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A wash gets the surface. A detail gets the rest.
Dried salt in the paint’s microtexture. Vog fallout bonded into the clear coat. Red dirt worked into the carpet. None of it comes off in a wash — and all of it is what makes a two-year-old island car look five.
Full detail from $300
About 3–5 hours
Kona shop or mobile
Fully insured
Visual proof
What a wash leaves behind
The whole argument for a detail over a wash is what stays in the vehicle after the wash is finished. On this island that is dried salt, vog fallout and red dirt — and all three are visible once you know where to look.
Before — red dirt, sand and grit in the seams
After — extracted, not just vacuumed
A wash cannot lift this — it is bonded into the clear coat
Barrels too — the part a quick job skips
Inside and out
What a deluxe detail includes
Exterior
- Hand wash, all surfaces, two-bucket
- Salt and chemical decontamination
- Clay bar — lifts what washing cannot
- Tar, sap and bug removal
- High-quality hand wax
- Wheels, barrels and wheel wells
- Tire shine
- Plastic and trim clean, shine and protect
- Glass, inside and out
- Door jambs and sills
Interior
- Full vacuum and light shampoo
- Light stain removal
- Seats — cloth, leather or vinyl
- Carpet and floor mats
- Headliner
- Dash, console and vents
- Vinyl clean and protect
- Leather clean and condition
A detail cleans and protects. It does not correct. Swirls, oxidation and scratches need machine polishing — see paint correction. The wax in a detail hides light defects very convincingly; it does not remove them, and we would rather say so than let you find out.
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What detailing costs
Prices shown are cash prices. Pay by cash or check and that is what you pay. The card price is shown in grey beside every figure — slightly higher, because card processing costs us that. Nothing is added at checkout either way: both prices are on the page before you book.
Hawaii GET is added at invoice and shown as its own line, at the state maximum visible pass-on of 4.712% (4% state + 0.5% Hawaiʻi County surcharge). Prices on this page do not include it.
Detailing
Vehicle
Full — inside & out
Exterior only
Interior only
Small — sedans & coupes
$300$311 card
$200$207 card
$200$207 card
Medium — crossovers, pickups, small SUVs
$350$363 card
$225$233 card
$225$233 card
Large — full-size trucks, vans, large SUVs
$400$414 card
$250$259 card
$250$259 card
Tour & commercial vans
$700$725 card
$400$414 card
$400$414 card
Prices are for a vehicle in normal condition. Heavy soiling, mould, pet hair at scale and sand ground into carpet are quoted on inspection — before we start.
Add to any detail
Add-ons
Paint & exterior
from $150$156 card
from $100$104 card
Machine buff & polishSingle-pass light polish
from $150$156 card
Ceramic Infused Super ProtectionSix to twelve months on this island
from $100$104 card
Trim restorationFaded plastic brought back
from $75$78 card
Engine bay cleaning
from $100$104 card
Interior
Deep clean & stain extractionHot water extraction, carpets and upholstery
from $75$78 card
Mould remediationQuoted on inspection — extent matters
from $150$156 card
Ozone odour treatmentSmoke, mildew, that smell you cannot place
from $150$156 card
Interior Ceramic CoatingBlocks the UV that cracks dashes
from $219$227 card
Acrylic wax has been discontinued. It was not holding up to island conditions well enough to keep selling. Ceramic Infused Super Protection replaces it and lasts considerably longer.
Travel fee $50$52 card past 20 miles outside the Kona district. Gas on this island runs well above the mainland and the run to Waimea, Hawi or Hilo is real time in the truck — that fee goes straight to the technician working your job, not onto the service price. No fee if you drop off at our Kona shop near Magic Sands Beach Park — we give you the exact address when you book. We tell you the travel fee when you book, never when we arrive.
About 3–5 hours
13 years on the Big Island
5,000+ vehicles
Fully insured
Trained & certified techs
100% satisfaction guaranteed
In our customers’ words
Five stars, every one
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Great service and quality work!! Owner Steven is very nice and takes the time to work with you. I definitely recommend this company!! Give them a try!!
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No obligation
Book a detail
Tell us the vehicle and roughly what state it is in. If it needs more than a standard detail we will say so up front, with the number attached.
Prefer to talk? (808) 201-6005 — call or text. Open 7 days · 6am–6pm.
Straight answers
Detailing questions
How much does a full detail cost on the Big Island?
A full detail — inside and out — is $300 for a sedan or coupe, $350 for a crossover, pickup or small SUV, and $400 for a full-size truck, van or large SUV. Exterior-only or interior-only is $200, $225 and $250.
Tour and commercial vans are $700 full, $400 for one side. Those are cash prices; the card price is shown beside every figure.
Those are prices for a vehicle in normal condition. Heavy soiling, mould, pet hair at scale and sand ground into carpet are extra, and we tell you before we start rather than after.
How long does a full detail take?
Three to five hours for most vehicles, longer for large or heavily soiled ones.
We would rather take the time than rush it. A detail that is finished in ninety minutes is a wash with a vacuum, which is a fine thing to buy but is not this.
If you need the vehicle back by a particular time, say so when you book and we will tell you honestly whether it fits.
What is the difference between a detail and a wash?
A wash removes what is on the surface. A detail removes what is bonded into it — and on this island that is the part that matters.
Dried salt sits in the paint’s microtexture and keeps pulling moisture out of humid air. Vog fallout bonds chemically. Red dirt works into trim and carpet. None of that comes off in a wash, and leaving it there is what turns a two-year-old car into a tired-looking one.
A detail includes clay bar decontamination specifically to lift what washing cannot.
Do you come to me, or do I bring the vehicle in?
Either. We are mobile across West and North Hawaiʻi, and we have a shop in Kona for drop-off.
Mobile needs a reasonable place to work, access to the vehicle for a few hours, and an outside tap and power point we can use. We bring every machine, pad, towel and product the job needs.
East side — Hilo, Keaau, Pahoa, Volcano — is coatings only, mobile only. Detailing and correction stay West and North side. See mobile detailing for how it works.
Can you get red dirt out of my carpet and seats?
Usually, and it is one of the most common jobs we get here — but red dirt that has been ground in wet and left to dry repeatedly over years sometimes leaves a permanent tint in light fabric.
We will tell you what we expect to achieve before we start. Hot water extraction gets most of it out of most fabrics. What it cannot do is reverse dye transfer that has already happened.
Deep stain and odour work is priced separately — see the add-ons below.
Will a detail fix swirl marks and scratches?
No. A detail cleans and protects; correcting swirls, oxidation and scratches is machine polishing, which is a separate service.
A deluxe detail includes a hand wax, which fills and hides light defects temporarily and looks very good doing it. It does not remove them.
If you want them actually gone, that is paint correction, and it is worth doing before any coating goes on — a coating locks in whatever is underneath it.
How often should I detail a car on this island?
More often than on the mainland, because vog, marine salt and extreme UV all work on the vehicle at once rather than one at a time.
For most vehicles here, a proper detail twice a year plus regular washing keeps things ahead of the damage. A vehicle parked outside near the coast needs more.
If you would rather it was just handled, the maintenance program is one visit a month with the coating inspected while we are there, and 25% off anything else booked during a visit.
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Book your spot
(808) 201-6005Kailua-Kona to Hilo. We come to you, or drop it at our Kona shop near Magic Sands.