Birmingham, Alabama
Award-winning detailing, brought to your door. Eli's Elite details cars at homes, lofts and offices across Birmingham, from Southside and Highland Park to Avondale and Crestwood, arriving with its own water, power and professional equipment so your day never stops for a car wash.
Downtown Birmingham's skyline from the lawn at Railroad ParkPhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0
Recognized for excellence
A city of neighborhoods
Birmingham is a city of neighborhoods, and each one is hard on a car in its own way. Downtown, a car might spend the week in a garage below a loft near Morris Avenue. On Southside, it climbs the slopes of Red Mountain between UAB, Five Points South and Glen Iris. In older neighborhoods like Highland Park and Forest Park, big old trees shade the streets and driveways. Eli's Elite comes to you with its own water, power and professional equipment, so the detail happens at home instead of at a shop across town.
The same service fits around a workday. If yours is downtown, on Southside or anywhere else in the city, Eli can detail your car in the office lot where the property allows it while you work. From a commuter's sedan that runs I-65 or the Red Mountain Expressway every morning to a weekend car kept in a Redmont Park garage, every vehicle gets the same owner-led care that won Best in Class at Birmingham World of Wheels in 2025 and 2026. Anything that falls short is re-done on the spot at no charge, and The Elite Promise adds a 7-day warranty after that.
City life, on your paint
Birmingham sits in Jones Valley, with Red Mountain and Vulcan rising just south of downtown, so an ordinary week here means hills, old shade trees and plenty of time in traffic or out in the open sun. Spring pollen settles on every car parked outside, and summer heat bakes dashboards and leather in surface lots. None of it ruins a car overnight, but left alone it dulls paint, stains wheels and ages the cabin. Regular detailing keeps it from building up.
On the older, tree-shaded streets of Highland Park, Forest Park and Glen Iris, many cars park under big trees. Sap, pollen and bird droppings can etch clear coat if they sit, so a hand wash and fresh wax matter.
A car that spends the whole day in an open lot downtown or near UAB takes full sun through the glass. Interior UV protection and leather conditioning help the cabin hold up through Birmingham summers.
Hills and stop-and-go traffic mean plenty of braking, so brake dust builds up on wheels. Daily miles on I-20/59, I-65 or the Red Mountain Expressway add bug splatter and road film, which a hand wash and bug removal lift away.
Choose your level of care
The Essentials and The Elite are priced by vehicle size; The Signature Experience is one yearly membership. Not sure which fits? Call or text Eli.
01 · Detailing package
Kept delivery-day clean.
Our most popular all-around detail. Full interior and exterior rejuvenation, in about three hours, at your driveway.
About 3 hours on site.
02 · Detailing package
The full reset. The tier most households choose.
Our deepest, most luxurious clean. Everything in The Essentials, then the deep work, for a flawless, showroom-level finish.
Four to five hours on site.
03 · Annual membership
Restored, coated, and kept there all year.
Day one takes your vehicle to its absolute peak. Then a capped roster of clients gets twelve maintenance cleanings, two emergency cleanings, and priority care all year.
About $208 a month
$7,675 in value, paid individually. 30-day money back.
Its ceramic coating is applied at our Birmingham shop, 1100 Corporate Drive; the maintenance cleanings come to you.
Premium paint care
Swirl marks. Oxidation. Haze. Not anymore.
Machine polishing that removes swirl marks, scratches, dullness and water spots. It comes to you like a detail.
Not sure which level?18-Point Paint Inspection, $50
A mirror finish that lasts for years, not weeks.
SystemX ceramic coating from a certified installer, applied at our Birmingham shop, not in the driveway.
See the difference
Every photo here is Eli's own work on a client's vehicle. The right service for yours depends on its condition and the result you want.
How it works
Pick The Essentials or The Elite, or text Eli a few details and he'll recommend the right level of care.
Choose a date and time that works for you, online in about a minute, and share where the vehicle will be in Birmingham.
Eli arrives at your Birmingham home or office with his own water, power, and professional equipment, and does the work right there. Ceramic coating is the one exception: it is applied at the shop.
Pay securely and step into a car that looks, feels, and smells incredible.
Keep it there with The Signature Experience: its ceramic coating is applied at the shop on Corporate Drive, then twelve maintenance cleanings and two emergency cleanings come to you all year, with priority care.
A driveway, garage area, or office parking area with room to work is ideal. Eli can help confirm your location is suitable before your appointment.
Owner-led service
I'm Eli, and I built Eli's Elite for people who want their vehicle cared for properly without giving up their day. I come to you with the equipment, water, and power to detail your vehicle right at your home or office.
From daily-driven SUVs to collector cars, every appointment gets the same owner-led care: respect the vehicle, be honest about what it needs, and leave you proud to drive it again.
Eli Slaton, owner
Our promise to you
Mobile detailing at your home or office, every time. We bring our own water, power, and professional equipment.
See something you're not happy with? We re-do it on the spot, at no charge.
Your 7-day warranty. If anything's not perfect within 7 days, we'll return and make it right. No questions, no cost, no stress.
Trusted by Birmingham-area drivers
Every review below is a verbatim 5-star Google review from a Birmingham-area client.
Fabulous job. Eli spent over seven hours on my wife's car and my truck. They look better than when we drove them off the dealership lot. Highly recommend.
Eli Slaton is an impressive young man, businessman and entrepreneur. I've used Eli many times for car detailing and I think he's best in class. He does an amazing job including touchup, ceramic coating detailing, etc. I highly recommend you use Eli and endorse him fully.
Eli did an amazing job on my husband's Tesla! He was communicative and thorough and the car looks and smells amazing. We will absolutely be using him again!
Eli is a fantastic detailer and a joy to work with. He took my beautiful car and made her look like brand new! The paint is slick as ice and shines like a diamond!
Eli did an outstanding job detailing our 2017 Mazda MX5. We highly recommend him.
Eli has detailed several of my vehicles including an Airstream Interstate RV. Great to work with, very detail oriented. Will definitely continue to use him.
Where we serve
Eli's Elite details at homes, lofts and suitable office locations all over the city: Downtown and Parkside, the Southside neighborhoods on the slopes of Red Mountain below Vulcan, the older streets east toward Avondale and Crestwood, and north to Norwood. If you live or work in Birmingham, Eli can come to you.
Also serving nearby: Homewood, Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills, Cahaba Heights, Hoover, and every area we serve.
Good questions, honest answers
Anything else? Call or text Eli.
Yes. Eli's Elite is fully mobile and details at homes, lofts and suitable office locations across the city, from Downtown, Parkside and Five Points South to Highland Park, Redmont Park, Forest Park, Avondale, Crestwood and Norwood. The service area is a 30-mile radius around Birmingham, with the city at its center. Book online, or call or text Eli with your address.
Often, yes. Eli brings his own water, power and professional equipment, so you do not need a hose or an outlet. What matters is a spot where your building or lot allows the work, with room to move around the car. Before you book, text Eli where the car is parked and he will help you work out whether it fits.
Yes. Whether you work downtown, on Southside or at an office park elsewhere in the city, Eli can detail your car in the office lot where the property allows it. The Essentials takes about 3 hours and The Elite 4 to 5 hours, so either one fits inside a normal workday. You stay at your desk, and the car is done on site.
The Essentials suits a car that is simply dirty: hand wash, bug removal, wheels and tires, a premium 3-month wax and a full interior detail. If sap, pollen and grit have bonded to the paint, The Elite adds a clay bar treatment and a premium 12-month wax, plus carpet and cloth seat shampoo, steam disinfection and odor removal inside. Not sure? Text Eli a photo and he will recommend one.
At Eli's own shop, 1100 Corporate Drive, rather than at your home or office. Coating packages begin at $1,249, applied by a SystemX Certified Installer. Your regular detailing, and paint correction starting at $799, can still be done on site at your Birmingham home or office.
The Essentials is $250 for a small car, $295 for a medium vehicle and $325 for a large one. The Elite is $500, $575 and $625. Extra-large or modified vehicles are the large price plus 25%. The Signature Experience is $2,500 per year: its ceramic coating is applied at the shop, and its 12 maintenance cleanings come to you.
Book your Birmingham detail online in about a minute, or call or text Eli and he'll take it from there.
Mobile detailing and paint correction come to you anywhere within 30 miles of Birmingham. Ceramic coating is done at our shop, 1100 Corporate Drive, Birmingham, AL 35242.
