Retrofit Bumper and LED

[HankLloydRight]

Do you have a thread on this? I would love to have the heated steering wheel retrofitted into my Classic!

Same here. My SvC said basically "No way Jose".

 

[MarcG]

Stopped by Seaside, CA on Saturday to charge and took a few shots of the new display model:

 

[Mike K]

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I don't know. Zoomed in on new front and my front and they look slightly different.

Again, the difference in the photos is so slight that it could easily be attributed to difference in photo angle. Maybe I'm wrong but traditionally on facelifts like this they avoid sheetmetal changes and try to do as much as they can with lights and bumpers. BMW is famous for this.

Tesla especially, not wanting to re-tool for another hood, would likely follow this mold. And to also have to re-tool to make a hood that is virtually identical when simply adapting the design to follow the old hood's curve wouldn't have changed the look at all doesn't make sense.

I've been right about the changes up until now. Hopefully I'm still right. We'll see.

Edit: I see from the recently updated pictures that Tesla has at least made some changes to the bottom stamping to match the sealing surface on the underhood to the frunk. Hopefully those are the only changes.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Tesla especially, not wanting to re-tool for another hood, would likely follow this mold. And to also have to re-tool to make a hood that is virtually identical when simply adapting the design to follow the old hood's curve wouldn't have changed the look at all doesn't make sense.

Unless they are using the same (or very similar) hood forms on both MS and MX.

To me, the hoods look VERY different, especially the distinct curve of the leading edge. That's not just optical illusions and camera angles.

 

[Cyclone]

Unless they are using the same (or very similar) hood forms on both MS and MX.

To me, the hoods look VERY different, especially the distinct curve of the leading edge. That's not just optical illusions and camera angles.

Charlotte this past weekend had both an facelifted S and an X for us to check out up close. They do not use the same hoods (or even similar -- the mounts are different).

However, do not forget that Tesla's facelifted version gets better range. The hood change could be part of reducing the drag, not just the nose. As such, to eek our a lower coefficient of drag and increase range without upping battery size, I totally could see Tesla retooling the hood.

 

[Mike K]

Unless they are using the same (or very similar) hood forms on both MS and MX.

To me, the hoods look VERY different, especially the distinct curve of the leading edge. That's not just optical illusions and camera angles.

And maybe they are. To me it looks so close to the original that I can't understand why they wouldn't just adapt the design to the original as it wouldn't have necessitated a sheetmetal change and it would have looked virtually identical. Then again, I'm not running any car companies so what do I know.

 

[Evee]

Do you have a thread on this? I would love to have the heated steering wheel retrofitted into my Classic!

Only works for specific vins with the sub zero package.

 

[Jdeck]

Facelift

Just received an email that they're taking deposits. Don't like the price but I do like the front. It's seems a little more rounded in the front than the tesla refresh. I like the sport style of the round nose cone which seems to be missing from the refresh.

 

[MarcG]

Facelift

Just received an email that they're taking deposits. Don't like the price but I do like the front. It's seems a little more rounded in the front than the tesla refresh. I like the sport style of the round nose cone which seems to be missing from the refresh.

Interesting, I wonder if (a) the hood is the same, and (b) they ship the bumper already painted?

 

[HankLloydRight]

Facelift

Just received an email that they're taking deposits. Don't like the price but I do like the front. It's seems a little more rounded in the front than the tesla refresh. I like the sport style of the round nose cone which seems to be missing from the refresh.

Wow, I like it. I might even consider that once they start shipping and we can see real-life examples.

Interesting, I wonder if (a) the hood is the same, and (b) they ship the bumper already painted?

The hood doesn't change, if that's what you mean, so I think it's pretty clear here that the real MS facelift has a differently shaped hood than pre-facelift cars (you can see the distinct curve). Yes, they ship them painted (it's right there on the web page).

The Facelift will be supplied ready-painted and ready to bolt-on to your current Model S. Fitting should take around 4 hours to fit and should be conducted by only an experienced body repair shop.

 

[FlatSix911]

Facelift

Just received an email that they're taking deposits. Don't like the price but I do like the front. It's seems a little more rounded in the front than the tesla refresh. I like the sport style of the round nose cone which seems to be missing from the refresh.

Interesting, I wonder if (a) the hood is the same, and (b) they ship the bumper already painted?

Great idea ... the bumper arrives painted and requires 4 hours of labor for installation.
Also uses the original hood, headlights and AP and Parking sensors for a price of $3,450.

Facelift

 

[Diavel]

Group buy?? I'm actually happy with mine though. Black on black makes that front bumper subtle.I would consider for less than 2k . IMHO $3400 is inflated for a bumper as its for a Tesla.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Looks like the three facelift images on their website are (really good) photoshops of their existing products. Nothing wrong with that, but these two images are identical except for the facelift. I wish we could see the real product, even prototypes.

 

[Kenriko]

I have adaptive headlights on my Lexus and honestly they are not much to write home about. I certainly would not change my car for the feature since it's pretty meh.

 

[Reeler]

This aftermarket bumper skin is great. I don't think anyone will know you have a first gen model.

I wonder the cost and complexity of install to get all the sensors placed properly.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Does it come with a matching front license plate holder?


(j/k)

 

[mrElbe]

An how do you access the 12 Volt battery posts? What about the tow hook socket access?

 

[Jdeck]

An how do you access the 12 Volt battery posts? What about the tow hook socket access?

Good question

 

[Reeler]

An how do you access the 12 Volt battery posts? What about the tow hook socket access?

Just jump it from the cigarette lighter port. Oh wait, there isn't one.

 

[Lyon]

I'm not expecting retrofitability. The hood on the new car is different. The front fenders looked the same but I don't think the new bumper cover will align with the new hood properly.