Used Car Dealership Detailing in Johnson County, Kansas

Front-line ready, done on your lot

An independent used car lot lives on how a unit photographs and how it smells when the buyer opens the door. I do front-line reconditioning for used car dealerships across Johnson County, on your lot, one unit at a time. This page explains what you get per vehicle, how the pricing works, and how a one-person operation fits a dealer's week.

What I do per unit

Every unit gets the same standard, whether it is a trade-in that sat in the back row for a month or a fresh auction buy that needs to be on the front line by Friday.

• Interior Reset level clean. Full vacuum including under the seats and in the seat tracks, 212°F steam on every plastic and vinyl surface, hot-water extraction on carpet and cloth seats, door jambs, interior glass, and a protectant on the dash and trim. Trunk included. This is the same interior standard I sell to retail customers at $225 to $325, not a lighter dealer clean.
• Odor removal for smoker trade-ins. Smoke, dog and mildew are the three smells that kill a sale at the door. The cleaning removes the source, and an ozone treatment afterward breaks down what has soaked into the headliner and vents. A buyer should not be able to tell the previous owner smoked.
• Engine bay for photos. Used car buyers open the hood, and a listing photo of a clean engine bay does more for trust than any paragraph in the ad. I degrease, rinse carefully, and dress the plastics so it photographs clean and looks cared for.
• Exterior hand wash and sealant for lot shine. Foam contact hand wash so I am not dragging grit across the paint, wheels and tires scrubbed and dressed, then Koch-Chemie Protector Wax. The sealant is what keeps the unit looking washed after a week of rain and dust on the lot. Iron decon and clay bar are available as an add-on for units where the paint feels rough and you want it to sell as a premium example.

Pricing: per vehicle, drops with volume

Dealership work is priced per vehicle, and per-vehicle rates drop as unit count rises. A lot that sends me two units a week pays less per unit than a one-off, and a lot that gives me a standing weekly slot pays less than that. Unit counts, vehicle sizes and drive time vary too much to publish one flat number, so I quote each lot individually. Text 913-391-1868 with roughly how many units a month and what condition they usually come in, and I text back a per-vehicle rate.

What you are not paying for: no travel fee inside Johnson County, no shop overhead, and no crew markup, because I do the work myself.

Turnaround and the standing weekly slot

I am one person and I cap at two full vehicles a day, because that is what it takes to do the interior right instead of fast. That shapes how I work with lots. What works is a standing weekly slot: you pick the day, I show up, and the two units you want front-line ready that week get done. If a unit needs only exterior or only interior, I can often fit a third. Rush units are possible when the schedule has room, but the standing slot is what keeps your front line turning without you chasing me.

A full unit takes 4 to 5 hours. Interior only takes 2 to 4 depending on how the trade-in came in.

Photo-ready timing

If you photograph units yourself, shoot within a day of the detail, ideally the same afternoon. The sealant is at its best, the tires are dressed, and the interior has not picked up a test drive yet. Tell me when you book which units are getting photographed and I will sequence them so they are finished first.

Who this fits

Independent lots in Johnson County running a few dozen units, and dealers who have been sending cars out to a shop and losing a day of lot time each way. If you run company vehicles rather than inventory, or you want the whole picture on how I handle commercial work, start at the fleet and dealership hub.