How to open a car tuning studio. Business plan for a tuning studio

What services does the auto shop provide? First of all, this is reupholstering the car interior with various fabrics and leather, reupholstering the ceiling, dashboard, airbags, reupholstering the steering wheel, as well as dyeing and restoring the leather in the interior. According to some reports, it is this segment of auto tuning that is in greatest demand.

The main client of such studios is owners of used cars. There may be several reasons to update your car's upholstery. Firstly, some people want to embellish their car due to individual preferences. Secondly, some owners want to upholster the car’s interior before selling it in order to increase its final value. And finally, thirdly, there are those who simply disdain to ride in the cabin after the previous owners. Owners of new cars, as a rule, do not apply for such services (why spoil the standard, new trim).

To find out how much car interior trim costs, just enter the phrase “order interior trim” into a search engine and you will receive a number of offers from a variety of companies (mainly Moscow).

Impressive, isn't it? The amounts are considerable. The income in this case is about 30% of the indicated amounts. Why only 30? First of all, you should take into account the costs of materials (leather, Alcantara, etc.) and staff wages. These expenses alone eat up half of the revenue from the service. Then you also need to include expenses for renting premises, utility bills, taxes and other “force majeure circumstances”.

Nevertheless, a profit of 10 - 15 thousand rubles from one machine can be considered a good indicator. By completely upholstering 10-15 cars per month, you can earn at least 100 thousand rubles. Another thing is how to attract at least 10 cars to the studio. And this is not as simple as it seems at first glance.

It is also worth considering that such a business will only work in medium-sized and large cities, with an abundance of solvent clients (not every car owner can decide to reupholster the interior for 60 thousand rubles). In small towns, opening a dedicated auto repair shop may not always be a smart idea.

However, we suggest you study a short guide on how to open a car shop in your city.

Selecting a room

To organize the work process, you will need a heated room with an area of ​​50 m2 or more. A garage space is perfect for these purposes, since renting such objects is not so expensive. It is advisable that the size of the box allows it to accommodate at least 3 cars at the same time. Renting such space will cost from 25,000 rubles per month, depending on the region.

What equipment to choose for a car workshop

First of all, you will need to purchase equipment and tools for working with interior trim. This includes: keys for seals, a set for dismantling door panels, a set for dismantling interior trim, a set of pry bars, a set of pullers for decorative interior panels, a set of screwdrivers. It is also necessary to purchase sewing machines and hair dryers. Everything will cost at least 150 thousand rubles.

How much money do you need to open a car shop?

In addition to the equipment, at the start of the business it is necessary to purchase the appropriate consumables for upholstering the interior: genuine leather, artificial leather, velor, auto carpet, vinyl and Alcantara. The most expensive upholstery materials are leather and Alcantara. One linear meter of quality material will cost at least $80. Material should be purchased in reserve, at least in order to fulfill small operational orders. The cost of purchasing it will be at least 50 thousand rubles.

Also, certain costs may be associated with the preparation of the premises, minor repairs and the purchase of furniture and shelving. Add another 50 - 100 thousand rubles. In total, the total cost of starting a business under favorable conditions will be at least 300 thousand rubles.

Recruitment

“A good workshop needs good craftsmen” - this is the slogan every new car workshop should have. The minimum staff of workers should include two seamstresses, a cutter, a reupholstery specialist and an installation/disassembly specialist. The approximate wage fund for such a team will be about 60 - 90 thousand rubles per month.

Ideally, an auto shop employee should take appropriate courses in this matter. To do this, you will most likely have to visit Moscow. For example, there is a company called Rusty Brothers, which offers everyone who wants to master the art of making exclusive car interiors. The approximate cost of a 20-day course is 30 - 50 thousand rubles. Upon completion of the course, the student gains knowledge about the materials used in car interior tuning, equipment and tools for upholstery. The worker can easily make patterns and reupholster the steering wheel, gear knob, seats, ceiling, doors and dashboard.

Yes, there is a risk here that, having trained an employee at his own expense, he will then happily go to his own business (or to a competitor). But, alas, it will not be possible to build a profitable business without qualified personnel.

By the way, qualified workers are needed not only to make beautiful cladding. Most of the work here is based on the collection and disassembly of interior parts, which, in the absence of appropriate experience, can be expensive for the order executor. On business forums you can read cases where “garage craftsmen”, due to inexperience, broke the airbags of expensive cars, which ultimately cost them considerable sums (40 - 60 thousand rubles). Just one such incident can ruin a business in its tracks.

List of services provided

Market players advise doing more than just car interior trim. It is necessary to expand the list of services provided in order to earn really decent money. For example, you can offer customers glass tinting, car vinyl, anti-gravel films, optical reservations, interior dry cleaning, polishing, air conditioning repairs and refills, and so on. Yes, this will require the purchase of additional equipment and the hiring of additional workers (or training of existing ones), but this will avoid periods of complete lack of orders (season, competitors, etc.).

What type of advertising is better to choose for a car workshop?

Most entrepreneurs claim that advertising decides in this business. Moreover, the more unique and creative it is, the better. For example, you can buy an old VAZ or Volga, repaint it, make colorful tuning, redo the interior, hang neon stripes and place an advertisement for a car workshop on the car in large letters. And here is “live” advertising for you. The main thing is to drive this car on city streets more often.

Classic methods of advertising also work well here: radio, TV, banners, leaflets, posting advertisements. You can order the creation of your own website - a very effective advertising channel. The cost of creating a website will be about 30 - 50 thousand rubles. You will not see a return on this investment right away (the site is promoted in search engines for several months), but in the future the site will bring you clients on an ongoing basis.

In conclusion, advice from forum member “Sergey.O” on working with leather (taken from the chipmaker.ru forum):

Upholstery of the torpedo with leather:

Hi all! Today I will tell you how I started a tuning studio with a limited budget and capabilities. So where to start? That's right - it all starts with an idea. Do you need to decide for yourself what type of tuning studio there will be? Either you can only do external modernization, you can remake the interior and interior trim, but the last option is tuning the engine. The choice of equipment, materials, labor and much more will depend on the decision.

Where should you start first?

Many people, when discovering such things, do not understand that when an idea is born and before its implementation begins, there is quite a long way to go.

To begin with, it is worth calculating the profitability, finding all the necessary equipment and premises that will allow you to reach a certain starting amount. Since I was on a limited budget, my search took several weeks. Moreover, all the equipment that I found was supported.

Since all the action was supposed to take place in St. Petersburg, it became clear that purchasing equipment here was expensive. A long search on the Internet bore fruit, and after calculating several options, my friend and I decided to settle on the option of engine tuning, since both of us had worked in this area before.

It was decided to purchase equipment that we found in other cities of the great country. Having called all the offers and decided on the cost, we plotted the route, took the money and went.

Selection of premises

Since it was planned to tuning a middle-class studio, the selection of premises was appropriate. After much searching and deliberation, we found a small room 12x22 meters on Vasilevsky Island in St. Petersburg. The entrance was directly from the street, and therefore it was decided to buy and install vertical gates, which are installed in many car services, like a door to a box.

At first we wanted to buy a new one, which would have cost 35,000 rubles, but we accidentally found a used one that suited us perfectly. We paid 22,500 rubles for it. Of course, installing this door cost us 7,000, but we were unable to reduce these costs.

Next, the entire room was cleaned and whitewashed. We found tuning posters at the market and pasted them up as part of the decor. I had a lot of old furniture at my dacha, including a sofa that I brought. Thus, comfort began to be created in our small enterprise.

Later, it was decided to separate part of the work area in order to have a place to eat and relax. We bought pipes, boiled them together and covered them with black cloth so that it would not be visible.

Forgot to mention the rental price. After a long debate with the owner of this premises, we came to a consensus. At first he wanted 50 thousand a month. But, it was decided this way: we pay 30,000 rubles. and we are doing a little renovation there, since the floors were in terrible condition. After calculating everything, it was decided that it would be cheaper for us.

What equipment do you need?

After calculating everything for a long time, we wrote a list of what we would need, but this list was regularly updated. At the same time, our budget was decreasing, and we were wondering whether all this was worth starting. But it was too late to give up. So, what tool, at first glance, should have been needed:

• A set of tools that included sockets, screwdrivers, ratchets, etc. Our choice fell on the Ombra 82-piece tool set, which cost 2,200 rubles. I bought it in one of the tool hypermarkets.
• Set of wire cutters. In the store I saw Topex, which cost me 340 rubles.
• Pullers of different sizes. To begin with, I took a small one with a diameter of 10 cm, and then it was decided to take it as needed.
• Oil filter puller. In one of the car tool stores, I found one for 400 rubles.
• Also, you will definitely need a wrench to install the piston rings. It then cost 450 rubles.
• And most importantly - a tester, without which it’s impossible. The price of pleasure was 800 rubles.

Of course, you will need several knives, and a bunch of small things that you have already acquired during the work.
Having dealt with the basic tools, it was decided to move on to the equipment. Since it was large, it was decided to borrow a 5-ton car from a friend and drive it to pick up the equipment in order to pick up everything at one time.

Now, I will tell you what equipment is used for what:

• Metal lathe. On it, it was decided to grind the pistons and make adjustments based on weight. And also grind out the necessary consumables. This equipment cost 10,000 rubles. in Kursk.
• Further, in Orel we bought two more machines. Boring machine 4VT20 and honing machine 3G833. They paid 32,000 rubles for both. It is not expensive. On the way home, we ordered hones for the machine.
• A lift that cost us 100,000 rubles. I don’t know the name, the main thing is that it’s a worker.

In principle, this is all the equipment we wanted to buy, since it was decided not to bother with boring the block heads. This is an expensive tuning and it requires capital, much more than we had.

Of course, to be honest, with a budget of 400,000 rubles, we were able to buy everything. There was even enough left to purchase the first materials that were purchased for the first client, namely GAZ 3102. Everything was not as smooth as it seemed from the very beginning, but that’s another story.

General information about other tuning studio options

When making calculations, I came to the conclusion that opening a tuning studio requires a lot of money. Now I’ll tell you what I could do according to my calculations if a different type of tuning studio had opened:

• External tuning.When purchasing initial equipment and consumables, as well as renting premises, such a pleasure would cost 1.4 million rubles.
• Interior reupholstery.Cost price: 1,000,000 rubles. This includes the purchase of materials for all machines and the first month’s salary for workers, if you don’t know how to do it yourself.
• Tuning of chassis and exhaust system. 650-800 thousand rubles.

Thus, our enterprise was quite cheap, but the equipment was purchased second-hand. If everything was purchased new, then the cost would be about 2 million rubles. In light of this, I must say that we still opened cheaply.

Your share in tuning I sold the studio to a friend in 2014 and moved to Ukraine because I needed

* The calculations use average data for Russia

1. PROJECT SUMMARY

The goal of the project is to create an enterprise that provides styling services for cars and motorcycles (graphic tuning studio “New Skin”). The essence is to apply airbrushed images or vinyl film to the body of cars, motorcycles, yachts, etc.; interior decoration with films and decor. These can be either artistic or advertising images, false chrome, etc. Images can be either standard or custom-made.

A prerequisite for the implementation of the project is the growing desire of car and motorcycle owners to customize their vehicle and give it a unique look. Considering the relatively low costs of styling the appearance, this type of service is very popular.

The proposed format of the enterprise significantly distinguishes it from existing competitors, and minimizing the costs of doing business makes it highly profitable. There is no positioning in any specific price segment - the company offers a wide range of prices, from budget to premium, depending on the wishes of the customer.

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The project is geographically located in Stavropol. The duration of the project is not limited in time. The effectiveness of the project is confirmed by financial calculations and the obtained integral performance indicators (Table 1).

Table 1. Integral indicators of project effectiveness

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AND INDUSTRY

The company offers services for styling the exterior and interior of any vehicle. This can be done using airbrushing or vinyl film. Image design, if necessary, is custom-made by an experienced graphic designer. The work uses materials of various price categories, in accordance with the wishes of the client. However, when selecting even budget materials, strict quality control is carried out.

Unlike existing tuning studios that offer a wide range of services to refine the appearance, New Skin specializes only in applying images and films. This allows you to get more favorable incoming prices for the material used due to the consolidated volume of orders, as well as keep a full-time airbrush and graphic designer. All this allows us to improve the quality of services provided and their accessibility.

The territorial location of the enterprise is very successful, since, due to the peculiarities of the national composition of the population of the city and region, the desire for customization of vehicles here is at a high level. It is expected to cover not only the Stavropol market, but also the entire Stavropol Territory - with a sufficient level of fame provided by advertising and an established customer base.

The population of Stavropol is 426 thousand people; population of the Stavropol Territory - 2.8 million people. According to research data, the total number of cars in Stavropol is about 120 thousand units. Thus, if we assume that the owners of at least 5% of them have a desire to change the appearance of their car, the number of potential customers will be 6,000 people. Target audience: men (90%) and women (10%), aged 18 to 40 years; income level is not critical, since New Skin offers solutions in any price segment.

Search engines for corresponding queries offer no more than 10 tuning studios providing similar services. Presumably, the same number of studios provide services without having a website. In addition, similar services can be provided by single craftsmen.

Most tuning studios offer, first of all, engine chip tuning, car body kit, and graphic design is offered only as an additional service. This often has a negative impact on its quality.

To provide such services, a minimum of specialized equipment is required. The cost of a set of tools and equipment is 250,000 rubles. Thus, the volume of investment costs for the project is extremely small (Table 2).

Table 2. Investment costs

	NAME	AMOUNT, rub.
Real estate
	Room equipment
Equipment
	Equipment set
Intangible assets
Working capital
	Working capital
	Total:	1,500,000 RUR
	Own funds:	RUB 500,000.00
	Required borrowings:	1,000,000 ₽
	Bid:	18,00%
	Term, months:

3. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND GOODS

The company has a narrow specialization and is focused on graphic design. In Table. 3 shows the full range of services offered and their prices. Since each type of service requires the use of consumables of different price segments, the table shows average prices. Variable costs include the cost of consumables.

Table 3. Range of services of the graphic tuning studio “New Skin”

	PRODUCT / SERVICE	COSTS PER UNIT, rub.	TRADING MARGIN, %	UNIT COST, rub.
	Airbrush, per 1 sq.m.
	For a car, class C, D
	Vinyl film without image, for cars, class E, F
	Vinyl film without image, for cars, SUV class
	Anti-gravel film
	Removing vinyl film
			Total:	RUB 408,155

Airbrushing is the most expensive way to style a car. Using a spray gun, paint is applied to the paintwork. Such a drawing can only be done by a high-level professional. It is impossible to delete it.

Vinyl film has recently been used more and more often. It can be applied both to the entire car body and to any individual part of it. The film can be one-color, have a structure (for example, carbon or metal) or a pattern. Any drawing can be applied - from the catalog, provided by the customer or made to order by the designer. The cost of applying a film to a car depends on its size.

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Applying a corporate/advertising decal involves applying a vinyl film with a logo or other advertising message to a portion of the vehicle's body. As a rule, these are the front doors. The image can be provided by the customer, or developed by the studio designer. Typically, such stickers are more simple compared to artistic vinylography.

Car tinting is a well-known service for applying film to car windows. Tinting protects the car from the sun and prying eyes, which, first of all, reduces the risk of break-in and robbery.

Anti-gravel film is a special transparent durable film that is applied to some parts of the car body that are most susceptible to chips and scratches. The most effective type of anti-gravel films is polyurethane. In addition to protecting the paintwork, they provide additional gloss to the part and have a self-healing surface. Service life – 5-7 years.

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Dismantling the film is an equally important undertaking, since if dismantled incorrectly, there is a high risk of damage to the paintwork. As a result, when removing film, studio specialists pay special attention to the technology offered by the manufacturer of a particular type of film.

4. SALES AND MARKETING

The project does not involve the use of active sales techniques. Attracting customers at the first stage of the project is expected to be achieved through massive advertising, participation in auto shows and other similar events. For maximum clarity, it is planned to use a demonstration model - a foreign-made car, sporty in design, costing no more than 300,000 rubles. At the same time, the condition of the engine, chassis or interior of the car does not actually matter, since the exterior styling capabilities will be demonstrated. With the exception of periods of participation in promotional events, the demo car will be exhibited in the largest shopping and entertainment center of the city.

An important means of promoting the studio’s services is a website containing not only information about the services offered, but also background information about styling in general, a catalog of images for airborne and vinyl printing, a portfolio, etc. Considering the fairly low level of competitors' websites, a well-made website can be a serious impetus for the client to make a decision to visit the studio.

The project offers a niche product. The level of competition in this niche can be described as average. The main competitive advantage of “New Skin” is its narrow specialization, which allows you to focus on specialized services, use high-quality tools, follow the prescribed technology, and also keep specialized specialists on staff - a designer and an airbrush artist - which non-core tuning studios cannot afford; in turn, this affects the quality and timing of work. Thus, we can say that there are no direct competitors in the market.

However, existing tuning studios offer similar services in a similar range. The price level is on average 10-15% lower than that of “New Skin”. The higher price level is due to the higher quality of the work performed, a long warranty and an individual approach to each client.

5. PRODUCTION PLAN

The company is located in rented premises on the outskirts of the city, close to the main transport route. The premises meet the requirements of regulatory authorities. It is assumed that there are three boxes of universal use. The required area of ​​the production facility is 50 m 2 . The technological process of applying the film usually includes a two-stage washing and cleaning of the body, polishing it if necessary, then applying the film itself. Completely wrapping a car with film takes from 2 to 4 days, depending on its size and complexity of the surface. Services are provided by appointment by phone or via the website.

The demand for such services does not have a pronounced seasonality. The monthly report on revenue and variable costs is given in Appendix 1 of this business plan. Planned indicators for sales volumes are given in Table. 4.

Table 4. Planned sales and variable costs

	PRODUCT / SERVICE	AVERAGE PLANNED SALES VOLUME, units/month	PRICE PER UNIT, rub.	REVENUE, rub.	VARIABLE COSTS, rub.
	Airbrush, per 1 sq.m.
	Vinyl film without picture, for a car, class C, D
	Vinyl film without picture, per car, class E, F
	Vinyl film without picture, for a car, SUV class
	Vinyl film with a picture
	Window tinting, rear hemisphere
	Anti-gravel film
	Removing vinyl film
			Total:	1 130 610	259 320

Customers are offered several types of film of varying prices - from China and European manufacturers.

Since some work is carried out over several hours (tinting glass, applying anti-gravel film), it is planned to organize a relaxation room with a sofa and armchairs, a TV, and a coffee machine. The total area of ​​the premises is 75 m2.

6. ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN

The organizational and legal form of the enterprise is IP. The entrepreneur performs all major management functions and strategic planning. All employees of the enterprise report directly to the owner. There is no complex organizational structure.

The studio administrator registers clients and is also responsible for order in the studio. No qualification is required for this position. Accounting outsourced.

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Special requirements are placed on production specialists. An airbrush artist must have at least 5 years of experience in this field; The selection is based on the submitted portfolio. In addition, the artist performs a test task.

A graphic designer performs work on developing images for vinyl printing. Qualification requirements: knowledge of design software, portfolio. No work experience required.

Production site specialists perform the full range of work related to preparing the car for operation, applying and dismantling the film. Experience working in a car service center is required, preferably in a tuning studio. Probationary period - 3 months.

Table 5. Staffing and wage fund

	Job title	Salary, rub.	Number, persons	Payroll, rub.
Administrative
	Administrator
Industrial
	Airbrush specialist
	Graphic Designer
	Production site specialists
	Total:			190 000,00
	Social Security contributions:			57 000,00
	Total with deductions:			247 000,00

7. FINANCIAL PLAN

To assess investment attractiveness, a financial plan is developed for a five-year period; a cash flow statement is prepared. The volume of investment costs is 1.5 million rubles; The main costs are associated with the formation of a working capital fund until the enterprise reaches payback. The entrepreneur’s own funds are 500,000 rubles. The remaining funds are raised in the form of a bank loan for a period of 12 months.

Variable costs include the cost of materials used. Fixed costs are shown in Table. 6. Advertising costs are one of the main cost items. Depreciation takes into account the cost of all investment costs excluding working capital costs; Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over 5 years. The total amount of fixed costs is 172,000 rubles per month. A detailed financial plan is given in Appendix 2 of this business plan.

Table 6. Fixed costs

8. EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS

The effectiveness of the project is assessed on the basis of calculated integral performance indicators accepted in world practice (Table 1). Indicators are calculated based on a five-year financial plan, taking into account the time value of money; For this purpose, a discount rate is introduced, adopted for this project at the level of 10%, since the services are not innovative, the market is stable, and the risks are relatively low.

Net present value (NPV) is equal to 13.96 million rubles, which significantly exceeds investment costs. Payback period – 12 months. Internal rate of return (IRR) is 10.97%, which is higher than the discount rate. Profitability index – 8.46 > 1. All this indicates the high investment attractiveness of the project.

9. RISKS AND GUARANTEES

At the planning stage, it is necessary to provide for all possible risks, as well as measures to prevent them or eliminate their consequences.

The main risk is associated with an incorrect assessment of the market situation and, as a result, underfulfillment of the revenue plan. Despite the fact that the received data was repeatedly double-checked, in the event of negative developments, an alternative plan is provided, according to which costs are reduced by outsourcing an airbrush artist, designer and reducing one position of a production specialist.

The entry of a competitor into the market with a similar niche offer is unlikely precisely because of its narrowness. It seems more likely that existing competitors will improve the quality of such services. In this case, measures are envisaged to increase customer loyalty, as well as active massive advertising.

In general, taking into account the low level of investment costs, we can say that the risks associated with the project are quite low.

10.APPLICATIONS

ANNEX 1

Revenue and variable cost indicators

APPENDIX 2

Cash flow statement

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The field of auto tuning never ceases to be popular. Car owners always want to improve the performance and appearance of their car. Therefore, there is always a demand for a variety of services. But there is serious competition here. So you need to choose the most advantageous option. Success will depend on what you know how to do and what kind of partners you take to help.

Types of tuning: basic business ideas

This area of ​​the auto business can include the provision of a variety of services. This includes chip tuning, interior modernization, external body tuning, installation of LEDs - and much more.

It is advisable to start with providing a specific service, and don’t take on everything at once. For example, offer LED tuning separately. Then nothing prevents you from expanding, increasing the number of employees, or providing other services.

If you take on everything at once, there is a risk of getting a failed business, when even with the optimal number of clients, you will no longer cope with the work.

Let's look at some business ideas.

Chip tuning

HIP tuning is used for different purposes:

• Increasing engine power. The main thing is not to overdo it, because programmatic work with the engine can lead to its wear. With the right approach, there will be an optimal increase in power and improved acceleration dynamics.
• Trouble-shooting. Owners of cars, especially domestic ones, regularly see the check engine light come on. However, the device itself works fine. There can be many such errors, which is why car owners often turn to this service.

For such a business you will need a computer, adapters, a microcircuit programmer, the microcircuits and sockets themselves, a firmware loader program and the firmware themselves.

Interior tuning

Tuning the interior is always promising. Not everyone wants to improve the performance of their car, but everyone wants to feel comfortable. In particular, this concerns covering the interior with leather, installing a powerful acoustic system, improving sound insulation, vibration insulation, etc.

Interior improvements may be required for cars of any make, any year of manufacture. Even if the car is new, the car owner may regret that he did not take advantage of some of the advantages of the improved configuration.

External tuning

External tuning is used for two purposes:

• Improving the appearance of the car;
• Improving driving characteristics.

You can start tuning the exhaust system. This helps improve engine performance. Also, cars are equipped with body kits - aerodynamic skirts, which improve driving performance. For such tuning you will need a guillotine, a lathe, a press, and tools. But not everyone knows how to do such tuning.

Car owners also want to give their car a sportier look. To do this, spoilers are installed, headlights and bumpers are changed, new wheels are installed, the sizes and shapes of the wings change - this list can be continued for a long time.

Installation of LEDs

LED lighting is installed in the form of a strip or individual small lamps. It can be installed on any part of the car, both inside and outside. You can separately highlight the wheel rims or install lighting on the body pillars. If you have a controller, you can change the backlight color, its brightness and saturation. You can completely change the interior lighting and install LED.

This business is convenient because it no special equipment required– just a basic set of tools, and most importantly – your knowledge and skills. Funds are needed only to purchase lighting. It is available to order, so organizing a business is also no problem. As for the premises, any garage will do.

Airbrush

You can do this if you know how to do it or know an excellent specialist. The service is in demand, you can even specialize specifically in it at first.

To do airbrushing, you need to allocate a separate box, purchase equipment:

• compressor
• airbrush
• spray booth
• infrared drying

It is very important to have a good portfolio. If clients don’t see examples of your work, they are unlikely to want to place an order. Therefore, practice in your car and the cars of your friends. Offer airbrushing to someone at a nominal price.

Determining your niche

As already noted, at first, narrow specialization is important in this business. But this is relevant not only for starting a business, but also for its functioning in a competitive environment. You can specialize in a specific type of car or brand.

Selected brands

As an example, you can start tuning VAZ cars. This is popular in Russia everywhere and always. You can endlessly work on the interior and bodywork – there will always be people willing to do it. Spare parts are quite cheap and are produced in Togliatti, Lipetsk, Moscow and other cities.

You can start tuning certain foreign cars, for example, Subaru. Study the market, and if car owners in the city have a need for tuning cars of this brand, you can provide a service and form a permanent customer base.

SUVs

You can also specialize in tuning a certain type of car, for example, SUVs. It is generally considered by many as a separate industry. SUVs will require a larger room and different tools than other types of cars.

The wheel arches are widened, a snorkel is installed for unhindered movement on water, a roof rack, etc.

Where to begin

The most important points when starting a business:

• Market analysis, choosing your niche. Talk to car enthusiasts, do research, make a list of auto centers offering their services. Identify their shortcomings, pay attention to whether all services are available.
• Determining your own specialization. If you choose, for example, a chip tuning business, move in this direction.
• Drawing up a business plan. It must reflect all costs, competitive advantages, development and promotion plan.
• Search for premises. As a rule, a garage, a small hangar or a special building for automotive technical centers depends on the type of business and scale.
• Search for a spare parts supplier. Experienced businessmen advise finding a maximum of 2-3 regular suppliers and working only with them.
• Staff. Find yourself a partner. It is advisable that this be an experienced craftsman or an easily trained employee, in the case where you will take on the bulk of the work. Business does not require a large number of people if you work in a room designed for 1-3 cars. In this case, 3 people is a maximum.
• Register your business. If you do your own airbrushing, installing LEDs or painting, you just need to register an individual entrepreneur. And if you perform body tuning and work with a large number of clients and personnel, it is better to register a company, a legal entity.

As for the payback and profitability of a business, it all depends on its type. Minimum starting capital – in the case of lighting installation. Will need from 10 thousand rubles. + room rental. There is no maximum value - it all depends on the cost of the equipment and the need to pre-purchase spare parts. To tune VAZ cars, you can purchase the essentials in advance. But for foreign cars, it’s better to work to order.

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In the new collection, the “1000 Ideas” portal has collected 15 unusual business projects on transport topics. Read about how buses can be adapted into hotels and meditation salons, how to refuel a car using a mobile application, what smart gloves for motorcyclists and a vending machine for cars are.

Smart tires that warn of wear

The Italian company Pirelli presented smart tires that can use a mobile application to warn the owner about the degree of wear. Small sensors built into the sidewalls of tires can collect data on mileage, temperature, pressure and wear. Information is collected for each wheel separately and then sent to the driver using the application. So far, such chips are built into two types of proprietary buses. In the US, the new product will be available in the summer of 2017, and in Europe and Russia it should appear no earlier than the end of the year.

Hotels in old buses

The owner of the Chinese amusement park Tai Tai Mountain Park came up with an unusual look for hotels by buying dozens of old buses at a cheap price and creating themed interiors in their interiors. Now in a number of his works you can find bus numbers with Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty and other famous cartoon characters.

Services for protection against tow trucks

In large cities of our country, Internet services and mobile applications have begun to operate to protect drivers of personal cars from tow trucks. Owners of illegally parked cars usually learn about the approach of a tow truck from former victims of towing, who themselves experienced all its consequences. It's no secret that getting your vehicle out of imprisonment at an impound lot sometimes requires not only a lot of time and money, but also nerves.

Gasoline delivery using a mobile application

In American cities, gasoline delivery services using mobile applications are actively appearing. The client reports the location of the parked car, a convenient time for refueling and opens the gas tank flap, and the courier arrives and refuels the car. The idea turned out to be very popular - similar services began to be tested by entrepreneurs from Russia.

New York has a new system to combat drivers who violate parking rules. A system called The Barnacle is attached to their windshields, which cannot be removed without paying a fine. The system looks like a large book, which, when opened, is hung on the glass and completely blocks the driver’s view. When you try to rip it off yourself, the alarm immediately goes off. Therefore, the only reasonable option is to part with the money, pay a fine for the offense, receive an activation code and enter it through the keyboard built into the device.

Two Indian mother and daughter artists from Ahmedabad, Soundya Pandya Thakkar and Shakuntala Pandya, have come up with an unusual way to reduce the number of accidents on Indian roads. By painting a three-dimensional zebra crossing on the road in the form of concrete blocks, they were able to force drivers to slow down to the limit before a pedestrian crossing.

The TurnPoint Glove is a turn-by-turn navigation device for motorcyclists that was created to make following GPS safer. It resembles the rotating disk of an old telephone and is located in a special slot on the left glove. The device shows the motorcyclist the direction of the turn and the distance to it, synchronizing with the GPS navigator via Bluetooth LE. The advantage of the device is that it is quite easy to use, but at the same time it helps the driver not to be distracted by the navigator and not to peer at the diagrams, and also to avoid situations of “flying” past turns. In addition, gloves allow you to operate the system without removing your hands from the steering wheel. For example, touching your thumb and forefinger will indicate the distance to the next waypoint.

Kangaroo Collision Detectors

There are more than 20,000 road traffic accidents involving kangaroos in Australia every year. When this carcass weighing up to 60, and sometimes 80 kg, suddenly crosses the road at speeds of up to 60 km/h, any Australian driver is not laughing at all. In this regard, the Volvo automaker, which already had experience in creating radars that can detect animals such as elk, reindeer or cows, decided to add a kangaroo radar to the list.

Spherical tires

A company called Goodyear has developed tires for the cars of the future that can rotate 360 ​​degrees. Spherical tires called Eagle are the same as regular ball bearings or wheels in a computer mouse. Moreover, such balls are not attached to the body, simply hanging in the air due to magnetic levitation.

Canadian clothing brand Lululemon Athletica decided to help Londoners find peace of mind by adapting a double-decker bus for meditation. The interior of the bus was transformed into an oasis of calm and scented with cinnamon, lavender and jasmine. Passengers are also offered light snacks from the Neat Nutrition brand. It was possible to use the bus services for several days in January 2017. The event was timed to coincide with the opening of the flagship clothing store on Regent Street.

Car roof tent

The IKamper company specializes in tents that are installed on the roofs of cars. The head of the company was inspired by the novel by American writer Jack Kerouac “On the Road” and childhood dreams of a tree house. However, the “houses” he created are much better - they can be taken to any place where the road allows, and installed in 1-2 minutes.

At a high-tech exhibition in China, a bus was presented that can move above traffic and accommodate up to 1,400 passengers. The design of the vehicle is a tunnel about 3 meters high. Moving on rails installed along the roadsides, the new type of public transport carries two lanes of cars underneath it.

L’Oreal came up with an original campaign to advertise the FlowerbombSurprise perfume fragrance from Victor & Rolf, creating a branded flower taxi. The design of the taxi body completely replicates the bottle of branded perfume, and the interior is decorated with pink suede upholstery and more than 1000 colors.

Modular driverless trucks

In 2017, the first modular self-driving electric trucks will appear in the UK, which can be built in just 4 hours. They will run on electricity. In this case, the basic battery charge is enough for 160 km of driving. According to company representatives, it was decided to make the trucks as “affordable, elegant, quiet, clean and safe” as possible, and their use will help reduce costs for logistics operators by at least half.