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Pet Hair — Light
Surface hair that has not yet worked into the pile. Rubber and pile-lifting tools before a second vacuum pass.
Add$45
Time+20 min
For regularly cared-for vehicles
The Maintenance Detail
A disciplined inside-and-out refresh for a vehicle that is already in good condition. This is the right level when you want to hold a clean baseline, before everyday use turns into buildup that takes real work to undo.
Condition Fit
Is this the right detail?
This service is built for a car that has been looked after and needs bringing back to level — roughly one to three weeks of ordinary driving since the last clean.
Light road film
An even haze of dust and traffic film across otherwise sound paint. Nothing bonded, nothing etched.
Fresh fingerprints
Marks around handles, the tailgate and the touch points inside — the ordinary residue of using a car.
A few crumbs
Loose debris in the footwells and seat gaps, on carpet that is still in good shape underneath.
If your car looks worse than these photographs, this is not the right booking, and we would rather tell you now than on the day. Read what this detail will not fix
Overview
See the whole service.
We are filming a full walkthrough of this detail from arrival to final inspection, so you can see exactly what two hours in your driveway looks like before you book it.
Overview video · Coming soon
Scope
Exactly what is included
The same order, every visit. Nothing here is optional or weather-dependent, and nothing is left to judgement on the day.
Exterior
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Pre-rinse and foam
Road film is softened and lifted before anything solid touches the paint. Most wash marring happens in the first thirty seconds; this is how we avoid it.
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Contact wash
Two buckets, a clean mitt worked in straight lines panel by panel, rinsed between sections. Lower panels are washed last and never with the same media as the roof.
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Wheels, tyres and jambs
Wheel faces and as much barrel as the spokes allow, tyres cleaned and evenly dressed, door and trunk jambs wiped so they are not the one place you notice we missed.
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Dry
Plush towels laid rather than dragged, and filtered air through mirrors, badges and trim gaps so nothing runs down a clean panel an hour later.
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Exterior glass
All exterior glass cleaned and then checked again in raking light, which is the only way to actually see a streak.
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Spray sealant
A protective layer over clean paint. It is not a coating and we will not pretend otherwise, but it makes the next few weeks easier and the next wash safer.
Interior
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Full vacuum
Seats, carpets, mats and boot, including the seat rails and the gaps beside the console where everything actually collects.
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Surface wipe-down
Dash, console, door cards, cupholders and vents, cleaned with chemistry matched to each material and left with an even satin finish rather than a shine.
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Touch points
Steering wheel, shifter, stalks, switchgear and interior handles. These are the surfaces you feel, so they get their own pass.
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Interior glass
Every window from the inside, including the full sweep of the windscreen — the single thing most often skipped and most obvious at night.
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Final pass
Mats returned, seats and mirrors put back where you had them, and a walk of the car with you before we load out.
How we work
The part that is not a checklist
Chemistry is chosen for the material in front of us, not for what is cheapest to buy by the drum. Leather, coated fabric, piano-black plastic and anodised trim all want different things, and the wrong choice is what leaves a surface looking cloudy six months later.
Equipment is maintained like the cars. Filters get changed, pads get washed, and anything that has touched the ground is out of service until it has been cleaned properly.
Microfiber is sorted and zoned. Paint towels never touch wheels, interiors never share with exteriors, and nothing gets a second lap around the car after it has been dropped.
You hear from us before, during and after — a text before arrival, a walkaround before we start, and an inspection with you before we leave. We protect the surrounding property, contain our runoff, and keep the noise down because someone lives next door.
Limits
Exactly what is not included
These conditions need more time and different equipment than this service carries. Booking Maintenance for them wastes your money and our afternoon.
Set-in stains and spills
Anything that has soaked into fabric or foam needs extraction, not a wipe-down. Book The Standard Detail, or The Reset if there are several.
Embedded pet hair
Hair sitting on the surface comes up with the vacuum. Hair woven into the pile is a separate job, priced by how much there is.
Heavy sand, smoke or neglect
Beach sand works into everything, and smoke residue lives in the headliner and the vents. Both need the deeper service.
Book the level that fits
If the interior has moved past ordinary use, the honest answer is a deeper service — not this one with extras bolted on.
Scope and condition
What changes the work
Two cars booked for the same service can take a different amount of time. Here is what actually moves it, so nothing on the invoice is a surprise.
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Contamination
How much is on the car, and how long it has been there. Fresh film rinses away; three months of the same film has started to bond, and safe removal takes longer.
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Material
Perforated leather, woven headliners and open-pore wood all limit what can be used and how aggressive it can be. Where a material sets a limit, that limit wins.
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Access
Third rows, child seats, roof boxes and a fully loaded boot all add time. We will not remove a child seat, and we will not clean under one that is installed.
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Size and shape
An XL van is not simply a bigger sedan — it is more glass, more jamb, more carpet and a taller roof. That is why the price moves with vehicle class rather than a flat rate.
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Time and process
The order of operations is fixed. When a step needs longer, it gets longer, and the finish time moves rather than the standard.
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What we do about it
We walk the car with you before starting. If the condition needs more than this service covers, you hear the number then — never afterwards, and never mid-job.
Pricing
Price and duration
Published by vehicle class before you book. A 20% deposit reserves the window; the balance is settled on the day.
Starting at
$130
Plan for
2 hrs
Every class, published
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Sedan / coupe — $130
Plan for 2 hours.
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SUV / truck — $170
Plan for 2 hours.
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XL / van — $200
Plan for 2 hours.
Proof
Before and after
Same camera position, same light, same car. The only thing that changes between the two frames is the work.
Illustrative reference images, not photographs of client vehicles. These are placeholders until our own before-and-after work is shot.
Add-Ons
Useful with this detail
None of these are part of the Maintenance Detail, so they are priced and timed separately. Prices follow the vehicle class you selected above.
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Headlight Restoration
Sanded back through grades and resealed. Restores clarity and output; it does not repair internal moisture or a cracked lens.
Add$90
Time+45 min
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Engine Bay Cleaning
Sensitive components covered, low-pressure clean, then dressed to a satin finish rather than a wet-looking gloss.
Add$75
Time+30 min
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Black Trim Restoration
Cleaned back and re-pigmented. How long it holds depends on how far the plastic has already gone, and we will tell you which yours is.
Add$85
Time+45 min
Maintenance Plans
Keep this baseline for less.
The Maintenance Detail is the service a plan is built around. Booking it on a set cadence keeps the car from ever needing a recovery, and it costs less every visit.
Members save 20–40% on every Maintenance Detail depending on cadence — between $34 and $98 per visit depending on your vehicle class. Members also get 50% off The Standard Detail or The Reset Detail, up to twice a year.
Service area
Where we work
Pasadena and the surrounding LA metro. We come to your home or your workplace, whichever is easier on the day.
Booking
The deposit
A 20% deposit reserves your mobile appointment window. We book a limited number of vehicles a day, so a held window is one nobody else can take.
It comes off the total, not on top of it. The balance is settled on the day, once you have walked the car with us.
Book Service
Hold the standard.
Two hours in your driveway, on a schedule that means your car never needs rescuing. Not sure this is the right level? Send us a few photos and we will tell you.