Early '22 Exterior Refresh Tracking (Lights, Charging Door, Appliqué delete)

[anthonyj]

Has anyone gotten trade in values for their Plaids? Not sure if I want to spend $250 order fee just to get insulted by a low ball offer. And before someone says that I definitely WILL be disappointed, I’m not sure, Tesla offered way more than anyone else for my mom’s Lexus

 

[B-lon]

Are they still producing white with black interior plaids with old headlights?

No, just small existing inventory.

There seem to be some plaids with new headlights in the inventory. Probably you can try to see whether you can find one that matches your config.

Yep!

Has anyone gotten trade in values for their Plaids? Not sure if I want to spend $250 order fee just to get insulted by a low ball offer. And before someone says that I definitely WILL be disappointed, I’m not sure, Tesla offered way more than anyone else for my mom’s Lexus

It can go either way but given old lights probably disappointing. I’ve seen some people get embarrassingly lowballed with the S this year. There’s really no way to tell though tbh.

 

[B-lon]

Sending off this thread with a photo of the lights on my new S I got today.

I’ll probably be looking at these forums less frequently but happy to send additional pics of anything people want or answer more questions before I head out!

 

[EndlessPlaid]

Sending off this thread with a photo of the lights on my new S I got today.

I’ll probably be looking at these forums less frequently but happy to send additional pics of anything people want before I head out!

BRO CONGRATULATIONS! Gorgeous! Can you post pics on the main Model S Delivery thread as well? They are clamoring to see a red one!

 

[pengy]

Sending off this thread with a photo of the lights on my new S I got today.

I’ll probably be looking at these forums less frequently but happy to send additional pics of anything people want or answer more questions before I head out!

Let me steal LIN data off your headlights one day

 

[B-lon]

BRO CONGRATULATIONS! Gorgeous! Can you post pics on the main Model S Delivery thread as well? They are clamoring to see a red one!

Thanks! I’ll take more photos tomorrow and post them.

Also, wow these headlights are soooooo much better than the non-LED ones I had on my 3. Literally the best I’ve ever seen.

 

[EndlessPlaid]

Thanks! I’ll take more photos tomorrow and post them.

Also, wow these headlights are soooooo much better than the non-LED ones I had on my 3. Literally the best I’ve ever seen.

Oh awesome! Yeah if they are similar to the matrix Model 3 lights, they are the best lights in any car I've ever been in.

 

[B-lon]

Let me steal LIN data off your headlights one day

If you’re in the SF Bay Area I am down to do this!

 

[mikemi]

Thanks! I’ll take more photos tomorrow and post them.

Also, wow these headlights are soooooo much better than the non-LED ones I had on my 3. Literally the best I’ve ever seen.

Awesome.

Btw, the 3 was always LED but now they are matrix LED similar to the S you just got. Good to hear they are even better than the original 3 lights as they were really good already.

 

[scrapps]

Sending off this thread with a photo of the lights on my new S I got today.

I’ll probably be looking at these forums less frequently but happy to send additional pics of anything people want or answer more questions before I head out!

If you can do a complete tear down on the fronts that would be great

 

[anthonyj]

Has anyone removed their headlights/taillights yet? I’m curious to know if the “old” refresh has different wiring compared to the old old S. Maybe everything is all there ready for the new lights. Idk lol

 

[denru]

Thanks! I’ll take more photos tomorrow and post them.

Also, wow these headlights are soooooo much better than the non-LED ones I had on my 3. Literally the best I’ve ever seen.

Congrats!!! Looking forward to the photos
Hope mine can be as perfect as yours.

 

[pengy]

If you’re in the SF Bay Area I am down to do this!

Yup I'm in the Bay Area! Can you get us your headlight part number and a picture of the plug? It's accessible by removing the top cover under the frunk then a side cover. The label for the headlights should be on top.

 

[omarsultan]

Service just confirmed that the new headlights will not fit in my Plaid--the connectors are different

 

[aerodyne]

Service just confirmed that the new headlights will not fit in my Plaid--the connectors are different

A bit of searching on DigiKey, for Molex connector of the correct type and gender and heat shrink splices is what I'd do...

 

[omarsultan]

There are ways around this, but they all entail a higher level of hassle than I was looking for.

 

[Nealw98]

There are ways around this, but they all entail a higher level of hassle than I was looking for.

Hopefully someone will do this and tell us how it worked.

 

[omarsultan]

I am not worried about the connector--it should be pretty trivial to make a short patch cable to covert between connectors in a non-destructive manner. The SW side is the current question. Hurdle 1 is you would need to get someone to enable the new lights in the car and hurdle 2 is to see if the change survives firmware upgrades.

 

[WilliamG]

I am not worried about the connector--it should be pretty trivial to make a short patch cable to covert between connectors in a non-destructive manner. The SW side is the current question. Hurdle 1 is you would need to get someone to enable the new lights in the car and hurdle 2 is to see if the change survives firmware upgrades.

I’m still going with 0.1% chance it is able to be retrofit.

 

[Ohmster]

I’m still going with 0.1% chance it is able to be retrofit.

Bet it is at least 10x that.