Most of the difference between one ceramic coating quote and another is prep, not the coating itself, because the bottle is the cheapest part of the job. Two quotes on the same car can differ by hundreds of dollars and both be honest, and the gap is almost always in how much work happens before anything is applied.

What you are paying for

You are paying for hours, not for product. A coating that takes a professional a full day to apply properly uses a small fraction of a bottle. The labor is in getting the paint to a state worth sealing.

Our standard ceramic coating starts at $299 for a coupe or sedan, and that is the mobile price, applied at your home or office.

The four things that genuinely move the number

Paint condition, vehicle size, how much of the car gets coated, and the conditions it is applied in are the four variables that actually change a coating quote.

Paint condition

Paint condition is the biggest variable, because a coating locks in whatever is underneath it for two to three years. Swirls, haze and etching have to come out first or they are sealed in.

If the car is new or the paint is already clean, prep is a decontamination wash and a panel wipe. If it is a five year old daily that has been through automatic washes, it needs paint correction first at $399.

Vehicle size

Size changes the number in the most literal way: more panels take more hours. Our starting prices are for a coupe or sedan. A three row SUV or a crew cab pickup has roughly half again as much surface area, and it prices accordingly.

How much gets coated

Coverage is a real choice and it is worth asking about. Paint is the standard. Wheels, glass and trim can be coated as well, each adding time.

Coated glass is the one most people underrate. It changes how rain behaves on the windscreen at highway speed.

Who is doing it and where

A coating applied in a hurry in a cold garage will not cure properly, and a coating that does not cure properly does not last. Time and controlled conditions cost money, which is why a suspiciously cheap quote is usually a short one.

Why a cheap coating is usually the expensive option

A coating applied over swirled paint seals in the swirls for the life of the coating. Removing it later means stripping the coating off and starting again, so the cheap job becomes the cost of the correct job plus the cost of undoing the cheap one.

The same is true of a coating applied without proper decontamination. Bonded contamination under a coating is permanent until the coating comes off.

What to ask before you book

Four questions separate a real quote from a number:

What prep is included at this price, and what happens if the paint needs correction?
How long does the car need to be with you, and how long does it cure before I can wash it?
What is coated: paint only, or wheels and glass too?
What does the warranty actually cover, and what voids it?

The honest answer for most cars

For a normal daily driver in reasonable condition, a coating is $299 and up, and correction beforehand is the thing most likely to add to it. We quote the exact number after seeing the car or a few photos, because a starting price is not a quote.

Send a photo of the paint in direct sun and you will get a real figure back, usually within the hour.