Free handling/performance upgrade and shudder abatement

[Uncle Paul]

Was reading all the posts about Model 3 owners lowering their cars to get better handling and a light went off.

Pushed the button to change the ride height from standard to low...Voila...better handling Model X.

Not sure how much this changes track use, but for the street the benefits were instant.

The X felt more nimble. Scampered through corners better and that high up head toss feeling was significantly reduced. Felt more solid in the corners and felt less SUV and more European sedan.

As an additional benefit, the shudder I had after my un-corking went away completely, and the lower stance makes the X look even sleeker. Might also get a little extra range from less air going underneath the car.

Read some posts that say the X was designed to travel in low, and that tire wear should not increase at that setting.

Worth giving it a try. Love the no shudder launches.

Best of all is the free aspect. No need to go out and purchase lowering springs.

 

[ecarfan]

As an additional benefit, the shudder I had after my un-corking went away completely

Yes, that has been discussed extensively in the various threads about the X “shudder”. The downside is increased tire wear on the inside treads because of the increased negative camber. I choose to keep my X on Standard height, despite the shudder, while I wait for Tesla to come up with a permanent fix for the problem.

 

[mattack4000]

it will come soon, don't you worry

 

[jgrgnt]

You should try Very Low.

I have almost 28,000 between two sets of tires that I switch between. I'm ALWAYS in either Low or Very Low. Neither set is wearing abnormally, which leads me to believe the inside tread wear that others experience has more to do with improper alignment. My car has been aligned twice by the Tesla SC (for other reasons), and that's surely contributed to proper tire wear.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Have seen posts claiming uneven tire wear and others that said it is not a problem.

Some have quoted Service center mechanics saying the car should wear evenly at low setting.

Maybe factory alignments specs have change.

 

[ecarfan]

it will come soon, don't you worry

And you know this because...?

 

[mattack4000]

Happens to every car?

 

[Gwgan]

2016 X the right inside rear wheel wear is asymmetrically fast. This is accelerated with lots of Low driving which I mostly just use on the highway. Shop has not been unable to fix it. I suspect later productions have some improvements in the mechanicals and if nothing else then tuning for low setting. Most of a tire’s hi speed/high wear miles are going to be on the highway (launch is not with standing).

 

[Fairchild]

Sad news folks. As stated running the X on LOW setting wears our your tires in about 19,000 miles. Had a Continental blow out while running on LOW. It was not a pretty site. Steel all over. Pressed the edge of the limit when TESLA flat bed towed me 48 miles. BTW. Continenntal did not honor warranty. Hate Continental, Love Pirelli All Season Verde. Have 20K miles on a pair and they are still at a 7 tire rating. Guaranteed 60,000 miles!

The WORST news is this! Drove an out of the box 2019 MODEL X yesterday with 167 miles on it. It had adaptive leveling. Max acceleration from 0 and guess what.? You guessed it. SHUDDERED like a wet dog shakin'. Even the salesman experienced it - for the first time.

Ordered a new Model X yesterday and hope the Engineers have worked out the SHUDDER on the Performance Ludicrous Mode. Come on engineers. Adaptive leveling is nice, but you've had three years to fix the damn shudder.

Let's see to take off from a light next to a Corvette, first you need to lower the suspension to LOW, then you need to ENGAGE the LUDICROUS mode, then you need to wait 30 min for the battery to warm up and by the time you look up you are racing a Prius!

Was reading all the posts about Model 3 owners lowering their cars to get better handling and a light went off.

Pushed the button to change the ride height from standard to low...Voila...better handling Model X.

Not sure how much this changes track use, but for the street the benefits were instant.

The X felt more nimble. Scampered through corners better and that high up head toss feeling was significantly reduced. Felt more solid in the corners and felt less SUV and more European sedan.

As an additional benefit, the shudder I had after my un-corking went away completely, and the lower stance makes the X look even sleeker. Might also get a little extra range from less air going underneath the car.

Read some posts that say the X was designed to travel in low, and that tire wear should not increase at that setting.

Worth giving it a try. Love the no shudder launches.

Best of all is the free aspect. No need to go out and purchase lowering springs.

 

[Dben]

Regarding tires...I just had “Tess” Model X and four months old, ceramic detailed and when they put the wheels back on there was awful rubbing occurring when turning, especially left. Took to TESLA service and they said back wheels on X are slightly smaller and one was switched with front left. What? Love the detailing and just hard hose spray keeps her beautifully white.

 

[Fairchild]

Tires on front and back are definitely different sizes. Cannot rotate front to back, only side to side. Bad dawg!
Don't leave it on there long. Could also mess up suspension. Computer calculates based OEM on tire size.