R Elam. I did the same type of thing with a 2week old S. That is not part of the battery and totally cosmetic. There is an aluminum plate bottom for the battery. I hung mine up on a pointed rock hitting the battery plate,also. 2 years later all still fine. Tesla’s are tough underneath.
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Curbed my 3. Underside scratched up. Advice?
- Thread starter ChrisH
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That's insane, they delivered the car with Jack points all scratched up? How did they convince you to accept it?
Lon12
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Making a right hand turn is always the most dangerous for curbs and ROCKS.Lol your posts are hilarious sometimes. This was a case of I literally did not see the curb. It’s an odd intersection. The yellow route is the turn out of the drive thru and the red circled area is where I hit.
Drivers keep hitting large rock in suburban Calgary parking lot | CBC News
LOL I don't care too much when nobody can see it, as long as they don't rust.
And they still look better than the pinch welds on my previous ICE cars.
Is that one of those topless coffee drive through stands like the ones often found in WA state? Perhaps you were distracted and didn’t see the curb.Lol your posts are hilarious sometimes. This was a case of I literally did not see the curb. It’s an odd intersection. The yellow route is the turn out of the drive thru and the red circled area is where I hit.
The jack pads are not part of the battery. You can see the exploded detail in the parts catalog:
https://epc.teslamotors.com/#/systemGroups/73511 (Click the link select general public, then come back and click the link again.)
Of course the part is restricted so you can't buy it yourself.
https://epc.teslamotors.com/#/systemGroups/73511 (Click the link select general public, then come back and click the link again.)
Of course the part is restricted so you can't buy it yourself.
Is that one of those topless coffee drive through stands like the ones often found in WA state? Perhaps you were distracted and didn’t see the curb.
Lol no. Just a cutters coffee. And the darn coffee was for my wife who was also in the car. Otherwise would have never been at this darn intersection.
Canuck
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Not thinking, I drove over a large rock on a gravel road going about 50 mph that I thought I would clear but didn't and the bang and scraping noise made with think I did major damage and I almost thought the car would tell me to pull over and get out then burn up on the road, especially since that was what happened when an S hit a trailer hitch at high speed on the highway and it punctured the battery pack. But long story short, all is fine with mine. There's marks and scrapes under my S but service looked at it and said all is fine. I did have the titanium plate installed prior when there was a recall for it, and the fact that the road was gravel/dirt allowed it to absorb some of the impact. Needless to say, I now get out and move any questionably sized rock. No SAS on my S. Your 3 looks fine to me but as stated by others, always a good idea to have service take a look.
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I'm not sure they won't rust though, in another thread someone told me they're hard steel and not aluminum so surface rust is possible. It's better to touch up with some paint :Will Jack points rust?LOL I don't care too much when nobody can see it, as long as they don't rust.
And they still look better than the pinch welds on my previous ICE cars.
