Toorak 3142 · Stonnington

Car Detailing in Toorak

Garaged cars, gated driveways, and paint that has been washed to death by somebody else. Toorak is where we do the most correction work on cars that have never once been neglected.

The local picture

What we
see in Toorak.

Toorak has the easiest logistics of anywhere we work. Most homes have a garage or a driveway wide enough to set up around the car properly, and undercover space is common — which matters more than it sounds.

The work itself is different here. The cars are generally well looked after, so what we are removing is not grime. It is swirl marks: fine circular scratches ground into the clear coat by years of automatic car washes, dry microfibre, or a careful weekly wash done with one bucket and a sponge. They are invisible under a garage light and impossible to miss in direct sun.

Undercover parking is worth calling out because of coating work. A ceramic coating has to cure without rain or dew landing on it, so a garage turns a coating booking from a weather gamble into a fixed date in the calendar.

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Three things worth knowing

Toorak specifics

01

Swirls from the wrong wash

The single most common thing we correct in Toorak. It is not neglect — it is the wrong method, applied carefully, for years.

02

Gated drives and intercoms

Tell us the access arrangement when you book. We would much rather have the gate code in advance than sit on Toorak Road with the engine running.

03

Cars that sit

A car doing 3,000 km a year still collects garage dust, and dust dragged across dry paint is exactly how a swirl starts.

Before we arrive

What to
have ready.

We bring the machines, pads, compounds, chemicals and lighting. What we cannot bring is water and power — there is no tank or generator in the van, so the tap and the powerpoint have to be yours.

  • Garage or driveway space with room to walk right around the car
  • A powerpoint and a tap within reach of where the car sits
  • Gate codes, intercom details or building access, if there are any
  • Undercover space for the cure, if you are booking coating work
What you can book

Packages in Toorak

Full Detail — $369

Interior and exterior in one visit. Paint and cabin taken back to showroom standard, start to finish.

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Exterior Package — $199

Washed, decontaminated, dried and dressed. Paint, wheels, glass and jambs all brought back.

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Interior Package — $199

Every surface in the cabin vacuumed, steamed, wiped down and freshened. Needs power, but no water.

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Indicative for sedans and small SUVs in reasonable condition. Larger SUVs, utes and vans add 20–30%. Prices include GST. A $50 deposit holds your booking; the balance is paid on the day.

Questions

Detailing in Toorak

Can you apply a ceramic coating at my house in Toorak?
Yes, and Toorak is one of the better suburbs for it because undercover parking is common. A coating needs to cure without rain or dew touching it, so a garage or covered carport makes the booking weather-proof. Without cover we watch the forecast and book accordingly.
My car looks perfect in the garage and terrible in sunlight. What is that?
Swirl marks. Fine circular scratches in the clear coat that scatter light — invisible under diffuse garage lighting, glaring under a point source like the sun. They come from wash technique rather than anything you did wrong, and machine polishing is what removes them.
We have several cars. Can you do more than one in a visit?
We take one booking a day, so a second car means a second day rather than a rushed afternoon. If you want a few done, we will block out consecutive days and quote them together.

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Send your address and a few photos in daylight and we'll tell you honestly what the car needs before you commit to anything.

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