Naked X at Napa

[carjunkie]

Napa store grand opening has this X on display. Pretty cool!

 

[brainhouston]

Are they gonna be selling "blue" parts?

 

[carjunkie]

It does look like it yes.

 

[Canikony]

I thought you meant a new Tesla store in Napa lol...

That's cool, considering the blue parts are pretty typical components on all vehicles, I'm glad there are more options than OEM from the manufacturer. Makes it that much more feasible to own these vehicles and do some of your own maintenance.

 

[ngng]

I've already seen some aftermarket suspension parts that address the weaknesses in the early X designs. Excited to see more aftermarket support. Even though it's Napa

 

[carjunkie]

I want to find the time to go back in the store and see what Tesla stuff they have and check out the X a little further. The young guy I spoke too knew zero about the car when I was there so I just snapped the pics and left.
I drive a Y, so maybe windshield wipers???

 

[Richbot]

NAPA distributes some pretty awesome Tier 1 suppliers' stuff and/or under its own brands. Moog et al have the sauce it takes to make an affordable, reliable suspension component with a warranty that they can still sell at a huge margin compared to what they're moving for your typical CAmry. Which is more than Tesla can say for some of their earlier S/X ball joints and bushings. 5000+lb supported by hopes and dreams

Customer states: SQUEAK CREAK CLUNK
Action taken: Confirmed condition. Applied lithium grease to left side of left front axle. Checked operation. Vehicle is operating as designed/vehicle is no worse than other Model X's

I think it's a growth space, because EV's in general are going to punish suspension pretty hard compared to a comparably-sized but much lighter and less torquey ICE car. If you're going to be positioning for the future, make sure you've got the market for what DOES need replaced on an EV pinned down hard because the other stuff will go away. It already was on a downtrend with service intervals and the insanely reliable modern ICE car compared to even 15 years ago.