145xx VIN picked up about a week ago. Sent Tesla email with list of defects before 3 days/100 miles; I was told that they will review the issues and get back to me on what they can do/are willing to do as 'goodwill'. SC appointment scheduled for three plus weeks out from today; that was first available at my local SC.
Defects fall into categories of:
After the paint issues are addressed, I wanted to get the car wrapped as soon as possible for paint protection purposes, but I am concerned about the SC or body shop's work messing with the wrap to do their rectification of the driver's door and some of the fitment items.
Because of this concern I have owned the car for a week and left it in the garage mostly unused; it has 81 miles on it after about a week of ownership. I loathe the idea of it sitting unused for about three weeks, especially when I likely won't get the car back from the appointment for what I assume will be days if not weeks given what needs to be worked on.
Reading forum discussions about changing door alignment with a chisel, crowbar, and/or sledge hammer and hood mounts/hinges are bent to adjust the hood by the SC or body shop make me think that I need to wait until the car has finished all rectification to avoid them from damaging a wrap.
But, I am making some assumptions about the work that has to be done to fix these issues. Anyone that had SC/body shop rectification like this car needs that had a wrap already what was your experience? Did you have to have the affected body part re-wrapped?
TIA for your responses!
Defects fall into categories of:
- Driver side front door aligned too high, rubbing trim against paint, other related alignment issues caused by the door
- Paint defects (10+ in total; nibs, fish eyes, previous touch-up, small scratch, orbital buffing marks)
- Fitment issues - trim pieces, hood side-to-side alignment, trunk lid aligned too far back, passenger side tail light, ...
- Inside issues - only two, including a rear seat height alignment issue, passenger seat cushion/padding exposed
After the paint issues are addressed, I wanted to get the car wrapped as soon as possible for paint protection purposes, but I am concerned about the SC or body shop's work messing with the wrap to do their rectification of the driver's door and some of the fitment items.
Because of this concern I have owned the car for a week and left it in the garage mostly unused; it has 81 miles on it after about a week of ownership. I loathe the idea of it sitting unused for about three weeks, especially when I likely won't get the car back from the appointment for what I assume will be days if not weeks given what needs to be worked on.
Reading forum discussions about changing door alignment with a chisel, crowbar, and/or sledge hammer and hood mounts/hinges are bent to adjust the hood by the SC or body shop make me think that I need to wait until the car has finished all rectification to avoid them from damaging a wrap.
But, I am making some assumptions about the work that has to be done to fix these issues. Anyone that had SC/body shop rectification like this car needs that had a wrap already what was your experience? Did you have to have the affected body part re-wrapped?
TIA for your responses!