Body Beautiful Car Wash & Auto Detailing Center

I can’t believe I just paid $ 25 for the worst carwash ever. This is the first time that I haven’t left a tip (usually $ 5 for a wash) because it was so bad. The place wasn’t even busy. The tires looked like they put armor all with a toothbrush, and nothing else was armor-all’d. My running boards, which are chrome, weren’t even wiped down. My Windows had water spots all over them. They had my truck for over a half hour while I was next door at Togos, and nothing was touched. I’m thinking about disputing the charge on my credit card because it was so bad.

I have been to this place before and liked it, but my last visit was very disappointing. I got the managers special for $ 45, but the center console was left a disgusting mess. I started driving my husband’s car after we had our baby, and I wanted to make sure it was nice and clean. They did give me a pass to come back and have the service redone, so we will see what happens next time. I will update the post if it is a good experience.

When I wrote my first review a year ago, I was completely impressed by the work and service provided here. I told everyone I knew to go here it was that good!
Well forget that. I just had my car cleaned there and I wish I had looked at Unilocal before I did. Not only do they take FOREVER, but the quality of they car wash is terrible. They basically skim over with the vacuum picking up the bare minimum, and ferociously scrub the outside of your car enough so that your paint chips! Then when the paint chipping is brought to their attention, they say that the highway caused it. Oh really? The highway grew a pair of arms and threw some rocks or something at my car to make the paint chip? This company is a joke. The quality of service is terrible. I will have to go back over and scrub parts of my car to get it totally cleaned. And now I will have to get my hood repainted as well.
Do not go here. Do not tell your friends to go here. Spend a little extra money where they won’t make your car paint chip, and won’t make an excuse for their shitty service!

If I could give a negative star I would! WORST car wash in town hands down a BIG rip off. Now, my car stinks like dirty sweating butt juice from someones stink ass! My car was not stinky before taking it in for a wash and vacum. Just a few gram cracker crumbs in the back seat next to the car seat, but now I must have it fully deoderized & detailed by my trusty Mossy VW in Escondido. Thanks Body Beautiful for leaving your B.O.Oder in my car!!!

Have you ever seen ‘Seinfeld’ episode #61, «The Smelly Car»? That is exactly what happened to me at this car wash. I know that guys getting sweaty and even a little stinky after a hard day’s work goes with the territory and that said odor may be noticeable upon entering the vehicle right after the workers complete the job (even though one should expect to drive away in a clean and clean smelling car). It’s more likely to be noticed towards the end of the day after the workers have been laboring hard and sweating all day, and if there is such an odor it will usually go away within an hour, possibly taking up to one day before it’s completely gone.
The kind of foul stink that was left behind in my wife’s car AND STILL REMAINS OVER TWO WEEKS LATER does not come from the sweat of one hard day’s work (especially since I had brought the car there in the morning); it’s from not bathing for WEEKS. My wife now stinks every time she gets out of her car, and she’s pissed off about it: at the car wash for ruining her car and at me for taking the car there. I patiently waited and hoped that the odor would go away but it hasn’t. Now I have to spend a lot of money to get the car detailed (NOT to be done at Body Beautiful) and hope that the detailing eliminates the stink, otherwise, like in «The Smelly Car» episode, we’re going to have to get rid of the car. Yes, it’s that bad.
To add insult to crippling injury, they did a very incomplete job vacuuming the interior. I had to take the car right afterwards to a self-​service car wash down the street to complete the vacuuming myself. They did a crap job on the windows too. Plus, ALL of the finishers were very lazy; there were hardly any cars there at the time. There was a lot of standing & sitting around, staring at the cars, and working painfully slow, instead of the usually ass-​busting hard work that most car washers do to earn the generous cash tips that I like to give them.
The service at this car wash has always been sub-​standard, especially when you don’t purchase an upgrade to the basic wash (which I didn’t do last time). I’ve gone there and tolerated their low quality, overpriced service because of the convenient location. Now they’ve gone too far because it has wrecked my sex life: wife is stinky = turn off for me; wife is stinky because I was dumb enough to bring her car there = turn off for her. ROT IN HELL, BODY BEAUTIFUL, YOU SUCK! I should sue them.

The staff is very friendly. I got the ultra wash $ 35, when they called me to my car there were dried water spots every where, when I asked to have it cleaned off, they did it, but there’s still water spots. My entering was cleaned and there was white cleaner/​chalky stains on my seats. I will not be coming back here I was not happy with the job that was done for the price I paid. I will now have to go home and wax the car myself to remove these water spots. I’m saddened. The car smells amazing though.

This is the only car wash I go to. The manager, Juan, is the nicest guy ever. The other day I got my car washed and when I got home I noticed there were some spots on my two front seats. I thought maybe they were just wet spots from getting my car washed… the next day I realized they were stains. I called and spoke to Eddie who told me to bring my car in, at my convenience, to get the seats steam cleaned. I went in and not only did they steam clean the stains, they steam cleaned all of my seats — front and back — free of charge! Super happy with the customer service.

Had an unfortunate situation. We left 2 cars to get the Manager’s Special. I went to get my nails done and came back an hour and a half later and my car was not acceptable. The guy noticed the rugs were not done well and started to vacuum. Then I noticed most of the windows were dirty, and the outside had spots and stains all over as well. I drove my fiancé’s car home. He was satisfied with his, although he noticed a few things were done quickly. Needless to say my car looked amazing when I came back! But you know, the manager was just not impressive. Didn’t apologize or even really care when I asked why my car wasn’t done after an hour and a half… I don’t think I will be returning. I’ll try the place off Friars next time.

I’m really picky when it comes to my car details and washes. Every Time I come here, I leave happy. There are little things that bother me… But that happens anywhere you go, so it’s irrelevant.
Love their work.
My entire family brings their cars here!
They are busy so make sure you have time on your hands.

Didn’t apply foam sealant. Excuse: machine is old. Rewashed. Obviously they didn’t push the button for the sealant to be applied. Watch your car go through the process. I don’t think they care about customer satisfaction.

This place has gone completely down hill and I’ve been coming here for almost 20 years. Let’s just start with the owner needs to invest in some air hoses to blow the mirrors, door seals, license plates, etc. Every time when I leave the lot my car gets drip marks every where. Another piece of advise would be to have a reverse osmosis setup to remove the calcium from the water to prevent the white water residue. As well buy another blower to completely dry the car, friendly tip you could cut your labor and only have guys using the air hoses and tire dressing. Duh! For god sakes your charging $ 26.00 for a deluxe wash.
I’ve also ran into several issues of paying for a deluxe wash and only getting a regular, since the lights in the tunnel let you know what kind of wash your getting. No rain x and the other lights that flash with what you were suppose to get.
The staff says they’ve made suggestions but the owner prefers to be cheap, instead of running a quality car wash. His thoughts are lets just increase prices and use outdated equipment. Unfortunately he’s right as far as siting back and «doing nothing about the quality» the city is pretty strict about issuing new permits to build new express car washes.
For those that have read this please write a negative review if you agree «your not satisfied with this car wash.» Hopefully enough honest reviews will get the owner to make some changes.

THEFT!!! Stay away from this place. Had a 200.00 bong stole from my trunk an when i called the owner he said sometimes the employees vacuum up lose money from the mats… so they probably threw your 2ft roor bong in the trash… unless you want your possessions stole an have to deal with a mentally impaired manager DO NOT GO HERE!!!

I’ve gone to this place a few times. The first time, it was decent. That was about a year ago. The last time I went was a few months ago, and they did a terrible job. The car didn’t even look clean. Seemed like they didn’t vacuum, like I paid for. Based on previous experience, I figured they were having an off day, so I let it slide. I went back two days ago, on a day when I was particularly pressed for time. When I got home and actually looked at my car I was pissed. I could have gotten a better result if I had just left my car out in the rain! And they didn’t even try to vacuum! What the hell are they selling here? Seems like they’re just taking money from people.
So, I call you get a refund. They offer to redo it and I say «No, I don’t want you touching my car. I cleaned it myself.» I told them I wanted a refund. They told me to come up there, which I did. When I got there, they gave me a hard time about it. I said «Ok, well, I’ll just call my bank and dispute the charge. And then I’m going to blast y’all on the internet.»
They gave me the refund, supposedly. It’ll take 7 – 10 days. Amazing how it was taken from my account immediately when I paid for the «car wash.» We’ll see. And they’re still getting a bad review because… they were awful.

Body Beautiful is my go to place for detailing and waxing my car. The crew has a great attention to detail and the car looks nice after a wax. You can find a coupon on their site to save a few buck — I think $ 5 — on their express wax service, which is about $ 60 regularly. Be patient, because of their attention to detail, waxing can take a long time to finish. It’s hard work and they do get busy, so it’s understandable. If you do a regular wash with no wax they do a good job too.

First time here was overall a really good experience. I took in our Black Chevy 2013 Full size truck and got the express wax and since it was my first visit the gentleman gave me a deal of $ 55.00 which is one cent over the available $ 5 coupon (see below) for an express detailing service and they did a good job. Now it did rain today and they have a 72 hour rain insurance policy and if I return within three days of the 72 hour rain I should receive a free exterior wash. So I will follow up on that since today was the 72 hour mark from my visit on Saturday ⁶⁄₂₇.
One item to mention when I was finished being rung up the next patron was asked if he had any coupons? When he stated he did not the cashier told him «next time just use your smart phone to get the coupon found on our website at
and he will receive the discount.» I recommend that you have your smart phone coupon ready to go!

Josie is always professional and acts professional. I enjoy coming here because of their stellar customer service

This is a great place for an exterior car wash. They hand dry the vehicle which is awesome and very appreciated.
The downside is that I bought the $ 35 «Ultra» car wash and it wasn’t worth it. For this price they are suppose to provide a deluxe car wash along with a complete interior and exterior cleaning. The exterior was cleaned great (which can be accomplished with the regular car wash $ 13) but I was disappointed with the interior cleaning. I’m a very clean person so there was literally nothing to vacuum so I thought I’d be blown away with what could be polished. When I entered my car I noticed a lot of dust on the dashboard so I’m guessing they didn’t bother wiping down the interior :(
There is about a 30 – 45 min wait for the whole car wash process – so just make sure to leave time in your schedule! It’s very apparent that the employees are working at the speed of light but they definitely get bombarded with vehicles.

I’ve been coming to this car wash for awhile now. They always do a great job and have great deals on the washes. My head lights tend to get really dirty and foggy. I’ve have them done before by a different car wash and they still looked terrible. I came here and they did a deluxe wash PLUS the headlight renewal for $ 50! I have never seen my headlights look better. It was like my car was brand new.
Sometimes it can be slow getting your car washed if it’s busy or you’re waiting for interior things to be done but if you tell them you’re in a hurry they will make sure it goes by quickly!

My husband and I took both of our vehicles to Body Beautiful today. They did a good job with our GMC Terrain, which was why we ran our older car over to get it cleaned.
The service for our car was different. The interior was still dusty and my wheels were still covered in brake dust and dark.
Very disappointed about the differing service and that I paid for services that weren’t performed!

I’ve been coming to this Body Beautiful for 15 years, having had them care for seven cars. I’m always satisfied with the quality of their work, from straight washes to full details, and the price is reasonable for the level of service they provide.
The guys are willing to negotiate discounts on package deals. Also, watch for specials on gift certificates.
If you are lazy, like me, Body Beautiful is the place to bring your baby!