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how to make money doing bodywork on cars
By robot81133
this is a guide on how to buy cars do bodywork and light mechanical work on them then sell them for profit
   
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intro
in this guide i will be covering how to make a profit by fixing cars there is a chance of loosing money when you do this but if you buy the right cars and fix them correctly and fully you should at least make back your money i recommend saving before buying the cars so if you loose too much money you can reload the save
selecting/buying a car
in this guide i will mainly focus on buying the cars from the used car dealer to the left of the garage although cars from the junkyard can also be used but it is more risky although some things in this guide will also apply to cars bought from the junkyard

you will also need 10,000$ to 15,000$ to get started doing this

now the car models you should go for are the Jesse bart and chad (and f100 can be good if you have the mod) and you should avoid all other cars and all bikes they can make money but in my experience Jesse bart and chad are the most consistently profitable and make the most money

now the condition you want the car to be in is you want no dents or bent panels you want panels that are different colored and rusty that way there is more to fix and you will make more money condition fo the engine suspension and other mechanical components is not too important although if they are in good condition you may be able to use the service center to make more profit i will cover that later you also may want ti to run/drive enough to get to the garage as you would have to push it which takes awhile or tow it which decreases profit
fixing the car
now that you have the car you want to get the angle grinder and the yellow disc both purchasable at the parts shop next to the used car dealer and you want to remove all the rust on the body of the car until the rust condition of the car is 5 stars some tips for hard to find rust on the Jesse bart and chad there can often be rust under bumpers on the panels that curve in under the bumpers or of the back /sides of the tailgate and under door cards once all the rust if removed you want to look at the current color paint code for the car they but some cans of that paint paint all the areas where you removed the rust and all the panels that are the wrong color once the color condition says 5 stars look at the overall condition of the car if it is 4 or 5 stars if it 3 or below do not do the rest of the things on this page as it will not be as profitable is 4 stars look at the bad components of the car and start replacing them until overall condition is 5 stars i recommend if the car did not run/drive replace components so that ti can run/drive as you will need to drive it later or push it for a long time or pay 500$ to tow it
selling the car
if your cars overall condition is 4 stars or less just press the sell button in the cars information menu if your cars information menu if your cars overall condition is 5 stars and all other conditions are 5 stars drive the car to the service center located in middle town put it on one of the yellow service parking squares make sure all conditions are still 5 stars the enter front section of the service center (where all the cars are) and on the left of the counter there is a paper with test for selling written on it then click the sell button
1 Comments
Tjhq11 17 Dec, 2023 @ 5:50pm 
guide very helpful