Chop Shop

Overview

Request a vehicle-chopping job from the Chop Shop NPC.
No police count is required; police, statep, and lscso jobs are blocked from the activity.
Matching vehicles lead to one of 5 temporary chop zones.
Five XP levels increase part rewards and shorten chopping times.

Chop Shop NPC: -538.86, -1719.70, 19.36
The NPC and start blip are available 24/7.
A new assigned vehicle arrives after 15-30 seconds; requesting another job has a 60-second cooldown.
Entering the assigned model sets a waypoint to a random chop zone. The zone itself has no permanent blip.

Tool shop

Swap shop

Payment is ls_auto_parts.
Level 1: 1 part → 100 money or 3 aluminum, copper, metalscrap, plastic, or steel.
Level 2: 1 part → 5 of any listed material.
Level 3: 1 part → 10 aluminum, plastic, or steel; engine1-engine5 cost 10/20/30/40/50 parts.
Level 4: 1 part → 5 aluminum, copper, metalscrap, plastic, or steel; nos costs 100 parts.

Request a job and wait for the assigned vehicle model.
Find and enter the matching vehicle to receive the chop-zone waypoint.
Remove its wheels with ls_lug_wrench, then its doors, hood, and trunk with ls_torch.
Scrap the remaining frame with ls_torch to finish the job.

Wheel, panel, and frame interactions use E skill checks. Put weapons away before targeting vehicle parts.
Wheels take 8 seconds each, doors 10 seconds each, hood and trunk 12.5 seconds each, and the frame 20 seconds before level speed bonuses.
Successful components award ls_auto_parts. Failed skill checks can break the required tool; successful uses do not consume the wrench or torch.
ls_vehicle_finder searches within 424 metres for 120 seconds and is not consumed.

XP and rewards

Level 1: 0 XP; wheels 1-3, panels 2-4, frame 5-10; job XP 25-35.
Level 2: 3,000 XP; wheels 2-4, panels 3-5, frame 6-12; job XP 35-50; 15% faster.
Level 3: 7,500 XP; wheels 3-5, panels 4-6, frame 7-14; job XP 50-75; 30% faster.
Level 4: 17,500 XP; wheels 4-6, panels 5-7, frame 8-16; job XP 75-100; 45% faster.
Level 5: 35,000 XP; wheels 5-7, panels 6-8, frame 9-18; job XP 100-150; 60% faster.

Level 4 material regression: Level 4 pays only 5 aluminum, plastic, or steel per part, while Level 3 pays 10 of each.
Reusable owned vehicles: a player-owned car is accepted when its model matches the assignment, but chopping does not delete its ownership record. The same owned car can be reused whenever that model is assigned again.