Did anyone find this in their glove box

[roxybalboaguy]

What is this used for?

 

[dhu1]

remove the center hub cap. you put the tool in the hole in the center cap and pull. it's in the manual.

 

[roxybalboaguy]

remove the center hub cap. you put the tool in the hole in the center cap and pull. it's in the manual.

Thanks.

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

I have one of those too, and I have the 20inch performance wheels.

It's not going to be terribly useful for me.

Maybe one day I'll go completely insane, and I'll run around taking the ugly hub caps off Model 3's.

 

[RedMS]

Pretty self-explanatory by reading the label....

 

[patrick40363]

Didn't find one in my 3. Wonder if they are supposed to come with the car.

 

[follow.johnny]

Mine didn't come with this tool either.

 

[Eno Deb]

I have one of those too, and I have the 20inch performance wheels.

It's not going to be terribly useful for me.

Actually the tool is for the plastic center covers on the 19" and 20" wheels. No tool is included (or required) for the Aero wheels.

Maybe one day I'll go completely insane, and I'll run around taking the ugly hub caps off Model 3's.

Over my cold dead body.

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

Actually the tool is for the plastic center covers on the 19" and 20" wheels. No tool is included (or required) for the Aero wheels.

Apparently it is completely self-explanatory.

I would have assumed that had I not known about the Aero wheels. I was originally going to get those ONLY because they could be dual use. So I could have efficiency or looks which I thought was pretty cool.

I do wonder if mischief/pranks with the Aero wheel covers will be an issue as it doesn't require a tool.

 

[tivoboy]

These weren't there 4-5 months ago when I got my car.

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

These weren't there 4-5 months ago when I got my car.

What wheels did you get?

 

[roxybalboaguy]

Possibly meant for the 19” sport wheels. I have 18” aero.

Actually the tool is for the plastic center covers on the 19" and 20" wheels. No tool is included (or required) for the Aero wheels.
Over my cold dead body.

I got 18” aero and they were in the glove box. Guess they made a mistake.

 

[RandyS]

With the earlier Model 3's, the tool was in the Mobile Connector bag....

 

[03DSG]

Apparently it is completely self-explanatory.

I would have assumed that had I not known about the Aero wheels. I was originally going to get those ONLY because they could be dual use. So I could have efficiency or looks which I thought was pretty cool.

I do wonder if mischief/pranks with the Aero wheel covers will be an issue as it doesn't require a tool.

The 19”/20” don’t require a tool either. Lift any 2 of the flaps, slide fingers underneath and towards the center and pull off. They are only held on by an expansion ring inside the wheel Center bore. Easy to pop off and snap on.

 

[ebmcs03]

I don’t have that tool. I need it! Don’t know for what. But I need it.

 

[Stretch2727]

This tool is for removing the black center cap star on the 19" and 20" wheels as well. There is a hole to insert the tool into. Yes you can pull them off at the edges as well but you risk breaking them.

 

[srimabo]

I didn't get one when I purchased my M3P in Sep '19, but I just made one out of a wire coat hanger. Use pliers to put a 1/2" L bend in one end, loop that into the hole in the cap and pull straight out.

 

[super20g]

Neither of my 3's with 19's came with one.