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I really appreciate this comment. I've got a '21 Model 3 Performance (lowered on TSportLine springs), and have been thinking of upgrading to a Model S Plaid. The points you make are the EXACT things I dislike about my car and were curious about. Lack of punch above 60mph, noisy cab, lack of...

Yeah, okay. That does make sense in my head. Thanks for calming me down on the whole 'knuckle deflection' idea I was heading towards!

Yeah, now that's I'm looking through and reading their measurements, they have a very wide and tall 255/35R20. I wonder why. And I agree, the 245/35R20 is surprisingly smaller. How would you even know if it has horrible noise? My Model 3 is the loudest vehicle I own. ha ha That's comparing to a...

I will say, these tires are very quiet for a non-acoustic mat tire. I also did some further knuckle and hub testing. Basically I welded some large nuts to a rod I had lying around so I could put them on the hub with lug nuts holding it firmly in place and actuate the assembly with some force...

I ended up with 245/35R20's. It doesn't make sense, they should only give 3.5mm extra clearance to the knuckle, but they give about 15mm. Just goes to show that tire sizes are more of a guideline than a true measurement. MICHELIN PILOT SPORT ALL SEASON 4 - 255/35R20 on hoist: MICHELIN PILOT...

On the MN comment, I agree. We'd get 3-4 weeks of actual 35deg below freezing before windchill. I like MI winters better. And Discount Tire Co. I may have convinced them it was their fault since they recommended this tire and the last tire was the same size and fit.

Sure, I was just surprised to see the tires get any closer on the top when set onto the ground. I'm with you, I'm not going to run low pressure on these roads. I used to live in MN and the roads were significantly nicer there. I'm guessing this is mostly brand to brand and model to model tire...

Hello guys, I have a 2021 Model 3 Performance and recently got new tires. I went with some 355/35R20's and had a few mm's clearance to the upper control arm mounting on the knuckle. After I let the car down off the hoist, the knuckle either deflected some or the hub deflected some and the...

They took some cleaning up, but I'm really happy with the styling on them. They've held up great for the last year or so! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W6NZ25H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

ha ha thanks for the compliment. Honestly, if you wanted to do a staggered setup, 275's would probably fit on the rear, but... the wheels are 9" (228.6mm) wheels. 10" (254mm) or 10.5" (266.7mm) wheels would work better. I'm pretty happy with the results. I will say, I went with a very toe...

I went with these. Couldn't be happier. Slightly more grip than the OEM PZero's (due to width I'm sure), they look better, cheaper, and they're great in the snow/ice! I have no rubbing or anything, but I think a 275 would be really tight. Also, I told the car I have the race tires on there and...

TSportLine - Performance https://tsportline.com/products/tesla-model-3-lowering-springs?variant=22372590452796

I go through the car wash all the time! No issues here.

Ha ha I think we're in similar shape on this stuff. Capable, have the tools, have the extra vehicle, no longer really enjoy working on stuff but don't trust others to. Working from home definitely helps. I was able to do the shop prep the day before on my lunch break. Tools, stands, cleared off...

Yeah, definitely nothing unique about the Tesla suspension compared to anything else. In fact, the suspension is pretty basic and cheap compared to most since it's an upper and lower control arm vs a 4-link (virtual ball joint) design like you'd see on Audi or other OEMs. Get yourself some...

I played around with it on my last Audi a ridiculous amount of hours and I could never find a setup I was happy with. I ended up buying a 'lifetime alignment' at a certain firestone where a guy worked that tracked his car at the same events as me sometimes. I'd give him my alignment specs, drop...

X2, if tracking, you'll want camber or you'll 1) be giving up traction and lap times, and 2) really beat on your tires since they'll get really hot on the outside edge and likely start to fail. Aftermarket upper control arms for camber adjustment on our cars... IMO there are no good options. I...

I was going to go with UP springs as well, but they weren't in stock and I read about a clunky noise issue. I've been really happy with these though. In terms of camber and lowering a car, it's all dependent on the suspension details. This car doesn't seem to produce a lot of camber when it...

Go drop your car off there. Record phone calls. Talk to them like a lawyer would, and by that, I mean remove all emotion and talk objectively. You'll get them in a loop hole. I had to get mine escalated to regional manager and I left my car on their lot and refused to pick it up until they fixed...

No reverse rake. 1) they didn't lower the rear as much as they claim. 2) I think it ended up pretty even and I'm happy with that. This is what I measured from the top of the wheel to the bottom of the fender before coils, the day I swapped them, two days, and twenty days.

The clunking noise. ha ha that was 100% me being dumb. The j1772 to tesla adapter was in my truck in that little cubby area on the left. It was rattling around. I now keep it there wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Zero issues with these coils!

I agree with the first part with it changing vehicle dynamics, but it will be almost not noticeable at this level of offset change. The argument that a 'proper offset wheel' will perform better than spacers isn't right though. Draw a free body diagram for forces. As long as you assume the bolted...

No rubbing at all. The ride is great. On the stock tires, I was pulling just a little bit more lateral G's. Tesla Model 3 Sport Lowering Springs (TS.600.003.M3.AWD.PPU) https://tsportline.com/products/tesla-model-3-lowering-springs?variant=22372591992892 Ha ha I like that actually, but I...

Thanks! IMO it definitely makes the car look more "luxury performance", and less "range EV". I've had a few Audi's I've lowered and done OEM+ styling. I'm finally happy with the way my Model 3 looks after the tires!

They are and I'm really happy with them so far. They're decent in the snow, and the warm weather grip seems better than the OEM tires. That's probably because they're about an inch wider though. Really though, they're about the best bang per buck I found, and I like how they poke over the wheel...

255/35/R20. If you tell the car that it's on the track performance tires, the speedo is pretty perfectly on.

Thanks! I don't like the look of stretched tires. I get the increased EPA range rating, but... They had to go!

'21 M3P, lowered, 255/35R20's. No spacer in the front, 15mm spacer in the rear. (Image below) I do have 5mm and 20mm spacers as well, but I think they poke out too much. If there was a simple way to do a 10mm spacer, I'd probably do only that on the rear. Stock everything, 5f/15r looks pretty...

Just another point of reference, I picked these up and have been really happy with them: G-FORCE COMP-2 A/S PLUS - 255/35R20 https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=g-Force+COMP-2+A%2FS+PLUS&frontTire=535WR0GFC2ASPXL&rearTire=735WR0GFC2ASPXL Going up to 255's over...

No front spacers. I did make up some 5mm spacers and MIGHT toss them in, but I am not sure. It's pretty close to perfect IMO. I actually think the rear could go in about 5mm, but there aren't 10mm spacers without swapping wheel studs and I don't feel like doing that.

Thanks! I've since moved to 255/35r20 tires and run 15mm rear spacers. I think it's pretty perfect. I've had vehicles on coilovers in the past and ones much lower than this. What I really like about this height is the simplicity and the fact that I never scrape/bottom out on anything.

This is incredible! Thank you for this!

Thanks dude! I really appreciate it!

Let us know how that holds up. IMO, this type of wear creeps up on you quick. I used to check my tires all the time and they'd be fine, then one day there would be cords.

Man I do love that front suspension. Super fun to adjust camber on... But pretty awesome in any other way.

Fair enough. That's just not enough for me. I'm not sure what @aspec818 had in mind when he asked about wear, but I think anything past ~1.8deg neg camber is going to wear quick (<20k) even with basically no toe.

When you say wear was fine, how many miles were you getting before you started running out of tread? I had an Audi S4 on coilovers and adjustable upper control arms. I had it set at ~-2deg or so, toe was at about 0.05deg per side (zero felt too darty on bad roads), and after about 20,000 miles...

These are different. The coils are slightly lower. It's likely the damping in the struts/shocks are different to accommodate. Comparing my '21 M3P to my friends '21 M3LR AWD, it looked like mine sat about ~20mm lower. Here you can see there's a whole list of different coil/strut assemblies just...

I'm thinking BOM cost and environmental. You still get torque reversals on ICE vehicles. (brakes, engine braking esp on diesels with VGTs, reverse, backlash, etc...) I bet tooling on that forged part was 3X what the stamped weldment was, but unit cost on a raw forged aluminum peice is likely a...

These are what I went with: https://tsportline.com/products/tesla-model-3-lowering-springs?variant=22372591992892# Install was super easy, and I'm pretty happy with them. I was expecting the rear to sit slightly lower though. I might take the rear out and trim the lower rubber mount a bit to...

The measurement of 235mm width at the tread is actually 240mm width? Did you take two side by side? Is the aspect ratio the same or does the rolling diameter stay the same?

I had a carbon fiber one sitting in the garage before the car even arrived. Could agree more with you OP! I'm glad they limited it to one strip.

I'll admit, the distance at which my wife tailed me was alarming, but... It worked out. She's a good driver, so I wasn't worried about her hitting me, but I was worried about rocks hitting the windshield.

As it turns out, driving behind a truck and trailer they whole time makes you get incredible range! I pulled down an average of 260 Wh/mi yesterday and always had a ton of charge left when I got to superchargers. We even skipped the last one. Tire pressures were set to 46psi after playing...

Awesome! Thanks for the info! 365 Wh/mi seems crazy. Was that just because you were loaded up really heavy? I have everything set to log. I'm curious what we get during the trip tomorrow. Wish me luck! ha ha

Coms will be key for sure. I plan on having the Tesla app open on my phone in the truck most of the time so I can keep an eye on SoC. Good point on the driving faster and charging more point. I like that. I wish I was planning on doing exactly that. It looks like ABRP routes don't export to...

No, the truck is hauling the trailer. The car is hauling my family (wife and two kids). I tried airing up my tires to 50psi cold today. It seems to have hurt efficiency. I even checked GPS based speed to make sure rolling diameter wasn't off. I went from 300 to 325wh/mi. Who knows, could have...

That's a good point. Less time total. The few times I have Supercharged, I did notice it only actually charges fast for the ~20-50% SoC range and then really drops off. As much as I like the car, and most people on here like the car, she HATES my car. Calls it my 'stupid computer' and hates...

That website is sweet! Thank you. I was using PlugShare and it was pretty underwhelming. Typically we target 78mph on the expressway and obviously would slow down due to road conditions and traffic. I'll be hauling the truck and trailer as that would make my wife more nervous than driving my...