A fully equipped vehicle pulls up to your driveway or workplace. Most appointments finish in under two hours, priced between $80–$150, finished with a one-year clear coat that keeps lenses and trim holding sharp through summer and road-grime season.
Before → After
Headlight candela restored · black trim returned to satin
Why it matters
Missouri safety-inspection checkpoints can flag a hazy headlight assembly toward failure. Dim headlights also correlate with meaningfully higher nighttime accident risk. Rat Cave Restore restores lenses to near-factory clarity in one appointment — and addresses Joplin's underserved black-trim market in the same visit.
Most local competitors do headlights only. We do trim too, on-site, at a fraction of the cost of replacement parts.
~2 hrs
average curb time
$80–$150
typical job price
1/10×
cost vs. new assembly
1 yr
one-year clear coat warranty
Service
Bundled per appointment so you don't book twice, drive twice, or wait twice.
Multi-stage sanding removes oxidation. Polishing compounds return the lens to near-factory clarity. A one-year clear coat locks it in against Missouri sun and highway grime.
Weathered bumpers, mirror caps, and body moldings get cleaned, conditioned, and resurfaced to a deep satin black — the finish most cars left the showroom with.
Process
Everything happens at your curb — driveway, office lot, dealership inventory row. We bring the power, the water, and the sealants. You bring the keys.
We photograph the lenses and trim on arrival, quote a flat price before any work begins, and confirm scope.
A graduated sanding stack (typically 800 → 1500 → 3000 grit) removes yellowed, oxidized plastic layer by layer.
Compounding and fine polish bring the lens back to crystal — measured against the OEM clear-coat standard.
A one-year clear coat bonds to the lens — warrantied for a full year against yellowing. Trim gets a satin sealer to match.
Weathered plastic trim is deep-cleaned, conditioned, and surfaced back to a deep satin black — the finish it left the factory with.
Before/after photos, the price you paid, and the warranty terms — sent to your inbox the same day.
Pricing
Most appointments fall within the band below. We quote flat before any tool comes out — if a job turns out to need more, you hear about it first.
$80–$150
Curb-side, two-hour appointment covering both headlight lenses and the trim that needs it most.
Maintenance plan
A scheduled visit every six months keeps the one-year clear coat topped up and trim conditioned before seasonal damage stacks. Plan customers get priority booking and a flat rate per visit.
Multi-vehicle
Two cars? Three? A small fleet?
Group rates apply. We work through dealership inventory rows and run fleet batches during off-hours.
Fleet · Dealership · Property managers
Off-hours service available. Per-vehicle flat rates, batch scheduling, and re-visit cadence for ongoing inventory turn.
Ready when you are
Email the photos and where the car is parked. We confirm the price, the window, and roll up.
restore@ratcave.com · Joplin, MO