I am using the new set of wide brackets which make the shelf very stable. I don't think the shelf was bouncing up and down because it's very solid, I think it was seeing some side to side slop on bad roads using the original metal brackets. The new brackets prevent side to side movement 100% because they are form fitted to the wall of the car unlike the metal brackets.
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Just checked with Steve. The "new" shelf brackets are indeed just being commercialized. I ordered a set. $20.
Sure! Buy WHY????NY Jets green?
This set is white just so you can really see them against the black background. The production versions will all be black. Special requests for other colors can be accommodated, but these will take a little time and be custom made to order. There may be a moderate charge for custom orders.
^ the black brackets are really nice IMO.. you basically don't even notice them back there, they blend in perfectly.
Not to put Steve out of business... but once you add this shelf, you'll say "this should have come with my $50K car"! I took my shelf out the other day because I had some long items to store back there where I had to fold the rear seats. It actually looked "naked" and cheap" in the back without the shelf. I really fail to understand how Tesla neglected to add some sort of factory shelf/partition in the trunk area? My Prius had one and my Bolt had one too.. both from the factory. Both cars 1/2 the price of the MY
Rob
The S does come with one or one is available. There is not one for the X. I was actually asked to make a shelf for the S at one point, and Telsa came out with one shortly after that. There has never been one for the X. I have been asked to make one for an X, but do not have a car to do the fitting on. If anyone in the Rochester, NY area has an X, I would be happy to use your car for that and you'll get your ModelXShelf on me!
They are nice, Rob. Thank you for all of your effort as the Development Team Leader for them! Most of you know by now that I've been making the same kind of parcel shelf for the Chevy Volt for a number of years. This came out of the same situation. I bought a car with a sticker price as much as my first house, and it had the cheeziest cargo cover that I'd ever seen. Quite literally, it was a Piece Of Spandex... Yeah, a POS.... I, like so many others, owned an 83 VW rabbit that had a far better one that lifted up with the hatch. So the standard for this was already set in our heads. GM failed to meet it, as Tesla has now as well. Perhaps they saved $5 on materials, perhaps they saved 2 lbs of weight in the car, and they simplified the manufacturing process. Fewer parts, less inventory, less assembly time... Any one of these is a significant win from a manufacturing standpoint. Getting all of them at the same time, is a huge plus for the manufacturer. So it is that the Model Y does not have a cargo cover. Security, sound dampening, just a finished trunk. Some see a need for this, some don't, but for those that see a need, this is an option. And yes, like NYRob says, once you get use to it, it looks wrong without one. Especially if you also owned an 85 VW Rabbit (Or Dodge Omni 4 door, or any other little hatch back.)^ the black brackets are really nice IMO.. you basically don't even notice them back there, they blend in perfectly.
Not to put Steve out of business... but once you add this shelf, you'll say "this should have come with my $50K car"! I took my shelf out the other day because I had some long items to store back there where I had to fold the rear seats. It actually looked "naked" and cheap" in the back without the shelf. I really fail to understand how Tesla neglected to add some sort of factory shelf/partition in the trunk area? My Prius had one and my Bolt had one too.. both from the factory. Both cars 1/2 the price of the MY
Rob
