Car detailing in Bay View and Petoskey
Car detailing packages and prices in Petoskey and Bay View.
Starter starts at $38–50, Essential is $85–110, and Premium is $150–200. Here is exactly what each one covers and every add-on you can stack on top. Pick a package on the booking page, check off the add-ons you want, and pay after the job once you see the car. Not sure what detailing actually means? Here's the quick explainer.
The three packages
Tap a package to see everything it includes.
Add-ons
Optional extras, picked not pushed. Prices are per car. What's available depends on your package.
Deep clean
Deep clean
QuotedSome interiors need more than a standard clean: set-in stains, spills, heavy pet hair, sand, or a long-neglected cabin. That's a deep clean, and it's quoted on your car rather than a flat price, because the work varies a lot from one car to the next.
Mention it when you book, or send Ellis a photo. He gives you the number before any work starts.
Interior car detailing
Every tier includes interior work. Starter gets a vacuum. Essential gets a full detail: boar's hair brushing on all panels and interior parts, mats and upholstery drill-scrubbed. Premium builds on Essential with Chemical Guys VRP protectant on all vinyl, rubber, and plastic surfaces. Add a steam clean for $20 on any tier to lift set-in grime, or ask about a Deep clean (quoted) for really rough cabins. I do the inside in your driveway while the outside dries.
Ceramic coating
Ceramic protection comes with the Premium detail. After a clay bar and a single-stage machine polish, I seal the paint with a ceramic coat so water beads and grime slides off for months, and the wheels get ceramic too. It is real protection, not a quick spray wax, and it is quoted on your car between $150 and $200. If your paint does not need it, I will tell you straight.
Headlight restoration
Foggy, yellowed headlights get sanded, polished, and sealed with a UV layer so they look clear again and throw more light at night. It is a $35 add-on on any package and takes about half an hour.
Mobile detailing vs a tunnel car wash
A tunnel wash drags the same brushes across every car, which is how swirl marks happen. I wash by hand with a two-bucket method and fresh microfiber sorted by job, in your own driveway, so nothing that touched a wheel ever touches your paint. You do not drive anywhere, and you pay after the job once you see it.
How a job runs
Before Ellis arrives
Text or book online with your car, your address, and what you want. Ellis confirms a time, usually within an hour. He brings everything: two-bucket wash kit, foam cannon, Mr. Pink soap, microfiber sorted by job, vacuum, Diablo wheel cleaner (included on every wash), clay bar, wax, polish, ceramic, and Chemical Guys VRP for trim. You just provide a hose, an outlet, and a spot to park, ideally in the shade.
The wash, step by step
Wheels and tires get a pressure rinse first, then a pre-wash foam to lift grit so it doesn't get dragged across the paint. Then a Mr. Pink two-bucket contact wash, a full rinse, and a hand dry so there are no water spots. That's the exterior wash, which is the foundation of all three tiers.
Starter adds an interior vacuum. Essential adds a wax protectant and tire shine, plus a full interior detail: boar's hair brushing on all panels, mats and upholstery drill-scrubbed. Premium swaps the wax for a clay bar, a single-stage machine polish, and a ceramic coat on the paint and wheels, and adds Chemical Guys VRP protectant on all interior vinyl, rubber, and plastic surfaces.
Paying and the redo promise
You pay after the job, by Venmo or cash, once you're happy with how the car looks. Ellis confirms your total when he arrives, based on the package and any add-ons. If anything isn't right, he comes back and fixes it, no charge.
About Ellis
Who's behind Wyatt Auto Detailing
Hi, I'm Ellis. My brother and I started Wyatt Auto Detailing. We're both Wyatts, and we both care about doing the work right. I'm eighteen, grew up in Bay View, and I got into detailing when I got my first car. It looked rough, and I made it look brand new. That process is what inspired me to do this for other people, so they can see what their vehicle is actually capable of.
Every car gets the two-bucket method with grit guards and microfiber sorted by job, so nothing that touches a wheel ever touches a panel. On the lighter packages I won't machine-polish a panel without asking you first, and I'll always show you a test spot before I do the whole car.