Corrected first.
Then sealed.
Ceramic coating & paint correction · Sioux Falls, SD
Ceramic coating and paint correction in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. From $1,299, and the price is on this page. A coating locks in whatever is under it, so we polish the defects out first. Every coating includes that correction, your first year of maintenance, and a warranty that re-coats the paint free if it fails.
A coating does not fix your paint
It locks in whatever is already under it. Put one over swirled paint and you have not protected the finish — you have preserved the damage, under something built to last years. So the polishing has to happen first, it is where nearly all of the time goes, and it is included in every price on this page.One-Step Enhancement
Light swirls lift out. Depth comes back and the reflection tightens.
~70% of defectsTwo-Step Correction
Cut, then refine. The swirls read like they were never in the paint.
~90% of defectsThree-Step Correction
Show quality. As far as paint goes.
~98% of defectsThree tiers, one difference
The ceramic is the same fixed price on all three. The correction underneath is the only thing that changes, which is the only thing that should change.For paint that is close to new and you want to keep it that way.
- Decontamination and clay✓
- Paint correctionOne-Step
- Defects removed~70%
- Ceramic systemGtechniq, rated 3 to 5 years
- Warranty2 years, re-coated free if it fails
- First year of maintenance✓
- Wheel faces and barrelsadd-on
- Time with us2 to 3 days
The finish most people picture when they imagine a coated car.
- Decontamination and clay✓
- Paint correctionTwo-Step
- Defects removed~90%
- Ceramic systemGtechniq multi layer
- Warranty3 years, re-coated free if it fails
- First year of maintenance✓
- Wheel faces and barrelsadd-on
- Time with us2 to 3 days
Our flagship. The deepest correction we offer, under our best ceramic.
- Decontamination and clay✓
- Paint correctionThree-Step
- Defects removed~98%
- Ceramic systemGtechniq, longest lasting
- Warranty5 years, re-coated free if it fails
- First year of maintenance✓
- Wheel faces and barrelsadd-on
- Time with us2 to 3 days
| What feeds into what | Signature | Reserve | Legacy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decontamination and clay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paint correction | One-Step | Two-Step | Three-Step |
| Defects removed | ~70% | ~90% | ~98% |
| Ceramic system | Gtechniq, rated 3 to 5 years | Gtechniq multi layer | Gtechniq, longest lasting |
| Warranty | 2 years | 3 years | 5 years |
| Warranty registered | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| First year of maintenance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wheel faces and barrels | add-on | add-on | add-on |
| Time with us | 2 to 3 days | 2 to 3 days | 2 to 3 days |
| From | $1,299 | $1,600 | $2,049 |
Warranty is registered and documented on all three. Two years on Signature, three on Reserve, five on Legacy, and if a coating fails inside its term we re-coat that area free.
Swipe the table →If it fails, we re-coat it. Free.
Every coating carries a term. Two years on Signature, three on Reserve, five on Legacy. If the coating fails inside that term, we re-coat the failed area at no cost to you, and that includes the decontamination and the polish work if that area needs it.
Your warranty is registered in your name. It transfers once, free, if you sell the car. Just tell us who is taking it on.
Maintenance is not a condition. Your first year is included. The annual service after that is yours to choose, and skipping it voids nothing. It is one price for your vehicle class whichever coating you chose. We sell it on what it does for your paint, never as the price of keeping your warranty.
One thing does void it: automatic and brush car washes. Touchless washes and hand washes are both fine, and we will show you how we wash ours.
Every price on this page is two numbers added together
The first number is the polishing. The second number is the ceramic, and it is the same on all three — $750 on a small car. That is the whole pricing model. Prices below are for a small car; the bench above does the sum for your vehicle.We are showing you this because most shops will not. When a coating quote is one number with nothing behind it, you have no way to tell whether any polishing is in it — and polishing is the part that costs the days.
The inspection bench
Nobody can sell you paint correction over the phone, because you cannot see what is wrong with your paint until someone puts a light on it. So here is the light. Drag it across the panel, then change the correction level and watch what is left behind. The number underneath is your real price for your vehicle, not a starting price.Where the three days actually go
Almost none of it is the coating. Nearly all of it is the polishing that happens first — which is why a shop offering you a ceramic coating this afternoon is not selling you the same thing.We read the paint
A depth gauge and a defect map before a single pad touches it. If your paint is too thin to correct safely, you find out here, not after.
We clean it properly
Two-bucket wash, iron decontamination, clay. Polishing a dirty panel grinds the dirt into it, so nothing is polished until this is done.
We correct it
Machine polishing in stages under inspection lighting. This is where almost all of the hours go, and it is the part you are actually paying for.
We coat it
Gtechniq, panel by panel, in controlled conditions. Then it cures overnight. Rushing this step is how coatings streak and fail early.
We show you
Under the lights, with you there, before you pay the balance. You see the same panels we photographed on day one.
Three ways to spend money on paint
Including the one we will not sell you, and we get asked for it every week.The questions we actually get
Why is yours more than the quote I got?
Because ours includes the correction. A coating price without correction is a different product wearing the same name — and the cheaper one seals your swirls in for years. Ask the other shop how many hours of polishing are in their number.
Will it stop rock chips or scratches?
No. A ceramic coating is roughly two microns thick, about a fortieth of a human hair. It resists chemicals, makes washing far easier and holds gloss for years. It will not stop a stone off the interstate. If impact protection is what you want, you want paint protection film, and we will tell you that rather than sell you the wrong thing.
What about the 9H hardness everyone advertises?
That is a pencil-hardness figure from a lab panel, not from car paint. We do not quote it. The gloss you are paying for comes from the correction underneath the coating, not from the coating itself.
How long does it really last?
Signature is a 3 to 5 year ceramic. We do not publish a number for Reserve or Legacy rather than guess at one. Anyone quoting you ten years is quoting a laboratory, not a South Dakota winter. How long a coating lasts is mostly about how it is washed and maintained, which is why your first year of maintenance is included and why we show you the wash routine before you leave. Your warranty term is fixed either way.
Do water spots get worse on a coated car?
They can, and almost nobody says so. Beading concentrates minerals into droplets, and on hard water those can etch. That is exactly what the included maintenance year is for, and we will show you the two-minute drying habit that prevents it.
How long do you have my car?
Two to three days. The correction takes the time and the ceramic has to cure in controlled conditions. A shop offering you a same-day ceramic coating is not doing the correction.
Which coating do you actually use?
Gtechniq, on every tier. The decontamination wash before it is not optional and it is not an add-on — a coating cannot bond to a surface that still has iron and tar in it, so it is included in all three. What changes between tiers is the correction underneath and the ceramic on top, not whether the paint gets properly cleaned first.
Do you come to me?
No. Every vehicle is done here, by appointment. Correction needs controlled lighting to find defects and a controlled environment for the coating to cure in. A driveway has neither.
Every price on this page is published
and the same for everyone.
We do not discount. We add the correction, the warranty and the first year of maintenance instead.
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