Brake dust removal on a Lexus wheel
Baked-on brake dust off the face and spokes, tire dressed.
Maintenance plans
Recurring car detailing in Houston
A standing appointment instead of remembering to book. Regular visits at a returning-customer rate, and nothing to sign.
- Price
- Quoted per vehicle
- Availability
- Same-week appointments
- Where
- Home or office
A maintenance plan is a standing appointment instead of remembering to book. We come out on a regular schedule, and because the car never gets badly soiled, each visit is quicker and cheaper than starting from scratch.
The logic is simple and it is not a sales line. The first detail on a neglected car is hours of undoing two years of damage. Maintaining a car that is already clean is a fraction of that work, and the price reflects it.
How does a maintenance plan work?
You pick the interval, you get the same slot each time, and you pay a returning-customer rate rather than the one-off price. Deeper work comes round on a cycle rather than all at once. There is no contract, so you can change or stop it whenever.
You pick the interval
Monthly, every six weeks, quarterly. Cars that live outside or carry kids need it more often than a garaged commuter.
The same slot each time
A standing appointment means you are not competing for a booking when the weather turns and everyone remembers their car at once.
A returning-customer rate
Repeat visits are priced below a one-off booking because they take less time. Call and we will tell you the figure for your interval and vehicle.
Deeper work on a cycle
Most people run a standard detail on the regular visit and add an interior deep clean or a wax a couple of times a year, usually going into and out of summer.
No contract
Nothing to sign and no cancellation fee. If it stops being useful, tell us and we stop.
Who does a plan actually suit?
Four situations. The car lives outside, it carries kids, pets or work gear, you keep meaning to book and never do, or you are protecting a coating or a correction you have already paid for. That last one is where a plan saves the most money.
The car lives outside
A car on a driveway in Houston takes sun, humidity, pollen and fallout continuously. Regular attention keeps ahead of it. Occasional attention never catches up.
It carries kids, pets or work gear
Interiors that get used hard degrade on a schedule. Cleaning them on a schedule is the obvious answer.
You keep meaning to book and do not
This is the most common reason people set one up. The plan removes the decision.
You are protecting a coating or a correction
If you have paid for a ceramic coating, how the car is washed afterwards determines how long it lasts. Regular proper washing is the difference between years and months.
The first detail on a neglected car is the hard one. Everything after that is maintenance.
That gap is real, and it is the entire reason a standing appointment costs less per visit than booking from scratch every time.
Our work
What does the difference look like?
Every pair below is one car, photographed at the same angle before we started and after we finished. Drag the handle across any of them to see the change. Nothing is staged, retouched or shot in a studio, and each one links through to what was actually wrong with that vehicle.
Interior deep clean on a Nissan Rogue
Driver footwell, mat and console on a family SUV.
How do you set one up?
Start with a full detail, because a plan keeps a good finish good rather than rescuing a neglected one. Then agree an interval that suits how the car is actually used. We come back on schedule without you having to remember, and you adjust it whenever.
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Start with a full detail
The first visit resets the car. There is no point maintaining a condition the vehicle is not in yet.
- 02
Agree an interval
We will give you an honest recommendation based on where the car sits and what it carries, not the shortest interval we can sell.
- 03
We come back on schedule
Same arrival window, no re-booking each time. You get a reminder before each visit.
- 04
Adjust whenever
Seasons change, life changes. Move it, pause it or stop it with a phone call.
What does a plan not include?
A plan is not cheaper per visit than doing nothing at all. It is cheaper than repeatedly paying to undo months of neglect. It does not replace correction or coating. And the rate is not published here, because we would rather quote it against your own car.
- A plan is not cheaper per visit than doing nothing. It is cheaper than repeatedly paying to undo neglect, and it keeps the car in a condition you actually enjoy.
- It does not replace correction or coating. Maintenance keeps a good finish good. It does not restore one that has already gone.
- The returning-customer rate is not published on this page, because we would rather quote it against your interval and vehicle than post a number that is wrong for half the people reading it.
Questions
What else do people ask about maintenance plans?
These are the questions that come up on the phone most often about maintenance plans, answered the way we would answer them if you called. If yours is not here, ring the number at the top and ask. We would rather tell you now than have you find out on the day.
How often should I detail my car in Houston?
Every two to three months for a car that lives outside. Sun, humidity and airborne contamination work continuously here, so the gap between visits matters more than it does in a milder climate. Garaged cars can go longer, though not indefinitely, because the humidity reaches them as well.
What does a maintenance plan cost?
Repeat visits are priced below a one-off booking, because a car that is already maintained takes less time. The exact figure depends on your interval and vehicle, so call and we will quote it rather than posting a number that fits nobody.
Am I tied into a contract?
No. There is nothing to sign and no cancellation fee. The plan exists because it is cheaper for you and more predictable for us to schedule, not to lock you in. If it stops being worth it, you tell us and it stops.
Can I change the schedule?
Any time. Most people go more frequent through summer and back off in winter, and that is sensible rather than awkward. One phone call. There is no portal to log into and no notice period, so if a month is busy we move it or skip it and pick up next time.
Does it include the interior every time?
That is up to you. Most people run a standard detail on the regular visit and add a full interior deep clean a couple of times a year. We will suggest a rhythm based on how the car gets used.
Booking, payment and bad-weather questions are answered in the full FAQ. Anything specific to your vehicle, ask us directly and we will tell you whether this is the service you actually need.
What else do people book with this?
These are the services customers most often add to this one, usually because the same appointment can cover both and the second costs less in time than booking it separately later. Each one is priced on its own, and we will tell you if adding it is not worth doing.
Where do we do maintenance plans?
Anywhere inside the Houston metro, at your home or your office, because the whole setup travels. Pricing is by vehicle size rather than distance, so an address out toward the edge of the radius costs the same as one downtown. Pick your area below for what we see there.
Across the Houston metro. Same price everywhere inside the service area, because we charge by vehicle rather than by distance.
Book maintenance plans
Tell us where the car is parked and we come to you. Packages from $149, most jobs about two hours.