Benny's Original Motor Works

Type	VEHICLE CUSTOMIZATION COMPANY
Benny's Original Motor Works
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto Online
Locations	Alta Street, Strawberry, Los Santos
Business & Operation
Founded	2005

“Introducing Benny’s Original Motor Works, a new customs shop in downtown Strawberry that offers a huge range of lowrider customizations that can turn your classic junker into a high-spec, tricked-out king of the streets.”

— Description.

Benny's Original Motor Works is a vehicle customization and tuning shop introduced into Grand Theft Auto Online in the Lowriders update.

Description

“Located conveniently in Strawberry, just south of the Olympic Freeway, Benny's is a full service garage specializing in Lowrider culture and customization.”

— Rockstar Newswire Description.

Benny's Original Motor Works allows players to fit specialized equipment and accessories to their cars in GTA Online, such as hydraulics, custom stereos, vinyls, engine and interior mods and unique paint-jobs. Unlike Los Santos Customs, where the vast majority of vehicles in the game can be modified, only a select few models can be modified at Benny's Original Motor Works. It was initially available for selected muscle cars, sedans and vans for lowrider-type modifications. However, with the subsequent updates, this was greatly expanded for selected vehicles for high-performance modifications and full-body "retro" conversions.

Before any modifications can be fitted, the player must pay to upgrade their base vehicle to a "custom" variant, after which the additional modifications unique to Benny's can be applied. As well as the actual garage, Benny also owns a website under the same name (URL:Bennysoriginalmotorworks.com) which lists the vehicles that are eligible for modification at the shop, as well as allowing players to purchase those vehicles (the prices for which are the same as on the various other vehicle websites in the game).

Fitting parts to the cars is an almost identical process to how modifications are applied at Los Santos Customs, with similar categories. Additional camera angles are provided for the various interior modifications. The original modification options from Los Santos Customs are also available to be applied at Benny's, although some can only be applied to the base model car rather than the conversion.

Vehicles

A total of 31 vehicles are eligible for customization in Benny's Original Motor Works:

Part of The Criminal Enterprises

Type	Name (Converted)	Base Price	Image	Conversion Cost	After Conversion
Compacts	Grotti Brioso 300 (Widebody)	$610,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$585,000 ($1,195,000 total)
Muscle	BF Weevil (Custom)	$870,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$980,000 ($1,850,000 total)
Sports	Obey 10F (Widebody)	$1,675,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$575,000 ($2,250,000 total)
Sports	Übermacht Sentinel Classic (Widebody)	$650,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$700,000 ($1,350,000 total)

Part of Los Santos Summer Special

Type	Name (Converted)	Base Price	Image	Conversion Cost	After Conversion
Muscle	Bravado Gauntlet Classic (Custom)	$615,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$815,000 ($1,430,000 total)
Sedan	Benefactor Glendale (Custom)	$200,000 (Can be bought on different websites)		$520,000 ($720,000 total)
Muscle	Albany Manana (Custom)	$10,000 (Debut released on August 11, 2020)		$925,000 ($935,000 total)
Sports Classics	Vapid Peyote (Custom)	$38,000 (Debut released on August 11, 2020)		$620,000 ($658,000 total)
Off-Road	Declasse Yosemite (Rancher)	$485,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$700,000 ($1,185,000 total)
Vans	Bravado Youga Classic (4x4)	$195,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$1,288,000 ($1,483,000 total)

Part of Import/Export

Type	Name (Converted)	Base Price	Image	Conversion Cost	After Conversion
Motorcycles	Principe Diabolus (Custom)	$169,000		$245,000 ($414,000 total)
Sports	Pfister Comet (Retro Custom)	N/A		$645,000 ($745,000 total)
Sports	Annis Elegy RH8 (Retro Custom)	$95,000 FREE (Can be bought on a different website)		$904,000 ($999,000 total)
Motorcycles	Pegassi FCR 1000 (Custom)	$135,000		$196,000 ($331,000 total)
Super	Progen Itali GTB (Custom)	$1,189,000		$495,000 ($1,684,000 total)
Super	Truffade Nero (Custom)	$1,440,000		$605,000 ($2,045,000 total)
Sports	Dewbauchee Specter (Custom)	$599,000		$252,000 ($851,000 total)

Part of Lowriders: Custom Classics

Type	Name (Converted)	Base Price	Image	Conversion Cost	After Conversion
Muscle	Willard Faction (Custom Donk)	$36,000		$695,000 ($731,000 total)
Vans	Vapid Minivan (Custom)	$30,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$330,000 ($360,000 total)
Muscle	Declasse Sabre Turbo (Custom)	$15,000 (Debut released on April 19, 2016)		$490,000 ($505,000 total)
Muscle	Vapid Slamvan (Custom)	$49,500 (Can be bought on different websites)		$415,000 ($464,500 total)
Sports Classics	Declasse Tornado (Custom)	$30,000 (Debut released on April 4, 2016)		$375,000 ($405,000 total)
Muscle	Dundreary Virgo Classic (Custom)	$165,000		$240,000 ($405,000 total)

Part of January 2016 Update

Type	Name (Converted)	Base Price	Image	Conversion Cost	After Conversion
Sports	Bravado Banshee (900R)	$105,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$565,000 ($670,000 total)
Sports	Karin Sultan (RS)	$12,000 (Debut released on January 28, 2016)		$795,000 ($807,000 total)

Part of Lowriders

Type	Name (Converted)	Base Price	Image	Conversion Cost	After Conversion
Muscle	Albany Buccaneer (Custom)	$29,000 (Debut released on October 20th, 2015)		$390,000 ($419,000 total)
Muscle	Vapid Chino (Custom)	$225,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$180,000 ($405,000 total)
Muscle	Willard Faction (Custom)	$36,000		$335,000 ($371,000 total)
Muscle	Declasse Moonbeam (Custom)	$32,500		$370,000 ($402,500 total)
Sedan	Albany Primo (Custom)	$9,000 (Can be bought on a different website)		$400,000 ($409,000 total)
Muscle	Declasse Voodoo (Custom)	$5,500 (Debut released on October 20th, 2015)		$420,000 ($425,500 total)

Modifications

“Deck out your engine block with covers and air filters, coat your interiors with velour, leather and patterns, choose custom colors and designs for your dials, or add a new steering wheel and custom shift levers. Give your ride lift with hydraulics - the more powerful the pumps, the higher you can bounce. And boost your stereo’s performance with new speakers and subs in the back - a huge range of lowrider customizations that can turn your classic junker into a high-spec, tricked-out king of the streets.”

— Description.

Benny's Original Motor Works can apply every category of modifications to the 31 custom cars, including the modifications also available at Los Santos Customs and Beeker's Garage.

Vehicles can have a range of modifications sorted into unique categories, namely Engine Blocks, Trims and Interior options. Benny's vehicle can be also modified at other mod shops, but they have limited access to standard categories, meaning interior options are unavailable outside Benny's.

Benny's customization options were solely available here. However, it was later available on CEO Offices (with the addition of a private mod-shop) and the Arena Workshop (by hiring a guest mechanic).

Gallery

The exterior of Benny's Original Motor Works.

Main Page cover in Grand Theft Auto Online.

Stock list on Benny's Original Motor Works (upon release of GTA Online: Lowriders).

"Find Us" location given on the in-game website.

The player modifying his car in Benny's garage.

A Voodoo Custom leaving Benny's Original Motor Works.

A Faction Custom Donk in Benny's Original Motor Works.

A Slamvan Custom in Benny's Original Motor Works.

Benny's Original Motor Works business license.

The Benny's Original Motor Works cap.

The 3 Polaroid-style pictures appearing on the website after the Lowriders: Custom Classics Update, displaying a Tornado and Sabre Turbo.

Interior

A worktable featuring a car battery, wrench, several oil containers, a blow torch, a Power Metal tool box, an exhaust with silencer/catalyst, a Power Metal drill case, Power Metal tool chest, and a vice.

A worktable featuring a vice, fan, wrench and a twin-cam 4 cylinder engine. Another exhaust can be found on the shelves, as well as a six-spoke rim and numerous boxes.

A worktable with 3 large exhaust pipes and catalysts, angle grinder, as well as a large pegboard with several tools.

Primary workshop with main showroom/roof display, as well as a Banshee on a car lift.

The secondary workshop with numerous worktables, an engine hoist, a hydraulic car lift with a supercharged Peyote and a covered Cheetah.

Tyre rack found on the secondary workshop, as well as an engine hoist and several bumpers, hoods, catalysts, and a compressor.

Two large tool cabinets, one being a Power Metal chest. A hydraulic lift can be seen.

Another smaller workshop room with several car parts, tables, cabinets and shelves. Numerous banners can be seen hanging from the walls.

A supercharged Peyote on the hydraulic car lift, along with a covered Cheetah.

Business license.

Landing with several weight lifts, seating area, drum kit, vending machine and a tyre stack.

Information found on the wall on the left of the entrance.

The twin-cam 4 cylinder engine seen on the table, also found at Los Santos Customs.

Numerous bumpers.

Bumpers and three large gas canisters.

A Banshee found on a car lift with the hood being resprayed.

Official screenshot from 2020, featuring a Voodoo Custom inside the workshop.

Video

GTA Online- Lowriders - Benny's Original Motor Works

Trivia

• The music track "This D.J." by Warren G can sometimes be heard playing inside Benny's garage. This song originally could not be found on any of the radio stations, but was later added to West Coast Classics in the 1.30 patch.
• A business license can be seen inside Benny's Original Motor Works. Strangely, it does not specify the name of the actual business - which is simply stated to be "Auto Repair Premises" - nor does it provide a proper address and zip code - which is instead stated to be "A Street in, Los Santos, A Zip Code".
  • Additionally, the word "having" in the license statement is misspelled as "havin".
• After the update was released, a Benny's Original Motor Works cap was obtainable if the players logged on GTA Online during October 25, 2015 which was part of the event weekend.
• On the left pillar of the garage entry, graffiti resembling the original "GROVE ST 4 LIFE" tag from San Andreas can be observed, albeit in white. Before the update, the building did not have any graffiti on the front.
• If the player visits Benny's website in story mode, the site will say that it is under construction.

  

  Attempting to access Benny's Original Motorworks in Story Mode.

• Most vehicles that are upgraded to a custom variant in Benny's garage will have negative camber angle wheels. The only vehicles this effect does apply are Buccaneer Custom, Chino Custom, Faction Custom, Moonbeam Custom, Primo Custom and Voodoo Custom.
• The wheels from the category 'Benny's Originals' cannot be bought for other cars at Los Santos Customs or Beeker's Garage, but they can be applied to all cars by using otherwise unconventional ways, such as trainers.
• Despite claiming the custom shop only works on vehicles specified on the website, a sheeted-over Cheetah can be seen inside the garage.
  • Furthermore, in late 2021, Lamar claims his Albany Emperor was tuned at Benny’s despite the shop not supporting any modifications for this vehicle.
• If a vehicle equipped with a wheel from the Street category is brought in, the text in the tire design options will show the options intended for Benny's wheels (though the designs remain as they are).

See Also

• Loco Low Co. - A similar custom shop appearing in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• Hao's Special Works - Another similar custom shop appearing in the Expanded & Enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto Online.