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Most drivers pay $150 to $350 for a full detail, and vehicle size sets more of that than anything else. A breakdown of real prices and what each tier includes.
Most drivers pay between $150 and $350 for a full interior and exterior detail. Interior-only work typically runs $100 to $250, exterior-only $75 to $200, and specialist services like paint correction or ceramic coating start around $400 and climb well past $1,000.
The number that applies to you depends on three things more than any others: how big your vehicle is, what condition it is in, and how much of the work is genuinely hand labour rather than a machine pass. This guide breaks down each tier so you can tell what a quote actually covers.
A hand wash, wheel clean, interior vacuum and a wipe-down of hard surfaces. Usually 60 to 90 minutes. This is upkeep for a car that is already in good order, not a reset for one that is not. Booked regularly it is good value; booked once on a neglected car it will disappoint.
The standard service and what most people mean by detailing. Expect a proper hand wash, decontamination, wheels and tyres, plus interior vacuuming, steam or shampoo cleaning of carpets and upholstery, leather conditioning, vents and crevices, glass, and a wax or sealant on the paint. Three to five hours of work depending on size and condition.
Everything above, minus the exterior. Worth choosing when the paint is fine but the cabin has taken a beating from kids, pets, food or a long ownership. Interior work is where the labour hours concentrate, which is why interior-only is rarely as much cheaper than people expect.
Hand wash, decontamination, clay treatment, and a wax or sealant. Suits a car that lives outside but stays tidy inside.
Machine polishing to remove swirl marks, light scratches and oxidation rather than fill or hide them. Priced by the hour in practice, because a single-stage correction on a well-kept sedan and a multi-stage correction on ten-year-old paint are entirely different jobs.
Long-term paint protection, covered in detail in our ceramic coating cost guide. Nearly always includes correction first, which is most of why the price is what it is.
Size is the most predictable variable, because it maps directly to surface area and seats. As a rough guide, expect each step up to add 20 to 25 percent:
Usually not, and often slightly less. The intuition is that a service coming to you should carry a premium, but a mobile operation has no building to rent, and that is the single largest fixed cost a detailing shop carries. Those savings tend to offset the travel.
Where mobile genuinely differs is in what it can do. Paint correction and ceramic coating want controlled lighting, shade and a dust-free environment. Plenty of mobile operators handle both well with the right setup, but it is a fair question to ask before booking either service at your kerb.
The real saving is not on the invoice. It is the two trips you do not make and the half-day you do not spend in a waiting room.
A $60 "full detail" is a wash. That is not an accusation of dishonesty, it is arithmetic: a genuine full detail is three to five hours of skilled hand labour, and nobody can sell that for $60 and stay in business.
Some useful questions before booking:
Two to four times a year suits most drivers. Every three months for a car that lives outside, carries kids or pets, or covers high mileage; twice a year for a garaged, lightly used vehicle.
At quarterly intervals, most people spend $600 to $1,200 a year. That sounds like a lot until you set it against what it protects. Interiors are the fastest-depreciating part of a used car in the eyes of a buyer, and paint that has been allowed to oxidise or etch cannot be washed back to health — it needs correction, which costs several times more than the detailing that would have prevented it.
Most detailers price recurring plans below one-off visits, often substantially, because a maintained car takes less time. If you intend to detail more than twice a year, ask about a plan before booking a single visit.
It depends on what you are comparing it to. Against a $15 automatic wash, a $250 detail looks expensive — but the two are not the same service, and spinning brushes are a leading cause of the swirl marks that later need paint correction to remove.
Against doing it yourself, the maths is closer than it appears. Equipping yourself properly means a decent vacuum, extractor or steamer, brushes, quality microfibre, and chemicals for several different surfaces. That is a few hundred dollars before your first Saturday, and the interior work in particular is genuinely hard on your back.
Detailing is worth paying for when you plan to keep the car, when your time is worth more than the difference, or when the vehicle has reached a state that ordinary washing will not fix. It is worth skipping if you enjoy the process and already own the equipment.
We keep one package per service rather than confusing tiers. Interior and exterior detailing is $249 for a coupe or sedan, $299 for a five-seat SUV or truck, and $349 for a seven-seat SUV or van. Interior-only is $50 less across every size. Sprinters and oversized vehicles are quoted individually.
Service plans bring that down considerably: monthly visits are $149 for a sedan, saving $100 per detail, with bi-monthly and quarterly options in between. There are no contracts.
Everything is mobile. We come to your home or office across Austin, Dallas and Houston with our own water and power, so nothing is needed from you. See full pricing or book online.
Most full interior and exterior details fall between $150 and $350. Vehicle size, current condition and your local labour rates account for nearly all of the variation.
Three to five hours for most vehicles. Larger vehicles and heavily soiled interiors take longer. Anything advertised as a full detail in under two hours is a wash with extra steps.
Because it is more labour. Extraction, shampooing, conditioning and cleaning around seat rails and third rows is slow, manual work that cannot be sped up with a machine the way exterior washing can.
Almost always. A maintained car takes less time, and most detailers pass that on through recurring plans. The gap between a one-off visit and a plan visit is often $50 to $100.
Standard detailing does not. Waxing can mask very fine marks temporarily. Removing swirls and scratches properly requires paint correction, which is a separate service starting around $400.
