Top Drive Detailing operates out of North York, so mobile detailing in North York is not a service area we stretch into — it is the address the van starts from. That has one concrete consequence for you, and it is the first thing on this page: there is no travel and fuel fee on a North York job. Every other city we serve sits somewhere on a priced travel map. North York sits in the free part of it.
The Travel and Fuel Fee in North York Is $0
Our travel fee is charged off a map rather than off a city name. The service area is drawn as polygons around how long a job actually takes to reach — highway on and off ramps, traffic, speed limits — so two addresses in the same municipality can land in different zones if one of them is twenty minutes further down a highway. North York is comfortably inside the free zone at every edge of it, from Steeles Avenue in the north down to roughly Eglinton, and from the Humber on the west side across to Victoria Park on the east.
Whatever your postal code inside that, the travel line on your quote reads $0. Outside the free zone the fee is $49, $99 or $129 depending on distance, and in every case it is shown on screen before you pay rather than added to the invoice afterwards. You can see the whole map on the service area section of the homepage.
What Mobile Auto Detailing in North York Actually Looks Like
North York holds two quite different kinds of parking, and which one you have matters more to us than which neighbourhood you are in. Across Willowdale, Bathurst Manor, Downsview, Don Mills, York Mills and Newtonbrook, the postwar detached-house stock means private driveways, often beside an attached garage, with an outdoor tap on the wall and a garage outlet a few steps away. That is the easiest setup there is, and it is what makes the longer jobs — the full package ladder, including the day-long ones — straightforward to run here.
The other North York is the tower corridor: the high-rise cluster along Yonge between Sheppard and Finch, the buildings strung along the Sheppard subway line, and the apartment blocks around Flemingdon Park. There the car lives in a residential garage, and the job stops being about the vehicle and starts being about access — which is a solvable problem, but one worth raising when you book rather than on the morning.
Either way, two things have to come from the address rather than the van: an outdoor water tap and a working electrical outlet, both within about 75 feet of where the car sits. You tick those off in the booking form. Headlight restoration is the single exception — it is sanding and polishing, it needs no water and no power, and it can be done anywhere a car can legally park.
Detailing Services in North York, and What Each One Costs
Everything below is published pricing, not a starting point for a phone negotiation. Coupes, sedans and small-to-midsize SUVs pay the price shown; large SUVs, minivans and trucks carry a size surcharge that appears on your quote before you pay.
Car detailing packages
Hand wash, wheels, tyres and glass. The quickest way to make a North York commuter car look looked-after again.
Interior car detailing at the essentials tier: full vacuum, surfaces, glass and a wipe-down.
Both halves of the Express tier in one appointment.
Exterior detailing in North York at the restoration tier: paint decontamination, clay bar, water spot removal and a ceramic sealant.
Adds hot steam, fabric shampoo and extraction, salt stain removal and interior trim protection.
The one most people should book: a full clean plus restoration and protection, inside and out.
A full-day appointment. Headliner steamed and extracted, seats lifted so the carpet underneath is cleaned rather than vacuumed around, every add-on included except biohazard removal.
The Ultimate Package with a machine polish stage added on the paint.
Paint correction and ceramic coating
Best on newer paint. It removes light swirls and haze; it will not remove real scratches, and we will say so rather than sell it to you.
Roughly 60–70% defect removal, with a free Executive Exterior, decontamination and clay bar included.
Compound plus polish, roughly 85–95% defect removal. The full explanation is on the paint correction page.
Every tier includes a free Executive Exterior plus a 1-step correction and polish, so the coating goes over a corrected finish.
A thicker, longer-lived layer than the 3 Year.
The thickest and most durable tier. Details on the ceramic coating page.
Booked most often as add-ons
Hazed lenses brought back to clear. Needs no tap and no outlet, so it works in any parking spot.
Both sides matched so the front end reads even rather than half-done.
The whole set, front and rear.
On sale until 31 October 2026: the struck-through figures are the prices this site advertised from launch until the sale began, not numbers chosen to flatter a discount. Final correction and coating pricing is confirmed after the technician inspects the paint on site, before any work begins.
Everything that is included at each tier, and every add-on with its price, is published on the Services page and explained at length on the auto detailing page.
Boat and RV Detailing in North York
RV detailing is priced by the foot with a 20-foot minimum, measured bumper to bumper and not counting a tow hitch: $26 per foot for the Express exterior, $38 for the Executive, $80 for the Signature polish and protect, and $190 per foot for a professional ceramic coating. A rig needs one extra thing from the site — a safe, sturdy ladder tall enough to reach the roof, because the roof is most of the job and it is not reachable from the ground. You confirm that in the booking form the same way you confirm the tap and the outlet.
Boat detailing in North York is quoted rather than booked online. Size and gelcoat condition drive the price far more than any package ladder could, and we work on a hull once it is out of the water, never docked. Plenty of North York boats live on a trailer at the side of the house for most of the year, and a driveway is a perfectly good place to do the work.
If You Are Comparing Mobile Detailers in North York
In North York, a search for mobile car wash and detailing turns up two quite different kinds of business: fixed shops you drive to and leave the car at for a day, and operations that actually come to you. Two questions separate a real mobile operation from a van with a pressure washer, and both are worth asking whoever you call. The first is whether they need your tap and your outlet or arrive self-contained — neither answer is wrong, but you need to know before the appointment rather than when they are standing in your driveway. We need both, within 75 feet. The second is whether the price is published. Ours is, on this page and on the Services page, and the only things that move it are the size surcharge and the add-ons you choose, both shown before you pay.
One North York-specific footnote, since it comes up: the booking form sometimes offers customers a meet-up point in a public car park near Dufferin and Finch as a way to skip a travel fee. If you live in North York you will never see that offer, because you have no travel fee to skip.
Common Questions About Car Detailing in North York
Is there a travel or fuel fee for mobile car detailing in North York?
No. North York is inside our free travel zone, so the travel and fuel line on a North York booking reads $0 — there is no reduced rate to negotiate and no minimum job size to qualify for it. Outside the free zone that fee runs $49, $99 or $129 depending on how far the address is, and wherever it applies the booking form shows it on screen before you pay.
How much does car detailing in North York cost?
Mobile car detailing in North York starts at $159 for an Express Exterior and $299 for an Express Full Detail. The Executive Full Detail is $499 and The Ultimate Package is $899. Paint correction runs $999 to $1,399 and ceramic coating $1,499 to $1,899. Larger vehicles carry a size surcharge, which is shown on your quote before you pay anything.
Do you need my water and electricity, or are you self-contained?
We need two things from the address: an outdoor water tap and a working electrical outlet, both within about 75 feet of where the vehicle is parked. Everything else — extractors, steamers, polishers, chemistry, towels — comes out of the van. You confirm the tap and the outlet when you book, so nobody discovers a problem on the day. Headlight restoration is the one service that needs neither.
I searched car detailing near me from a North York address — where are you actually based?
North York. Top Drive Detailing is a mobile auto detailing business run out of North York, which is why this is the one area page on the site with no travel fee to explain. There is no shop and no drop-off: the van comes to your driveway, your building's parking, or your workplace lot, and the work happens where the car already is.
Can you detail my car at a condo on the Yonge Street corridor?
Usually, but the parking decides it rather than the building. A surface or visitor spot with a tap and an outlet within about 75 feet works exactly like a driveway. An underground spot is a different conversation — clearance at the ramp, whether there is any water or power down there, and what your property manager allows. Tell us which one you have when you book and we will tell you straight whether it works. There is more detail on our downtown Toronto page.
Do you do paint correction and ceramic coating in North York, or only cleaning?
Both. Paint correction in North York is booked as a Machine Polish at $999, a 1-Step at $1,199 or a 2-Step at $1,399, and every level includes a free exterior detail package. Ceramic coating runs three tiers — 3 year $1,499, 5 year $1,699, 8 year $1,899 — and each one includes a 1-step correction and polish so the coating goes over a corrected finish rather than over swirls.
Do you detail boats and RVs in North York?
Yes. RV detailing is booked online by the foot with a 20-foot minimum: Express exterior from $26 per foot, Executive from $38, Signature from $80 and a professional ceramic coating from $190. An RV also needs a safe ladder tall enough to reach the roof, which you confirm when you book. Boat detailing is quoted rather than booked online, because size and gelcoat condition drive the number — send us the details and we will price it.
What holds the appointment?
A deposit, paid when you book: $99 on an Express package, $125 on an Executive, a flat $400 on The Ultimate Package, and 50% of the subtotal on paint correction, ceramic coating, boats and RVs. The balance is due on the day once the work is done. Deposits are non-refundable, but cancelling 48 or more hours ahead lets you rebook at no charge.
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