What’s a glare shield?I got my new Glare Shield in and went super slow putting it in and had success.
Glass is clear, no dry wipe, or glare alerts so far.
This is the bit of plastic with the GPS unit mounted to it. 2 Tabs on the side and then this funny hinge thing in the back. Its whats surrounding the cameras the front and has a matte texture to cut glare.
ThanksThis is the bit of plastic with the GPS unit mounted to it. 2 Tabs on the side and then this funny hinge thing in the back. Its whats surrounding the cameras the front and has a matte texture to cut glare.
I had to remove this to clean the glass the cameras look out. Off-gassing (fog/haze) from plastics common issue. If you can pull it without breaking anything you're ahead of the game. Its very fragile and just go super slow.
Tesla has all parts by VIN on https://epc.tesla.com/en-US/landingpage.
SC may have it in stock, else you can just order parts when needed and get them shipped.
If I turn my wiper off it just turns on again. The wiper Works several times during every trip wearing out the wiper and hopefully not damaging the windshield. The wiper also makes a loud screeching noise probably because it was destroyed from dry wiping.
It's a pain in the ass but I have started doing this too It seems to work I still have phantom wipes but I am not sure if I remembered to shut it off at the beginning of the drive.
. Just had to replace the glare shield that did not go back in. After putting my new one in I think. I should have recorded when I did it.
Great shots - yeah least my ride yesterday was event free. I used isopropyl alcohol and a lint free towel.Ok. I did the thorough cleaning of the window beneath the glare shield. Once again, it’s pretty easy to do if you don’t have the Hansshow digital mirror. It’s a bit of a pain if you do. The window has never been cleaner. I will follow up with the dry wipe anecdotal data. As a reminder, I’ve cleaned the window a week or so back but had noticed I didn’t do a great job and thus elected to redo the cleaning. Even so, no dry wipes since I did the initial cleaning.
these smears are on the inside, beneath the glare shield
Tabs to release the glare shield, one on each side - push them inwards
A view of the little hook at the back the glare shield
Hard to show but there when seen from the inside , in the right lighting, you could imagine that FSD might think the windshield needed cleaning - especially if it has never been cleaned
The camera lenses look pretty clean, I blew them off with air
I don’t know what this is… it doesn’t have a clear lens and the surface is unusual if you look closely so I left it alone
so after all this, let’s see if it makes any difference at all.
Good luck to all of us.
Tip: the glare-shield plastic is stiff and brittle. I broke a tab by pressing the shield back in without pushing in on the tabs to relieve the stress.Tabs to release the glare shield, one on each side - push them inwards
I found that once I could line up the rear by coming in and a angle it folder up then snapped in but I told the mobile tech "these feel like single use and won't survive after some time". I recorded this after I got my replacement which I ordered from the epc.tesla.com site. Just went extra soft on the tabs but my original one they just both fell out of the mount area at the same time, and my rear hinge/tab deals had separated.
That’s a dummy insert, which you can clearly see from the back:I don’t know what this is… it doesn’t have a clear lens and the surface is unusual if you look closely so I left it alone
