Writing with my experience installing Tesla’s OEM front mud flaps on my 2022 MS LR
Kit comes with two mud flaps and four push pins. Instructions online. Total install time: under 10 minutes.
The only thing I’ll add to the instruction is for total newbies to dealing with these push pins: they have an outer sheath cap and an inner plunger cap. If you are using a small flathead screwdriver, place its end in the notch of the inner plunger cap and twist to pop out the inner plunger. The pin will then be loose and easily pulled out with your fingers. Otherwise you will experience more difficulty if you just they to pry out the whole thing without popping out the inner plunger.
You can use non-dull household scissors to trim the soft rubber bottom of the flaps. I trimmed 3/4 inches from both flaps, and very gently rounded the edges.
3/4 inches trimmed from OEM Tesla mud flaps
Clearance measured from pavement to bottom of mud flap
OEM all-season tires, 19 inch wheels, 41 psi
Suspension setting and clearance:
Low: 1 7/8” clearance
Medium: 2 3/8” clearance
High: 3 1/8” clearance
Very high: 3 3/8” clearance
Hopefully the 3/4 inch trimming will mean little scraping. The soft rubber of the blade of the tire flap should provide adequate flexibility if it does scrape.
Kit comes with two mud flaps and four push pins. Instructions online. Total install time: under 10 minutes.
The only thing I’ll add to the instruction is for total newbies to dealing with these push pins: they have an outer sheath cap and an inner plunger cap. If you are using a small flathead screwdriver, place its end in the notch of the inner plunger cap and twist to pop out the inner plunger. The pin will then be loose and easily pulled out with your fingers. Otherwise you will experience more difficulty if you just they to pry out the whole thing without popping out the inner plunger.
You can use non-dull household scissors to trim the soft rubber bottom of the flaps. I trimmed 3/4 inches from both flaps, and very gently rounded the edges.
3/4 inches trimmed from OEM Tesla mud flaps
Clearance measured from pavement to bottom of mud flap
OEM all-season tires, 19 inch wheels, 41 psi
Suspension setting and clearance:
Low: 1 7/8” clearance
Medium: 2 3/8” clearance
High: 3 1/8” clearance
Very high: 3 3/8” clearance
Hopefully the 3/4 inch trimming will mean little scraping. The soft rubber of the blade of the tire flap should provide adequate flexibility if it does scrape.