Car Detailing Cost in Dubai: Real Prices for 2026

Car detailing in Dubai costs roughly AED 300 to AED 900 for a standard exterior or interior detail, and AED 1,400 to AED 2,100 once paint correction and ceramic coating are involved. The reason quotes vary so widely for what sounds like the same job is that "detailing" is not one service. Here is what each tier actually includes.

Detailing prices at a glance

• Exterior Detail: from AED 300 sedan, AED 350 SUV. Decontamination, clay bar, machine polish, sealant.
• Interior Detail: from AED 500 sedan, AED 600 SUV. Deep clean, steam, leather care, fabric extraction.
• Maintenance Detail: from AED 600 sedan, AED 700 SUV. A lighter combined refresh for cars already in good condition.
• Exterior and Interior Detail: from AED 800 sedan, AED 900 SUV. The full flagship job, inside and out.
• Paint correction with ceramic coating: from AED 1,400 sedan, AED 1,500 SUV. Multi-step from AED 1,999.

Why the same words cost wildly different amounts

Three things drive the spread. First, labour hours: a genuine interior detail is three to five hours of work, while a cheap "detail" is often a long wash. Second, whether paint correction is included, since machine polishing is the single most skilled and time-consuming part. Third, whether the price covers a sedan or an SUV, because a large seven-seater can be half as much work again.

The quotes worth being suspicious of are the very cheap ones that promise correction. Removing swirl marks properly takes most of a working day. Anyone offering it for a couple of hundred dirhams is almost certainly applying a glaze, which temporarily fills defects and washes out within weeks.

What you should get for the money

At the AED 300 to AED 900 range, expect decontamination rather than just washing: iron fallout remover, a clay bar to pull bonded contamination out of the paint, and a sealant afterwards. On the interior, expect hot extraction on fabric rather than a vacuum and a wipe. Ask specifically whether clay bar and extraction are included, because those are the steps quietly dropped to hit a lower price.

At the AED 1,400 and up range you are buying paint correction plus a ceramic coating. That should include paint thickness measurement before work starts, which is the safety step that separates a professional from someone who will polish through your clear coat.

Mobile versus drop-off

Standard detailing can be done properly at your home, and Washii does it that way across Dubai. So is ceramic coating on its own, at AED 999 flat for any vehicle size. Paint correction is the one that is not: judging defects needs controlled lighting rather than sun, and the machine work runs a full day on a 1-step and up to two and a half days on a multi-step. For the correction tiers we collect the car free and return it when it is finished.

How to keep the cost down

• Detail before the paint is bad, not after. Correction is far cheaper than paint.
• Keep a regular wash routine so you need a full detail once or twice a year rather than quarterly.
• Wash with pH-neutral products. Most swirl marks in Dubai come from bad washing, not from driving.
• If you are selling the car, a single exterior detail usually returns more than it costs.

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