Things to do while waiting for Elon's "something special for Roadster owners"
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wiztecy
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Yeah, after installing a half dozen of them, I've gotten pretty good at it.
BTW, I mounted my antenna on the dashboard itself and that improved reception in marginal areas. I'll try to remember to take a picture and repost here.
I forgot to mention I had the service center reroute the key fob antenna wiring as mentioned in another thread.
I have been wanting to cover up the carpet between the seats and the floor mats and finally did something about it. I bought an extra set of mats and cut them to fit the upper carpet deck. I found that the roadster mats are the same $ as a honda fit (picked that as the smallest car I could think of... maybe a [not-so]smart car is smaller). Anyhoo, here's what it looks like.
Doug_G
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Hey - I like. Looks much nicer than the cheap and wearing-out carpet in my foot wells.
Have you tried getting into the car with wet shoes since installing that? I'd be curious about whether your feet slip on it.
Have you tried getting into the car with wet shoes since installing that? I'd be curious about whether your feet slip on it.
Or does the mat itself slip? That's what's happening with my mat. With a lot of lateral pressure from my foot getting out of the car, the mat slips to the front.
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wiztecy
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If you can find some way to hook the mat to the two mat securing hooks on the floor you shouldn't have an issue with it slipping. The stock mat has the circle ends that fit on the floor hook that keeps it from moving forward. I don't see the hooks being utilized on the mats in the pic above. They also sell clips that have pins. So you clip your mat and then run the pin down into the existing carpet. This keeps the mat from shifting forward.
Product: Mat-Locâ„¢ Clips Retention System
Product: Mat-Locâ„¢ Clips Retention System
Regarding my upper area floor mats, I've pushed hard on them with my foot getting in and out and they don't move. The mats have those cleats on the underside to that helps, but more importantly the mats were cut exactly to the trapezoid-shaped area and since it is wider at the seat and narrower at the front, the mat cannot slide forward. I spent $55 at auto anything.com ordering the extra set of mats. Was hoping I could get 2 cars worth and donate a set to a local Roadster owner, but you can only get 1 car out of them.
Finally managed to get mine yesterday (it took Tesla a while to get these for me).
A real improvement to the interior, and thanks for the tip.
Another (possibly cheaper / quicker) option is to just 'wrap' the existing ones. The leather wrapped Tesla ones I got seem to just have leather cut to shape then glued on. The leather wraps over the sides and ends 1/4" or so on the back side.
spaceballs
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I've ordered the leather trimmed handles last month, and Tesla is waiting for parts to come in, one part from Europe and the another one is backordered.
Also they noted that the "The trimmed handles are for 2010+ Model Year vehicles."
Also they noted that the "The trimmed handles are for 2010+ Model Year vehicles."
I'm on a mission right now to remove/cover all of the aluminum trim pieces in my car. Besides the door pulls and door sills, I did the center console (aluminum part that surrounds the drive buttons). Now I need to do the parking brake and the steering wheel. I'll still have the chrome door release, but I don't think there's much I can do there, and chrome isn't as bad as the aluminum.
Doug_G
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Not sure that really makes sense. Roadster changed from 2.0 to 2.5 in July 2010. Did the door interior design change earlier in the year?
While I'm waiting..........I'm detailing the exterior of the car. I just used Griot's Paint Cleaning Clay with Speed Shine and tonight I'm using their Fine Hand Polish followed by Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid Wax. Would have bought either the Griot's or the 3M Performance Finish Polymer Wax but I didn't have time to wait for shipping before I have to drive the car!
spaceballs
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Yeah I'm not sure either, but that is the exact text of what they told me via email from the service center. I got it anyways to test out on the 1.5 and/or 2.0.
Botbldr45
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Whoa Bart!!
Make sure you don't put that stuff on "Starshield"
If you are #1276 then you are a 2.5 sports and might have the clear wrap which Griots recommends you don't use clay on.
Make sure you rant wrapped ..... If you are use griots speed shine or spray on car wash. They won't scratch the wrap and will shine it right up!
Make sure you don't put that stuff on "Starshield"
If you are #1276 then you are a 2.5 sports and might have the clear wrap which Griots recommends you don't use clay on.
Make sure you rant wrapped ..... If you are use griots speed shine or spray on car wash. They won't scratch the wrap and will shine it right up!
Oh no!!! I already used the clay on the wrap!!! I have 3M Venture Shield so I hope that I didn't screw it up! I didn't see any small print about not using it on the wrap
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