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when removing the seats for a long road trip, does anyone know if the issue with losing the barrel nut can be solved by simply putting the bolt back in the hole to hold the barrel nut in place until reinstalling the seats?I'm about to start this retrofit and will post photos as I go. Thought I would start by including the Tesla Service Bulletin (found it on the NHTSA website) that gives all the part numbers and instructions.
I'm very interested in how this goes. Please update with as much detail on the install as you can!I sold my RFS back in 2014, but we didn't realize there were retaining nuts back there. The buyer called me up and asked me to retrieve them. Only one was still there. The other must have fallen deep into the recesses of the body structure. I tried several different methods of magnets on rods and strings to try and retrieve it, but no luck. He ended up fabricating one himself.
Also, just a note -- if people are selling their RFS to someone without RFS, and you're local, you also might want to swap out the interior carpet/trim pieces which have the cutouts for the bolts and hold-downs. I was able to swap in the buyer's interior parts without the cutouts, so it was a clearer look back there, and the buyer doesn't have to cut up his own parts to install the RFS.
The rear crossmember is the structural body part. You need to remove the rear bumper and then bolt the crossmember to the rear of the car. You can buy that part from ebay (assuming its not damaged), there are a bunch on there in diff colors, here is one:
2015 2016 2017 TESLA MODEL S REAR REINFORCEMENT IMPACT BAR OEM # 1041685-00-A
Does anyone know what the instructions mean by a "first generation rear node" or "second generation rear node" and how I can tell which I have?
Yep you're correct (I rushed my search), what's needed is the one that goes underneath that... its that piece that they probably wont sell and want a bodyshop to install.Nope, that is the bumper that every car has not the extruded aluminum reinforcement bar that needs to be added for RFS.