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  1. Tripod

    Multiple mechanics/Tesla SC visits, steering wheel vibration not fixed.

    Those videos of the half shafts wobbling is amazing. The Driveshaft Shop has a set of four axles for $2700 which is incredibly expensive, but I bet they would stay straight. Tesla Model 3 High Horsepower CV Axles (SET OF 4) - Driveshaft Shop
  2. Tripod

    Multiple mechanics/Tesla SC visits, steering wheel vibration not fixed.

    Are you mechanically inclined? Could you do some repairs yourself?
  3. Tripod

    2022 M3 “Salvage”

    Have you tried turning it off and on again?
  4. Tripod

    Multiple mechanics/Tesla SC visits, steering wheel vibration not fixed.

    That is crazy. At some point people will have to do bearings in drive units themselves. What's your plan?
  5. Tripod

    Multiple mechanics/Tesla SC visits, steering wheel vibration not fixed.

    '22 M3P, I have a very slight vibration at low speeds on almost any road surface, but more noticeable on smooth surfaces. Above 80 mph the vibration becomes very evident. I had the car aligned after putting H&R lowering springs on it and it drove great for a long time. No abnormal wear on tires...
  6. Tripod

    Will H&R springs work with stock dampers?

    I'm here because I am now seriously considering upgraded shocks. I have H&R springs on the car and it looks great, rides fine around town and I can still go over the majority of speed bumps and moderately steep approaches, but I do have to come in at steep angles for any kind of steep driveway...
  7. Tripod

    2022 Model 3 Front Passenger side Rattle (Glovebox area)

    The speaker cover at the front of the dash rattles and so does the a-pillar cover in my car. It's just poor quality workmanship or design or both. I could fix it myself but it's not frequent enough for me to start taking apart the interior. Maybe when it's warmer. A little bit of double sticky...
  8. Tripod

    Hello from Minnesota!

    Yeah, and a regular 30 amp 220v circuit charges the car overnight easily. Lots of people want 50 amps or the maximum possible but 30 is fine. The wall charger limits it to 24 amps (doesn't run up to the limit of the breaker that way) and we have zero problems charging as much as we want overnight.
  9. Tripod

    Hello from Minnesota!

    The car heats and cools without using much battery. I always (scheduled) precondition it before work and it's nice and warm. You're gonna love it.
  10. Tripod

    Clunking noise from the rear of the car finally fixed!

    I got a clunk this morning leaving the garage and driveway. It happened upon brake application so my first thought was that a control arm bolt or something in the suspension or brakes might be coming loose. It went away after a couple attempts to recreate it. I'll check this trunk hinge stopper...
  11. Tripod

    How best to set up my garage 100 amp sub panel for EV charging?

    They should charge to full in a short time with that.
  12. Tripod

    garage floor finish

    On the contrary, go with black epoxy!
  13. Tripod

    How best to set up my garage 100 amp sub panel for EV charging?

    The Tesla wall charger looks a million times better than a NEMA outlet and the adapter cable. Highly recommend that. Then you just run a 220 circuit from your breaker panel to where you want to mount it. If you sleep during the night, you'll wake up to a fully charged car in the morning with...
  14. Tripod

    New battery pack on a three week old car

    I bet he had some help coming up with his ideas.
  15. Tripod

    Unable to see Cost Estimates in app

    I have the same issue. Stuck at the same point and they said they emailed me as well. There is no email from them.
  16. Tripod

    Snippiness 2.0

    No vehicle in the history of vehicles before yours ever came with a bad engine or transmission or something which made it INOP that the factory then repaired/replaced for free. You have suffered the greatest pain, greater than Wesley in Princess Bride.
  17. Tripod

    Is it possible to get 250 miles on the interstate with a 2022 M3P?

    Excellent story, please tell it again! ;)
  18. Tripod

    Is it possible to get 250 miles on the interstate with a 2022 M3P?

    Owning an electric car is just different than an ICE car. You should understand that it's very good, but can't match the range of some ice cars because battery technology is still evolving. ICE engines are about as far as they can go, and it took 100 years for it to happen. But we all know that...
  19. Tripod

    2022 Model 3 Front Passenger side Rattle (Glovebox area)

    Have you driven with the glove box open? The a-pillar covers and dash board speaker vent rattle on my new car. My garage door opener also rattles as I find out the other day. Start folding paper and sticking it in between panels until it goes away.
  20. Tripod

    Raleigh NC - Looking to get coilovers installed need recommendation for shop

    A retail chain tire shop is probably not where you want to go since they mainly just put sick vehicles back into spec. Once you lower a car, it may never been in spec with camber. You can get toe right on the money with a mild drop. I only know the place in Greenville NC that I went to. I...
  21. Tripod

    Raleigh NC - Looking to get coilovers installed need recommendation for shop

    If you're still looking, you should consider doing it yourself. I installed lowering springs on my M3P and it's really not hard at all once you have the right jack pads and jack stands. You will need an alignment afterward.
  22. Tripod

    2021 Model 3 Performance quality review

    I installed H&R springs and the height is perfect, just a touch firmer than stock. 1. They are the best electric cars you can drive (charging network, development). 2. Ever read Ayn Rand? lol. You can learn a lot about Elon in her books. C'est la vie
  23. Tripod

    Can any shop do wheel alignment

    Mine was $98. North Carolina though, so that may be a reason. Your SoCal alignment shop owner has to make his mortgage payment too, ya know? But seriously, you should not pay $200 for an alignment. It took less than one hour, and that's with me fiddling around with the service mode, door latch...
  24. Tripod

    Only Tesla can do the alignment??

    Please post a link here or your channel so I can take a look.
  25. Tripod

    2021 Model 3 Performance quality review

    He's in a different country. Clues include kilometer readings, oddly high dollar amount, the city he's in (Southport QLD, probably) and the time of day when he posted this.
  26. Tripod

    Uneven drop with H&R springs. Ideas, suggestions welcome.

    That's a good idea to test it. I'll make another measurement this weekend to see if anything has changed. If it was the sway bar, there wouldn't be much I could do unless I got adjustable end links.
  27. Tripod

    Can any shop do wheel alignment

    HIYO! lol
  28. Tripod

    Can any shop do wheel alignment

    H&R lowering springs installed. I have a quick trick two wheel alignment kit which I used to adjust camber as much as possible, but I wanted a four wheel alignment on a machine. I found a place that would try (Showtime wheels and tires, Greenville NC). The first place I went would not attempt...
  29. Tripod

    Uneven drop with H&R springs. Ideas, suggestions welcome.

    I installed h&r springs last Saturday (1 week ago) and I like the drop except the left rear (driver side) is slightly lower than the right rear. I attribute this to settling because the first few days it looked even or at least it wasn't as noticable. Now it has an obvious lean when looking at...
  30. Tripod

    Just Drove My Model Y in Light Rain at Night for 1st Time with "Tesla Vision" (2022.36.6): Autopilot was **Unusable**

    Yes, I wish there was an option to disable the adaptive cruise and just let me be the one who decides. It starts slowing down so gently sometimes and what I would normally do is just change lanes and continue passing the slower car. This is of course on a two-lane-per-direction highway.