Model-based apps: breadth and play
A large library, deep customisation, instant results and no photo required. Ideal for exploring a look, sketching an idea or simply messing about with cars you will never own.
THE APP CATEGORY / TWO DIFFERENT TOOLS
MOST TUNING APPSTUNE SOMEONE ELSE’S CAR.
The tuning app shelf is dominated by 3D configurators — 3DTuning, Forma Car and similar — where you choose a model from a library and customise it. They are good at what they do. They just cannot show you your car.
PHOTO-BASED · NO MODEL LIBRARY · IOS
Car tuning apps
TWO KINDS OF TUNING APP
Pick by the question you are asking. "What does this style look like?" and "what does this look like on my car?" are answered by different tools.
Photo-based apps: your specific car
One photo replaces the model library. The trade is a smaller sense of infinite options in exchange for a preview that is actually about your car, in your colour, at your ride height.
Where the library runs out
Rare imports, facelift variants, older cars and anything already modified tend not to exist in a model library. A photo has none of those gaps.
FROM CAMERA ROLL TO TUNE BAY
GETTING STARTED
If you have used a 3D tuning app before, this will feel familiar apart from step one.
- 01
Add your car instead of picking one
A single photo, once. Everything you try afterwards is previewed on that car.
- 02
Work through the catalog
Wheels, ride height, aero, wraps, lighting and colour — the same categories a configurator gives you, applied to your bodywork.
- 03
Keep the builds you like
Save versions to your garage, compare them side by side and turn the winner into a shopping list.
BEFORE YOU PULL IN
TUNING APP FAQ
01Is there a car tuning app that uses my own photo?+
Yes — that is the category TuningLab sits in. You add one photo of your car and every part you try is rendered onto it, rather than onto a model chosen from a library.
02Should I use a 3D tuning app as well?+
They pair well. Use a configurator to explore a style broadly and to play, then use a photo-based app to check whether that style survives contact with your specific car.
03Which platforms is TuningLab on?+
There is an iOS app for the garage, plus a browser extension that lets you right-click any part image on the web and try it on your car.
04Do I need a powerful phone?+
No. Renders run on cloud hardware, so the phone only needs to take the photo and show the result.
MORE FROM THE GARAGE
KEEP EXPLORING
YOUR CAR. ANY BUILD.
SAME CATEGORIES. YOUR CAR.
Swap the model library for one photo.
Open the garage