About Refresh My Ride: This whole business used to fit in a 2004 Honda Accord.
It started with headlight restorations in 2022. Today Refresh My Ride is a full auto detailing and ceramic coating shop in Clinton Township, MI: 2,000 square feet, a purpose-built coating van, and a crew I would hand my own keys to. Josh, owner.
5.0 from 270+ Google reviewsThen and now
No investors, no franchise playbook.
Every piece of equipment in the building was paid for by the job before it.
- 1,000+
- vehicles serviced
- 5.0
- on Google, 270+ reviews
- 2023
- established
- 100%
- licensed and insured
Our story
How we got here.
2022
Where it started
Headlight restorations, one at a time
Refresh My Ride began as a single service: bringing foggy, yellowed headlights back to clear. It is tedious work most shops will not bother with, and it taught me the thing this whole business runs on. People notice when someone actually takes their time.
Summer 2023
Going all in
Full details out of a 2004 Honda Accord
Customers kept asking what else I could do, so I moved into full interior and exterior detailing. For nearly two years I ran the whole operation out of a 2004 Honda Accord. Polishers, extractor, chemicals and water, all packed into one sedan, driving to customers across Macomb and Oakland. If I wanted better tools, I had to earn them first.
Spring 2025
Real equipment
The Chevy Express build-out
I bought a Chevy Express van and built it out specifically for this work. It was the setup that finally let me offer paint correction and ceramic coating properly instead of just detailing. That van is still on the road today handling our mobile and valet appointments.
Summer 2025
Not a one-man shop anymore
Hiring the first crew
Handing your work to someone else is the hardest part of growing this kind of business. I hired slowly and trained in-house against the same standard I had used alone for three years: if it would not pass my inspection, it does not leave the shop.
November 2025
Four walls
Our first shop in Clinton Township
Moving indoors changed what we could offer. Controlled conditions opened up window tint, longer-term coatings and multi-day correction work. No more racing the weather or fighting dust in someone’s driveway.
September 2026
33115 Louise Ave
Our current 2,000 square foot facility
We outgrew that first shop in under a year. Our new 2,000 square foot facility on Louise Ave gives us the space and lighting to do correction and coating work right, with room for multiple vehicles at once. More than 1,000 vehicles in, the standard has not moved.
October 2026
The team
The people who will actually touch your car.
Small crew on purpose. You will know who worked on your vehicle, and you can ask them about it. Customers name the crew in the reviews.
On the job 
Foam wash on a Mustang 
Two technicians, one classic Mercury 
Polishing a Mustang hood
Josh
Owner
Started the business doing headlight restorations in 2022 and ran it solo for three years before hiring anyone. Still inspects coating work, handles the tricky correction jobs, and answers the phone more often than an owner probably should.
Founder, since 2022
Matt
Lead technician
Roughly six years in detailing and ceramic coating, and part of the crew since 2025. Matt handles our heaviest paint correction work and sets the standard the rest of the team is trained to. The one you want on a black car in direct sun.
6+ years experience
Ben
Detail and coating technician
Trained in-house and now running full ceramic coating installs on his own. Ben is careful on interiors and does most of our mobile and valet appointments across Macomb and Oakland.
Coating certified
How it works
Three ways to get it done.
Coatings, tint and paint correction happen in the shop, where we control temperature, dust and cure time. Detailing can come to you.
Drop it off
Bring it to the shop on Louise Ave. Enclosed bays, controlled lighting and indoor storage. Required for ceramic coating, window tint and paint correction.
We come to you
Mobile detailing at your home or workplace, anywhere within about 30 to 40 minutes of Clinton Township. Same products, same process, your driveway.
Valet pickup
We pick the vehicle up, service it at the shop and bring it back. The option most of our coating customers choose when they cannot spare the day.
The shop
Clinton Township, and everywhere within 40 minutes of it.
We are based in a 2,000 square foot shop at 33115 Louise Ave in Clinton Township and work throughout Macomb and Oakland counties. Every ceramic coating package comes with a written warranty, aftercare instructions and a complimentary follow-up wash and inspection.
- Phone
- (586) 400-1303
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. By appointment. Book online any time.
- Payment
- Financing through Affirm and Klarna: 3 to 24 months, as low as 0% interest.
Free quote
Let us talk about your vehicle.
Tell us what you drive and what you want done. We will come back with real pricing built around it. No obligation, no pressure.
Request a free quote
Takes about a minute. We reach out by call or text.
- 33115 Louise Ave, Clinton Township, MI 48035
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. By appointment. Book online any time.
- Financing through Affirm and Klarna: 3 to 24 months, as low as 0% interest.