I'm fairly certain I don't have lowered front suspension on my P3D

[Magnets!]

MY2020 P+ with 20" wheels, and your 5" dimension is 4 & 11\16" on mine,

Ian

My P+ is also 4 11/16"

 

[i11matic]

The white car wheel well is further away so that makes it look like there is less wheel gap.

 

[Adam3]

I'm just shy of 5 inches

Same here. P3D+ that's 3 months old.

 

[holmgang]

In my flat garage, I'm just shy of 5 inches for the following measurement on both sides.

Was it cold when you measured?

 

[Love2Run]

The white car wheel well is further away so that makes it look like there is less wheel gap.

It's the fishing trick right Hold the fish far out in front of you.

 

[raptor5244]

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How about this measurement?
28.75” on front and 28.5” on the rear. I have 13k miles on the tires, so it would have been slightly taller with fresh tires

I measured our Model 3s from the garage floor to center of front fender over wheel like you did in your pic. Tires at 42PSI cold.

I get:

SR+ = 28.5"
M3P+ = 28.0625", I get 28" and 1/16th.

These measurements seem consistent with the less than 1/2 inch difference that they advertise.

So, you may be right about you car not being lowered, in fact you measurement is higher than our SR+ with the 18" aeros. I wonder if you just have the wrong springs installed? I assume they just cut the M3P+ springs a bit.

 

[Love2Run]

I measured our Model 3s from the garage floor to center of front fender over wheel like you did in your pic. Tires at 42PSI cold.

I get:

SR+ = 28.5"
M3P+ = 28.0625", I get 28" and 1/16th.

These measurements seem consistent with the less than 1/2 inch difference that they advertise.

So, you may be right about you car not being lowered, in fact you measurement is higher than our SR+ with the 18" aeros. I wonder if you just have the wrong springs installed? I assume they just cut the M3P+ springs a bit.

There might be more to my measurement than meets the eye. I did it shortly after taking my wheel off and I think the suspension was somehow stuck for lack of a better word. I’m going to remeasure tonight when I get home. Also, I’m having the person with the white model three in the picture take some measurements in his garage.

 

[raptor5244]

There might be more to my measurement than meets the eye. I did it shortly after taking my wheel off and I think the suspension was somehow stuck for lack of a better word. I’m going to remeasure tonight when I get home. Also, I’m having the person with the white model three in the picture take some measurements in his garage.

That would make sense. When you removed the wheel you would have to let the suspension settle a little. Take another measurement

 

[Love2Run]

That would make sense. When you removed the wheel you would have to let the suspension settle a little. Take another measurement

re-measure
28 5/8 for both left and right front
27 3/4 for left rear
28 for right rear

I’ll re-measure again later when I remove 50lbs from my trunk as the 27 3/4 measurement is throwing me off.

my friends white p3d is 28” on the nose.

 

[raptor5244]

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my friends white p3d is 28” on the nose.

That's pretty much what I get. 28" and 1/16th. I only have 3500 miles on the tires so call them both 28" even.

It definitely seems like you car is not lowered the 1/2 inch it is supposed to be. Maybe drive up to a service center and see if they have another M3P+ around and show a service tech. Maybe they just messed up, maybe they ran out of the shorter springs, who knows.

 

[Love2Run]

That's pretty much what I get. 28" and 1/16th. I only have 3500 miles on the tires so call them both 28" even.

It definitely seems like you car is not lowered the 1/2 inch it is supposed to be. Maybe drive up to a service center and see if they have another M3P+ around and show a service tech. Maybe they just messed up, maybe they ran out of the shorter springs, who knows.

yep, it could have been built on a Friday in the tent . Service center is couple hours away, but I can get the mobile tech to look at it while he’s addressing something else.

 

[ElectroFish]

I'm feeling the same way it looks so tall for a sport suspension . I'll measure my 2020 tomorrow.

 

[Love2Run]

I'm feeling the same way it looks so tall for a sport suspension . I'll measure my 2020 tomorrow.

at first glance, I think your wheel gap looks great! Love the color and the wheels.

 

[ElectroFish]

So I went to measure and my work parking spot is not even it's declining towards the passenger side so these measurements are irrelevant. However I did see a sticker on rear spring with a P on it .

 

[TheD]

I'm feeling the same way it looks so tall for a sport suspension . I'll measure my 2020 tomorrow.

I have a new 2020 as well, less than 100 miles on it still. I’d say my ride height looks the same as yours. I am on a fairly flat surface and my measurement from floor to center of fender is 28 1/4”. It still feels high to me so I’m looking into springs or coil overs.

 

[Mr. Big]

Mine also looks on the high side, with lots of wheel/fender gap showing... it looks nothing like the thumbnail photo on my owner's page. I'm going to ask about this when I take my car in for the garage door opener installation.

 

[Mr. Big]

I stopped by the Tesla store today and checked out the Performance model in the showroom and it has the same wheel gap as mine, which does not seem lowered at all.

 

[raptor5244]

I stopped by the Tesla store today and checked out the Performance model in the showroom and it has the same wheel gap as mine, which does not seem lowered at all.

I wonder if they stopped lowering them...

 

[Uncle Paul]

If it is a new car, it will sag a little bit with time.

 

[ElectroFish]

I wonder if they stopped lowering them...

We gotta check the part numbers on the springs . I'm fairly certain I have the performance spring even though it doesn't look like it based on the large P on the spring itself .