Did a lot of research on these before placing the order yesterday and there were not too many posts or pictures showing and reviewing the seat covers, other than from users who were banned. Creating this as a real user review for anyone who would like to understand if buying a used Tesla with the only downside of seat color/quality can be fixed with the known seat covers from TapTes as the solution.
I just purchased a used Dec. 2016 Model X 75D, 6-seat config, 22" Onyx wheels and White paint for $53k and I knew ahead of time that the only part of the car that I was not ok with was the stock seat material. Stepping up to the Model X, I am coming from a year now of owning a Model 3 SR+, FSD with white seats. Loved the white seats, wouldn't change it for anything.
Looking at the large selection of current 2016-2017 Model X's and even Model S's, it shows that after three years using the original Tesla leather they put in, I see it in about 9/10 cars of this ago that the leather has warped and it looks lose. Not a fan and can't live with it.
After watching many videos on installing the TapTes covers ahead of buying the car, the ease of installation and the final result looked worth the by to me.
5/4-5/8: I put in the research and at the end knew I wanted to put in the order. I emailed TapTes to get a better understanding of the different types of leather that they provide as their pictures do not show a real different.
With the 6-seat config, the prices were $600~ for the microfiber leather, $700 for the space leather, $980 for the brushed leather and $1010 for the NAPPA leather. Most of the reviews that wrote which leather they used from TapTes (very little stated which) said they used the NAPPA leather, and one used the space leather and was happy with it.
I emailed TapTes asking for a picture difference of the space leather and the NAPPA leather in white. Didn't know if they would respond or could proivide this, but next day I got an email with the picture (Attached as leatherDifference.jpg).
5/9: I purchased the TAPTES Tesla Model X Leather Seat Covers with NAPPA leather, and put in the customize description as "Please do the white/black color seat covers with the Tesla logo on the headrests. The middle two and back two seats may have infant car seats."
5/10: Will update with more as this progresses and with final results.
I just purchased a used Dec. 2016 Model X 75D, 6-seat config, 22" Onyx wheels and White paint for $53k and I knew ahead of time that the only part of the car that I was not ok with was the stock seat material. Stepping up to the Model X, I am coming from a year now of owning a Model 3 SR+, FSD with white seats. Loved the white seats, wouldn't change it for anything.
Looking at the large selection of current 2016-2017 Model X's and even Model S's, it shows that after three years using the original Tesla leather they put in, I see it in about 9/10 cars of this ago that the leather has warped and it looks lose. Not a fan and can't live with it.
After watching many videos on installing the TapTes covers ahead of buying the car, the ease of installation and the final result looked worth the by to me.
5/4-5/8: I put in the research and at the end knew I wanted to put in the order. I emailed TapTes to get a better understanding of the different types of leather that they provide as their pictures do not show a real different.
With the 6-seat config, the prices were $600~ for the microfiber leather, $700 for the space leather, $980 for the brushed leather and $1010 for the NAPPA leather. Most of the reviews that wrote which leather they used from TapTes (very little stated which) said they used the NAPPA leather, and one used the space leather and was happy with it.
I emailed TapTes asking for a picture difference of the space leather and the NAPPA leather in white. Didn't know if they would respond or could proivide this, but next day I got an email with the picture (Attached as leatherDifference.jpg).
5/9: I purchased the TAPTES Tesla Model X Leather Seat Covers with NAPPA leather, and put in the customize description as "Please do the white/black color seat covers with the Tesla logo on the headrests. The middle two and back two seats may have infant car seats."
5/10: Will update with more as this progresses and with final results.