here is another to add of the semi-side view of old design. as you can see it also sticks out from the tire creating a gap.I just added all the photos together to make the comparison easier.
Yeah, it was at my local southern CA Tesla dealer at their showroom when I was picking of my CyberBeast a couple weeks ago.
The new Cyber AT wheel cover still extends well beyond the rim to go over the rubber tire. When you hit a pothole hard enough, the tire will bulge out far enough to pop the wheel cover off. It will happen by design.
The newly designed wheel covers were on my Beast delivered last week in Raleigh NC. The service center said they were the first they had seen. I noticed two were not seated properly all the way and had to bang them tight with my hand clenched. They have not fallen off so far. Will update here if they do. I will be putting them through some rough forest service road driving this coming week.
If it’s by design then I can never drive with them on in Chicago. We got more potholes in the streets than atoms in the universe lol.
The same way they fill thousands of orders from the Tesla Shop. Send them all to an order fulfillment center.
Obviously Tesla did not do it on purpose. It was poor engineering. The original problem was pretty obvious that the cover sticked out too far to rub against the tire. They pulled it back but it's still not enough. When you hit a pothole or go over something (curb, rocks, etc.) hard enough, the rubber will flex and bulge out far enough to pop the cover loose. It's unintentional but the current design asks for that to happen.
Thanks for the recommendation. I just ordered these for our Beast!
I am really thinking (and hoping) that was the case for mine - that they were not seated correctly. The service center said they don't check those before you pick up for delivery. The truck is however it came off when it was dropped off. So, perhaps I just did not do a good enough inspection at delivery. Everyone else should just really make sure they are all on properly.
Update: I've driven over 1,000 miles since the wheel covers came off and at this point, I think it was just an issue of them not being installed properly and I didn't check them when I picked up the truck. The lesson then is to probably take all the covers off and make sure you put them back on as the instructions describe. Kind of a pain, but so was chasing down two-wheel covers off the side of the road.
