By Robert Medley
Managing Editor
The dirty cars are soon to be clean on the inside and outside at a new shop that is opened in Piedmont.
Rey Villarruel has opened an auto detail shop and joined the Piedmont Chamber of Commerce.
The new shop in Piedmont is at 1885 N. Piedmont Road near the Epic Charter school.
Villarruel has been working on vehicles for about a decade.
His children attend Piedmont Schools. Villarruel’s days of working from home in Piedmont are over with the new shop opened for business.
Villarruel, 53, is originally from south Oklahoma City. He has 38 years in auto detailing.
“What we do is we take people’s vehicles, and we clean it inside out top to bottom. We clean the engine by and dress it like a brand-new engine.”
They clean the inside making it beautiful and finally the exterior wax gets it showroom ready. He added that his mentor in his work has been his friend Vince Garcia, the owner of Tower Investments.
He said he gets clients who are planning to sell a vehicle to make it look better. And there are also customers who are regulars.
“One of the comments I love to hear people say is ‘wow it did not look good when I bought it.”
Most car dealership vacuum and dress the tires to make them look shiny.
“We clean the wheel wells and the rims really good and scrub the tires really good.”
Cars are detailed starting out at $175 and up. For larger vehicles SUVs and pickups detailing jobs start at $200 and up.
There is a two-bay garage at the northwest corner of Edmond Road / NW 178 and Piedmont Road.
The grand opening Thursday, June 6 included a ribbon cutting with friends, family, the Mayor of Piedmont Kurt Mayabb and chamber officials. The shop is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturday.
See more photos and read the story in the Thursday, June 13, 2024 Piedmont-Surrey Gazette print edition.
