rackley
Member
I had my delivery today. All went fairly well except there was some superficial damage to a bottom rocker panel, probably from the transport truck. It was noted on the delivery statement.
When I got home and washed it however it became obvious the paint issues continue at Tesla. There are minor paint imperfections all over the vehicle and there are two clear spots where there were problems they had to rework. Both I managed to buff out with some aggressive random orbital polisher action. If I were not already prepared with low expectations for paint from Tesla I would be very unhappy...as it is however I'm merely resigned to the knowledge it's probably going to be a great car...with amateur hour paint.
Here is a picture of the paint run on the passenger door after I wiped it down with some isopropyl alcohol to remove their wax job. It looks like they crudely scraped it down then just put wax on it to make it look better. There was also a spot up and to the left of there where there was clearly some tape along the door, because past the tape line there was a ton of scratching..
Delivery day spent doing this:
When I got home and washed it however it became obvious the paint issues continue at Tesla. There are minor paint imperfections all over the vehicle and there are two clear spots where there were problems they had to rework. Both I managed to buff out with some aggressive random orbital polisher action. If I were not already prepared with low expectations for paint from Tesla I would be very unhappy...as it is however I'm merely resigned to the knowledge it's probably going to be a great car...with amateur hour paint.
Here is a picture of the paint run on the passenger door after I wiped it down with some isopropyl alcohol to remove their wax job. It looks like they crudely scraped it down then just put wax on it to make it look better. There was also a spot up and to the left of there where there was clearly some tape along the door, because past the tape line there was a ton of scratching..
Delivery day spent doing this: