Cheburashka
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Pre owned head lamps sell between $70-$800 on eBay.
1) Unclear if their DRL would work.
2) Heard you need to do some firmware update to marry new lights to the car.
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Pre owned head lamps sell between $70-$800 on eBay.
Wait, let me make sure i understand the thing here - a broken light bulb now costs 2200€ to fix? Seriously?
It's not the light bulb, it's the piece of plastic that conducts the light apparently.
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One of my lights isn't aligned properly with the quarter panel after replacing as well but it's within "Tesla tolerance" so I don't mind. It's not like this is a Kia where all the things are properly aligned.
Yeah I know the entire assembly needs replacing. Mine was also replaced recently. The. service advisor also quoted 2200 if I was out of warranty.
not sure if this has bee nsaid previously but I think the DRL part of the light assembly is CFL not LED. it seems to be the CFL aka fluorescent tube failing prematurely.It's not the light bulb, it's the piece of plastic that conducts the light apparently.
The DRL strips are absolutely not fluorescent bulbs. They’re LED.not sure if this has bee nsaid previously but I think the DRL part of the light assembly is CFL not LED. it seems to be the CFL aka fluorescent tube failing prematurely.
This also negates a diy/local shop repair as the tube would be a custom part.
Problem with a CFL is typically shorter life than LED, the flip side being that only one CFL is required where you would need mabe 20 LEDs any one of which could fail.
Some enterprising headlight guru might be able to strip one down and work out how to put in an LED strip instead - that would be a great mod for those out of warranty, and could even be done with the same unit, so no recoding necessary.
Apparently the height adjustment mechanism is not working on the left light. I can spin it, I see the little plastic thing spin and go in/come out but there is zero movement in the light beam
I’d settle for just knowing which wire to cut to turn them off. They’re not required in the US and frankly they’re so dim I’m not sure they really help that much anyhow. Ideally, Tesla would just put a switch in the software to turn them off the way you can with the HID assembliesnot sure if this has bee nsaid previously but I think the DRL part of the light assembly is CFL not LED. it seems to be the CFL aka fluorescent tube failing prematurely.
This also negates a diy/local shop repair as the tube would be a custom part.
Problem with a CFL is typically shorter life than LED, the flip side being that only one CFL is required where you would need mabe 20 LEDs any one of which could fail.
Some enterprising headlight guru might be able to strip one down and work out how to put in an LED strip instead - that would be a great mod for those out of warranty, and could even be done with the same unit, so no recoding necessary.
Yet another reason to buy the ESA (Extended Warranty) and ensure it covers this, especially as we have no "light bulbs" (just LED's) in the car;-)
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