Am I the only one who thinks the MY looks a lot better with a roof rack? I want to get one every time I see a MY with a rack, but don’t know if I can get myself to fork up $450 for something I will have no use for.
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Not only is the frequency of use a question, there are a few horror stories on the forum about breaking the roof glass from those who tried to DIY it. to be void of any ooopsies, it will cost you a lot more than $450 for the racks because you will need to have Tesla SC install it. Provided it only takes an hour, that's another $125 plus the cost of the rack.Am I the only one who thinks the MY looks a lot better with a roof rack? I want to get one every time I see a MY with a rack, but don’t know if I can get myself to fork up $450 for something I will have no use for.
She looks great!! Just enough custom/personal touches while keeping an OEM look.View attachment 633396 I think it looks better and Tesla installed the rack for free, so that may not be an issue anymore. I had them do it as an extra precaution, but the View attachment 633396 View attachment 633397 technician said all people needed to do was hand tighten the anchors and ignore the torque wrench comments, and it worked fine.
Very nice! Put some mudflaps on it and load that up with skis. Sick.View attachment 633396 I think it looks better and Tesla installed the rack for free, so that may not be an issue anymore. I had them do it as an extra precaution, but the View attachment 633396 View attachment 633397 technician said all people needed to do was hand tighten the anchors and ignore the torque wrench comments, and it worked fine.
I have the cross bars and also think the car looks better with them. However, keep in mind that it will spoil the great view through the panoramic glass roof.Am I the only one who thinks the MY looks a lot better with a roof rack? I want to get one every time I see a MY with a rack, but don’t know if I can get myself to fork up $450 for something I will have no use for.
I don’t think the wind noise from the crossbars is noticeable at highway speeds, because the MY already gets a lot of wind and tire noise. No loud whistling at all. Whatever I put on the crossbars - roof basket, bikes, surfboard, ski rack - create a lot of wind noise, though. And I swear I can hear the battery draining, “”phzzzz . . .”I am curious, if you folks hear a lot of wind/turbulence noise from the roof rack at highway speeds? I had to install a Thule fairing on my old car to silence the noise it generated...
I recently had Tesla mobile service install mine ($63.40) and have not noticed any more noise than before, though I was listening to the radio. I assume this will change when I carry my canoe or kayak.I am curious, if you folks hear a lot of wind/turbulence noise from the roof rack at highway speeds? I had to install a Thule fairing on my old car to silence the noise it generated...
View attachment 633396 I think it looks better and Tesla installed the rack for free, so that may not be an issue anymore. I had them do it as an extra precaution, but the View attachment 633396 View attachment 633397 technician said all people needed to do was hand tighten the anchors and ignore the torque wrench comments, and it worked fine.
$58.50 for the mobile tech to install.Not only is the frequency of use a question, there are a few horror stories on the forum about breaking the roof glass from those who tried to DIY it. to be void of any ooopsies, it will cost you a lot more than $450 for the racks because you will need to have Tesla SC install it. Provided it only takes an hour, that's another $125 plus the cost of the rack.
Over-torquing can cause problems but there's a significant difference in length of the cross bars - impossible to get them wrong.Just make sure to get a small torque wrench to prevent over tightening which appears to be the primary culprit for the glass cracking. I believe the other scenario was the installer incorrectly put the rear bar on the front which didn’t fit correctly and proceeded to tighten and caused the glass to crack.
I think one of the stories where I heard that the glass cracked was due to Tesla shipping them the model 3 rear bar instead of the model y.Over-torquing can cause problems but there's a significant difference in length of the cross bars - impossible to get them wrong.