My 11 month old German Shepherd destroyed my front seat top after leaving him alone in car for 10 minutes. Dog mode did not work lol! It’s our fault for leaving him alone for the first time. We have an upholstery person to repair it. Looking for advice to get the material. Would prefer the same material Tesla used. If I get some upgraded leather will have to do both seats so it matches. Any advice is much appreciated.
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Seat destroyed by dog
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Olle
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Agreed, salvage is often good for stuff like this.
Otherwise take the car to the service center and have them fix it. Or do it yourself if you are mechanically inclined. Then you could fill in the missing foam without having to buy a whole new setback, or an upholstery place could do it for you. Tesla is surprisingly inexpensive on some of its spare parts. You can get the part # in the parts catalogue epc.tesla.com and order through the phone app. I have done it and was impressed with the ease and affordability.
To have an upholstery repair sow would be my last resort.
Otherwise take the car to the service center and have them fix it. Or do it yourself if you are mechanically inclined. Then you could fill in the missing foam without having to buy a whole new setback, or an upholstery place could do it for you. Tesla is surprisingly inexpensive on some of its spare parts. You can get the part # in the parts catalogue epc.tesla.com and order through the phone app. I have done it and was impressed with the ease and affordability.
To have an upholstery repair sow would be my last resort.
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Johnny Mac
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Epic!! Dear lord I’m glad I don’t have pets and def wouldn’t let them in my Tesla. Geez
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fiehlsport
Tire Guy
All you need is a replacement cover from Tesla. Get the upholstery shop to install it - don't let them do anything aftermarket. These parts are readily available, there is no reason to screw with anything custom.
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Georgesb2
George Borrelli
You can buy an entire seat upper and headrest from Ebay.
It can be a DIY project but you'd need to be careful and have some basic skills.
You really can't get matching materials to "fix" that level of damage.
You need a new faux leather complete, new foam complete, new back plastic complete, etc.
They do have them on Ebay.
You could buy one and bring to an installer. Etc.
It can be a DIY project but you'd need to be careful and have some basic skills.
You really can't get matching materials to "fix" that level of damage.
You need a new faux leather complete, new foam complete, new back plastic complete, etc.
They do have them on Ebay.
You could buy one and bring to an installer. Etc.
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italian bread
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Dogs can freak out if they’re left alone in an unfamiliar situation. My dogs will get used to a routine or schedule of when I’m out of the house. Once he tore down multiple window blinds because he was left alone and probably trying to find out where I went and he wasn’t used to the change. I can’t really blame him since he was feeling insecure and just wanted to find me.
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Wow love to see a pic of your GSD. Guess he has separation anxiety. Just need some training. He will do fine.
Here are mine.
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Xenoilphobe
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It doesn't take long for a dog with a bite force much greater than 230 PSI to create this level of destruction. Human bones begin breaking over 25 PSI, so this car seat didn't have a chance.
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Operator64
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Do a service appointment with photos and explanation, they will give you an estimate in the app usually, you can cancel or follow through
just tell them the seat spontaneously disintegrated after your dog touched it with with his tooth, maybe they will give you a good will replacement for originality
just tell them the seat spontaneously disintegrated after your dog touched it with with his tooth, maybe they will give you a good will replacement for originality
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It has long been a rumor that Tesla used ultrafabrics as a supplier for the seats. I contacted ultrafabrics and was informed that they do not supply Tesla with any black material to be used for the seating surfaces.
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I would probably buy a salvaged seat but if you are going to get it done by an upholstery shop... I would just upgrade just to be a little different.
There are a few threads in the forum where people upgraded the interior and its not all that expensive.
teslamotorsclub.com
There are a few threads in the forum where people upgraded the interior and its not all that expensive.
Upgraded Katzkin leather interior done today
Today I had the vinyl removed front and rear for black Katzkin leather with silver diamond stitch pattern to match carbon fiber. They did an excellent job. Cost was $1,900 complete install with time frame about 6 hours. Please copy/paste the video link for final interior installation. Give it...
teslamotorsclub.com
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That one was. It's owners were not mean or nasty people. They were very nice. They did not train their dog to be aggressive. All the other dogs they had during the two and a half decades I knew them were friendly.
Dogs have personalities, just like people do. This one was aggressive and mean.
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Great looking dogs! We have three….one on the right is the guilty one!
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