the flaps get the rocks, the ppf gets the sand and dirt.........trust me you need BOTH
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Tesla Model Y Rear Door Paint Damage
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dreamer1213
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They won't. The front flaps do that because it's the front wheels that causes the issues on the rear doors, hence why the OEM flaps are only on the front wheels.
correct.......rear flaps are useless other than protecting the cars behind you
Update: So I dropped my car off for its first service since I originally picked it up and it had a lot of things to get fixed including replacing my hood because of a pretty bad dent on top. Getting the hood took forever. I asked the service girl that was helping me if the body shop can fix the rear door panels that were affected by driving up in the snow while its there to change out my hood and realign everything else. To my surprise she said no problem at all and that she won't charge me to get it back to original. I also asked if they can put the Tesla ppf protector on both rear door panels and she said no problem but I do have to pay for that. I'm actually pretty happy about it. I pick up the car next week!
dreamer1213
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Well, how nice for them to actually acknowledge the issue instead of just denying. Where is your service center? Lol.
So this PPF for the rear door is a bit bigger than the actual tesla one. I will try to post a picture soon.
Took it in for service at Agoura service center! If you want the reps name that took care of my case just send me a message.
I have zero paint damage on the rear doors, after having installed the PPF cut to fit in that area.
me too. I also live in BC, got my car in Calgary though in the winter. Paint was damaged before I even got home. Definitely want in on the class action at this point after I asked nicely a few times! I'll send you a message if I can figure that out...
So far but I wouldn't guarantee it 100%. I add side skirts on my SS Camaro (same exact body design) to get to that level IMO. But...so far it's perfect back there.
dagug
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I've got 14k miles with PPF, flaps, and ceramic coating. No paint issues on the door though the plastic trim underneath is definitely sandblasted so I would have had the same issues as everyone else here if I didn't get the paint protection on from the start.
Update, I emailed [email protected] and got a call back from the Calgary service centre. They are adamant they will do nothing about the paint, say they do not feel responsible for sending vehicle out with no flaps and no paint protection (my fault for driving it on actual roads I suppose? sheesh...) Said they are going to fix the door alignment issue and touch up the associated paint damage, but nothing for the main issue of pitted paint from rocks kicked up by the front tires. I'm trying to decide if this is worth making a public issue somehow? Is it "news" for some consumer portion of a news show? "Tesla car paint can't handle winter roads; Tesla won't support warranty". Are they violating some consumer protection laws? Is a class action winnable? What would be the first step? Or time to suck it up, save my energy and move on, paying for repairs out of my own pocket?
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I would just repaint it and do PPF.
So many people complain about PPF not being worth it in other threads, and then I see threads like this.
I would just repaint it and do PPF.
So many people complain about PPF not being worth it in other threads, and then I see threads like this.
Every car I see (non-Tesla) with rear door/fender flare has some sort of protective PPF FROM THE FACTORY!!! VAG, Toyota, Nissan, etc.
This is NOT the fault of the consumer. The fact that Tesla even SELLS, as an "accessory", PPF for this area shows that they are aware of the issue.
Freshness: Would you really spends several hundred dollars, out of your own pocket? I know I wouldn't.
it’s an option for many cars, albeit standard on many also.
Owned many BMW M cars which have much wider fenders and none came with PPF
The only cars I’ve seen that always come with factory PPF are my 911s which are junk anyways and turn yellow quickly.
Then everyone would be complaining that the OEM turn yellow, I’m sure.
My 2022 S had PPF from the factory and I removed it after about 2 months
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I thought I saw a newer Y with a design change.......no flares, can anyone confirm this?. By tesla posting bulletins in certain regions and sending out free mud flaps and ppf they are admitting a universal design flaw and should at least be fixing the damage.........and yes this is a very winnable class action as they have already admitted fault by doing pointless damage control after the fact
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