glass roof - production change (July 2018)?

[OmahaG8]

Anyone know if there are different part numbers for the rear glass roof variants?

My tint installer nicked some the rear defrost lines on my back window so that’s been fun.

Trying to see if I can use the opportunity to try and source an original rear roof glass piece. Ugh.

Thanks

 

[super20g]

Anyone know if there are different part numbers for the rear glass roof variants?

My tint installer nicked some the rear defrost lines on my back window so that’s been fun.

Trying to see if I can use the opportunity to try and source an original rear roof glass piece. Ugh.

Thanks

The parts catalog has just one part #, so it looks like the old part has been phased out... Perhaps someone has other info, however.

 

[MrRandyB]

Tinted - vin under 20K - delivered May 2018

 

[ChrisH]

Tinted - vin under 20K - delivered May 2018

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Looks so cool. Wish mine had that but I’m not super worried at this point. I’m assuming Tesla still has some IR rejection on there and I put pinnacle 30 on there too so it’s likely that my passengers are decently protected.

 

[Vines]

Looks so cool. Wish mine had that but I’m not super worried at this point. I’m assuming Tesla still has some IR rejection on there and I put pinnacle 30 on there too so it’s likely that my passengers are decently protected.

My replacement rear glass for defroster damage has no visible red tint.

 

[ChrisH]

My replacement rear glass for defroster damage has no visible red tint.

Yeah my August delivered has none on the rear either.

 

[chronopc]

Tinted - vin under 20K - delivered May 2018

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I wished mine was full orange in the back instead of just half.

 

[Vines]

Wish mine was orange at all

 

[TEG]

I saw a store demo (now sold to someone) P3D+ VIN 55xxx that had the orange tint on the rear window. It seems too new to have it but somehow it did.
Maybe they had some old glass laying around when they built that one.

 

[Vines]

Store demos were some of the earliest builds for the most part. No surprise they had the Orange tint.

 

[TEG]

Store demos were some of the earliest builds for the most part. No surprise they had the Orange tint.

I didn't see the build-date, but I had assumed it was more recent since the VIN 55xxx is much higher than mine 19xxx and supposedly the orange glass went away soon after mine was assembled.
( ~May )

 

[Vines]

Hmm, guess its pretty hard to tell from the VIN, you could be right. Tesla probably knew the orange tint was appealing so made sure it went onto the demo cars. The orange tint was likely a more expensive version of the glass, and in cutting cost they went to an absorption coating rather than the visible reflective coating.

 

[TEG]

Yeah, I figure as much, although I think the "official" comment is more like "it still has a reflective coating". Never any mention of it being a possible cost saving measure.

A little bit like the Ultrasuede -> Cloth change with the headliner that had caused a fuss before.

 

[neptunesfinest]

I wished mine was full orange in the back instead of just half.

It already is full orange. If you tint your rear window it'll have a uniform full orange look to it. There is and never was a half orange rear window, just appears that way due to the factory half-tint.

 

[OmahaG8]

I didn't see the build-date, but I had assumed it was more recent since the VIN 55xxx is much higher than mine 19xxx and supposedly the orange glass went away soon after mine was assembled.
( ~May )

For reference - I have a P3D+ with same vin range - no go.

 

[ChrisH]

It already is full orange. If you tint your rear window it'll have a uniform full orange look to it. There is and never was a half orange rear window, just appears that way due to the factory half-tint.

Nope. Mine has zero orange on the back window (like many others). Sunroof area has it but not the back window.

 

[neptunesfinest]

Nope. Mine has zero orange on the back window (like many others). Sunroof area has it but not the back window.

I don’t doubt that. I was responding to chronopc.
Again, there’s only been 2 types of rear glass. With and without the orange hue. No half/half.

 

[ChrisH]

I don’t doubt that. I was responding to chronopc.
Again, there’s only been 2 types of rear glass. With and without the orange hue. No half/half.

Ah. My bad.

 

[special_agent]

I don’t doubt that. I was responding to chronopc.
Again, there’s only been 2 types of rear glass. With and without the orange hue. No half/half.

What's this then?

 

[super20g]

What's this then?

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That fixed rear glass is not tinted... If you tint it, you will see the hue all the way down...