Hi All,
I received my tesla mudflaps for my model 3 a couple months ago when i got the HW3.0 retrofit.
They said it would be as easy to install as ikea furniture so I agreed to install it myself.
The past weekend I took a shot a installing it and I will definitely say it is harder than most IKEA furniture, not in terms of complexity but in terms of frustration and time involved. One of the bolts have to be fastened at the bottom of the car which is very difficult without lifting the car. The two front bolts are very hard to screw in even with the nuts properly aligned with the holes. After installation, i also noticed the front top of the mudflaps do not completely cover the side skirts of the car, even though the design of the mudflaps seem to suggest it should be covering the entire side skirt. I tried tightning all bolts as hard as I could, but the mudflaps still do not cover the top of the side skirts by about half a cm. I'll try to get some pics later today.
Eventually, after 1.5hrs, I finally installed both mudflaps + splashguards, which is when I realized another jarring issue.
The ground clearance from the bottom of the flaps to the ground is barely even 2 inches. This means, on the slightest bumps, speed humps, pot holes, or just road debris, the mudflap would rub against something and I would hear a scraping sound from inside the cabin. I am now considering just removing the splash guards and only leaving the plastic mudflap on. It just sucks that after all the effort of removing it, I will need to spend the same amount of effort to remove the splash guards from the mud flap.
I just wanted to check how many of you canadian M3 owners received the mudflap/splashguard kit from Tesla and have installed it? And did you install the splash guards as well or mudflaps only? Are they worth installing and do they impact range?
Thanks.
I received my tesla mudflaps for my model 3 a couple months ago when i got the HW3.0 retrofit.
They said it would be as easy to install as ikea furniture so I agreed to install it myself.
The past weekend I took a shot a installing it and I will definitely say it is harder than most IKEA furniture, not in terms of complexity but in terms of frustration and time involved. One of the bolts have to be fastened at the bottom of the car which is very difficult without lifting the car. The two front bolts are very hard to screw in even with the nuts properly aligned with the holes. After installation, i also noticed the front top of the mudflaps do not completely cover the side skirts of the car, even though the design of the mudflaps seem to suggest it should be covering the entire side skirt. I tried tightning all bolts as hard as I could, but the mudflaps still do not cover the top of the side skirts by about half a cm. I'll try to get some pics later today.
Eventually, after 1.5hrs, I finally installed both mudflaps + splashguards, which is when I realized another jarring issue.
The ground clearance from the bottom of the flaps to the ground is barely even 2 inches. This means, on the slightest bumps, speed humps, pot holes, or just road debris, the mudflap would rub against something and I would hear a scraping sound from inside the cabin. I am now considering just removing the splash guards and only leaving the plastic mudflap on. It just sucks that after all the effort of removing it, I will need to spend the same amount of effort to remove the splash guards from the mud flap.
I just wanted to check how many of you canadian M3 owners received the mudflap/splashguard kit from Tesla and have installed it? And did you install the splash guards as well or mudflaps only? Are they worth installing and do they impact range?
Thanks.