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New Headlights On Model Y Build Your Own?

Discussion in 'Model Y' started by HotIce, Jan 29, 2021.

  1. HotIce

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    The projectors do not fill in close to the hood very well but it does illuminate the sides and distance a tad better from the videos that I've seen.
     
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    Here are the lights in action on the Model 3.
     
  3. DanDi58

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    I suspect the current lights are better than the ones on my 2014 Mazda CX-5, so no biggie for me.
     
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    Just wanted to say that I picked up my MY on Saturday and it has the heated steering wheel, but the headlights are the old style.

    Production date: 01/21
    VIN: 111XXX
     
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  5. jmatero

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    For anyone worried about not getting the new headlight design: The current headlights are among the best I've had on any car.
     
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  6. everydaychris

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    Everyone is assuming March but nobody knows for sure
     
  7. Velcade

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    The current headlights are some of the best headlights I've seen thus far so I wouldn't worry too much if you don't get the matrix.
     
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    I second these. I test drove a new Y over the weekend and the headlights were way better than my 2013 model S. I thought they were on high bean the whole time, but those were way brighter
     
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  9. HotIce

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    I agree. The current lights are fantastic.
     
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  10. PansYRL

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    So I Oder the model y LR on 29, after minutes received confirmation of the vehicle details which come with VIN. Called second day morning ask if the vehicle was in stock, been told they order extra for fast delivery. Production date 01/21, come with heating wheel and auto dim mirrors and 128GB USB preinstalled in the glove box. But Doesn’t come with Adaptive Headlights. VIN 096xxx
     
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    There's lots of work Tesla is doing to streamline. We're seeing a shift to common interior door panels for black and white interiors (except for small trim part), a new center console with half the parts and complexity of the previous version, and isn't the switch to the new headlight design a way to produce one world-wide headlight fixture? If so, it doesn't mean it's better than the current NA version. It might actually be a slight downgrade with the projector beam. Be careful what you wish for...
     
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    Does anyone know if the new headlights look different - aesthetically?
    Some metallic surfaces look like they're black instead of chrome when you look at the renderings.
     
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  13. jonathanp

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    I pulled the trigger and ordered Model Y Performance. I guess 1st world problems if I don't get new head lights lol.
     
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    same here. placed my order today for a MYP too. let's see.
     
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    looks the exact same minus the projector on the sides.

    friend has a model 3 so I got to see how it looks
     
  16. Hotshave

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    These are not the new headlights. I was at the new shop in Marin last week talking with the advisor who showed me the new lights on the 3 which clearly have a projector that levels up and down. These don't. He'd said hopefully by March/end of Q1.
     
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    Not so sure about that. LED Matrix beams (and similar technologies from other manufacturers) have some very cool "party tricks" that can make driving much safer and easier in low light conditions. There's a good thread on the subject here---> Matrix LED headlights finally coming to the US! | Tesla Motors Club

    Once the US get's rid of the antiquated headlight rules, and allows the full use of the technology, it will become clear that these new headlights are far superior to the current technology.
     
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  18. everydaychris

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    US laws like this hasnt changed in centuries but Audi and Ford found workarounds. That's why you see sequential lights now but the bulb has to be a certain length as well as the housing.

    I'm just hoping for it because it's the definition of future proofing. Tesla always pushes the boundaries so we never know when they come up with something awesome that works only with the new headlights in the future. One thing is adaptive high beams that knows when a car or person is in view and turns off the high beams in that area only. Features already in EU but not in US
     
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    I think you will be getting the new lights. Someone just recently posted that their Model Y Performance has the new lights. :)
     

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