Professional insights, tips, and guides from Nelson's car detailing experts
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White
5 year warranty • 9H • 3-5 years
$960
Sedan pricing, scales with vehicle size
Black
9 year warranty • 10H • 7-9 years
$1,440
Sedan pricing, scales with vehicle size
Prices include a full decontamination wash, clay bar treatment, and light polishing as preparation. Paint correction beyond that is quoted separately, typically starting around $500. We are the only Gtechniq and C6 Ceramic Coatings accredited installer in the Nelson area.
What happens next: Free consultation → Transparent estimate → Professional application → Follow-up care
Yellowed headlights fail warrants and cut how far you see at night. What restoration costs in Nelson, and why the protection step matters.
PPF stops stone chips and a coating does not. But film has to come off eventually, and that removal cost is the one nobody mentions.
The bond is permanent. What wears out is the performance, and washing does more damage than weather. Realistic lifespans for Nelson, and what extends them.
Our actual ceramic coating prices for Nelson and the Top of the South, what is included, what pushes the number up, and why quotes vary so widely.
Dealer paint protection runs $1,000 to $1,200 in New Zealand. What gets applied varies enormously, and the paperwork rarely says which product you bought.
There is no one correct maintenance schedule, and anyone giving you one has not asked where your car parks. What Nelson throws at paint, and when.
Four weeks, twelve weeks, or years. How wax, sealant and ceramic coating differ, why wax is not the enemy, and when each one is the right call.
A coating locks in whatever the paint is already doing. What correction can recover, what it costs, and why half of people do not proceed.
Over five years a coating and doing it yourself cost about the same. What separates them is 30 hours of your time and how often the paint gets handled.
Modern clear coat is thinner than a human hair and its UV protection has a half-life. What that means for a new car in Nelson, and when to protect it.
Everyone says use two buckets. We use one, with several wash mitts. Here is the method, and why it protects paint better than the standard advice.
A DIY kit costs $150 to $300. Ours starts at $960. From someone who does both, on what the difference buys you and when DIY is the right call.
Ceramic and graphene coatings compared by a Nelson installer who fits both. Why ceramic is our recommendation 99% of the time, with real prices.
Scratch resistant and scratch proof are different claims, and only one is true. What a 9H or 10H coating genuinely protects against, and what it does not.
Almost every swirl mark on a car was put there by cleaning it. What causes them, what polishing can remove, and how to stop them returning.
What ceramic coating actually does for a car in Nelson, from UV to easier washing. Ten benefits, with realistic expectations and current prices.
Scratch-proof, lasts forever, never wash it again. Seven claims made about ceramic coatings, checked against what we actually see on cars in Nelson.
Your coating stopped beading. It probably has not failed. How to look after a ceramic coating, and what to do when performance drops.
Multi-stage correction achieving greater than 95% defect removal, interior restoration, and a ceramic coating. One of the most involved jobs we have done.
The pencil hardness scale tops out at 9H, so what is 10H? What the ratings measure, what they do not, and which coating actually suits your car.
