Pre-Sale & Trade-In Detail
Targeted at the things buyers and appraisers actually look at — because a detail before a sale is the highest-return money in car ownership.
- Car
- $349
- Mid-size
- $389
- SUV & Truck
- $429
Priced by vehicle class — see which class yours is in.
What this is
A dealer appraiser walks a trade-in in about ninety seconds and makes reconditioning deductions in round numbers. A private buyer decides in the first thirty seconds of opening the door and spends the rest of the visit justifying it.
Either way you are being judged on a short list: does the interior smell, are the carpets stained, are the headlights yellow, does the paint look cared for, is the engine bay hiding something. This package goes straight at that list.
This is the Restore package pointed at that list, which is why the headlight restoration and engine bay are already in it rather than sold to you as extras. Same three published prices as Restore: $349 for a car, $389 mid-size, $429 SUV or truck.
It is the only detailing money that reliably pays itself back, and the return is largest on the cars people assume are past helping.
Book this if
- You are listing the car privately
- You have a dealer trade-in appraisal booked
- A lease turn-in inspection is coming
- You want the listing photos to look like a dealer took them
- Everything in the Restore package
- Headlight restoration included
- Engine bay cleaned and dressed
- Door jambs, trunk well and spare-tire area detailed
- Odor neutralization pass
- Glass polished inside and out for listing photos
- Tires dressed and wheels detailed for the photo set
Worth adding
Cheaper bundled onto this job than booked separately — we are already there with the tools out.
Pre-Sale Detail
Is it worth detailing before a trade-in?
Consistently, yes. Reconditioning deductions come off in round numbers and a clean car does not get them. It is the cheapest lever you have left at that point.
How soon before the sale should I book it?
A day or two before the photos. Do the photos immediately after — that is what does the actual selling.
How is this different from Restore?
It is the same work at the same price, sequenced around a sale — odor pass, glass polished for photos, tires and wheels dressed for the photo set, and the trunk well and spare-tire area done because that is where an appraiser looks.
Pre-Sale & Trade-In Detail for drivers in Ashland , Columbia , Jefferson City , Hartsburg , Holts Summit and Fulton .
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