Have anyone painted the car down? (bumpers, arches, skirts etc.)

[OlavX90D]

I have ordered a obsidian black X 90D, but want to paint all the plastic on the car. I think it looks cleaner and lower painted down.

I have seen some pictures of cars where the bumpers, skirts and wheels-arches have been painted.

Anyone know if I have to demount all parts before getting them painted? I know the result will be better if I do..

And does anyone know how to remove all the exterior plastic on the Model X?

 

[OlavX90D]

 

[shokunin]

Are you painting it yourself? I would have the body shop who is painting to remove the plastic parts for cleaning, priming, and painting

 

[OlavX90D]

I have checked with several bodyshops, but no-one will remove it becouse they are afraid to break something

 

[JamesG]

I have ordered a obsidian black X 90D, but want to paint all the plastic on the car. I think it looks cleaner and lower painted down.

I have seen some pictures of cars where the bumpers, skirts and wheels-arches have been painted.

Anyone know if I have to demount all parts before getting them painted? I know the result will be better if I do..

And does anyone know how to remove all the exterior plastic on the Model X?

Quite easy. Great car to work on. Buy a pack of those button rivets

 

[OlavX90D]

Quite easy. Great car to work on. Buy a pack of those button rivets

Do you have a DIY instruction on how to remove it?

 

[VerityZooms]

This seems mildly dangerous … in my research, it looks like the black-plastic skirts on the FWDs are actually *capacitive* sensors (unlike the rest of the sensors on the body, they don't need 1. pressure, nor 2. proximity, to activate; just a light touch from any body-part, for instance). Doesn't that mean you'd need a conductive paint / mix-in to maintain sensitivity?

 

[JamesG]

Do you have a DIY instruction on how to remove it?

No. It is intuitive. The button rivets are for reassembly. The plastic wheel well trim comes off first. Then the fuzzy wheel well liners, and then you can see everything

 

[OlavX90D]

No. It is intuitive. The button rivets are for reassembly. The plastic wheel well trim comes off first. Then the fuzzy wheel well liners, and then you can see everything

Thanks! Do you know where to buy the button rivets? Have you done it yourself, and maybe taken som pictures?..

 

[JamesG]

Thanks! Do you know where to buy the button rivets? Have you done it yourself, and maybe taken som pictures?..

Get any part you need from the Telsa service center including the rivets. part prices are reasonable. No pics. I had an incident with a pile of gravel left in the road. The car is a pleasure to work on.

 

[JamesG]

Get any part you need from the Telsa service center including the rivets. part prices are reasonable. No pics. I had an incident with a pile of gravel left in the road. The car is a pleasure to work on.

one thing i heard is that the sensors are tricky to paint and work correctly. Once you know the issue you will be ok

 

[OlavX90D]

one thing i heard is that the sensors are tricky to paint and work correctly. Once you know the issue you will be ok

Have you heard it from people who actually have painted the MX down, or is it rumors?..

 

[HP832]

Take it to a reputation paint shop and they will do it for you. I have mine done at EVS motors when I got the MX and I think it takes about 3 weeks for them to removed all the trims, sand it down to make the surface smoother, painted them, and installed them all back. It gives the car a monochromatic look.

 

[OlavX90D]

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Take it to a reputation paint shop and they will do it for you. I have mine done at EVS motors when I got the MX and I think it takes about 3 weeks for them to removed all the trims, sand it down to make the surface smoother, painted them, and installed them all back. It gives the car a monochromatic look.

Looks great!! Can't find any paintshops in Norway that will remove the trim. Probably becouse they don't know how..

 

[outie]

What's the purpose of not painting them body color? The model S doesn't have those unpainted side skirts.

 

[OlavX90D]

What's the purpose of not painting them body color? The model S doesn't have those unpainted side skirts.

It should have bean an option, like on other Cars, but Tesla is like we know not like any other car...

 

[Nismode]

What's the purpose of not painting them body color? The model S doesn't have those unpainted side skirts.

Before the refreshed front, that's exactly how the Model S looked.

http://media.caranddriver.com/image...iew-car-and-driver-photo-658384-s-450x274.jpg

 

[lloyds]

Interested to see how this looks on Midnight Silver. Anyone? I will be taking delivery of the P100D in a few weeks.

 

[outie]

Interested to see how this looks on Midnight Silver. Anyone? I will be taking delivery of the P100D in a few weeks.

Just look at the car in the dark

 

[TSportline]

It's not rocket science to remove the lower trims from a Model X, however as @JamesG said, you will need to order button rivets from Tesla. Many of the clips/rivets are a tad fragile and somewhat meant as a 1x install at the time of production. No matter how careful we have been some of the clips just break.

We've painted many lowers, rockers and diffusers on the X.

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