Tony_YYZ
Tezler Guru
Is anyone selling the adapter harnesses for the conversion to USB C anymore in US/Canada? The one Etsy store has been out of stock forever. Thanks!
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Where did you get your connectors from? Is there nobody in NA that’s selling them anymore?It's my understand that in the US, the manufacturer can only void the warranty for parts of the car. Like, this retrofit can't trigger them to void the warranty on the brakes. But the can absolutely void the warranty on the stuff I futzed around with, which would be the rear A/C louvers and the USB ports, probably the center console too. "Around that area of the car" is a fair way to quickly convey this, I think.
Anyway, the back part fit beautifully, using the adapter shipped from Germany from the eBay store here. I now have close to 50W in the back, which is going to be really helpful on road trips. It took maybe 5 minutes, and was about as difficult as replacing a hubcap.
The adapters I got look well-made. I do a fair amount of hobbyist electronics work and this is at least as good as anything I could have put together. I didn't want to buy all the parts because I only needed two, but this actually looks like something I could have made myself with just a pair of pliers, and I feel a little foolish now having shipped this all the way across the Atlantic ocean. So to any future thread-readers, you really ought to look into how the two connectors crimp (I think they're linked earlier in this thread) and consider making your own connector. You could maybe even ship the leftover parts off to the next person in this thread who wants to do the upgrade, so you don't have to deal with a bunch of extra connectors you will never use for anything ever.
I decided not to do the front retrofit until my family all has phones that can charge wirelessly. There does not appear to be a simple way to evenly distribute the 24W on the left port to two devices: your best bet is to plug one phone directly into the USB C port, and continue using a USB 3 hub on the right port, which means "slow" charging for the other phone. That's not enough of an improvement for me to bother right now.
I encourage anybody contemplating it to at least do the back ports. It's a simple operation, the part is fairly inexpensive, and the result is a substantial improvement.
Where did you get your connectors from? Is there nobody in NA that’s selling them anymore?
I ordered from the same seller with the plans to upgrade. I sent an email to the Austin service email address last Friday but haven't heard anything back. How long did it take you to hear back from the SC on the parts order?Shipped from Germany. Tesla Model 3 (2017-2020) USB C Retrofit Adapter | eBay
But I really do think it'd be possible to use this very thread to organize a thing where one person orders the connectors and cabling (and maybe a crimping tool? I think you could just use pliers with these connectors) and mails the leftovers out to the next person who wants to make cables. I have a feeling the minimum order for these connectors is like 100.
Maybe a day? I submitted a service request in the app, though. Read somewhere the service department has an easier time that way.I ordered from the same seller with the plans to upgrade. I sent an email to the Austin service email address last Friday but haven't heard anything back. How long did it take you to hear back from the SC on the parts order?
It's my understand that in the US, the manufacturer can only void the warranty for parts of the car. Like, this retrofit can't trigger them to void the warranty on the brakes. But the can absolutely void the warranty on the stuff I futzed around with, which would be the rear A/C louvers and the USB ports, probably the center console too. "Around that area of the car" is a fair way to quickly convey this, I think.