Kenriko
Former Vendor
1k-1.5k in parts and paint is not that expensive IMO. Compare that to the cost of buying a new car.
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Kenriko
Former Vendor
Actually the total cost of the parts was $530 including the bumper itself, a real bargain IMHO. I still don't have an estimate for the painting but I'm guessing it will be around $500. Although I think the lower grille transfers from the old nosecome bumper to the facelift version, I went ahead and ordered the facelift grille, which I overlooked in my original parts list. My guess is that will cost less than $100. Once I have the cost and part number, I'll post them.
As a result of the fender bender I had and the damage to the original bumper all of this may be covered under my insurance, as that would require replacement of the original anyway. Only question now if there is additional damage that will be revealed when the bumper is taken off next week for a full inspection.
So much cheaper than I would have thought, I'm very intrigued to pull the trigger on mine as well. Be interesting to see closer look at the hood gap, the pic posted earlier didn't appear to be all that bad at all. Like the idea of expanding on the tesla mount to fill the area with something possibly, expanded lighted T with light bar lol.
Good question and I haven't figured that one out yet. But as I don't want to drill slots for them in the bumper itself, the only choice would be to mount them on the left and right ends of the grille, not an ideal location for sure. \
If I had been thinking at all, when Evan Patak did my headlight mods I could have had him mount them in the headlight housing, which would be an ideal location. Regrettably I wasn't thinking ahead.
Before you or anyone else lays out the $ for the parts you might want to wait until we complete the installation and can be confident it works well without any problems like the dreaded "gap." Just sayin'.
We should have the installation completed by the end of February.
Definitely will hold out to see the full report, and it's awesome your taking the plunge and documenting it so well for the community. I'm a mod junky and love stuff like this, I've been circling the unplugged performance version, but it's so dang expensive. When you consider the cost of the tesla cover (minus painting) and compare it to the 3k they are asking, you know they don't have much in costs and I know they are trying to recoup their R&D, but dang.
True, but to be fair, the development costs of the mold alone for something like a bumper have to be huge. So outfits like Unplugged Performance have to play a kind of guessing game about price and sales volume before making the investment and setting a price. It's a major risk and the price reflects that to some degree. That's also true of the the Karstyle and TSportline versions, and the fact that there are three competing versions makes the risk all the greater. Now there appears to be a DYI option that's much less expensive, which only increases that risk. My hat's off to Unplugged and the other firms that produce these products for Tesla owners.
Very good points, not knocking Unplugged at all they have great people there and I have talked with many of them multiple times. Everything I have seen and read appears that it is top quality components. I actually bought their lowering brackets, I could have a DIY lowering link, but for all the time they spent with me on the phone answering my questions I figured it was a good way to test the waters on their products. Plus the blue brackets look pretty darn cool.
Morristhecat
Member
For those of us with pre-parking sensor vehicles, can the pre-drilled holes be filled in with something like bondo as a DIY? Or is this something I should leave for the paint shop to take care of? I'm not too thrilled to fill them with unused parking sensors.
I thought I read somewhere that the refresh vehicles lights were different, and the new bumper wouldn't fit the old cars. Glad to see that debunked...
If there is a gap with the finished installation, can a part be 3D modeled and printed to fill it?
I thought I read somewhere that the refresh vehicles lights were different, and the new bumper wouldn't fit the old cars. Glad to see that debunked...
If there is a gap with the finished installation, can a part be 3D modeled and printed to fill it?
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Some of those parts do not appear to be on my list and I don't have them. Do you have part descriptions and numbers we can add? Don't want to be missing anything when we attempt the install. The parts with the double sided tape for example.
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AMPUP
Member
Artsci posted this as the Total parts cost.. Which is very good.
I suspect removal, install and painting will be the additional $$ hopefully around $1k or less.. I assume you could do much of this work yourself and just have the fender painted somewhere.
I suspect removal, install and painting will be the additional $$ hopefully around $1k or less.. I assume you could do much of this work yourself and just have the fender painted somewhere.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
Exactly what I was thinking, mine is already dipped now, but was going to do a new color in the next few months hopefully. Save a bit of money by doing that for sure.
Kenriko
Former Vendor
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