Car detailing · San Antonio, Texas
Crown Car Detailing works on site anywhere in San Antonio. We arrive with water, power, and every product the job needs, then hand the vehicle back looking better than the day you drove it home. Price depends on the vehicle, and you know it before we start.
Crown Car Detailing · San Antonio TX
Vehicle class
Service
Starting at
$289Starting price for a vehicle in average condition. Confirmed on arrival, before any work begins.
The three ways to book
Every package runs the same sequence with the same chemistry, sized to the vehicle in front of us. Prices below start at the sedan and coupe class. The full sheet, by size, is further down.
For paint that has gone dull under Texas sun and highway film. Cleans, decontaminates, and puts protection back on.
Starting at $129
What most people picture when they say "detail my car." Both sides of the glass, front bumper to trunk floor.
Starting at $239
For daily drivers, family haulers, and work trucks. Everything a gas-station vacuum cannot reach.
Starting at $149
Price sheet
Class is set by painted surface area and interior volume. A dually takes longer than a Miata to reach the same standard, so it costs more. Everything here is a starting price for a vehicle in average condition.
| Vehicle class | Exterior | Interior | Full detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan or coupeTwo- and four-door passenger cars, compact through midsize. | $129 | $149 | $239 |
| Small SUV or truckCompact SUVs, crossovers, light-duty pickups. | $144 | $164 | $264 |
| Mid-size SUV or truckHalf-ton pickups, two-row SUVs, larger wheel packages. | $159 | $184 | $289 |
| Third row or XLFull-size SUVs, extended-cab and lifted trucks, duallies, minivans. | $179 | $204 | $319 |
Some conditions genuinely take extra hours, and we quote those separately with your approval before we start: heavy pet hair, spilled liquids, mildew, smoke odor, sand and construction debris, and paint that needs machine correction. Nothing gets added to your total after the work is finished.
Add-ons and standalone work
Machine polishing that removes swirls, light scratches, and oxidation instead of filling them with glaze that washes out in a month.
One to three years of hydrophobic protection. The right call for a vehicle that lives outside through a San Antonio summer.
Lifts bonded grit, overspray, and rail dust that washing leaves behind. Paint goes from gritty to glass under your palm.
Hand-applied wax for gloss and two to three months of real UV protection. The economical maintenance layer.
Bay degreased, rinsed with electronics protected, and dressed so plastics and hoses look factory instead of oily.
Hazed, yellowed lenses wet-sanded, polished, and sealed. Cheaper than housings and you actually see better at night.
Carbon and heat bluing cut off stainless and chrome until the tips mirror again, then sealed to slow it coming back.
Worked out of carpet and cloth with rubber tools and extraction. Suction alone does not pull woven-in dog hair.
Faces, barrels, lug seats, and wells cleaned, then dressed with a satin finish applied off the car so nothing slings onto paint.
What San Antonio does to a vehicle
Clear coat here fights ultraviolet radiation most of the year, plus caliche dust, pollen, and the film that comes off Loop 410 and I-10. Left alone, that combination oxidizes the top layer, flattens gloss, and eventually opens the door to fading that no polish can bring back.
Protection is the whole game. A wax or coating is a sacrificial layer that takes the abuse instead of your paint. Renewing it on a schedule costs a fraction of correcting damage after the fact, and considerably less than a repaint.
Soft clear coats on German and Japanese cars mark more easily than most owners expect, which is exactly why wash technique matters. Nearly every swirl we correct was created by washing, not by neglect.
A dashboard behind glass in an August parking lot runs far hotter than the air outside, hour after hour. Leather dries and starts to crack. Vinyl and plastic trim fade, then get brittle enough to break at a seam when you lean on it.
Conditioning and UV protectant slow that down. So does pulling abrasive grit out of the carpet before it grinds fibers flat under your heels.
Interior condition also carries real money. It is the first thing a private buyer or a dealer appraiser looks at, and it moves a trade-in number more than most people expect.
How the appointment runs
The order matters. Washing before decontaminating, or polishing before either, grinds contamination into the paint. Every appointment runs the same way for that reason.
Year, make, model, and honest condition. You get a starting price and a time window before anything is booked.
We look at the vehicle with you, confirm the final number, and flag anything that needs an add-on. Then we start.
Controlled two-bucket wash, chemical and clay decontamination, then polish or protection depending on what you booked.
You walk it in good light and point at anything you want addressed. We fix it on the spot, then take payment.
Where we work
We are based on the west side off Eldridge Avenue. Travel fees are published here rather than sprung on you at the end.
Near West Side, Prospect Hill, Woodlawn Lake, Monticello Park, Jefferson, Downtown, Southtown, King William, Deco District, Balcones Heights, and Lackland Terrace.
78237 · 78207 · 78201 · 78228 · 78227 · 78205 · 78204 · 78212
Alamo Ranch, Helotes, Leon Valley, Castle Hills, Medical Center, Shavano Park, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Olmos Park, and the far Northwest.
78253 · 78023 · 78238 · 78213 · 78229 · 78240 · 78230 · 78249 · 78251 · 78254 · 78209
Boerne, Fair Oaks Ranch, Stone Oak, Schertz, Cibolo, Converse, New Braunfels, Von Ormy, Somerset, Lytle, and Castroville.
78006 · 78015 · 78258 · 78154 · 78108 · 78109 · 78130 · 78073 · 78069 · 78052 · 78009
Call anyway. We batch routes by direction, so if we already have a stop headed your way that week, the travel fee comes off. Worst case we tell you no in thirty seconds instead of wasting your afternoon.
Multi-vehicle and fleet work is available across Bexar, Medina, Atascosa, Comal, and Guadalupe County. Dealer lots, property management companies, and offices can set up recurring weekly service at a per-unit rate.
What customers say
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Questions
We come to you. All work happens at your home, apartment, or workplace anywhere in San Antonio. We bring our own water and power, so you do not need to run a hose or an extension cord out to the driveway.
One parking space with enough clearance to open the doors and walk the perimeter. A garage or covered spot is a bonus in summer but never a requirement. If you live somewhere that prohibits washing on the property, we can switch to a rinseless method that produces no runoff.
A three row Suburban has roughly twice the interior volume and a third more painted surface than a coupe. Same standard of work, more hours to reach it. We publish a starting price for each of four size classes so there is no guessing before we arrive.
Only upward from the starting price, only for conditions we can point at, and only with your approval before we begin. Heavy pet hair, spilled milk or coffee, mildew, smoke odor, and paint needing correction all take real extra hours. Nothing gets added to the total after the work is done.
Exterior detail, roughly two hours. Interior detail, two to three. Full detail, three to four on a car and up to six on a large SUV or truck. Paint correction takes a full day and is booked on its own.
Regularly. Soft German clear coats mark easily, which is exactly why wash technique matters more on those cars than on anything else. We use pH neutral chemistry, plush media, and a controlled two bucket method rather than anything abrasive.
Wax is inexpensive and lasts two to three months, which suits a garage kept car. Ceramic coating costs more and lasts one to three years, which is the better math on a vehicle that sits outside in San Antonio sun all summer. We will tell you which one your paint actually calls for.
We move the appointment at no cost. We check radar the morning of and call before we load up if the day looks unworkable. If you have a garage or carport we can often work straight through it.
Yes, we carry general liability coverage and can send a certificate on request. Apartment complexes and office parks sometimes ask for one before they will let a vendor work on the property.
Cash, credit or debit card, Apple Pay, Venmo, or Zelle. We collect at the end, after you have walked the vehicle and you are happy with it.
Get on the schedule
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