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National leader in car customization, not to be confused with the lovely people who greet you with rubber gloves on arrival at Los Santos International Airport.
— Description at Bawsaq.com.

Los Santos Customs is a vehicle customization and repair shop featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. The player can buy stocks from them at Bawsaq.com.

Description[]

Residents of Los Santos take great pride in their cars. They spend the majority of the day in them. When you're ready to trick out your ride, visit LS Customs, because nothing says class like neon. Customized wheels, paint, body kits and more are available to make your ride your own.
— Rockstargames.com description

Their garages serve as a replacement for the Pay 'n' Spray shops featured in previous titles. Los Santos Customs is very similar to TransFender garages in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The player is able to lose any wanted level by entering Los Santos Customs. However, if the player is spotted by the police while approaching the workshop, then the garage door will not open for the player. It is possible for the player to kill the mechanic inside while the garage door is open, allowing the player to walk in and explore freely. However, once the shop is exited, it will be closed until the player leaves the area.

Los Santos Customs is an obvious parody of West Coast Customs, a business located in Los Angeles offering similar services, popularized in the MTV show Pimp My Ride. West Coast Customs was also responsible for producing the real-life Banshee as part of the game's promotion.

The player can "stalk" Los Santos Customs on the real life Lifeinvader, and will receive an in-game coupon for a free respray.

Garage Locations[]

There are four Los Santos Customs garages in San Andreas, located on:

It is possible to enter all branches of Los Santos Customs (and Beeker's Garage) on foot. The Los Santos Customs branch in Harmony and Beeker's Garage can both be accessed through a small side door to the left of the vehicle entrance, while the branches in Burton, La Mesa, and Los Santos International Airport must be accessed by parking a car far enough into the entrance that the door can't close, but not so far that the cutscene of the car entering is triggered, before getting out of the car and walking in.

LSC as an Owned Property[]

The Harmony branch of the company is one of the properties available to be purchased by Franklin Clinton for $349,000 and generates a weekly income of $1,600. It is available to purchase after the mission Nervous Ron.

E-Mail[]

Upon purchasing the Harmony Los Santos Customs shop as Franklin, Hao will email the player regarding the purchase:

WTF? Just heard you bought a franchise in LS Customs, man??? Crazy. Clearly your game's not as weak as I thought it was! Well I guess I can't charge you for work any more :) Just please promise me you won't make me call you boss... Say hi to that shit-talker Lamar.
— Hao's e-mail

Benefits[]

If Franklin purchases the Los Santos Customs garage on Route 68, all vehicle modifications will be free, although only at that location and only for him. However, it is still possible to take advantage of this and customize other characters' Personal Vehicles for free (e.g. Michael's Tailgater and Premier, Trevor's Bodhi, Amanda's Sentinel and Tracey's Issi). To do this, players need to acquire these vehicles as Franklin; in the case of Michael and Trevor, players will need to move them and their personal vehicle close to Franklin in the game world, before switching characters and taking the car as Franklin. Amanda's and Tracey's cars, meanwhile, can be found at the De Santa Residence.

Employees[]

Prominent Appearances in Missions[]

Services[]

If you don't leave with polished chrome we didn't do our job.
— Los Santos Customs business guarantee

Los Santos Customs serves to provide upgrades and modifications for land vehicles. Modifications are available for both aesthetics and performance. However, care must be taken with performance upgrades as it is possible to modify some cars such that their power and torque are beyond a controllable amount; upgrading the vehicle's transmission is usually an effective counter to this. Los Santos Customs will also repair vehicles if required.

Modifications[]

Throughout the game's progress, and as the players rank up in GTA Online, various types of car parts will be unlocked for purchase. Progressive performance upgrades are unlocked by winning races in GTA Online. There will be a small yellow star next to the category listing for any items that has been unlocked but not viewed.

Many of the modifications available for vehicles are based on real world aftermarket parts, particularly wheel rims. For example, the Endo V1 rims in the Sport section are based on VOLK TE37's, which are popular in the import scene.

Aesthetics[]

These modifications do not change the performance of a vehicle, merely its visual appearance. Note that some of these modifications are not available on all vehicles.

Modifications include:

  • Bumpers (Front and back)
  • Exhaust
  • Grille
  • Hood
  • Horn (Stock horn, truck horn, cop horn, clown horn, various musical horns, holiday/timed content horns, and classical car horns, plus several horns exclusive to the Enhanced editon only)
  • Bobbleheads (Enhanced version only)
  • Lights (Stock lights, Xenon lights and Neon lights. Neon lights and underglow exclusive to Enhanced version only)
  • Plates
  • Respray (Both primary and secondary colors (where applicable), including classic (gloss), matte, metallic or pearlescent paints. Chrome plating and brushed metal finishes are also available. Stripes/liveries available on select vehicles, primarily racing oriented vehicles.)
  • Roll cage
  • Roof (Carbon roofs and sunstrips, along with removal of roof on certain cars, and other roof accessories such as roof racks, luggage, and stripes)
  • Skirts
  • Trims
  • Wheels
    • Type (Including high end, lowrider, muscle, offroad, sport, SUV and tuner wheel types, all rims can be bought as a chrome version as well)
    • Color
    • Accessories (Custom branded and bulletproof tires, as well as white, black, blue, yellow, green, orange, red, purple, pink and crew colour tire smoke. Patriot tire smoke only available for purchase once a year.)
  • Windows (window tints, which are light smoke, dark smoke and limo, and exclusive to last gen is pure black)


Pearlescent paint requires that a metallic paint base be applied first. A second color can then be selected under the Pearlescent option, adding a tint or hue to the car. Some combinations of colors work better than others, so some experimentation is recommended. A glitch allows pearlescent to be applied to chrome, matte and metal colours as well, along with crew, allowing for up to three different colours on a single car.

For some vehicles, further unique modifications can be applied. Examples include various truck beds on some pickups, fuel tanks, frames, sidesteps, bodywork and fenders. Some other vehicles (such as the Karin Rebel or the Declasse Tornado) feature multiple variants, with each of these variants featuring unique mods that the other(s) cannot have.

Some motorcycles have unique modification possibilities as well. Examples of these include removable fairings and assorted frames, fuel tanks, seats, rear mudguards, handlebars, mirrors and saddle bags. Additionally, the player can choose the front and rear wheel of bikes independently. However, only the rims can be changed. Selecting custom tires on motorcycles always gives them whitewall tires, similar to lowriders.

On some vehicles, the overstitches of the dashboard, steering wheel and seats matches the color applied on the rims. This modification can be seen on the Osiris and the Zentorno and some other vehicles sharing the same interior. Sometimes, primary colours affect the interior colour of a select few vehicles.

Bonus modifications (these modifications are available only in GTA Online). These modifications include:

  • Loss/Theft Prevention (Insurance and tracker)
  • Explosives (Remote Bomb and ignition bomb)
  • Crew emblems are also available, applied to the hood or the door of the vehicles.
  • Crew tire smoke.

Performance[]

These modifications are available on all vehicles and affect their performance in some fashion.

Possible modifications include:

  • Armor (Armor upgrades ranging from 20 to 100%)
  • Brakes (Street, sport and race)
  • Engine (EMS upgrades, level 1 to 4)
  • Suspension (3-5 options, dependent upon vehicle)
  • Transmission (Street, sport and race)
  • Turbo Tuning (does not give a nitro boost ability as the name may suggest)
  • Spoilers

After title update 1.14, spoilers positively affect the vehicle's traction. Some spoilers work better than others on certain vehicles. Downforce is heavily affected by spoilers.

Vehicles[]

Uncustomizable (Repair only) Customizable (Color and performance only) Highly Customizable (Color, performance and body options)

Stretch

Taxi

Tornado (Mariachi beater version)

Adder

Asterope

Baller (Second generation; includes the Baller LE and the Baller LE LWB for the GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals)

Bison

Blazer

Bobcat

Bullet

Carbon RS (The Collector's Editions)

Casco (Heists Update)

Cavalcade (Second generation)

Cognoscenti (GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals; includes the armored variant)

Cognoscenti 55 (GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals; includes the armored variant)

Cognoscenti Cabrio

Dilettante

Duke O'Death (PS4, Xbox One & PC Versions; GTA V only)

Dune Buggy

Duneloader

Emperor (Both versions)

Exemplar

F620

Faction (Can be upgraded further in Benny's Original Motor Works from Lowriders)

Felon GT

Fugitive

Furore GT (The Last Team Standing Update)

FQ 2

Gauntlet

Granger

Habanero

Hakuchou (The Last Team Standing Update)

Hexer

Ingot

Injection

Innovation (The Last Team Standing Update)

Insurgent (Heists Update; non-armored version)

JB 700

Lectro (Heists Update)

Mesa (Including the Merryweather variant)

Minivan

Monroe

Moonbeam (Can be upgraded further in Benny's Original Motor Works from Lowriders)

Nemesis

Oracle XS

Patriot

Paradise (The Beach Bum Update)

Picador

Radius

Rancher XL

Rebel (Clean version)

Regina

Rocoto

Romero

Roosevelt (The Valentine's Day Massacre Special Update)

Rumpo

Rumpo Custom (Further Adventures in Finance and Felony)

Sadler

Sanchez

Seminole

Slamvan (Festive Surprise)

Sovereign (The Independance Day Special Update)

Space Docker (Only the "Bulletproof tires" can be modified)

Stanier

Stinger

Stinger GT

Stratum

Surfer (Both versions)

Super Diamond

Tornado (Beater version)

Tow Truck (small only)

Vader

Voodoo (Can be upgraded further in Benny's Original Motor Works from Lowriders; also restores the vehicle's overall condition)

Washington

Windsor (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 1)

Windsor Drop (Further Adventures in Finance and Felony)

XLS (Further Adventures in Finance and Felony; includes the armored variant)

9F

9F Cabrio

Akuma (only features exhaust modifications)

Alpha (The Business Update)

Asea

Bagger

Banshee

Baller (First generation)

BeeJay XL

Bestia GTS (Further Adventures in Finance and Felony)

Bifta (The Beach Bum Update)

Blade (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

Blista

Blista Compact (PS4, Xbox One & PC Versions)

Bodhi

Brawler (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2)

Buccaneer (Can be upgraded further in Benny's Original Motor Works from Lowriders)

Buffalo

Buffalo S

Carbonizzare

Cavalcade (First generation)

Cheetah

Chino (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2; can be upgraded further in Benny's Original Motor Works from Lowriders)

Coquette

Coquette BlackFin (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2)

Coquette Classic (The San Andreas Flight School Update)

Daemon

Dominator

Dubsta

Dubsta 6x6 (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

Dukes (PS4, Xbox One & PC Versions)

Enduro (Heists Update; only features exhaust modifications)

Entity XF

Felon

Feltzer

FMJ (Further Adventures in Finance and Felony)

Fränken Stange (Halloween Surprise)

Fusilade

Gang Burrito (Heists Update; non-gang variant)

Glendale (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

Gresley

Guardian (Heists Update; only features Chrome exhaust modifications)

Futo

Infernus

Intruder

Hotknife (The Collector's Edition)

Huntley S (The High Life Update)

Issi

Jackal

Jester (The Business Update; race car variant in the Festive Surprise)

Kalahari (The Beach Bum Update)

Khamelion (The Collector's Edition)

Kuruma (Heists Update; includes the armored variant)

Landstalker

Lurcher (Halloween Surprise)

Mamba (GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals)

Manana

Massacro (The High Life Update; race car variant in the Festive Surprise)

Nightshade (GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals)

Oracle (Second generation; only features exhaust modifications)

Osiris (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 1)

Panto (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

PCJ-600

Penumbra

Peyote

Phoenix

Pigalle (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

Prairie

Premier

Primo (Can be upgraded further in Benny's Original Motor Works from Lowriders)

Rapid GT

Rat Loader (Rat-Truck in the Festive Surprise; does not include truck bed modifications)

Reaper (Further Adventures in Finance and Felony; only features Spoiler modifications)

Rebel (Beater version)

Rhapsody (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

Ruiner

Sabre Turbo

Sandking SWB

Sandking XL

Schafter (includes the Schafter V12 and the Schafter LWB for the GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals)

Schwartzer

Sentinel

Sentinel XS

Stallion (PS4, Xbox One & PC Versions; roof option now available as of Freemode Events Update)

Stirling GT (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 1)

Sultan

Surano

Surge

Serrano

T20 (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2)

Tailgater

Tampa (Festive Surprise 2015)

Thrust (The High Life Update)

Tornado (Clean version)

Turismo R (The Business Update)

Vacca

Verlierer (GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals)

Vigero

Vindicator (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2)

Virgo (Ill-Gotten Gains Part 1)

Voltic

Warrener (The I'm Not a Hipster Update)

Youga

Zentorno (The High Life Update)

Zion

Zion Cabrio

Z-Type

LSC in GTA Online[]

Los Santos Customs works in the same way in Grand Theft Auto Online as it does in Grand Theft Auto V, with the added benefit of being a chop shop. Once per in-game day (48 real time minutes), players can deliver a vehicle to an LSC garage in Free Mode and sell it, receiving a cash payout in return. Assuming vehicles are delivered in undamaged condition, players will receive a payout equaling 10% of the car's retail value (the price for the car when new). For example, a car that can be purchased for $30,000 will net the player $3,000 at LSC.

It should be noted that vehicles with a retail value in excess of $100,000 can only be sold if they were legally purchased by the player (e.g. from Legendarymotorsport.net). However, cheaper vehicles with a retail value of less than $100,000 can be stolen on the street and sold for profit. Motorcycles have a lower retail limit however. Taking a vehicle that cannot be sold to a chop shop will give the player a message that the vehicle is "too hot". There are visually modified gang vehicles that can be found in south and east Los Santos that will net a higher value payout.

Any personal vehicle purchased online and later sold at Los Santos Customs will net 60% of the new cost and 50% of the value of any applied customization. When selling any vehicle with a tracker, the money will be banked immediately, whereas selling a hot car stolen from the street will put the funds in the player's carried wallet.

Main article: Pre-Modified Vehicles


In the Enhanced Version, along with the previously mentioned "gang" modified vehicles, the player can commonly see other visually-modified vehicles spawning in some locations around the map. Most of these NPC pre-modified vehicles can be sold at LS Customs for a premium price although some will still be "too hot". Currently active discounts on any of the parts used in the modifications will result in a relative reduction in the sale price.

Vehicle values[]

Below is a list of vehicles in GTA Online. Note that the following values will only be given if the vehicle is in undamaged condition with no active discounts on their modification parts.

Pre-modified[]

Vehicle make and Model Colour Scheme Spawned image/location Value when sold Available Location(s)
Benefactor Dubsta

Gold



Chrome

Dubsta2Customized-GTAVPC-Front
Dubsta2Customized2-GTAVPC-Front
$23,750 E
  • LSC
Vapid Dominator Blue
Dominator GTAO Pre-Modified LaMesa LSC
$19,940 E
  • LSC
Vapid Sandking XL Blue
Sandking-GTAV-Modified-Front
$18,495 E
  • Larry's RV Sales
  • Route 68
Vapid Sandking XL Yellow
SandkingXL-GTAO-NPCModified-Front
$17,525 E
  • Larry's RV Sales
  • Route 68
Ubermacht Sentinel XS Blue
SentinelXSCustomized-GTAVPC-Front
$20,370 E
  • Eclipse Blvd
  • LSC
  • Little Seoul
Declasse Sabre Turbo Red
Sabre Turbo-GTAO-NPCModified-Red-FrontQuarter
$15,035 E
  • LSC
Ubermacht Sentinel XS Yellow
SentinelXSCustomized2-GTAVPC-Front
$14,970 E
  • Eclipse Blvd
  • LSC
  • Little Seoul
Vapid Peyote

Yellow
Purple
Green
Matte Red

PeyoteVagos-GTAV-Front
$12,940 A
  • Gang territories
  • Olson's Autos
Bravado Rat-Loader

Yellow

Ratloader-GTAO-NPCModified-Yellow-FrontQuarter
$12,975 E
  • Beeker's
  • Sandy Shores
Declasse Tornado (Softtop)

Yellow
Purple
Green
Silver

Tornado2-GTAV-front-LowridersModdedA
$12,575 A
  • Gang territories
  • Olson's Autos
Bravado Rat-Loader

Green

Ratloader-GTAO-NPCModified-Green-FrontQuarter
$10,975 E
  • Beeker's
  • Sandy Shores
Albany Buccaneer

Yellow
Purple
Green
Matte Green

BuccaneerFamilies-GTAV-Front
$9,875 A
  • Gang territories
  • Olson's Autos
Imponte Ruiner Green
Ruinerr-GTAO-NPCModified-Green-FrontQuarter
$9,675 E
  • LSC
Black
Ruiner-GTAO-NPCModified-Black-FrontQuarter
$9,205 E
  • LSC
Bravado Gauntlet Blue
Gauntlet-GTAO-NPCModified-Blue-Placeholder
$8,325 E
  • LSC
BF Surfer Blue and Pink
Surfer-GTAO-NPCModified-Pink-FrontQuarter
$8,250 E
  • North Chumash
Declasse Tornado (Hardtop)

Yellow
Purple
Green
Blue

TornadoFamilies-GTAV-Front
$8,050 A
  • Gang territories
  • Olson's Autos
Albany Manana

Yellow
Purple
Green
Spinnaker Purple

MananaBallas-GTAV-Front
$7,520 A
  • Gang territories
Declasse Sabre Turbo Green
Sabre-GTAO-NPCModified-Green-FrontQuarter
$7,305 E
  • LSC
BF Surfer Yellow + Chrome
Surfer-GTAO-NPCModified-Chrome-FrontQuarter
$4,525 E
  • North Chumash
Red and Cream
Surfer-GTAO-NPCModified-Cream-FrontQuarter
$3,500
Lime Green
SurferCustomized-GTAOPC-Front
$2,850
Canis Kalahari Multiple
Kalahari-GTAO-NPCModified-Blue-FrontQuarter

Kalahari-GTAO-NPCModified-Bronze-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • North Chumash
BF Bifta Multiple
Bifta-GTAO-NPCModified-Chrome-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • North Chumash
Yellow
BiftaCustomized-GTAOnlinePC-Front
Dewbauchee Rapid GT Green
RapidGT-GTAO-NPCModified-Green-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Matte Green
RapidGT-GTAO-NPCModified-MatteGreen-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Benefactor Surano Gasoline
Surano-GTAO-NPCModified-Gasoline-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Blue
Surano-GTAO-NPCModified-Blue-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Coil Voltic Lime Green
Voltic-GTAO-NPCModified-Lime-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Pfister Comet Red
Comet-GTAO-NPCModified-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Blue
Comet-GTAO-NPCModified-BlueFrontQuarter
Pegassi infernus Green
Infernus-GTAO-NPCModified-Green-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • LSC
Purple
Infernus-GTAO-NPCModified-Purple-FrontQuarter
Enus Super Diamond Gold
SuperDiamond-GTAO-NPCModified-Gold-FrontQuarter
Too Hot E
  • Los Santos Golf Club
White
SuperDiamond-GTAO-NPCModified-White-FrontQuarter
Green
SuperDiamond-GTAO-NPCModified-Green-FrontQuarter

* As of Los Santos Summer Special update patch 1.51, these vehicles can enter Los Santos Customs when on the Simeon Export List but can only be resprayed (free), and using a pre-modified example does not impact the final export price at Simeon's Delivery Garage at Terminal.

Stock Vehicles[]

Vehicle Name Vehicle Image Value When Sold
Lampadati Felon GT
FelonGTUp-GTAV-front
$9,500
Übermacht Sentinel
SentinelUp-GTAV-front
$9,500
Lampadati Felon
Felon-GTAV-front
$9,000
Gallivanter Baller
Baller-GTAV-front
$9,000
Gallivanter Baller (Version II)
Baller2-GTAV-front
$9,000
Obey Rocoto
Rocoto-GTAV-Front
$8,500
Übermacht Oracle XS
OracleXS-GTAV-front
$8,200
Ocelot F620
F620-GTAV-front
$8,000
Übermacht Oracle
Oracle-GTAVe-front
$8,000
Benefactor Schwartzer
Schwartzer-GTAVe-front
$8,000

For the full list of vehicle values, see Los Santos Customs Vehicle Prices.

iFruit App[]

Main article: IFruit_App#LS_Customs

The real life iFruit app allows the player to order modifications in GTA V and GTA Online, and create custom/vanity licence plates for their Online characters Personal Vehicles. A select amount of characters can be used on plates, although profane words is strangely allowed on plates.

Gallery[]

General[]

iFruit[]

Pre-Modified vehicles[]

Promotional images[]

Interiors[]

Bugs/Glitches[]

  • Before the 1.17 update, there was a glitch where the section "fenders" were still marked with a star (a new feature is added), even if the player has checked all of them. The same happens with horns on last gen versions of the game.
  • If the player spooks and kills the mechanic with occupied players inside, the players will appear, leaving them vulnerable to be killed by the player who killed the mechanic. Killing the mechanic inside will close down the shop for a while, making it unusable until he respawns.

Trivia[]

  • If the player adds armor to their car as Franklin or the GTA Online Protagonist, the mechanic may ask, "You got some heat with the Ballas or something?"
  • If the player drives any vehicle while wearing the Epsilon robe into Los Santos Customs as Michael, the mechanic will shout, "Kifflom!"
  • In the email he sends to Franklin upon purchasing the Harmony branch, Hao states he will no longer charge for modifications. However, modifications are only free for Franklin at the Harmony outlet, whereas Hao works at the Los Santos International Airport branch.
  • The Pure Black window tint is currently exclusive to Enhanced versions of GTA Online. It completely turns all windows on a car except for the windshield black, making it impossible to see in or out of the car. It was presumably removed in the next gen release to accommodate for the new first-person mode, as the blacked-out windows would have made it impossible to look out of the car in first person, thus making it very unlikely it will ever return. However, mods can still add it back in GTA V.
  • Pre-modified vehicles in GTA Online are never locked. As many are too hot to enter LSC to be fixed, presumably it is so the player will not have to break a window if they want to joyride around in a unique car, or always have to repair the damage if it can be sold.
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