Has anybody tried to order a painted rear fascia for a 2017-2023 model 3 in the last few months? Were you successful?
A couple of weeks ago I dented and cracked my bumper. I went to a collision shop and they quoted me about $2k to fix the fix the rear bumper. Most of the cost was the labor to paint the replacement bumper. I also submitted a service request to Tesla, asking if they could order and install a pre-painted fascia, PN 1916698-S4-A. They came back with an estimate of about $1k. When I was looking at the estimate though, I noticed they had quoted me for the wrong PN--they had quoted 1916698-S1-A, which is the correct part, but in black. I sent a message to Tesla asking if they could update the estimate so that it had the correct PN, and now they're saying they can't get pre-painted bumpers for cars not in production any more. I'm a little skeptical of this response, given that 1) they did initially quote it, 2) I've seen other reports of the wrong PN in the estimate (see this thread: What would a rear bumper fix cost ?) and 3) it seems like Tesla can require some arm-twisting to order this part for customers.
Should I keep pressing the matter? Try a different service center? Or is it really true that you can't get pre-painted bumpers any more for older model 3s?
A couple of weeks ago I dented and cracked my bumper. I went to a collision shop and they quoted me about $2k to fix the fix the rear bumper. Most of the cost was the labor to paint the replacement bumper. I also submitted a service request to Tesla, asking if they could order and install a pre-painted fascia, PN 1916698-S4-A. They came back with an estimate of about $1k. When I was looking at the estimate though, I noticed they had quoted me for the wrong PN--they had quoted 1916698-S1-A, which is the correct part, but in black. I sent a message to Tesla asking if they could update the estimate so that it had the correct PN, and now they're saying they can't get pre-painted bumpers for cars not in production any more. I'm a little skeptical of this response, given that 1) they did initially quote it, 2) I've seen other reports of the wrong PN in the estimate (see this thread: What would a rear bumper fix cost ?) and 3) it seems like Tesla can require some arm-twisting to order this part for customers.
Should I keep pressing the matter? Try a different service center? Or is it really true that you can't get pre-painted bumpers any more for older model 3s?