Our Story

Protection is a standard,
not an option.

Protektd is the studio Dallas built around one rule. A vehicle leaves 100% flawless, or it does not leave.

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Since 2022

Why Protektd exists.

Protektd launched in 2022 with one promise made explicit: deliver nothing less than flawless. We carry that out with professional-grade protection and the Manetts car-care line, the hand-blended Dallas products we trust on our own vehicles. Dallas has no shortage of detailers. What it was short on was a shop that would not deliver anything less than flawless and put that in writing.

So the studio runs on a single commitment. Every vehicle — a daily driver, a six-figure collector, a work fleet — gets the same preparation, the same installation, and the same final inspection. We install only professional-grade products because the product behind a finish matters as much as the hands applying it.

Every coating, every film, every correction clears one last check that asks a single question — would we put our name on this? If the answer is no, it stays until it is.

Our Philosophy

The 100% perfection standard.

Four rules carry every job through the studio. They are not a sales line — they are the order the work actually runs in.

  1. Preparation before product

    No coating or film belongs on paint that has not been corrected first. A coating is long-lasting — it seals in whatever it covers. So every vehicle is decontaminated, corrected, and inspected before a single product is applied.

  2. Warranties in writing

    We install professional-grade ceramic coatings, paint protection film, and ceramic window tint — installed to spec and backed by real warranties. That coverage is what your dealer cannot put on paper.

  3. No shortcuts

    Cutting prep time, skipping a stage, rushing a cure to turn a job faster — that is how a problem shows up six months later. We hold the schedule we quote you, and we do not move faster than the work allows.

  4. You see the final inspection

    Before the keys come back, we walk the vehicle with you, panel by panel. If something is not right, it gets redone. Your sign-off is the last step, not a formality.

The standard isn't a slogan. It's the finish.

A ceramic coating going down — deep, glass-clear, hydrophobic. That is the surface every Protektd vehicle leaves on, and the only result a final inspection will pass.

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A freshly coated panel under raking studio light
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The Voice Behind Our Insights

John Manett

Founder, Manett's Car Care

John Manett is the founder of Manett's, the Dallas car-care line Protektd Detailing uses. He built it from a handful of products blended by hand in his garage into a full in-house line of more than seventeen, formulated for paint, chrome, leather, glass, and everything in between. A formulator first, John still blends product personally, and that obsession with what actually protects a finish is the standard every Protektd install is held to.

John writes the Protektd Insights series, drawing on years of formulating and testing car-care products to give vehicle owners across Dallas-Fort Worth straight guidance on protecting their finish.

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Where We Work

The whole metroplex.

Protektd is based in Dallas and works across the entire DFW area — in the studio, or mobile on your driveway, wherever you are.

  • Dallas
  • Fort Worth
  • Plano
  • Frisco
  • McKinney
  • Allen
  • Richardson
  • Garland
  • Irving
  • Arlington
  • Carrollton
  • Addison
  • Highland Park
  • University Park
  • Southlake
  • Grapevine
  • Colleyville
  • Lewisville
  • Flower Mound

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Ready for the Protektd standard?

Request a no-obligation quote. We follow up promptly and tell you straight what your vehicle needs.

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