Looks nice. Wonder why Alcanterra a lot more expensive than the leather ones? I saw a review with Amazon that the person had the first version of the yoke (I do too) and the version he got would not fit and they sent him a different one. Did it take 1 to 3 hours to install? Looks complicated, but I am not good at that stuff. Lol.
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Yoke peeling
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Nosken
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Alcantara is a pretty expensive material. I would have to say it probably took me an hour to do the first one and about 15 minutes to do the other side. Left versus right. If you get it, when you’re tucking it down under where the haptic buttons are For the steering wheel, don’t tuck it under that plate, you actually stick it down between where the steering wheel ends, and the plate begins, pushing it in a gap there. I tucked mine under, and it made the switches on the steering wheel very stiff.
zoomer0056
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Is it required to remove the yoke to put the cover on?
Good find, I added to my cart for future reference.
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yerEVan
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Doesn’t seem it. But you basically have to be a seamstress.
Here is their official video.
WilliamG
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zoomer0056
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Send your yoke my way (kidding, have too much work as it is). I've been working leather for 30 years now ... piece-o-cake for me. I've thought of doing this myself, maybe in alligator.
WilliamG
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Yeah for you a piece of cake. For me, it would be a travesty.
My service guy said that Tesla is offering a one time warranty for their pealing yokes. Said they would replace mine under warranty right now, or that I could wait till the newer model is released, and have that one done under warranty. I decided to wait for the improved one, quietly hoping it will come with a center horn button.
Pdubs
Ingesting large quantities of LSD
Mine said that too. This’ll be my 4th in 2 years. First they said June of 23, then Aug, late fall, January now spring of ‘24
I wish they’d switch back to leather. I love the wheels in our 2018s - they feel good and hold up much better than the new plastic material. If I had one of the new wheels/yokes, I’d strongly consider having it refinished in Alcantara.
Pdubs
Ingesting large quantities of LSD
Tesla should be embarrassed by that picture. It is ridiculus they don’t have the newer Yoke out now and why they can’t make these last. Never seen that on any car ever. Love the Yoke too, but come on Tesla, you can do better.
zoomer0056
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They've told me 1st quarter of the year. I'll believe when I see it. The Service Centers seem to not know anymore than we do.
Nosken
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How does it perform once the covering is removed? Does it last at all?
Pdubs
Ingesting large quantities of LSD
Performance is not affected. It feels like sht in your hands and looks like trailer trash, but everything is still functional.
Nosken
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I guess we could complete the ghetto look with duct tape or sprat paint
I guess they made a misstake bigger than that - they also webt to use the cheapest sh***y alternative. The feeling of the rubber plastic on the yoke is the same as a worn out steering wheel from the cheapest Toyota from 1985. The difference might be that the Toyota steering wheel still look ok.
Soneone mentioned alcantara, that would probably hood up well.
That’s exactly what I did with mine before swapping it out for the round wheel. A little gaffer’s tape.I guess we could complete the ghetto look with duct tape or sprat paint
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