Tesla says it's "within the spec" and "normal", what do you think?

[thesmokingman]

Ref 2022 MY (yours looks slightly different - might be year over year changes to detail of this area and the sealing pieces)

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Looks the same to me. Your gap is just dark body color. OP's is white due to his body color.

 

[ZenRockGarden]

Looks the same to me. Your gap is just dark body color. OP's is white due to his body color.

I don't believe there's any exposed paint (of any color) between the inner rubber seal and the outer one on my pic which is different than what the op showed.

 

[thesmokingman]

I don't believe there's any exposed paint (of any color) between the inner rubber seal and the outer one on my pic which is different than what the op showed.

Look closely in your pic its dark blue. The gap is the same as the OP's.

 

[ZenRockGarden]

Look closely in your pic its dark blue. The gap is the same as the OP's.

I think we'll just have to disagree.

On the white car, it's triangle-corner-piece, rubber-outer-gasket, white paint, rubber-inner-gasket

On the blue car, it's triangle-corner-piece, rubber-outer-gasket, rubber-inner-gasket. no paint between the two gaskets in the region shown as white in the original.

 

[thesmokingman]

I think we'll just have to disagree.

On the white car, it's triangle-corner-piece, rubber-outer-gasket, white paint, rubber-inner-gasket

On the blue car, it's triangle-corner-piece, rubber-outer-gasket, rubber-inner-gasket. no paint between the two gaskets in the region shown as white in the original.

Yes its slightly different but I can see the blue between your gaskets.

 

[ZenRockGarden]

Yes its slightly different but I can see the blue between your gaskets.

The only blue paint in my pic is the roof - trust me, I own this car and just double checked it in person.

I won't argue further

 

[zsunsun]

Yes its slightly different but I can see the blue between your gaskets.

You sounds like my SC, seeing things when there's none lol

 

[bubohoot]

I’ve been reading a lot on forums since I ordered my car. Seems to be a sore and sensitive subject with Tesla owners. Many think it’s overly important and many think it doesn’t matter at all and people are being ridiculous.

I tend to agree with the former. One point I haven’t seen brought up at all is resale value.

When buying a used car it was always something I was taught to look for. If a car has been in an accident and it has structural damage, it shows up on body panel alignment. All professional buyers look at panel alignment for this reason. If it came misaligned from the factory, you’re immediately losing potential resale value in the future. At the minimum you’re reducing your potential buyers to uneducated buyers only.

Anyways, what do you guys think? Does it matter? Does it not matter?