Recent content by Chris88

The colour of your base coat is the colour of your car. A black car will have black base coat, a white car will have white base coat, a blue car will have blue base coat, etc.The only variation is tricoats where you have a base coat then a mid coat. If you're seeing white scratches in your...

Scratches are always so hard to evaluate through photos, anin person look is the only way to truly know the depth. That being said they do look lighter. I would say they're either polishable or would come out mostly with polish. Should be a minor charge

Lol yes definitely!

Do you have photos? It is pretty common for manufacturers to apply less paint inside the jambs. Sometimes on tricoats they even only apply 2 layers of base and leave out the mid coat. Quite often less clear coat is applied as well I personally would prefer if all my jambs were fully refinished...

Yes using 3M products should help if used properly. Be sure clean and degrease very well and use an adhesion promoter. What vehicles have you previously owned? I cannot think of a single vehicle that does not also have a weatherstrip on the door.

Yes the M3 lower seals are the same, Tesla isn't the first to do this. Some Manufacturers like Ford and Toyota use a combination like clips 75% of the way and only adhesive along the top. And others such as BMW and Volkswagen have used it for the whole weatherstrip around the door without clips...

Hard to say in the photos, but is there some kind of product in the hole? Possibly extra structural adhesive or seam sealer that leaked out? Can you tell of the holes are threaded? Or is it just a thin hole?

FWIW the rocker is steel. Keep in mind other people may have similiar looking damage or damage caused by the same type of impact, but any repair technician will tell you that no 2 repairs are the same. To really know how much it will cost will require taking it in to a repair facility for a in...

Ooof that's a bad one. You would call that the rocker panel on the side aperture panel. It may be a good candidate for replacement. It's obviously punched up quite a bit, but what's under the rocker moulding is probably worse. I'd recommend taking it to a TABS. But do your research first and...

They're not screws or any type of defect. They should just be a stud that is welded to the wheelhouse and the plastic screw/grommet thing just threads on over top of the liner. Other manufacturers do this as well and is not unique to Tesla

/\ This, easy fix

Although I can't confirm the composition of all the paint Tesla uses, I sure wouldn't believe this. It sounds like whoever you were talking to was either told that or made that excuse up on their own to alleviate your worries. There's a few reasons why it wouldn't make sense that they would use...

First 2 look like something rubbed the stone guard after application at the factory before refinish. The last one just looks like something rubbed up against the edge and through the paint on the bumper. I wouldn't consider either of these typical Tesla paint issues but rather one offs. Did...

Looks to be from adjustment, probably to correct panel gaps. Only way to find out is to contact them sooner than later

The rocker isn't removable and will be repaired on the vehicle. The welding or pin pulling technique is the proper way to repair it. A proper rough out will require less filler and help ensure a longer lasting quality repair. Industry standard requires no more than 1/8 inch of filler to be used...