AUTO DEALER VEHICLES

Of you detailers who perform auto detailing services for auto dealers what do they pay you for a basic full detail? Engine, wheels, jambs, trunk clean and shampoo; complete interior clean and shampoo; buff, polish wax and final detail?

Do you charge more for SUV's, Vans, etc.

Regards

buda

I work for a Toyota dealer.. They send all used cars out to get detailed. The company charges $90.00 for a car and up to $120.00 for a van and large SUV.. They do everthing , and the cars do look very good when they come back.

Larry

Isn't $90 kind of low for a full detail on a passenger car? We charged $85 for that kind of work in 1985. The range for a car today should be at least $125 and more for an SUV.

Where you located?

Regards
Bud Abraham

Near Chicago in Westmont Ill. The detail shop is in Downers Grove

That is very low for Chicago. When I was training there 20 years ago an exterior hand wash was $20-$25 and with vacuum and windows, $30.

That is very low for Chicago. When I was training there 20 years ago an exterior hand wash was $20-$25 and with vacuum and windows, $30.

Their car wash is $20.00. On Ogden Ave , it is like car dealers row , and I think that detail most of them..

Their car wash is $20.00. On Ogden Ave , it is like car dealers row , and I think that detail most of them..

But at $90 a car volume does not help unless you can lower the time to do the work

Bud-
NFW ! ( no way ) I say you can't detail a car in less than 2 hours . In the big city, $90 would be eaten up by rent, insurance and chemical cost . You can only cut time so much .
Recently, I went through the dirty interior of a Honda Pilot SUV armed only with a cotton bath towel and a bottle of Glass Plus household glass cleaner . I wiped down all interior glass and vinyl without removing any property the owner left in the way . I skipped the console interior, glove box interior, pedals, headliner and at least one door handle recess . I did not lower the windows to clean the top edges .
Even with this hack method, it took time to do the job ; at least 15 minutes .

That doesn't count the vacuuming and trash removal, scraping off stickers, upholstery and carpet stain removal / shampoo / extraction / drying, floor mat pressure washing, compressed air blasting ( if used ), vinyl dressing, stain guard treatment and New Car Scent ( if used ) . Extra points if you use a cosmetics brush and vacuum to get the vents and dash perfect . Even better if you polish any scratchy instrument lens plastic . Finally, lets even out the seats, straighten all vents and restore all dash controls to where they were set .

That leaves the engine compartment, wheels, door jambs and all .

In the above example, I went through at least 8 ounces of Glass Plus BTW .



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2013 03:50AM by Doug Delmont.