Anybody else get this email? I don’t think it’s referring to the track package, but I can’t figure out how much it costs. I can’t imagine this is a free upgrade, but maybe it is?
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Plaid brake upgrade email?
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PSNeo
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Same. I also don’t think it will be free. Am interested though.
I got the email as well and landed here in a search on pricing. This is not the track package and should be way less.
They just told me a new option will be rolling out for this kit, $2700 plus tax LOL.
Same brakes but red pretty much and we all paid way more. Elon ducked us again
Same brakes but red pretty much and we all paid way more. Elon ducked us again
It looks like this is just to bring the earlier cars up to the spec of the current version of the brakes with high-thermal capability pads and different caliper covers. It's not a carbon ceramic brake kit which is all new ceramic rotors, calipers, pads, etc, which is understandably a lot more expensive. I do wish they would do a middle-ground kit with slotted or cross-drilled rotors, but I will probably upgrade my '21 to the newer pads.
Is it really worth that cost? From what I saw, the “new” red brakes and calipers aren’t fundamentally different?
Alex Philips
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I wonder if the red calipers improve performance or are just red in color? I had my stock silver ones painted a pretty rose copper/gold color, so would hate to swap them out but would love better braking. Maybe I just need the new pads?
WilliamG
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I got this email, too. Tesla hates their premium customers so much they can’t even give us any information in the app for price, availability, heck - even the existence of this package. Sigh.
In 2023 they announced new factory default brakes on the Plaid that consisted of red calipers and supposedly upgraded pads. This is now the standard brakes offered on the Plaid if you were to order one today. This e-mail seems to offer this now standard brake setup to those of us who purchased a Plaid before 2023. Those cars came with black calipers and presumably a lesser quality pad. Definitely not worth $2700 if that's what they are charging and unlocks nothing performance-wise in the car.
I'm not sure if it's true, but I heard that the pad upgrade alone is $750, and pads plus calipers kit is $2700. Time will tell. If Tesla is aware of any problems with the pads, they should replace them for free, but since this is offered as an upgrade kit and not a recall, that seems unlikely. And yes, I believe that's true that the calipers are basically the same with a red cover for appearance and to make them look larger than they actually are, which is lame.
PR0FESSOR
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I would recommend that anyone considering this kit visit the track package thread and purchase the take-offs. I will be selling mine once my track package is installed, and I was planning on asking about $1,400 ($350 a corner) for a set of four.
Joe
Joe
Fat chance tesla gets another dime from me.
For the amount they gouged on my 22 they should be offering CCBs
For the amount they gouged on my 22 they should be offering CCBs
Atomadam
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Got it this morning, 2700 for the whole package, maybe.. Im wondering if this still stop the loud screech when pitting it in park, which tesla says I have to burnish the breaks all the time to make it stop? Any ideas on that one?
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