¶ Introduction
Mechanic is a civilian based job which allows a player to buy mechanic supplies and use them to help other players to customise their vehicles at a mod shop, by using their own set prices. They can also tow vehicles parked illegally by other players around the map to get a reward at the impound.
As it is a civilian based job, it also means that every feature available for civilians are also available for mechanic players : the only difference between them is the ability to offer services to mod or repair vehicles, unique clothing to them and a different nametag / map blip colour (grey)
¶ How to become a mechanic ?
If you want to become a Mechanic, you'll have to :
- be Level 3+ on the server.
- go to a Mod Shop
- speak to the NPC and select “Switch to mechanic”.
You are now a Mechanic ! Congratulations !
¶ How to mod vehicles ?
¶ Buy mechanic supplies
The first step to being able to modify other player's vehicles is to buy some mechanic supplies at a Hardware Store 
Once you get in the hardware store, you can buy all kinds of mechanic supplies which will get added to your mechanic stock. Here are all the mechanic supplies you can buy, and there uses for players :
- Engine repair kit : can be sold to other players, it can be used to repair a broken engine by opening the vehicle's hood and using the item.
- Tire repair kit : can be sold to other players, it can be used to repair flat tires after exiting the vehicle and using the item:
- Cleaning kit : can be sold to other players, it can be used to wash a dirty vehicle after using the item.
- Helicopter repair kit : Can be sold to other players, it can be used to repair a helicopter (Hasn't been implemented fully, doesn't work yet)
- Plane repair kit : Can be sold to other players, it can be used to repair a plane (Hasn't been implemented fully, doesn't work yet)
- Modding kit : cannot be sold to other players, but is consumed every time a player mods their vehicle inside a mod shop operated by you.
- Paint : cannot be sold to other players, but is consumed every time a player resprays their vehicle.
- Lockpick : can be sold to other players, used to uncuff yourself or another player. (see lockpicking)
- Power saw : can be sold to other players, used to forcefully open a players locked personal vehicle. (Has a 30% chance of breaking after being used.)
¶ Set your services prices
Using the job menu M you can access your mechanic stock and adjust your prices for your services and sellable items. Service prices are split into the price of repairing, respraying and modifying and can be adjusted from -50% to +50% of the default market price.
That means you can either be a good samaritan with low prices and low profit when modifying vehicles, or be a businessman by using high prices for high profit.
¶ Set your service prices
¶ Set your sellable items price
¶ Go to a mod shop and offer your services
Once you have your supplies ready, you can go to one of the 8 mod shops around the map to mod the cars of other players. Once there, players can come and use your services when using the mechanic menu (E), or you can use the Y while being near them to offer your services.
If a player uses your services, you will get a prompt on the top left of your screen telling you they are using your services.
Modifying your prices while the customers are using your services will refresh their menu with the new prices and tell them with a prompt that you updated your prices.
For each service sold (paint / respray / repair, etc) that isn't an item, the mod shop you're using will take a small percentage fee from your profits. For instance with the default market price of modifying a front bumper, it's $12,000 : after subtracting the mod shop fee from this, here's how much money you'll get depending on the mod shop, going from most popular to the least popular spots :
- Benny's Modding shop (mod shop 3/8, Davis) → ≈ $9,796 (22.5% fee)
- Mosley's (mod shop 6/8, Davis) → ≈ $10,500 (14% fee)
- LS Custom La Mesa (mod shop 5/8, La Mesa) → ≈ $11,400 (5% fee)
- LS custom Rockford (mod shop 1/8, Rockford hills) → ≈ $10,400 (15% fee)
- Hayes Auto (mod shop 4/8, Davis) → ≈ $10,800 (11% fee)
- Los Santos Customs Airport (mod shop 2/8, LSIA) → ≈ $10,900(10% fee)
- LS Customs Route 68 (mod shop 7/8, Route 68) → ≈ $11,600 (3% fee)
- Beeker's garage (mod shop 8/8, Paleto Bay) → ≈ $11,600 (3% fee)
You can also offer your services to players when outside of a mod shop, but they won't be able to respray or mod their vehicle, only repair it, wash it and buy the regular items (repair kits, lockpick, power saw) : every repair will consume both an engine repair kit and a tire repair kit to repair all the vehicle's damage at once.
¶ How to tow vehicles ?
To tow a vehicle, you need to go to one of the 8 mod shops on the map and wait for the towing truck to spawn besides them (at the entrance most of the time)
Once you have the towing truck, all you have to do is to patrol around the city and watch out for all illegally parked vehicles, shown by the little yellow arrow above the vehicle.
The amount of money you get depends on the distance you travelled between where you towed the car and which Impound 
you brought it to : the longer the distance, the more money you get, capped at $50,000 for regular, non personal vehicles.
¶ Personal vehicles towing
If you are lucky, you can catch some personal vehicles being illegally parked : if you take them, you have a 2 minute period in which the towed personal vehicle cannot be recalled back to storage by the towed vehicles owner, giving you time to bring it to any impound on the map : past these 2 minutes they can recall their vehicle, even if it is still attached to the tow truck.
Civilian players (all non-emergency players) can shoot you to prevent you from towing their car, while cops and paramedics cannot do anything to you, unless you committed a violent felony (for cops).
You can tow vehicles that are parked legally, but cannot bring them to an impound (and it can be punished).
If an emergency vehicle has the siren on while parked, they are considered legally parked because of the emergency, so you cannot tow them to an impound.
You get a bonus (≈50% increase to the reward) for towing a personal vehicle to an Impound .
¶ Criminal use vehicles towing
If a criminal has been arrested and used a car just before being arrested, their vehicle can be towed even when parked legally. This is because the vehicle has been used in a “recent” crime : they will appear with a special orange arrow above them, instead of the usual yellow arrow.
Bringing a criminal use vehicle to an Impound also gives a small bonus (≈20%) compared to towing a regular car.
Both bonuses from towing (being a crime use car + being a personal vehicle) can be stacked and give you an 80% increase to the reward when both are fulfilled
¶ What happens to a personal vehicle when it is impounded ?
When a personal vehicle is impounded, the player whose vehicle got impounded will have to go to any Impound to pay the impound fee (price depending on the vehicle's value). Until this is paid the vehicle cannot be delivered or be found inside garages in the case of civilians.
You can check the Personal Vehicle page for more information.
¶ Clothing
With the exception of some generic accessories and clothes, mechanic players cannot purchase and use civilian clothing as mechanics : they instead have some mechanic clothing and uniforms available at the hardware store , at the same place they can purchase their mechanic supplies.