How does the app know I've painted my stock 19" wheels black?

[TPerth]

Ok this has me scratching my head a bit. How does the app know I have painted my stock 19" (2021) black?
There's no setting in the car for this and has only appeared after installing version 4.5.0-858 of the Android app. The only thing I can think of is that the guy at the service center updated the cars profile on my last visit 6months ago and it just wasn't built into the app to show it until this version!? I would have thought they would have told me though.
hhmm I wonder if they have any other colours.

 

[Gauss Guzzler]

If you leave Sentry Mode on while you're painting it will detect the color being sprayed and regions being painted. Kinda cool, huh?

 

[TPerth]

haha... Sentry mode was off. I would be a bit disappointed if Tesla wasted AI coding on that sort of thing when FSD isn't fully done yet.

 

[Shelburne]

Maybe one of Musk's little satellites is watching us all

 

[pep_dj]

My app is showing black rims after an app update (I didn't paint them xD), but I've the 19" silver rims... How to get them back??

 

[eman2021]

My app is showing black rims after an app update (I didn't paint them xD), but I've the 19" silver rims... How to get them back??

Noticed this same thing the other day in the app. Was wondering the same thing.

 

[jjrandorin]

If you leave Sentry Mode on while you're painting it will detect the color being sprayed and regions being painted. Kinda cool, huh?

 

[ODWms]

You can change your visualization wheel color on the car’s screen in ‘service.’

 

[pep_dj]

You can change your visualization wheel color on the car’s screen in ‘service.’

In car the visualization is correct: silver. But in the app they are black.

 

[pep_dj]

I've set Uberturbines on the car, and in the app I see these Uberturbines. Then I switched back to 19", but they still are black!

 

[ODWms]

In car the visualization is correct: silver. But in the app they are black.

That’s interesting. On mine, I changed the color of the actual wheels, from the original silver to now dark, and made the change on the in-car screen. The screen now shows them as being dark wheels on the screen and in the app on my phone. May have something to do with yours being Uberturbines. I have the original (older) Performance upgrade package wheels.

 

[Bouba]

This really annoys me
It means that the cameras are pointing to the ground ! So where is my 360 degree parking !!!

 

[pep_dj]

I have no black rims!!
Why they are showing black in the app?!?!

 

[LUNE]

Ok this has me scratching my head a bit. How does the app know I have painted my stock 19" (2021) black?
There's no setting in the car for this and has only appeared after installing version 4.5.0-858 of the Android app. The only thing I can think of is that the guy at the service center updated the cars profile on my last visit 6months ago and it just wasn't built into the app to show it until this version!? I would have thought they would have told me though.
hhmm I wonder if they have any other colours.

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Did you ever figure this out?!

 

[vickh]

mine shows curb rash

 

[TPerth]

Did you ever figure this out?!

No. But others have said they have had black wheels in the app when they have the original alloy. They seem to think it's random.
Sadly the app has now gone back to silver but I've only just now noticed it's now showing my smoked headlights which I did two weeks ago. Huh!?!

 

[TPerth]

Turns out the headlights have been getting darker on the Android app. iOS still shows a clear headlight.

 

[samps]

You can change your visualization wheel color on the car’s screen in ‘service.’

Do you mean you can change the color of each of the wheels, or just change the wheels?

In the car the aero wheels with cap kit are the right color (dark grey) but in the app they are silver.

I wish the lugs were also black not bright silver.

 

[ODWms]

To my knowledge you can’t change the wheel color individually.

 

[pikeman]

I think we need a conspiracy theory to explain this.