'Chrome delete' standard

[Limit X]

How do you guys the chrome delete standard vs the model 3?

 

[macgeng]

Now people will want to chrome your chrome delete.

 

[e-FTW]

I like it! A lot.

So, my chrome deleted 3 has about two years before it starts to look “normal”? That is ok, I can just take it off then. Lol

 

[blake6551]

Just FYI the cars in person had chrome, so I wouldn’t get too excited yet (although this should absolutely be an option)

 

[ckoval7]

I'll never understand the fascination with chrome delete.

 

[SemiS3XYR]

I hope it will be a 3 retrofit soon. Black out Wraps never appealed to me.

 

[ecarfan]

Just FYI the cars in person had chrome, so I wouldn’t get too excited yet (although this should absolutely be an option)

Are you saying that you were at the Model Y unveil last night in Hawthorne and you saw that the Y prototypes there had chrome trim? How many were there? Watching the livestream, the blue car on stage looked like it had black trim.

The online configurator clearly shows the Y trim as black. That must be deliberate.

I think it looks good, but I was surprised to see the black trim.

 

[Lifeinabox]

I'll never understand the fascination with chrome delete.

I’ll never understand ruining a beautiful design by sticking shiny chrome bits around the most utilitarian portions of a car.

 

[mknox]

I’ll never understand ruining a beautiful design by sticking shiny chrome bits around the most utilitarian portions of a car.

... but making them look like cheap black plastic is better?

 

[Lifeinabox]

... but making them look like cheap black plastic is better?

...but making them look like what they're not is better? I'd prefer they blend in rather than stick out but to each his/her own.

 

[macgeng]

I think the next trend will be to have the trims match the body color. Watch!

 

[Need]

Are you saying that you were at the Model Y unveil last night in Hawthorne and you saw that the Y prototypes there had chrome trim? How many were there? Watching the livestream, the blue car on stage looked like it had black trim.

The video and picture online seems like it has a dark grey color (carbon?) trims. It is not chrome color for sure.

 

[mknox]

...but making them look like what they're not is better? I'd prefer they blend in rather than stick out but to each his/her own.

I agree that personal preferences differ. But chrome seems to blend in better on, say, white than contrasting black would.

 

[S3XY]

I think the next trend will be to have the trims match the body color. Watch!

If I could find a wrap to match my 3 the door handles would and the rest would be chrome deleted in satin black.

 

[b.noing]

To me it's color dependent. Black looks much better with red or white paint in my opinion. Especially with the black wheel covers. . Also the black trim just looks more appropriate with the higher, more boxy vehicle. Sure hope they keep the delete since I ordered red paint.

 

[voip-ninja]

... but making them look like cheap black plastic is better?

If the trim gets exposed to road salt it will start to look pitted and corroded after just a couple of years. Ask me how I know. The Tesla chrome trim is also extremely soft. I'm pretty careful around my car and the chrome trim is already scuffed and scratched in a few places. Black goes with everything, doesn't pull your eye away from the shape of the car, and should wear much better over time than chrome ever will.

 

[mknox]

If the trim gets exposed to road salt it will start to look pitted and corroded after just a couple of years.

I live in Southern Ontario, Canada which has to be the salt and brine capital of the world. It is so bad that at times that extra wipe the wipers give after running the washers is annoying because it just smears the new salt that has sprayed up in that moment before the final wipe.

Having said that, the only car I ever had chrome issues with was my 2013 Model S. Tesla replaced both fender turn signal repeaters and the T logo on the back which solved the problem. My rear view wing mirror guts did corrode (dissimilar metals) causing big grey streaks down the doors. But none of my other cars...ever... had any chrome corrosion issues.

 

[bxr140]

I'll never understand the fascination with chrome delete.

Chrome = ugly and gaudy. It's barely one step behind making everything Trump Gold. Chrome was a cool thing to do to your hoop-D back in the day. I prefer a bit higher brow look with my Teslas.

The problem on Teslas is that, in general, blacking out the chrome on pretty much anything other than a black car looks weird.

 

[TexasTeslaRacing]

I doubt this becomes a standard feature. When the 3 was unveiled, Tesla said CD would be an option too.

 

[ckoval7]

Chrome = ugly and gaudy. It's barely one step behind making everything Trump Gold. Chrome was a cool thing to do to your hoop-D back in the day. I prefer a bit higher brow look with my Teslas.

The problem on Teslas is that, in general, blacking out the chrome on pretty much anything other than a black car looks weird.

One thing that I actually like the look of is rather than blacking out the door handles is putting a carbon fiber wrap on them. I don't like it so much that I would do it to my car though. I general I'm happy with the small amount of chrome on the car.