Custom front grille

[pedroemedina]

Hey guys! I’m new to the forums and new to Tesla. I recently received my Performance Model 3 and am extremely happy with it. I’ve been reading a lot lately on the forums and decided to try a different approach to its front bumper look. I’ve attached a couple of pics to share. What do you guys think?

 

[EricV@Jaga]

Looks great. Is it for sale anywhere?

 

[Wado]

I want one can't find anywhere to buy it.

 

[timk225]

That looks dumb. Take it off.

 

[Ejl80]

That looks dumb. Take it off.

Very nice for what it is. Don’t worry. Tim hates everything . It’s part of his charm.

 

[KenC]

Doesn't look half bad! I like how it matches the width of the lower grille opening.

 

[ckoval7]

It looks like the car has a mustache.

 

[Sky-Pilot]

I think it's cool. If not that, it needs something. The front just looks like Don Knots face in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"

 

[sbtz]

As long as we're imitating vestigial parts of old cars, I'll be adding a muffler and some wagon wheels on mine (all kidding aside, I'd like it a lot more if it looked more like the way it is on an S - it looks... droopy here)

 

[BadM3Hawaii]

I’m with Tim but hey, for each his own. Whatever floats your boat man. I like the clean original look myself.

 

[EV-Tiger]

I like it.

Most manufacturers put a distinctive grill/logo on zone front of all their cars. Tesla should do the same. The T on the front of the Model S looks good. So why not put the T on the Model 3 as well?

 

[KenC]

You should take a pic side-by-side with an unadorned car. I think that's the only fair way to know whether it looks good or you know, silly. I think it looks quite good, but it'd be better if it was somewhat functional. Hide a vacuum behind it to suck in the bugs.

 

[RZRZ]

It looks like the car has a mustache.

I agree

 

[hydro 481]

I thought about doing something similar but the problem with using a decal is that while it looks good far away, when you inspect it upclose it looks...well...like a decal. I admire the work though.

 

[K-ris]

Hello Pedro, I had came up with something similar 6months ago and finally I have taken it to fruition. I saw this thread and thought you were talking about my "Tesla 3 Grill" to find out you have another idea... Where are you located btw???

 

[K-ris]

Sorry for seperate post, pics didn't attach. Blue one is an actual bumper, the red is a generated. I am creating/installing these in the SF Bay to a select few people in the next few weeks for free, only will be making 25 at most, because I cannot sell Tesla or it's logo, but will be selling custom one afterwards.

 

[KenC]

I thought about doing something similar but the problem with using a decal is that while it looks good far away, when you inspect it upclose it looks...well...like a decal. I admire the work though.

I don't think it's just a decal. It has a shadow, so there's depth to it, which is why it looks fairly decent, or at least I think so.

 

[Wado]

My thought was making a chrome surround with black vinyl as the background and possibly the hood emblem.

 

[hydro 481]

I don't think it's just a decal. It has a shadow, so there's depth to it, which is why it looks fairly decent, or at least I think so.

Looks like a decal with a Tesla emblem on top of it.

 

[logan]

T emblem needs raised, or you need to make the vertical height of the black decal smaller since there's a ton of empty space above the T emblem. Looks better than I expected it to coming into this thread though.