My Cybertruck closeups: front bumper camera & passenger door button (spotted at Tesla Service Center)

[Insirt]

Someone else has probably asked and answered this question, but, based on the edges, it looks like the pillar and button are glass-covered?

Hopefully it's not acrylic since that will be a pretty high-hand-traffic area. Bound to get scratched and oily. I was thinking of using PPF on the pillar and button if possible if they did turn out to be plastic.

Might just PPF all glossy bits (headlights, tail lamp bar and tail lights, pillars) or the all of the stainless steel too since fingerprints, dirt/oil are such an issue. Also will help with smaller scratches which, while they won't be deep and structurally will do nothing to the steel, will be fairly visible I imagine.

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[Crissa]

Someone else has probably asked and answered this question, but, based on the edges, it looks like the pillar and button are glass-covered?

Tesla tends to use pretty durable materials.

-Crissa

 

[Deleted member 17810]

This seems irrelevant, as the screen is LEDs, but also... The screen can't get that bright?

-Crissa

Yes it can.

It's how the make it work

 

[Crissa]

Yes it can.

It's how the make it work

Screen is still LEDs tho.

-Crissa

 

[Deleted member 17810]

Screen is still LEDs tho.

-Crissa

It's not a dedicated single led.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

Something centered. No bucktooth housing.

It was clearly last minute

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[charliemagpie]

If the camera was centered, perhaps it could be damaged or obscured when using a winch.
Its job could also be for observing the terrain and to adjust the dynamic suspension, not just FSD.
If centered, the number plate being in the way could have it placed lower, perhaps not ideal.

Just guessing, but I don't take the rushed argument.

 

[bdmridgeback]

Someone else has probably asked and answered this question, but, based on the edges, it looks like the pillar and button are glass-covered?

Hopefully it's not acrylic since that will be a pretty high-hand-traffic area. Bound to get scratched and oily. I was thinking of using PPF on the pillar and button if possible if they did turn out to be plastic.

Might just PPF all glossy bits (headlights, tail lamp bar and tail lights, pillars) or the all of the stainless steel too since fingerprints, dirt/oil are such an issue. Also will help with smaller scratches which, while they won't be deep and structurally will do nothing to the steel, will be fairly visible I imagine.

I think I'm going to wrap all my glossy stuff and maybe even the entire truck, in Satin Finish PPF since I install PPF for a living.

 

[Crissa]

It's not a dedicated single led.

But the B pillar doesn't have a screen.

-Crissa

 

[Deleted member 17810]

But the B pillar doesn't have a screen.

-Crissa

ok

 

[wtibbit]

I think I'm going to wrap all my glossy stuff and maybe even the entire truck, in Satin Finish PPF since I install PPF for a living.

I had 3M PPF installed on my 2007 Corvette immediately after buying and driving it home from Bowling Green. It was a typical clear bra installation. The film was on car for 13 years. The car was a daily driver and mostly, but not aways, garaged for all that time. On horizontal surfaces, where the film was exposed to a lot of sunlight, it had started to yellow and become cracked. Eventually the film looked so bad that I removed it. It did a great job protecting the paint but removing it was extremely difficult. The film had deteriorated so badly that it came off tiny pieces yet it was still very tightly bonded to the paint.

So... a few questions for you, bdmridgeback.

Is there any type of PPF that is recommended for application to bare stainless?
Do you think the longevity of PPF applied to stainless will be different than PPF applied to paint?
Is there a way to determine when PPF should be removed to avoid the difficulty I had?
Are there any other recommendations you could give for installing PPF on a stainless steel vehicle?

 

[scottf200]

There’s nothing about it’s placement that’s “last minute “. They’ve been designing this truck for years. They’ve had a plan for that camera for years, guaranteed.
Its placement, more than likely, has to do with the functionality of vision system for FSD.
Monday morning, engineers, and designers.

Same people that designed the v2 and v3 cables to be stretched even you you park as far to the right side of the stall as possible?

 

[Crissa]

Same people that designed the v2 and v3 cables to be stretched even you you park as far to the right side of the stall as possible?

I feel like this has been answered, tho.

While using that Supercharger.

No problem at this one.

-Crissa

 

[scottf200]

I feel like this has been answered, tho.

I'm unclear what you mean? The Pedestals that you can drive up beside like a gas station pump?

I'm wondering what percentage of v2 and v3 supercharger pedestals are like that? 5%? Those are often used in my experience at a few hundred unique superchargers because some % of people prefer pulling in forward vs backing in and lining up [of course they do have to back out when leaving]. [Personally I'm fine with backing in but sure seems like a Tesla auto-parking feature miss]

v2 & v3 : 1700+ Supercharger and 20000+ pedestals/plugs.

 

[Crissa]

I'm unclear what you mean? The Pedestals that you can drive up beside like a gas station pump?

I'm wondering what percentage of...

Yes. There's two spots to pull up here, sharing one charger. As you can see, there are zero Teslas charging in the photo.

What percentage of vehicles are towing? Sure, towing vehicles will need to charge three times for every non-towing cars, but like, most road-tripping vehicles aren't towing. Like, 95% aren't. So 95% of charging stalls don't need to be capable of handling trailers.

As you can see here, 20% are capable at this location. That'll probably be sufficient.

-Crissa

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