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Price History of Selected Model X (2015-2021) Tire/Wheel Accessories

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Price History of Selected Model X (2015-21) Tire/Wheel Online Accessories​

(North American Items; USA Prices)​

Key:

" " .......................... an empty box in the "Other" column means no known product/price changes for products previously mentioned (below)
"--" ........................ apparently unavailable online
"?" .......................... apparently available online, but price unknown (when also emphasized--?--I suspect a price change)
$ ............................. USA dollars
bold/italics ......... price change or new product introduction
(B) .......................... Obsidian Black
(G) ......................... grey
(S) .......................... silver
Pkg ........................ full (4) wheels & tires package
repair kit .............. Tesla electric air pump with liquid tire-puncture sealant cartridge
SC .......................... Tesla Service Center
(Source for photos. Click on photos for larger view.)​

19" (S)
Cyclone
Winter
Pkg​
20" (S)
Slipstream
Winter
Pkg​
20" (S)
Helix
Winter
Pkg​
22" (B)
Turbine
Wheel/Pirelli
Tire Pkg​
20" Sonic
Carbon (G)
Slipstream
Pkg​
Model X
Snow
Chains​
Red
Brake
Calipers*​
Tesla
Wheel
Locks​
Other​

Date​

19-inch Cyclone Wheel & Pirelli Scorpion Winter Tire
20-inch Silver Slipstream Wheel & Continental Winter Tire
20-inch Helix Wheel & Pirelli Scorpion Winter Tire
22-inch Onyx Black Turbine Wheels and Pirelli Scorpion Tires
20-inch Sonic Carbon Slipstream Wheel & Continental Tire
Model X Snow Chains
Red Model X Brake Calipers
Tesla Wheel Locks
Tire Tote

Tesla Tire Repair Kit
5/1/23​
--​
--​
--​
--​
--​
$610
--​
$50​
repair kit - $70
3/8/22​
--​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$555
--​
$50​
1/22/22​
--​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
?​
--​
$50​
12/3/21​
--​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$545​
--​
$50​
no repair kit​
3/16/21​
--​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$545​
--​
$50​
repair kit - $60
12/14/20​
--​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$545​
--​
$50​
9/28/20​
$2,800​
--​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$545​
--​
$50​
tire totes - $35
3/29/20​
$2,800​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$545​
--​
$50​
1/15/20​
$2,800​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$545
--​
$50​
9/7/19​
$2,800​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
--​
--​
$50
no tire totes​
4/6/19​
$2,800​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$440​
$2,300​
--​
5/26/18​
$2,800​
$3,000​
--​
$6,800​
$5,000​
$440​
$2,300​
$60​
repair kit - $80
9/13/17​
$2,800​
?
--​
$6,800​
?
$440​
$2,300*​
$60​
4/19/17​
$2,800​
$3,100​
$5,100​
$6,800
--​
$500​
$2,300*​
$60​
11/20/16​
$2,800​
$3,100​
$5,100​
--​
--​
$500​
$2,300​
$60​
10/25/16​
$2,800​
$3,100
$5,100
--​
--​
$500​
$2,300​
$60​
8/9/16​
$2,800​
$3,300​
$5,300​
--​
--​
$500​
$2,300
$60​
8/8/16​
$2,800​
$3,300
$5,300​
--​
--​
$500​
--​
$60​
7/18/16​
$2,800
--​
$5,300
--​
--​
$500​
--​
$60​
3/14/16​
$4,500​
--​
$5,500
--​
--​
$500​
--​
$60​
3/2/16​
$4,500
--​
--​
--​
--​
$500​
--​
$60​
1/17/16​
--​
--​
--​
--​
--​
$500
--​
$60
repair kit - $50
tire totes - $40
* Update on Red Caliper Brake Set. The December 19, 2016 Tesla website said (in bright red letters): "This upgrade is only available for vehicles built prior to 11/22/2016." Here is what I think happened:
Around November 2016 is when Tesla may have intended to start putting Mando sliding/floating rear brakes (with built in electric parking-brake servo-motors) on Models S and X. I've heard that at first Tesla only had access to gray Mando brakes. This obviously affected sales of (A) Performance Models S and X and (B) the optional Red Brake Caliper Set. To address "(A)," Tesla apparently continued to offer Performance versions of Models S and/or X with rear Brembo brakes (and with, I assume, separate gray parking brake calipers) well into 2017. At some point (probably in 2017), red Mando rear brakes must have become available and all (Performance and Long Range) Models S and X came with front Brembo brakes and rear Mando brakes from then on.
The warning language above, was Tesla's immediate response to the second "(B)" issue. Unfortunately, there may have been non-Performance cars sold after November 2016 that still came with Brembo gray calipers. Hopefully Tesla made the optional red (all-Brembo) brake set available to interested owners on a case-by-case basis. But there were cars sold with gray Mando rear brakes that definitely could not use the optional red all-Brembo sets at all. Eventually, however, Mando red calipers became available to Tesla and this prohibition disappears (e.g., in 2018).

Notes:
  • For Tesla Part Numbers for some of these items, see my recommendation for use of the Tesla Online Parts Catalog.
  • This data was determined mostly from Wayback Machine archived Tesla webpages.
  • Not all original Tesla webpages have been archived, so admittedly there are knowledge gaps, and 'introduction' dates in this table may therefore be somewhat later then actual first dates of introduction of some products.
  • Empty cells in the "Other" Column usually indicate no change in availability or price for tire totes or repair kits since the previous date (below).
  • When an optional accessory was ostensibly absent on the Tesla website, it might have still been available (for some unknown period of time) (a) on a SC-by-SC basis, depending on stock at hand, or (b) by special order from Tesla Service using part numbers in the Tesla online Parts List.
  • Prices for the (popular, but pricey) 22" Onyx Black Turbine wheel + Pirelli Scorpion tire package, and for the 20" Sonic Carbon Slipstream wheel + Continental tire package were “less“ (actually the approximate difference left after subtracting the cost of the de-selected standard 20” silver Slipstream wheels & Continental tires) if ordered with a new car.

Comments
  • This particular information may be of interest mostly to people restoring, selling, or buying "classic," "legacy" Model X, or perhaps for people generally curious about Tesla's pricing behavior.
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  • Unlike for charging equipment, in this breakdown we appear to see fewer dramatic price reductions over time for certain wheel/tire accessories. I am not an economist or marketing analyst, but taken together this suggests to me that Tesla has, in the past, not tried to make huge profits from its (presumably necessary) charge equipment. Speculating, it may be that at some point in the development-production-sales cycle of the various charging accessories Tesla could afford to--and therefore would--dramatically lower the prices of certain charging-related items. That was good news for savvy, patient shoppers, and probably good for attracting more potential customers of the new (less expensive) car models (3 and Y).
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  • On the other hand, like most auto companies, Tesla may be quite happy to make a steady, healthy profit on the side with what might be considered more opulent (not absolutely necessary) vanity items like larger performance wheels and brightly-colored brake calipers (both of which I admire). And judging by the hefty proportion of classified ads (at websites offering used Tesla parts/accessories like Craig's List and eBay, along with smaller market venues within Reddit and TMC) that are devoted specifically to wheels and tires, these items are profitable merchandise for Tesla.
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  • Rushing to its defense, I can say that Tesla seems to make a point of providing very good quality with its (arguably pricey) accessories. Furthermore, consumers increasingly have a choice of choosing less expensive aftermarket products--not a few of which can approach Tesla quality--if OEM accessories are otherwise out of reach for shoppers.​
 
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