WHERE is our Carbon Fiber Spoiler and Badging!?!?!

[Jedi2155]

I took the delivery on Sept 30th in Buena Park. I guess you are right.

What was interesting I found out today, was that I took delivery in Costa Mesa. While working on getting my wheel referrals, they told me my listed "preferred service center" was Buena Park despite being next to Pomona etc.

Probably the reason why I haven't gotten an email as well.

 

[Daniel F]

Cross-posting from the other spoiler thread:

Got mine today. They called to let me know it was ready on Tuesday and the mobile tech came by today to do the install.

I'm in Menlo Park, CA. The tech also told me that they were doing an install event at Tesla's Palo Alto HQ today with 2 techs doing spoiler installs all day long.

Here's what it looks like: spoiler & badge

 

[TD_alseT]

I’m at a super charger right now and someone just pulled in with a Red performance with the spoiler. Check it out.

 

[CrazyCoconut]

I’m at a super charger right now and someone just pulled in with a Red performance with the spoiler. Check it out.

Did you ask them if it's an ex-demo car, or newly installed?

 

[TD_alseT]

Did you ask them if it's an ex-demo car, or newly installed?

Newly installed. It was actually a rep from Tesla. He said the spoilers were slowly rolling out and should catch up pretty quickly.

 

[b0n3z]

It was raining, but the mobile Tesla vans with their canopy still made it happen!

 

[b0n3z]

I also received the badge, but didn't have them install it.

 

[jjrandorin]

It was raining, but the mobile Tesla vans with their canopy still made it happen!
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Thanks for posing the install pics, very informative! I likely will do the same thing (have them install the spoiler but not the badge). My emblems are painted satin black as part of the chrome delete I got, and if I put the badge on, I would want it painted to match. I am 50/50 on getting the badge painted and installed. Part of me wants it, and the other part of me wants to leave it de badged.

I kind of like the debadged look, but also kind of DONT like the fact that the performance model looks almost exactly the same as the others. Probably because I am used to higher trim sporty models of cars having more "flair" in body work than the other trims. It seems to be "taboo" to talk about wanting that differentiation, but if people didnt want it, manufacturers would not build them that way.

(love the vanity plate btw!).

 

[CrazyCoconut]

Thanks for posing the install pics, very informative! I likely will do the same thing (have them install the spoiler but not the badge). My emblems are painted satin black as part of the chrome delete I got, and if I put the badge on, I would want it painted to match. I am 50/50 on getting the badge painted and installed. Part of me wants it, and the other part of me wants to leave it de badged.

I kind of like the debadged look, but also kind of DONT like the fact that the performance model looks almost exactly the same as the others. Probably because I am used to higher trim sporty models of cars having more "flair" in body work than the other trims. It seems to be "taboo" to talk about wanting that differentiation, but if people didnt want it, manufacturers would not build them that way.

(love the vanity plate btw!).

I'm with you. Wish the P3 had more visually distinguishing features. There is no mistaking a 330i vs a M3.

To @b0n3z and others who already have their spoilers installed. Do you guys have ceramic coating? If so, do you worry about the spoiler sticking properly to the car?

 

[Lifeinabox]

I also received the badge, but didn't have them install it.

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Good call! I de-badged and love it.

 

[tchaimd]

I'm with you.

To @b0n3z and others who already have their spoilers installed. Do you guys have ceramic coating? If so, do you worry about the spoiler sticking properly to the car?

I heard the same thing about poor adherence to ceramic coating. I was told that the ceramic coating could only be removed by polishing.

 

[DDotJ]

Just got my badge and spoiler from the Costa Mesa event. I pulled in and there was nobody in line. They had 2 stations, one for badging and another for spoilers. They take your info and send you to a station.

I pulled into the first station for the badge and they applied it in 15 seconds. Then they directed me to the second station where they installed my spoiler. This took about 3 minutes. They wiped down the trunk with alcohol prep, and then added the spoiler with some sort of adhesive tape. They told me not too apply too much pressure until it cured and sent me on my way. The whole process took only about 10 minutes. Seriously felt like my car was at a pit stop station, when my car pulled into a station a group of 3 techs would surround the car and get to work.

Here are some pics:

They had multiple Mobile Service vans at each station, but when I went there was nobody there.

The box the spoilers were shipped in, and the red plastic is the backing of the adhesive tape for attaching the spoilers.

 

[brandonee916]

Ugh... this thread is making me want my spoiler now. I got my badging at the beginning of January

 

[FlyNavy01]

I took delivery of my car in July. Going on 7 months now... quite frustrating. Stopped by my local service center today and they had "no idea" when spoilers would get in, but this thread has me hopeful.

 

[b0n3z]

I'm with you. Wish the P3 had more visually distinguishing features. There is no mistaking a 330i vs a M3.

To @b0n3z and others who already have their spoilers installed. Do you guys have ceramic coating? If so, do you worry about the spoiler sticking properly to the car?

No I don't have any ceramic or paint protection film (PPF). I plan to get both... but all in due time. Another guy that I met at the even (Tony) had a black Model 3 with Stealth PPF (matt). I'm not sure if he had ceramic on top of that PPF - but it adhered just fine. 3M automotive tape is very strong stuff.

I also agree that the performance model needs to be more aggressive. So I'm communication with one manufacture that is possibly making a 4" spoiler I might purchase. I also want a bumper replacement or modification for a rear diffuser (as well as side skirts and front lower lip).

 

[outie]

I'm with you. Wish the P3 had more visually distinguishing features. There is no mistaking a 330i vs a M3.

Depends who you ask actually.

 

[MXWing]

Just thankful AF Costa Mesa PD didn’t set up a dragnet to neutralize front license plate violators and cars with tinted windows.

Casualties would have been in the hundreds.

@bonesz @Jedi2155 and I felt very uncomfortable and trapped when a police SUV was stalking the driveway.

 

[MXWing]

To @b0n3z and others who already have their spoilers installed. Do you guys have ceramic coating? If so, do you worry about the spoiler sticking properly to the car?

If it falls off I’ll share the story.

Seems fine however.

I took delivery of my car in July. Going on 7 months now... quite frustrating. Stopped by my local service center today and they had "no idea" when spoilers would get in, but this thread has me hopeful.

They installed at least a hundred in just 2-3 hours. It’s just a matter of when. It’s less than a five minute job.

 

[CrazyCoconut]

No I don't have any ceramic or paint protection film (PPF). I plan to get both... but all in due time. Another guy that I met at the even (Tony) had a black Model 3 with Stealth PPF (matt). I'm not sure if he had ceramic on top of that PPF - but it adhered just fine. 3M automotive tape is very strong stuff.

I also agree that the performance model needs to be more aggressive. So I'm communication with one manufacture that is possibly making a 4" spoiler I might purchase. I also want a bumper replacement or modification for a rear diffuser (as well as side skirts and front lower lip).

My PPF and ceramic coating guy says just to clean it with isopropyl alcohol, while my other detailer guy says you have to mechanically polish the coating off. I might just be safe and polish the trunk lid edge prior to spoiler installation. I have all of the equipment for paint correction anyway.

Depends who you ask actually.

Sure. The point is that there is obviously a lot of people who do want more flair. There are several in this thread alone.

 

[Jedi2155]

I took delivery of my car in July. Going on 7 months now... quite frustrating. Stopped by my local service center today and they had "no idea" when spoilers would get in, but this thread has me hopeful.

It looks like they're still trying to get the process for "installing" the spoilers down. Apparently the person signing everyone in was the Head of Mobile Service probably double checking the mobile tech's work. As @MXWing mentioned in the past, the spoilers may have come in late last year but they didn't have a good process for installing all of them where some of the alignment was a bit off.

In fact some of the badges looked a bit crooked and had to do a reinstall. The story about the install jig needing to be finalized before it could be installed out in the field sounds like the most believable story.

No I don't have any ceramic or paint protection film (PPF). I plan to get both... but all in due time. Another guy that I met at the even (Tony) had a black Model 3 with Stealth PPF (matt). I'm not sure if he had ceramic on top of that PPF - but it adhered just fine. 3M automotive tape is very strong stuff.

I asked my detailer to delay putting ceramic on the trunk lid until I get my spoiler.