed to build up a following of 26,400 on his page @bmxmatarmstrong.
Meanwhile over on Instagram, Mat has a huge 1.1million followers, with his bio stating “I ride bikes & film stuff on cars”.
He is also active on YouTube where he has 3.3million subscribers.
On leaving school Mat became a professional BMX rider, with many sponsors.
He learnt the skill of videoing while trying to enter competitions.
However, due to the low pay, Mat ended up working at Indian restaurant Spice 45 in the evenings.
During the day he used the restaurant’s car park to work on his pal’s cars, teaching himself how to fix them.
From there, Mat went to work at a garage where he was put in charge of social media, posting videos of himself with cars online.
Through working during the day at the garage and in the evenings at the restaurant, Mat managed to save enough to buy his first home at the age of 21.
After renovating and refinancing, he rented the property out and was able to buy a second property, with his girlfriend Hannah, who he met through BMXing.
He did the same again and bought a third property.
Mat posts videos and photos related to his car renovations on his social media.
His TikTok is full of videos where Mat purchases rundown cars that may have been involved in some sort of crash.
However, he is able to see the potential in the messed up cars and does them up to make a profit.
He also keeps his followers updated with what else he has been up to, including a visit to Silverstone to watch Formula 1 in July 2024.
On May 27, 2024, Mat shared a sweet post where he thanked his fans for almost a million followers.
Along side a photo of some of his super cars, he said: “Nearly 1M of you guys following my journey on here and what a journey it’s been couldn’t be more grateful.”
Mat bought Premier League football Marcus Rashford’s car in early 2024.
The purchase came after Rashford crashed the car in September 2023 and it was written off.
Fortunately neither Rashford or the other driver were injured in the crash, which also saw the car knock over a traffic pole.
The accident caused a lot of damage to the left side of the vehicle so it was listed for auction.
Mat bought the vehicle for £185,000, after Marcus paid £700,000 for the custom car.
The car had less than 1,000 miles on the clock and Mat bought another £90,000 Rolls-Royce to help the restoration.
Mat shared a video where he restored the car and revealed the overall cost of the project was £324,000.
Mat has posted videos restoring several cars on his social media.
He took his followers along for the journey when he did up an Audi and managed to make a £15,000 profit.
He purchased an Audi RS6 which had a severely damaged front and a smashed windscreen.
The car usually retailed for £46,000 but he paid £20,000 at auction.
After forking out another £6,789 to restore it, Mat made a profit of £15,211.
Mat’s Instagram showcases several car renovations he has done.
He posted in May 2024 that he had done up a Porsche GT3 which he took from smashed up to painting it fuscia.
He also shared a before and after post of a BMW M4 which he completely transformed.
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