Car Detailing for Honda HR-V

Detailing your Honda HR-V

The HR-V is the condo-dweller's Honda, and most of them live in underground garages where salt drips off them all winter and nobody can run a hose. That is where our rinseless and waterless methods come in. The older ones hide their rear door handles in the pillar and their dirt under the flip-up Magic Seat; the newer ones have the Civic's mesh dash that needs a brush. Either way the cladding and roof rails usually want restoring.

What we watch for on a HR-V

• First-generation rear door handles sit in the C-pillar and that recess collects grime that washes miss
• The Magic Seat on 2016–2022 cars flips up and hides a dirty floor underneath that needs a vacuum and extraction
• Current cars' honeycomb dash mesh holds dust and needs a soft brush
• Black roof rails and lower cladding fade and need a trim restorer rather than a shiny dressing
• Grey cloth shows salt rings from winter boots and cleans up with hot-water extraction

Compact SUVs: cargo areas that do everything

Compact crossovers are family cars, gear haulers and dog taxis in one. The cargo floor, the rear seatbacks and the door sills collect the most dirt, while taller bodies catch more road spray along the sides.