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Ceramic coating

The reason a clean car stays clean

A hard, slick layer bonded to your clearcoat. Water beads and rolls off instead of drying on, dirt struggles to hold on, and washing gets simpler.

  • Coatings rated for 2 to 3, 4 or 7 years
  • Paint enhancement or correction included on the top two tiers
  • Decontaminated and corrected before it goes on
  • 5.0 customer rating
  • 10,000+ vehicles protected
  • 3 Massachusetts studios
A blue Ford Mustang GTD from the rear three quarter, its paint reflecting the building beside it
Ford Mustang GTD. Full body film and ceramic coating, wheels off.

What a coating does

Water leaves

It beads and runs off rather than drying into spots.

Easy maintenance

Dirt struggles to bond to the paint, so it rinses away.

Gloss that lasts

A deep, mirror-like finish over the clearcoat.

UV protection

Helps stop the paint fading and oxidizing in the sun.

Try it

Same rain, two finishes

Left of the line is bare clearcoat. Right side has been treated with ceramic coating. Drag across the car and watch what each side does with the same water.

Bare paint holds every drop where it lands. The coated side beads it up and sheds it down the panel.

A red BMW M4 parked side on outdoors under an overcast sky
Drag to make it rain

Why it beads

Same water, different surface

75° 105° Bare clearcoatabout 75° ACP ceramic105° and up

On bare clearcoat a drop collapses into a flat puddle, sits where it lands and dries there, leaving its minerals behind as a spot.

A coating changes the surface, so the same drop pulls into a tight bead that touches almost nothing. Gravity takes it straight off the panel.

A technician rinsing the trunk of a red BMW M4, water beading on the rear glass and trunk lid
Final rinse in the ACP bay.

Packages

Pick how long it lasts

Every tier starts with a full wash and decontamination. The higher tiers add paint enhancement or a one-step correction, and last longer.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 yrs Surface condition As new Essential Premium Ultimate Bare clearcoat
An illustration of each tier’s rated life, not a measurement.

Essential

2 to 3 years

$795

  • Enhanced gloss and protection
  • Easy maintenance
  • 2-year warranty
Quote Essential

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Premium

4 years

$1,295

  • Superior water beading
  • UV protection
  • Paint enhancement included
  • 4-year warranty
Quote Premium

Ultimate

7 years

$1,795

  • Maximum protection and gloss
  • One-step paint correction included
  • 7-year warranty
  • Annual maintenance recommended
Quote Ultimate

Correction beyond what a tier includes is quoted once we have seen the car. Doing film as well? It goes on first and the coating goes over the top.

How we do it

Four steps before it leaves the bay

  1. A red BMW M4 covered in wash foam in the ACP bay

    01 Wash

    A foam bath and hand wash lift everything loose before anything touches the paint.

  2. A technician brushing iron remover through a BMW wheel, the product turning purple

    02 Decontaminate

    Iron remover turns purple as it dissolves embedded brake dust, then it is brushed out and rinsed.

  3. A BMW fuel door before and after polishing: swirled on the left, clear reflections on the right

    03 Correct

    Machine polishing takes the swirls out first, because a coating locks in whatever is underneath it.

  4. Ceramic coating being wiped onto a grey car's rear quarter with an applicator block

    04 Coat and cure

    The coating goes on layer by layer, then cures in a controlled environment before the car goes home.

Recent work

Coated at ACP

The Mustang GTD's flank, the blue paint mirroring the sky The Mustang GTD head on, in front of the unit's roller door The Mustang GTD's front wheel and fender vent

Ford Mustang GTD. Full body film, full ceramic coating, wheels off and barrels coated.

★★★★★

The ceramic coating has made maintaining my Audi so much easier. Water beads off beautifully and the car always looks freshly detailed.
Amanda Foster 2022 Audi A4

★★★★★

The coating has transformed my car. The depth and gloss are amazing, and maintenance is so much easier now.
Lisa Rodriguez 2023 Mercedes S-Class

★★★★★

Incredible transformation of my 911. Rims-off coating, full buff and paint correction. The silver finish is absolutely stunning now.
Christopher Lee 2024 Porsche 911
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Get a coating quote

Tell us the car. We’ll recommend the tier.

Send the make, model and how it is kept, and we will come back with a tier and a price. Every coating is done at one of our three studios.