Earlier this year, everywhere we turn on the internet, there is always someone asking how to become a car tuner. So we decided to make a post on it. So, if this has also been your long-time heart cry, you should get your answers from this post.
Car tuning has always been the dream of many people – they love to make a career from it. But because of the limited knowledge and mentors in the field, it becomes difficult for them to achieve such a dream. It is not easy to find a quality tutor and guidance in this career path. Many professional tuners we see today had to learn everything they know on their own.
But things are changing gradually. We are beginning to have access to more information on how people can become professional tuners without having to first burn their hands. Let’s learn some useful tips about car tuning in this post.
Tips for Becoming a Professional Car Tuner
#1: Go to school
Just having a passion for the profession is not enough. You need to go a step further by obtaining the necessary knowledge about it. So get yourself schooled in car tuning. You can do this either through one-on-one lessons or online courses.
Find a local community college online and check through the automotive classes they offer. Select an intro class and note the kind of textbooks recommended for such classes. Now, buy those books and thoroughly read them. You will definitely be learning a lot from the intro books about how cars work generally. That will help you get familiar with important industry terms and make you have a good understanding of what you are saying when the time comes for you to have a conversation with a track or race guy.
#2: Get relevant books on engine tuning
Now that you have good knowledge about general car intro, it’s time to acquire some knowledge about car and engine tuning. So buy relevant books you can find on this subject. Check for books that have good reviews and are relatively new. This will help you gain knowledge about trending techniques and tools. For instance, using optimizing airflow inside heads using Dremel is no longer the best way to go. Technology has now made this easier. You can simply achieve the same or even better result using CNC along with computer modeling. So look out for good and new books and learn all you can from them.
#3: Buy a car and start working on it
Look for a car or two you can start working with and buy it. It doesn’t have to be a 1000hp build. Even a low-powered NA vehicle will do the job. But choose a type of car that has a good following and a good community behind it. Start testing what you know about car tuning on the car.
Check online for a forum that has people that are also enthusiastic about your type of car and make it your home. One fast way to grow as a car tuner is to be in the community of people that can take apart an entire car piece by piece and assemble it back together again in just a week. It will greatly help your growth as a car tuner.
#4: Test-run your skills by offering to tune for free
As you work on your own car, it won’t be a bad idea to start letting people know that you have good car tuning skills too. Start within your circles – your friends and family. You can decide to tune their cars for free. Find a local racetrack around and offer to help them for free – even if it means just helping them with changing tires. This will help you build a strong network for your car tuning career while you also gain more experience tuning cars.
#5: Start your car tuning business
Once you have gained some levels of popularity and built a strong network around yourself, it’s time to turn your skills into a business. That is the same path most professional car tuners we know today thread. Get yourself into a location where your skills will be appreciated and where competition is also low.
You may need to begin by offering to tune people’s cars for free to gain their trust. Then gradually, start making good money from car tuning.
If business seems not to be happening as expected. Look for a local car tuning workshop around and see if they can have a position for you pending the time you are able to get yourself together too. That could also serve as a good opportunity for you to build that contact list that will help lift your business when you eventually decide to start out fully.
#6: Stay consistent and keep putting in the work
This journey might not be a quick one. It might not be an easy one either. So you just have to keep putting in your best and stay consistent all the way. Becoming a professional car tuner is now easier than it used to be and following the tips given above can help make the journey easier and faster for you.
