I met Ed the owner of Allen's Auto Appearance from a local restaurant we would both often share counter space while eating breakfast. Humble, funny, straightforward, dedicated to his craft, experienced, and a man I came to admire after listening to his life story.
Now lets get down to business. What he did for my car.
I have been planning on getting my 2010 Acura TSX detailed for over 5 years. To say it looked in desperate need of a detail is an understatement: the inside cabin was disgusting from my helping a friend with food deliveries. Spills in the carpet. Black marks on the plastic molding near the seats. Leather in need of conditioning. The clear coat had scratches everywhere. The car had not been waxed correctly since it was new.
A recent problem with the alignment made me consider selling the car or trading it in. I stopped in to see Ed and explained my situation.
Despite the fact that he had a two week backlog, despite the fact that he usally is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, he told me he would help me out and detail the car on the Saturday during the Memorial Day weekend. Are you kidding me? What business does that today?
The car took way more time than he anticipated- it was that bad. He had to run the ionizer to make it smell fresh. It took over three hours just to do the inside! The outside took another three plus hours.
To tell you the transformation was amazing does no justice to the job he did. Ed is a rock star of auto appearence! If this was an ad for weight loss the before photo would feature a very very large, out of shape human to a lean, mean, workout machine you cant believe is the same person.
The pictures I am posting to accompany this review will give you an idea of the level of professionalism and excellence in what Ed achieved. His attention to detail was spectacular. So meticulous. The hand wax job was put to the test immediately the day he returned the car as it rained all day yet everything beaded up like a brand new automobile.
The good news is, despite dings on both driver and passenger sides, the chip in the windshield, the cracked housing of the driver's rear view mirror, the spot where somone sideswiped my car, I recieved the best offer on trade I could have hoped for. I assure you this - if Ed had NOT done such an amazing job, I would have had to accept a much lower trade-in value. My good friend in the body and fender business was shocked that I recieved such a great offer and attributed it primarily to the job Ed did. In fact, when my co-worker saw the car, he asked for Ed's card so he could get HIS two cars detailed.
I am now a raving fan of Allen's Auto Appearence. If he could make my car look like it looks NOW from how it looked the day I drove it in, he could work miracles on your car,truck or boat.
I vote - Five stars - as good as it gets! read more