for me it's mostly a "look thing" ... those are 285/35-20s in the back, and that little bit of extra width gives it a stance I prefer ... the Performance Plus option adds staggered wheels, so I assume there's some performance benefit, too, but that comes with 21" wheels and I was spooked by the comments I've read about those rims getting bent, especially since I do most of my driving on the notoriously bad, potholed streets of Los Angeles
the red "T" is wrapped, same technique as the rest of the car ... the letters I ordered from this thread: Center Cap Tesla T - Page 15
Del Rey Customs, in Marina del Rey ... ask for Shane, and tell him you saw the "gunmetal Tesla" ... you'll have to talk to him about $$, though, because I had more done than just the wrap, and different materials are different prices
the car came with the red brake calipers, so I wanted to add a few more touches of red to pick that up ... the rear was a no-brainer, but I struggled with how to do the front, which is my least-favorite design aspect of the car to begin with ... and after having decided to go with mostly body-color, it's growing on me ... the carbon fiber trim in the skinny upper portion doesn't really show up that well in the photo, but in person it's kind of the "focal point" of the nose, and the red really "pops" and draws your eye to it and away from the blank lower portion ... also, when somebody looks in their rearview mirror and sees me coming up hard behind them, I want them to know what's about to blow their doors off :smile:
I'm in Del Rey Colony, a gated community built around a lagoon, 2 blocks east of the canals ... ducks, koi, and turtles in the lagoon give it the same vibe as the canals, but the guard at the gate keeps all the tourists and homeless riff-raff out
TSW Amaroo wheels, wearing Michelin Pilot Super Sports ... 255/40/20X8.5 in front, and 285/35/20X10 in the rear ... fronts are probably too wide, as they rub slightly, but only at a specific angle, and only in reverse ... 245 would be a better choice, but unfortunately Michelin doesn't make the PSS in that size
no, it's not clear ... coincidentally, grey is the original color, but the Avery wrap is the color you see, not the original showing through
I had a hard time deciding how to do the front, and went back and forth between body color v.s matte black ... ultimately I decided carbon fiber in the upper skinny section would stand out more against the body color than if the lower section was black ... interestingly, I saw a Model X today, and the upper section is carbon fiber, the lower is gloss black, and it's a little hard to see the carbon ... can't really say my way is "better", just "different"
Totally sweet ! Love the stealth then contrast of red. It totally works like diesel camouflage with orange trim. You don't want to be totally missed. ...After all you want that red T bright and in their face
exactly my thought process ... I'm fully aware that red isn't a "stealth" color, but as I said in an earlier response, when somebody looks in their rearview mirror and sees me coming up hard behind them, I want them to know what's about to blow their doors off ... I want them thinking to themselves, in utter amazement: "that's an ELECTRIC car???"After all you want that red T bright and in their face
apparently I won't have to pay an outside vendor to get a matching 3 ... also, apparently, the Tesla design team agrees more with me than with you about this color scheme
