Vendor The Tesla Studio's Model 3 - The Project

[TheTeslaStudio]

We've had our shop's Model 3 for a few months now but we haven't had the chance to post everything we did to it. Some of you have already seen it out in the wild .
Now, we'll show you what we did to it. Everything we did, we offer it in our studio.

Arrival of our little toy.

This Model 3 was bought pre-owned in NJ with only 90 miles on it back in late May. We hired a company to safely transported down to our shop.

We started working on it as soon as we had an opening. First thing we did was tint all the windows with Xpel Prime XR Plus high performance window films for outstanding heat rejection, glare reduction and UV protection.
For the sides and back we chose to go with 35%. The classiest look for a black interior.

Full windshield done with 55% tint. Why? I'm not a fan of wearing sunglasses while driving and my eyes are pretty sensitive to glare.

The back glass was done using a single piece of film, not in 2 pieces like other inexperienced shops do.

We polished the front end and started doing the clear bra installation. Instead of doing the entire car, we decided to just cover the highest impact areas on the Model 3

▪Full hood ▪Full fenders ▪Bumper ▪Headlights ▪Foglights ▪A pillars ▪Rockers ▪Top of rear bumper

The end result of Phase 1

 

[jkcheng122]

Not a fan of wearing sunglasses so you added sunglasses effect to the front windshield? Aren’t essentially driving at night wearing sunglasses?

 

[brur]

Do you put the tint on the outside of the rear windows? I don't know.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Not a fan of wearing sunglasses so you added sunglasses effect to the front windshield? Aren’t essentially driving at night wearing sunglasses?

I never said I didn't like the benefits of sunglasses. I said I don't like to wear them..and yes, that's why I chose to do the windshield slightly darker.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Do you put the tint on the outside of the rear windows? I don't know.

The tint is layed on the exterior of the glass to model it. Once molded, it's installed on the inside.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

A few other modifications we did.

We lowered the Model 3 using Unplugged Performance mild spring which lowered the car by 1.5 inches

We added a set of Vossen HF2 wheels. We wanted the staggered look so we went with 20x9 on the front and 20x10.5 on the rear with the biggest set of tires we could fit in it.

We added the company graphics on the lower doors

Performance pedals, puddle lights were also installed

We replaced the wood dash trim with a carbon fiber one for a sportier look

Carbon fiber spoiler was added as well

Blackvue DR900S-2CH dashcams were custom installed

Headlights were slightly smoked for a little more aggressive look. This film does NOT reduce the light output.

And these accessories completed our Phase 2

 

[Racerx22b]

And these accessories completed our Phase 2

Where is the full pic of the car from all angles? Not sure I see the point in walking us through this process without letting us see the work?

In theory, this thing should look awesome!!! Give us some pics.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Where is the full pic of the car from all angles? Not sure I see the point in walking us through this process without letting us see the work

In theory, this thing should look awesome!!! Give us some pics.

So impatient

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Paint correction was performed to remove those unsightly swirls and random deep scratches followed by a ceramic coating application.

Finally all done. It drives as good as it looks

 

[Racerx22b]

Bada$$!!!! Nice work.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Bada$$!!!! Nice work.

Thank you Sir.

 

[jkcheng122]

Sweet look. May I suggest painting the calipers?

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Sweet look. May I suggest painting the calipers?

We're thought about it as we offer that service as well but this car might go up for sale.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Some pictures to show the height difference from a stock Model 3

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

The next shop project is here.

Model 3 AWD. This one will be customized differently than our blue Model 3.

Stay tuned as the work is done on this one.

 

[RDuke]

Finally all done. It drives as good as it looks

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Love that color!!

 

[Spy021]

The next shop project is here.

Model 3 AWD. This one will be customized differently than our blue Model 3.

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Stay tuned as the work is done on this one.

Any updates? Very interested in seeing what you do to this one.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

Ok..here we go.
When we ordered this AWD Model 3 we knew we weren't going to put any options on it as we knew we wanted it to be black and with the standard wheels. After all, the wheels were going to be replaced.

We started with a full XPEL PRIME XR PLUS high performance window tint treatment. We did 20% on the sides and back, 55% on the full windshield.

We then removed the calipers to be painted Lamborghini pearl yellow and the suspension to be replaced with Unplugged Performance super low springs

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

A full body clear bra installation was performed to protect the very soft jet black paint on this Model 3 along with a yellow tinted clear bra film installed on the headlights and foglights.

 

[TheTeslaStudio]

We did the chrome delete and also applied tinted ppf to the taillights for the total black out look.

After the exterior was done, I decided to replace the film on the headlights and foglights to a light black tint. This is what the finished exterior looks like.

Now, to work on the interior