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Auto Detailing in Houston, TX | JJ Auto Body Shop

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Auto Detailing in Houston, TX

Gulf Coast humidity does something to a car interior that dry climates never see. Moisture gets into carpet and padding, sits there in ninety-degree heat, and grows. That musty smell in a Houston car is almost never the carpet surface; it is what is underneath it.

Inside

Vacuum and steam, then carpet and upholstery shampoo with proper extraction so the water comes back out instead of soaking deeper. Leather gets conditioned rather than coated in something that shines for a week and then dries the hide out. Dashboard and trim treated with UV protection, because interiors here bake as hard as exteriors do. Odor removal is a separate step and it targets the source, not the air.

Outside

Hand wash, then clay bar to pull out embedded contamination, which on a car parked outside in this city means rail dust, industrial fallout, and tree sap. Then polish and paint correction to level the swirl marks that automatic washes leave behind.

Correction is finite. Clear coat is only so thick and polishing consumes some of it, so we work conservatively and stop while there is still protection left. Anyone who buffs aggressively on every vehicle will eventually go through one.

Coating and headlights

Ceramic coating over corrected paint gives you gloss and a surface that sheds our rain rather than spotting in it. Hazed headlights get sanded back and resealed, which meaningfully improves how much light reaches the road.

After a repair

We finish every auto body job with a detail so a freshly refinished panel does not sit next to dull ones. Available on its own too.

340 Erin St, Houston. Call (713) 349-2886.