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Performance Upgrade Price Change!
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Msjulie
Active Member
Depends on what you want, I don't have them (but might with refund) have the MPP rotors - being lighter has a benefit and unless/even if tracking, decent pads might be all you need (and possibly rotors)
Tires on the other hand, the stock 18" aren't a track tire...
different rotors and
Aftermarket front brakes and calipers will run you $2750 and those are the cheap ones
RB BBK (380x32mm) for Tesla All Model 3 Front
In my case I don't want to run 19" wheels. That would put my wheel and tire setup at $3500 or more.
Well someone has made some process changes over at Tesla. I'm a P3D Stealth owner and sent them a request for the $5K refund back in early November. It took them about a month to respond with the FUSC off email that I don't qualify. After seeing reference to Elon's tweet that stealth owners do qualify, I replied yesterday to the earlier FUSC off email politely referencing Elon's tweet. This morning I got a response apologizing for the confusion and yes, I do qualify and confirming I would forego FUSC for the $5K. I confirmed that I wanted the the rebate and my mailing address and within two minutes got another response that the check would be sent within 8 weeks. On top of that, I got the fart app yesterday which is entertaining the family to no end.
Looks like some pretty big improvements over in HQ. Maybe they hired @Msjulie as VP of Customer Service??
Looks like some pretty big improvements over in HQ. Maybe they hired @Msjulie as VP of Customer Service??
Perry
Active Member
You can buy better stuff with the 5K cash back and Track Mode is coming to all Ps anyway.
JeffK
Well-Known Member
But it's obviously not the same on all Ps hence everyone would have it by now. It may be tuned differently. It'd be interesting if it ends up being dynamic to work with any aftermarket gear.
Oh, jeez! Remind me not to subscribe to the “I got blessed/screwed. My track mode is better/worse than your track mode” threads.
Perry
Active Member
For the best stuff like Titan 7 forged wheels, tires, MPP sport coilovers, and MPP brake rotors, yes it will be close to 9K but that is still less than the original P3D+ price and you'll have way better parts for the track. MPP stated that the Stealth calipers are perfectly fine for the track and don't need replacement if you have their rotors, because the problem is rotor heat soak not stopping power.
And then you can sell the aero covers, aero wheels, stock rotors, stock suspension.
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Perry
Active Member
I am confident it will be dynamic. It has to be since road conditions, tire ware, pad ware, etc. affect the performance of a car way more than the slight differences in parts between P+ and P-. And you also have to account for owners not sticking with original tires, pads, etc. At least 50% of owners will end up changing some or all of those parts with aftermarket parts eventually, just because stuff improves over time.
Daniel in SD
(supervised)
Tesla's track testing at Streets of Willow was done with track brake pads and Pilot Sport Cup tires.
JeffK
Well-Known Member
Exactly, but it's not tuned for that, it's tuned for what comes with the performance upgrade package. If it worked with just any hardware, then they could have rolled it out for the non-pup versions right away instead of waiting until January.
Daniel in SD
(supervised)
If you read the article they were clearly tuning it with the upgraded tires and race brake pads. Maybe the version they released was tuned differently? People have driven it with upgraded tires and coilovers and had good results. I don't think this is nearly as complicated as everyone is making it out to be. Most people drive on the track with zero driver assistance features.
