Cranston Automotive

From maintenance to custom reconditioning, Sunshine Auto Detailing and Cleaning tends to vehicles with an emphasis on meticulous handiwork. The shop's deft crew keeps cars purring with oil changes and tire rotations, and renovation techs can install ride-enhancing electronics or backseat saunas. The shop can also aesthetically customize motorcycles to match owner specifications or a beloved Micro Machine.

Lube 2 Go's traveling auto-detailers arrive at parking lots and driveways to steam-sterilize automobile exteriors and upholstery with an eco-friendly water-vapor wand. Cleaners disinfect air ducts and banish grime from wheel wells with puffs of steam and jets of hot water droplets, wiping surfaces clean with a soft, microfiber cloth. Like an on-the-go beautician that went to beauty school but for cars instead of people, Lube 2 Go's mobile teams of auto technicians keep autos looking runway ready wherever you happen to be, plus they can check tire pressure, change oil, and replace essential fluids.

As a kid, Wayne Haddad would clean any vehicle he could get his hands on, whether it was his mother’s car, the neighborhood kids’ go-karts and mini bikes, or the Corvettes his older brother loved to work on. It's hardly surprising, then, that he opened Haddad Auto Detail, a company he’s helmed for more than 35 years. Over the years, Wayne has maintained a loyal clientele with his thoughtful car care advice.

Haddad Auto Detail's technicians recommend quarterly visits as a way to maintain a vehicle’s longevity by clearing away the acidic bugs that cling to bumpers in summer and the road salt that eats away at paint in winter. To complement these regular visits, Wayne’s team performs an extensive array of services, specializing in hand waxing and machine buffing to remove scratches. They also administer interior shampooing, particularly accident clean-up services that target stubborn stains on cloth seats from spilled food, carsickness, and pets. Mobile services provide on-location work, freeing drivers to stay at home, at the office, or inside the trunk while having their vehicles cleaned.

Under the guidance of an owner who boasts more than three decades of experience in the auto-repair industry, Framingham Tire, Auto & Truck's troop of ASE–certified technicians skillfully refurbishes vehicles with a comprehensive slate of services. The team meticulously scrutinizes buggies of all makes and models for a vast array of ailments, adeptly changing oil, repairing cracked glass, and silencing squeaky brakes and overly chummy bumper stickers. An extensive arsenal of replacement parts and tires updates automotive anatomy, and the garage regularly services commercial vehicles and trucks. Staffers can pick up or tow in damaged cars, equipping owners with complimentary loaner cars for important meetings or highly publicized jumps over school buses. While waiting in the shop, patrons harness the entertainment powers of free WiFi and TV as youngsters nibble on complimentary candy.

So Fresh & So Clean's staff offers cars, trucks, bikes, boats, airplanes, and motorized bathtubs the soft lamb's-wool mitts and chamois cloths they need to look sharp on any highway or parking lot. Their services—available both onsite and via mobile wash units that can hit the roads 24 hours a day—include auto reconditioning, ozone treatments, hand car washes, and complete showroom details. To attract even the busiest drivers, the doors stay open at most locations from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.

The techs at Mad Mikes Car Wash stay in touch with the industry trends they need to know to take expert care detailing brand new and careworn autos alike. In addition to lathering roadsters by hand, the techs also buff away scratches, wax and seal paint jobs, and steam-clean sullied carpets. They can also turn their hoses on semis to liberate wheels, tires, and cabs from caked on mud and landlubbing barnacles. Remote car starters add convenience and a bit of flash to a mundane activity, while window tint keeps interiors cozy and protect them from UV rays. When they aren't pampering autos, techs power wash structures such as homes, sidewalks, and decks.