If your Model X came with the tow package (i.e., internal hitch bar and removable 2" receiver-adapter), then you know about the rectangular opening with its plastic tow hitch cover at the bottom-center below the rear bumper (Part # 1058357-00-D). These covers (right-hand photo, directly below) are available for only $11 from any Tesla parts desk, btw.
To attach the optional 2" receiver-adapter, you remove the cover, exposing a wide hole in the bottom center below the bumper. The beefy receiver adapter pin locks into a greased socket on the hitch bar inside the bumper. (Here is a handy YouTube installation video.)
Not terribly hard to do, but inconvenient if you are, say, frequently attaching and removing a bike carrier. So it is sometimes easier just to permanently leave a bike carrier attached to the 2" receiver.
Fine, except with the removable receiver-adapter attached, now you have a fairly large rectangular opening at the bottom of the bumper that can let in dirt and water. What to do?
Has anyone tried crafting an efficient cutout into an existing Tesla cover, or making a completely new cover from scratch, that closely fits the installed receiver-adapter, allows adapter assembly and removal, yet would cut down on the amount of open space in the cover opening around the adapter?
Unfortunately, the most effective hole cut into the plastic cover would probably not look as simple as what is portrayed directly above. Because (a) the Model X receiver adapter is somewhat irregularly shaped, with circular control and lock on the right side that must be accessed to attach and to release the adapter, and (b) because the cover is slanted rearward in relation to the adapter, designing the smallest possible properly-sized hole would take some trial-and-error efforts. Has anyone already done this? If so, I would be interested in buying your result or copying your design plans.
Thanks.
To attach the optional 2" receiver-adapter, you remove the cover, exposing a wide hole in the bottom center below the bumper. The beefy receiver adapter pin locks into a greased socket on the hitch bar inside the bumper. (Here is a handy YouTube installation video.)
Not terribly hard to do, but inconvenient if you are, say, frequently attaching and removing a bike carrier. So it is sometimes easier just to permanently leave a bike carrier attached to the 2" receiver.
Fine, except with the removable receiver-adapter attached, now you have a fairly large rectangular opening at the bottom of the bumper that can let in dirt and water. What to do?
Has anyone tried crafting an efficient cutout into an existing Tesla cover, or making a completely new cover from scratch, that closely fits the installed receiver-adapter, allows adapter assembly and removal, yet would cut down on the amount of open space in the cover opening around the adapter?
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Unfortunately, the most effective hole cut into the plastic cover would probably not look as simple as what is portrayed directly above. Because (a) the Model X receiver adapter is somewhat irregularly shaped, with circular control and lock on the right side that must be accessed to attach and to release the adapter, and (b) because the cover is slanted rearward in relation to the adapter, designing the smallest possible properly-sized hole would take some trial-and-error efforts. Has anyone already done this? If so, I would be interested in buying your result or copying your design plans.
Thanks.
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