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Tesla changed the SR+ door plate soft material to hard plastic recently?
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Vol16
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I don’t know exactly what you are trying to ask, but in my 06/2018 build there is only soft touch plastic.
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Zcd1
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If yours was built in China, I’d guess that most here on TMC wouldn’t be able to comment about whether there had actually been a change.
Perhaps the Chinese-market version has always been that way?
Perhaps the Chinese-market version has always been that way?
BluestarE3
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I wonder what other differences there are between the Shanghai and Fremont versions aside from this, the MiC emblem and the non-Panasonic battery cells?
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Maybe Chinese-Market Only , or maybe Chinese-Market First.
The remove of sider mirror auto-dimming is Chinese-Market First, which we thought it was Chinese-market only.
BluestarE3
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Maybe some 2020 Model 3 owners can chime in on whether their Fremont-made cars have hard plastic in that area as well?
SDM44
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My 2020 Model 3 (March 2020 build date out of Fremont) has the soft material at the top, hard plastic strip underneath, and hard plastic bottom panel..... same as the pictures above.
I read that the Model Y door panels are the same -- soft touch on the top, hard plastic on the bottom.
Might be a lemonade-out-of-lemons situation, but that's an area that I sometimes scuff (not sure how or with what), so having a more durable hard-touch plastic is probably preferable to me.
Edited to add: hopefully the rear doors retain soft touch materials on the top vs. all hard-touch plastic? That's another tactic used by other manufacturers to cut costs and would be disappointing if Tesla did the same.
Might be a lemonade-out-of-lemons situation, but that's an area that I sometimes scuff (not sure how or with what), so having a more durable hard-touch plastic is probably preferable to me.
Edited to add: hopefully the rear doors retain soft touch materials on the top vs. all hard-touch plastic? That's another tactic used by other manufacturers to cut costs and would be disappointing if Tesla did the same.
Agreed! Even my Cadillac - which by all measures had a much, much more “luxury” interior than Model 3, had hard kick panels at the door bottom. Which is good - as you said, they take abuse. The top half of the door was nothing but plush and soft - but they hardened it where it mattered. Some critiqued them for it, but I always thought it was a smart design. You can see it below the armrest in this photo. Looks just fine.
iamnid
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destructure00
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2/2020 build date, soft in both places. Most likely it's just the SR+ with the hard plastic. It's the 'partial premium' interior according to Tesla. From just looks alone you could hardly tell the difference, and to be honest, I wouldn't have cared if mine was hard plastic on the bottom piece. Until this thread, I never even noticed.
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