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Early '22 Exterior Refresh Tracking (Lights, Charging Door, Appliqué delete)
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WilliamG
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I'd need someone with a Refresh 1.0 to compared. It looks like the Refresh 2.0 splits those fog lights into what looks like "two" parts. Could just be angles... I dunno. Anyone else?
WilliamG
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The really funny thing about this comment is that making it look like the 3 is such a positive change. The headlight design now - projector + matrix LED is straight from the current 3/Y design. What's wrong with having some of the best lights? Heck, the biggest mistake Tesla has made for years is having the WORST lights on their most EXPENSIVE cars, and the BEST lights on their CHEAPEST cars! Now they're finally good, we're complaining? Oy gevalt...
WilliamG
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I think you're probably right. I have a 2018 Model 3 loaner right now while I wait for my new car, and the Model 3's lights are sooooo gooooood, - wider beam and further throwing, too. I don't miss the turning lights on the 2021 Plaid at all.
scrapps
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WilliamG
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WilliamG
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Yep that’s new of today. In fact my app was still in memory, open, and still had the old video! As soon as I closed the app and reopened it it had the new video with the new, sexy charge port upgrade.
It actually looks pretty good. I saw one in person today, looks better than the photos for the head and tail lights
WilliamG
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Yep. Looks fantastic in person. Really taken by how much more dated the outgoing lights are (even more so than when the 2021 refresh was released).
Destiny1701
22’ M3LR ‘DrkNite’/ 22’ MYP BliueRocket
Still not a fan of the black bar on the rear. Especially with blue or red. white and MSM are ok. And black/black works best. New lights I saw in person and gorgeous 
Its just than damn strip lol. It’s like they just didn’t figure out what to do with the rear trunk lid for now.
Its just than damn strip lol. It’s like they just didn’t figure out what to do with the rear trunk lid for now.
The design intent was probably to minimize impact to the line and parts. What they’ve done achieves that but may have missed out on the aesthetics.Still not a fan of the black bar on the rear. Especially with blue or red. white and MSM are ok. And black/black works best. New lights I saw in person and gorgeous
Its just than damn strip lol. It’s like they just didn’t figure out what to do with the rear trunk lid for now.
That being said, I like it in general. Not sure why the lettering was removed other than perhaps to reduce number of parts. Always that a contrasting color would have been better considering it was a push through and not embossed.
I just got back from the service center and they had a new white Plaid. The rear tailights look way better to me and I think the headlights look better as well with the black housing inside the lights. I feel like the older lights do look like they are newer tech because you can’t see the projector lights like the new ones but I still like the newer ones.
Definitely not worth getting rid of my current car for those updates though.
Definitely not worth getting rid of my current car for those updates though.
Anyone with the updated charge port - are you able to touch to open the charge port? Mine does not seem to open when I push on it.
cmarshack
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I'm not sure that had ever been a thing. If is is, then I learned something today.
What will work for sure is to hold the charging wand connecter from your wall charger or a supercharger near the charge port door and push the little button on the charging wand, that will open the door.
According to the instructional videos, you should be able to push the new charge port to open
Daniel454
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Yes, I tried it. Takes more pressure than the previous version but pressing mine toward the back closest to the light did trigger it to open.
WilliamG
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I think most videos have shown that to be the case. Definitely a different amount of pressure. I tend to hate pressing on the charge port if I can help it...
They look ok but slower, I don’t know if its worth it.
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Go back and watch it from 3:17 to 3:21. Watch it both at normal speed and 0.5 speed. He has to / decided to force it closed. Maybe his ignorance that it will automatically close. But he seems to force it.
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