Sparkling Image Car Wash

I have been to several Sparkling car washes around the metro indy area and this location is my favorite mostly because it’s close to home and I can get a car wash for $ 6. You can’t beat that! I think they just as good or better than Crew car wash! I will say that this location is usually very busy and it is sometimes hard to navigate the tiny lot. Overall, I will be back to bathe my car here many more times!

I come here for monthly unlimited washes which is super nice to wash the car regularly for what feels like free. It’s quite a bit cheaper than Mike’s/Crew. The employees are always very nice. My only issue ever is sometimes dumb patrons will park blocking traffic flow or brake while in the automatic wash bay screwing up the whole program. I don’t fault Sparkling Image for customers doing stupid stuff. Good place!

Have been going to this Sparkling Image for years and couldn’t be happier. Have tried more luxury full service car washes around town but they’re more expensive and don’t do nearly as good of job. $ 16 for a wash, vacuum, and window clean is a much bette option than me spending what seems like forever to do subpar job. Would definitely recommend!

Got the most expensive detail (240 $) but they totally skipped the trunk! The first time I tried to go I called and they said yeah come in before 5 pm and we’ll get it done. Well come in at 4 and they «don’t have time» for even a basic detail. Also this time I got all the way home (hour round trip) and my work parking pass was missing. I called and eventually found out they put it in another car and the customer brought it back. Well they made us drive back to get it and didn’t even give us a coupon. Some customer service.

So I’ve been going here for many years and I’m just now kind of learning that this car wash has been the culprit to a lot of door dings. It’s a great service and they clean your car in and out which nobody else does on this side of town. But I feel like the machines are rough on your vehicle and I’m certain I’ve gotten dings over the years here. But some cars are and have more durable paint and materials. Or say a newer vehicle might not have this issue. But I would recommend going here but you’ve been warned about the mysterious dings you might get on your car

Went there today for the first time. It seems they do everything but the details when «detailing». Thanks to reading some reviews, I knew to look it over before getting in & driving off. They missed some major vacuuming (like the passenger seat, for one. Also slacked on the back carpet because they could only open the door a little because another car was pulled right up behind it), and didn’t wipe down the inside surfaces of the doors which were obviously scuffed & dirty. They just gave it a cursory once over, but all the small ledges & console crannies were still grimy. They hit the big things when I pointed them out, but they generally hit way below my expectations. Still, all in all not bad for the 21 bucks I paid. For that price, it was worth it to get the windows & floors cleaned!

I paid to have my car cleaned inside and out, including cleaning the wheels. I even took everything out of the trunk to make it easy for them to vacuum the trunk. I didn’t notice until I got home that they hadn’t touched the wheels (I could wipe the brake dust off with my finger) and the trunk had not been vacuumed. I wrote to the manager and received this reply: «The quality of service you received is unacceptable and I can assure you that your wheels and trunk will be cleaned to your satisfaction if you would give me the opportunity to redo your vehicle and gain your trust as a customer again.» So I took the car back in, but the service did not improve. Once again, they didn’t clean the wheels or vacuum the trunk. You would think that on a redo they would have gone out of their way to improve — but they didn’t. I gave them a second chance. I won’t be back.
Eric B.

Just wanted to say Thank You Kristi!

I spend $ 600+ annually here. after a recent $ 100 detail, their crew broke my $ 20 audio cable. I reported this on my next visit and asked they vacuum my drivers side floor as an amends for the damage. in addition I was getting the $ 12 car wash. the manager (age16?) on duty would not make an exception and get all high and mighty saying he would lose money if he vacuum my driver side floor for free. horrible and pathetic show of empathy. I guess this is where wannabe managers that don’t make the cut at mcdonalds work. someone explain to this kid how exceptions in light of good customer relationships work. since it’s cool to break my stuff and shirk it off, I guess ill treat your property the same.

Waited an hour for them to do the interior of my car and then they spent 5 mins on it. Not worth it.

Great employees, great work! I was thoroughly impressed with the job they did! I will go back as soon as the trucks need cleaned again! Well worth the money.

I don’t splurge for the full service car wash often, but when I do, I really want my car to sparkle. While waiting in the sometimes long line of cars, I often have an image in my head that when I arrive my car will receive fast, friendly service and a basic wash that is cheap by anyone’s standards ($ 5). Today’s a special day, so I went for the full service sparkle wash for $ 16 and, lo and behold, the crumbs from a month’s worth of commute-​breakfasts are nowhere go be found. I tried to take a picture of the finished product, but the sparkly shine keeps ruining the photo. In conclusion, I could not have imagined a better experience and they certainly earned this sparkly review.

I pay $ 36 bucks a month for unlimited car washes at Sparkling Image, and felt I was in need of a wash the other day, so I swung in here. I typically go to another one in town and absolutely love the service, and I expected the same level of service since it’s corporately-​owner. Wow. nothing could have been further from the truth.
In perfectly laid out order, here was my beef with them AND the reason I drove off before my car was finished.
–There were 10 cars ahead of me in two lanes to pay and get our wash ticket. One person was working, and he was about as slow as molasses. It took just under 10 minutes before I was driving around the corner and lining my wheels up for the wash. My receipt said 2:40 on it as the time I checked in.
–Within a few minutes, I was though the wash and directed to one of the full service lanes to have the interior of my car done and the outside hand dried. This is the whole reason I come to Sparkling Image. It keeps my car looking brand new.
–After being blocked in, I couldn’t go anywhere until 3:10, when they finally directed me into the bay to start on my car. Since my car was already dried (and spotted by the sun) I told the guy I had already waited 25 minutes and there was no way I was staying. The car that was ahead of me in the wash had left 15 minutes ago after being directed into another lane.
The service at this location is nothing like the others. The people don’t seem to care, there is no motivation for them to work quickly, efficiently, or really. even at all. I’ll drive 10 miles out of my way to go to the County Line location, and if the service even begins to resemble this location, my monthly membership will promptly end.

For years I’ve driven past this place to go to another big name automatic car wash… never again.
I stopped in because the cheapest wash was $ 5 and I needed to get the salt and ice off my car. Pulled in and discovered there was no line (unlike it’s neighbor down the road). Same system that we are all familiar with, pay, pull up to the track that pulls you through the wash, and let the worker spray off your car. The difference? The worker actually sprayed off my car! As in, walked around the whole car and sprayed all the ice off from around my wheel wells. At one point, he even used the spray nozzle as a chisel to get some off that wouldn’t melt.
Overall, it was the best service I’ve ever had at a car wash, and I got the $ 5 wash. They earned a lifetime customer and as soon as it stops snowing my car will be in there lot for a full service detail (which isn’t something you can get with their neighbor).

Very friendly staff. They always do a great job of getting the traces of our busy, messy life it of the car– including the crumbs left behind by our preschoolers. I like that they hand dry the exterior and wash the interior of the windows. My kids love to come so they can watch all of the action– including the car wash itself through two large viewing windows.

Wasn’t very happy first time there and I had to drive back due to all of their mistakes… The workers that wash the inside of the car some seem very lazy or at least the ones working on my truck… And when I brought it back I probably still wouldn’t have a clean truck. Told mgmt what happend they were very helpful so they are great! But as far as their workers I was not impressed at all…

Let’s do some vehicle math here: SUV + Pit Bull x Trips All Over Indy = One hairy mess!!! For 12 years I’ve had hairy messes in my cars and the story is always the same. I take my car to the car wash, beg and plead and heavily tip the peeps who vacuum my car, asking them to really try to get the hair out… and then I take my clean car home and end up de-​furring it myself.
Enter Sparkling Image! I walked up to my car expecting the usual and had to do a double-​take! They named this place correctly because the inside was sparkling! They did an INCREDIBLE job of cleaning the car. The people who work here truly understand what it means to clean a car and they’re quite pleasant while doing it!
There’s a variety of packages to choose from as well so if you’re on a budget, just want a quick wash or want some spit-​shine and elbow grease, they’ve got it all. I’m writing this review now only because I’m impressed but I want others to bring their business here! They absolutely deserve it!

I’m a big fan of Kopetsky’s full service carwash in Speedway and had only been through Sprakling Image for a $ 5 quickie. Today i got a full-​service wash, and wow, these guys ROCK! Very friendly staff — one woman told me she had worked there for 18 years, so the company must be doing something right for their employees — and they are all over your car! Really fantastic job.
The one area where Kopetsky’s continues to excel is the simple layout of their space. At Sparkling Image, you drive your car through the wash, then pull it up to the five areas where the hands-​on work is done. Then you have the choice of walking back to the carwash building and waiting in the lounge until your car is finished, then walking back to your car, which seems a little silly. Or you can simply wait near your car while they clean it, which means you are standing in the middle of their lot as other cars are being cleaned.
Still, highly recommended.

Upon recommendation from Eric B, I decided to stop being lazy and get my car washed.
It would be an understatement to have said that my car needed to be washed. It was filthy. Filthy like the mind of your creepy psych teacher in college, or that weird girl in high school who never showered & was intent on becoming a hobbit.
I was intrigued by the $ 5 express wash, but upon reading the «menu» I chose the $ 10 deluxe wash with wheel detail. The wash and detail was over in about 3 minutes, but then suddenly I felt different, epic. It might have been the Indiana Jones theme blasting out of my speakers, or it might have been that my car had been reborn, baptized by Sparkling Image.
It looks brand new again. Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

It is very safe to say that I am a regular at this place. Sparkling Image can have your car vacuumed out, hand dried and wheels shined while you wait. I love to wash my car by hand but that is just not going to happen during the winter. I buy the books when they have sales around Father’s day and Christmas; it averages out to around $ 13 for the full service works. Take care of the staff with a good tip, they work hard for it.