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Expert Exterior Auto Detailing Services in Elgin, IL

Exterior Detailing Packages at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating

Decontamination Wash and Sealant

STARTING AT $160

This package removes small impurities and minor grime with an application of sealant to help keep your vehicle fresh.

THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:

  • Hand wash wheels and tires
  • Decontaminate paint to remove minor bugs/tar/grime
  • Decontaminate remaining impurities with clay-bar
  • Apply trim dressing 
  • Apply no-sling tire dressing
  • Apply paint sealant

Shine Bright

STARTING AT $450

This package helps clean up the exterior of your car with some defect removal as well. An upgrade to ceramic coating gives it a sheen that protects it from future wear!

THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:

  • Everything from our Decontamination Wash and Sealant package plus these upgrades:
  • 1 step paint polish
  • We aim for 60-70% defect removal 
  • Upgrade to entry level ceramic coating (better than sealant)
  • Optional upgrade to 3-year or 5-year ceramic coating

Add-On Exterior Detailing Services at CM3 Detailing Studio

Engine Detailing Service

STARTING AT $55

The engine detailing service found here at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating of Elgin, Illinois is a full steam clean of your engine bay and all components that make your ride run! This effort will degrease your integral engine parts, safely remove environmental contamination buildup, and allow us to add dressings for future protection.

Headlight Restoration Service

STARTING AT $75 EACH

Stop driving dangerously by trying to ignore your degraded headlights and casings. Here at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating, we have a restorative headlight restoration service that involves similar steps to our comprehensive paint correction package, cutting defects before buffing and polishing your headlights and casings to perfection!

Wheel Coating Services

STARTING AT $495

If you think the Elgin, Illinois environment wreaks havoc on your paint and glass, just imagine what it does to your tires! Our exterior detailing crew here at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating brings a full wheel decontamination and ceramic coating service to your car, truck, or SUV. After washing and claying your wheels and rims, we coat them with a layer of Modesta BC-08 for hydrophobic resilience against road wash and more!

We Can Be Your Safe Car Wash Option - Exterior Detailing at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating

Driving in the Midwest, especially here in Elgin, Illinois, you know as well as anyone that the exterior surfaces of your car, truck, or SUV face a tremendous amount of environmental and human made contamination. Leaving it sitting for months on end is not a wise decision, though believe it or not, patronizing a soft touch or touchless public car wash is even worse! Where does that leave you?


Your best option is right here at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating with one of our two exponential exterior vehicle detailing services! We take exterior detailing to a whole new level, including entry-level surface sealants, swirl-free paint polishing, and an intense clay bar decontamination process that is all for the total welfare of your car, truck, or SUV’s exterior condition.


On top of our two exterior detailing packages, we also have add-on exterior detailing services that go above and beyond your paint, glass, and metal trim pieces. We decontaminate wheels, clean engine parts and engine bays, and even fully restore headlights and their casings! The options are endless, and our professionals are standing by, so start with a FREE quick quote now!

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Find Out More About Pro Exterior Vehicle Detailing - FAQs and Answers

  • What exactly does getting your exterior detailed do for its value?

    Driving through a soft touch or touchless public car wash regularly will eventually leave you with a defective or consistently contaminated exterior. By trusting our professional exterior detailing team here at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating, you preserve future value by avoiding abrasive car washes and at-home techniques.

  • Are all vehicles priced the same with exterior detailing?

    Not necessarily. Before every single exterior detailing appointment here at our Elgin, Illinois auto detailing shop, we inspect all aspects of an automobile. More contaminated vehicles will cost more due to the added effort they require in the detailing process, and larger trucks, SUVs, and vans will naturally take more time to complete.

  • Can I purchase any of your add-on exterior detailing packages independently?

    You are more than allowed to come to CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating for a simple headlight restoration, engine bay detailing, or wheel cleaning and coating. However, we feel that segmenting off those services from our other exterior detailing packages is an incomplete process. Having your vehicle’s whole exterior detailed will amplify its appearance and value!

  • Is exterior detailing only for uncoated or unwrapped automobiles?

    Not at all! We decontaminate the surfaces of cars, trucks, and SUVs coated with one of our ceramic coating packages, wrapped in vinyl, or covered with a paint protection film. As a matter of fact, many of our specific paint protection and vehicle enhancement products REQUIRE professional exterior detailing in their warranties.

The Benefits of Detailing Your Vehicle’s Exterior

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Have Your Exterior Washed Safely

We at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating want to help you completely avoid public car washes by providing an exterior detailing experience that is second to none! Because public car washes do not reach all the individual and unique spaces that contamination collects in while you drive, our decontamination and hand washing services will always provide a more comprehensive, beneficial, and safe clean.

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Reveal Any Paint Defects That Need Correction

Common surface defects that degrade your vehicle’s overall value can often lurk in the shadows of water spotting, stains from slush, and other environmental or human made contamination on your paintwork. Our thorough decontamination process gets rid of every last speck of dirt, dust, and mud, which can often reveal to us what should be remedied by our paint correction package.

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Enjoy Longer Lasting Surface Shine

From the sparkle that our clay bar decontamination effort revives in your finish to the sealants we include in either one of our detailing services, having your automobile taken care of by our exterior detailing crew here at CM3 Detailing Studio & Ceramic Coating allows it to shine for much longer. This is also thanks to the deep decontamination that both of our exterior detailing packages provide in comparison to lackluster at-home efforts.

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