National City Automotive

Five Diamond Detailers owners Amon Huffman and Ed Anderson cut their teeth in the detailing industry while polishing cars for customers at high-end hotels, learning new skills and working their way up the entrepreneurial chain until they opened their own business. The pair draws from its storied and diverse business experiences⎯such as the duo's maintenance of a high-end dealership lot or Amon's patenting of a buffalo-hair yarn process⎯as they make cars shine by putting polymer sealant on exteriors or protectant on upholstery. Far more than merely washing wheel wells or polishing tailpipes, detailing packages at Five Diamond employ sophisticated products, including microfiber polishing-bonnets, hot-water carpet extractors, and cranes that dip cars in vats of liquid gold.

Elite Image's trained specialists coat the glass of everything from compact cars and boats to commercial buildings and aircraft with light- and heat-resistant tinting. The shop's staff members, each of whom boasts at least 20 years of tinting experience, help car parents sift through the spectrum of shades available to their babies, which includes a premium film that rejects up to 65% of external heat and 99% of unauthorized hugs. A lifetime warranty secures the finished treatment against damages such as scratching, bubbling, or fading. Auto accessories and performance parts bulk up the shop's shelves, and garage patrons can also find technicians repairing or even completely replacing cracked windshields.

Having repaired and replaced the windows for more than 10 years, the certified technicians at Low Cost Auto Glass have the confidence to back their glasswork with a lifetime warranty. Techs demonstrate their automotive acumen, taking about one hour to fix the window chips that can obscure a driver's vision. If the damage is too widespread to repair or the windshield develops an allergy to wiper fluid, the technicians can also replace the car's goggles with glass from Carlite, Pilkington, and other top manufacturers.

BumperDoc's I-Car Platinum–certified shop managers oversee an experienced team of specialists who make it their mission to restore bruised and weathered autos to fine fettle. Bumper repair and dent removal address the damage from small fender benders; full-scale body repair helps vehicles recover after serious accidents or attacks by jilted horses. BumperDoc also treats cars to window tinting, detailing, and paint touchups. To prove their ability to the entire Internet, BumperDoc's staff has filled an online gallery with photos of their car-beautifying efforts.