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[[File:8ball.jpg|thumb|350px|8-Ball Autos in [[Harwood]]]]
{{infobox business|
| image = EightballsAutoyard-GTAIII-logo.png
| size = 250x250px
| game_1 = GTA III
| game_2 = GTA Vice City
| game_3 = GTA San Andreas
| game_4 = GTA Advance
| game_5 = GTA Liberty City Stories
| game_6 = GTA Vice City Stories
| name = 8-Ball Autos
| type = [[:Category:Weapon Dealers|Weapon Dealer]]
| owner = [[8-Ball]]
| location = [[Harwood]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]<br />[[Newport]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]<br />[[Pike Creek]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]<br />[[Viceport]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]<br />[[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]<br />[[El Corona]], [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]]
| affiliation = [[Leone Family]]
| missions = '''GTA III''': [[Mike Lips Last Lunch]], [[Bomb Da Base Act I]], [[Bomb Da Base Act II]] & [[Kanbu Bust-out]]<br />'''GTA Advance''': [[Twisted Metal]], [[Ill Repute]], [[Droppin' Bombs]], [[Scorelli (mission)|Scorelli]], [[Love Boat]] & [[Love of Money]]<br />'''GTA Liberty City Stories''': [[Shogun Showdown]], [[Blow Up 'Dolls']] & [[Bringing the House Down]]
| employee = [[Slick]]
}}
'''8-Ball Autos''', also referred to as '''Eightballs Autoyard''', is a recurring chain of [[Car Bomb|automobile bomb]] shops in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]].


8-Ball Autos, also referred to as '''Eightballs Autoyard''' in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], is an [[Car Bomb|automobile bomb]] shop in the [[GTA III Era]].The business appears in GTA III, [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. The business is owned by explosives expert [[8-Ball]], who at one point in [[2000]]/[[2001]] employs [[Slick]] at the [[Portland Island]] shop in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. This shop arms your vehicle with a remote and timed bomb.
== Description ==
In its original appearance in GTA III, the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]-based business is presumed to be owned by explosives expert [[8-Ball]], who at one point in [[2000]]/[[2001]] employs [[Slick]] at the [[Portland]] shop in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. The shop arms the player's vehicle with a remote, timed and engine ignition bomb. Further appearances of the bomb shops in 1980s [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, and in [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]] circa 1992 in GTA San Andreas imply that the business has a wider reach in the United States and has existed as early as [[1984]]; it is unknown who owned the bomb shops during these periods.


==Locations==
In GTA III and GTA Advance each bomb fitted costs $1,000, while in GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories each bomb fitted costs $500.
'''Liberty City'''
*[[Harwood]], [[Portland Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
*[[Newport]], [[Staunton Island]], Liberty City
*[[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]], Liberty City


'''Vice City'''
== Locations ==
*[[Viceport]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] (GTA Vice City)
; GTA III, GTA Advance & GTA Liberty City Stories
*[[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]], Vice City (GTA Vice City Stories)
* [[Harwood]], [[Portland]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]].
* [[Newport]], [[Staunton Island|Staunton]], Liberty City.
* [[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]], Liberty City.


'''San Andreas'''
; GTA Vice City
*[[El Corona]], [[Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] (near Unity Station)
* [[Viceport]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]].


==Cost==
; GTA San Andreas
*In GTA III and GTA Advance each bomb fitted costs $1,000.
* [[El Corona]], [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]], [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]] (near [[Unity Station]]).
*In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories each bomb fitted costs $500.


==Trivia==
; GTA Vice City Stories
*The 8-Ball Autos Portland Island branch in GTA Advance is still in Harwood, but is incorrectly called [[Portland Beach]].
* [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]], Vice City.
*The telephone number of 8-Ball Autos in GTA San Andreas is (555) 010012, with 010012 being the zip code of [[Rockstar Games]] in New York City.
 
*Detonation in GTA III and GTA San Andreas occurs automatically about eight seconds after the detonation sequence is triggered. Whilst in GTA Vice City, the detonation is triggered by a detonator button.
== Gallery ==
*Bombs from the business are used in the missions [[Mike Lips Last Lunch]], [[Bomb Da Base Act II]] and [[Kanbu Bust-out]] (GTA III), [[Shogun Showdown]] and [[Bringing the House Down]] (GTA Liberty City Stories).
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="180">
*The shop in Harwood, Portland Island serves as the starting location for 8-Ball's missions in GTA Advance.
EightballsAutoyard-GTAIII-Harwood.jpg|Eightballs Autoyard in Harwood, Portland, GTA III.
*Although there is a 8-Balls Autos in San Andreas it is not used for any mission in the game and it is located next to the 24-7 near Unity Station, El Corona.
EightballsAutoyard-GTAIII-Newport.jpg|Eightballs Autoyard in Newport, Staunton, GTA III.
[[Category:Businesses]]
EightballsAutoyard-GTAIII-PikeCreek.jpg|Eightballs Autoyard in Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale, GTA III.
8-Ballgarage-GTAVC-Viceport.jpg|8-Ball bomb shop in [[Viceport]], GTA Vice City.
8-Ballgarage-GTASA-ElCorona.jpg|8-Ball bomb shop in [[El Corona]], GTA San Andreas.
8-Ballgarage-GTAVCS-Downtown.jpg|8-Ball bomb shop in [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]], GTA Vice City Stories.
</gallery>
 
== Trivia ==
* The 8-Ball Autos Portland branch in GTA Advance is still in Harwood, but is incorrectly placed in the [[Portland Beach]] area.
* The telephone number of 8-Ball Autos in GTA San Andreas is (555) 010012, with 010012 being the zip code of [[Rockstar Games]] in New York City.
* Bombs from the business are used in the missions [[Mike Lips Last Lunch]], [[Bomb Da Base Act II]] and [[Kanbu Bust-out]] (GTA III), [[Shogun Showdown]], [[Blow Up 'Dolls']] and [[Bringing the House Down]] (GTA Liberty City Stories).
* The shop in Harwood, Portland serves as the starting location for 8-Ball's missions in GTA Advance.
 
[[Category:Businesses in GTA III]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA San Andreas]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Advance]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Liberty City Stories]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City Stories]]
[[Category:Businesses in 3D Universe]]
[[Category:Businesses in Liberty City in 3D Universe]]
[[Category:Businesses in Vice City in 3D Universe]]
[[Category:Businesses in Los Santos in 3D Universe]]
[[Category:Criminal Businesses]]
[[Category:Weapon Dealers]]
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