I purchased mine through the first method, they do not have the bracket or corresponding piece available on the site.
My local service manager has seen me many times over the years and multiple Teslas and the parts just became available months ago and I think he cut me a deal for all parts $73...
I have a V3 lightbar new in box and with the retrofit method posted by Tesla was preparing to do the entire install myself. I felt confident I could do it but buying every tool and material for install ended up about $250. I saw this thread and some service centers installing lightbars and tried...
Thank you! My rep finally said those were the pads too but had no idea about the end caps, I am going to try to order them. He said they havenāt even put one on aside from the glue method. He laughed when I told him about the bracket and said āclassic Tesla that you would know before meā.
I was able to get everything but I also didnāt get the corresponding pads to go into the lightbar like another poster on here. The service center rep looked at me like I was crazy when I asked where the pads were when I showed him the parts specifically say āwith padsā.
On our X it is always āCalibratingā¦ā, not really that useful. They specifically call it out in the new trim differences chart so I assume it will come sometime in the next decade.
Since the update Iāve noticed a high pitched short noise when I first get in the CT, it definitely wasnāt there before and seems like itās coming from the dash. Anyone else notice this?
Itās because we are the red headed step child of Tesla. Similarly Teslaās patents for the Cybertruck showed the rear tail gate light bar as dynamic and an indicator of charge percentage, a simple software tweak we will probably never see.
My bet is that they finally throw in the hat on the CT and come to terms that it is a low volume vehicle and make the luxe package mandatory pricing the S, X and CT as the top line products and the 3, Y as the volume leaders.
My experience is that they always damage something else in the process of fixing something. I have never walked away without some sign they worked on my vehicle, and thatās not just the CT but every Tesla Iāve owned. I wish they had them respect peopleās vehicles a little more.
I guess I donāt understand the delay at this point, I too am waiting and with relatively expensive truck and solar setup I would hope they would get this worked out.
I think itās natural Franz would have made or at least thought of some designs using the same design language or CT as a base for other models but reality is the CT never took off. My guess is they will price the CT with the S and X and can any planned variations of the CT permanently. Cheaper...