Built From
Scratch.
Two entrepreneurs from Chicago who saw a broken market — and built the brand they always wanted to buy from. This is how Polaris Car Care started.
"Our goal isn't to be the cheapest brand. It's to be the most honest one."
— Antanas Kubilius & Jacob Klepacki
Co-Founders, Polaris Car Care
Chicago, Illinois / 2025
We Saw
The Gap.
Nobody
Was Filling It.
Two options existed in the detailing market: overpriced brands charging $40 for a towel with a logo, or cheap bulk packs that scratch your paint after three uses. Nothing in between.
Founded by Antanas Kubilius and Jacob Klepacki, Polaris Car Care was built to fill that exact gap — professional-grade performance at a price that doesn't require a justification. Not the cheapest. Not the most expensive. The most honest.
Built by Enthusiasts.
Tested on
Our Own Cars.
One founder on brand strategy and operations. One with hands-on professional detailing experience with exotic and luxury vehicles. Different roles, same obsession with quality.
Every product goes on the founders' own vehicles first. If we wouldn't keep using it, it never gets listed.
We use it on our own cars for weeks before it goes on sale, wash it the way you will, and keep notes on what holds up.
We price from the customer backward — what performance do you need, and what's fair? We don't inflate margins to fund a lifestyle brand aesthetic.
It's to be the most honest one."
If it doesn't pass
Jacob's test,
it doesn't ship.
Jacob Klepacki spent years working alongside professional detailers servicing exotic and luxury vehicles. That experience is the baseline. When he evaluates a product, he's comparing it to what professionals actually use, not to the Amazon shelf. Every Polaris product has to earn its place in his own kit before it goes on sale.
THE
FOUNDERS
One handles strategy, sourcing, and operations. One handles product standards and detailing expertise. Together they built the brand the car community was missing.
"We're not building a detailing supply company. We're building a brand the car community actually respects."
— Antanas & Jacob, Co-Founders
Community First // Chicago, 2025
50 Cars Showed Up
For a Brand Nobody
Had Heard Of Yet.
Four months in, Polaris hosted a community ride-out in Chicago. Around fifty cars showed up for a brand nobody had heard of. Attendees took home free Nova towels and posted about them on their own terms, with no contracts and no scripts.
Just a product people actually wanted to talk about. That event set the template for how Polaris grows: from inside the community, not above it.
THE NOVA WAS CHAPTER ONE.
The Nova proved the concept: premium microfiber at a price that doesn't insult your intelligence. Next is the wash side of the garage: a microfiber detergent, a foam cannon and the soap that goes in it, all tested on our own cars before they ship. Plate covers are merch for the people who ride with us.
Polaris Car Care — Chicago, IL
Built for
People Like Us.
Premium tools for people who actually care about their cars. No markup for the brand name. No shortcuts on the product.