I’m gonna need new tires soon and I’m thinking about swapping out the 20” sport wheels on my Performance Model 3 (with performance upgrade package, or “PUP”) for the Tesla 19” sport wheels at the same time. But I’m not sure what all might be involved, due to the extra “lip” on the hubs of the performance upgrade package which requires a recess in the wheels, plus there's maybe a slightly different wheel offset.
The notes on the online Tesla Shop say the 19” sport wheel and tire package is not compatible with the performance upgrade package, though someone here suggested that’s actually not true. FWIW, the Tesla shop even says the 20” sport wheel and (summer) tire package is not compatible with the Performance model with PUP, though it says the 20” sport wheel and winter tire package is only compatible with cars ‘configured with 20” Performance Wheel’. That's all possibly correct, but it just seems unlikely, especially that they’d make two different versions of the 20” sport wheel (and one would be incompatible with the PUP).
I actually had a 19” sport wheel one on my car for a few weeks, as a flat-tire “loaner.” I don’t know if it was specially machined with the hub lip recess in order to be a “universal” replacement wheel, as the Tesla roadside service person referred to it, or if they all have that now. Assuming I could get Tesla to sell me the 19” sport wheels (or I could always get a friend with a non-performance model to buy them), I’d be willing to take them to another shop to have the recess machined into them if needed.
In addition to the hub lip recess issue, I know the offset of the 20” performance wheel is different from the 19’s, but just a very small amount (3-5mm), which I’d be fine with. Alternatively, maybe I could use a spacer to move them back out (and in that case I might actually move them a bit further out), or maybe the hub lip precludes the use of a spacer?
I know there are many other options for 19” wheels that fit, but I really like the Tesla sport wheels. Anybody actually done it, or know what all is involved?
The notes on the online Tesla Shop say the 19” sport wheel and tire package is not compatible with the performance upgrade package, though someone here suggested that’s actually not true. FWIW, the Tesla shop even says the 20” sport wheel and (summer) tire package is not compatible with the Performance model with PUP, though it says the 20” sport wheel and winter tire package is only compatible with cars ‘configured with 20” Performance Wheel’. That's all possibly correct, but it just seems unlikely, especially that they’d make two different versions of the 20” sport wheel (and one would be incompatible with the PUP).
I actually had a 19” sport wheel one on my car for a few weeks, as a flat-tire “loaner.” I don’t know if it was specially machined with the hub lip recess in order to be a “universal” replacement wheel, as the Tesla roadside service person referred to it, or if they all have that now. Assuming I could get Tesla to sell me the 19” sport wheels (or I could always get a friend with a non-performance model to buy them), I’d be willing to take them to another shop to have the recess machined into them if needed.
In addition to the hub lip recess issue, I know the offset of the 20” performance wheel is different from the 19’s, but just a very small amount (3-5mm), which I’d be fine with. Alternatively, maybe I could use a spacer to move them back out (and in that case I might actually move them a bit further out), or maybe the hub lip precludes the use of a spacer?
I know there are many other options for 19” wheels that fit, but I really like the Tesla sport wheels. Anybody actually done it, or know what all is involved?