I've had this question for a long while. In general, being plastic would be just fine if they are easily replaceable for a cheap price. That way, when offroading I won't be so worried about dinging them. But they also hold the cameras. I really don't want to rip out a camera while going through some brush or through a rock obstacle. I'm hoping there is a great solution here that allows for the inevitable dings without disabling the mirrors or FSD.
It doesn't necessarily fade. That's a function of what the carbon pigment is made from, and how dense it is.
? All I want for Christmas is my Cybertruck update ?
So sacrificial fender-off‘r flares rather than scratch and dent the exterior S.S. Its not S.S. but I have orig. factory fender flares on my rig - 24 yrs now.
The problem though is when the "high-strength" plastic gets pressured between a solid rock wall and the extremely hard stainless steel of the CT body. Unless that high-strength plastic is as strong or stronger than the stainless steel, it's going to get broken/bent/ripped off. And as I said originally, that would be OK for me except for the problem of the embedded cameras. If ripping off the plastic means ripping off the cameras too, off-roading is going to get expensive.
Yeah, I was hoping though that the camera might get moved up just a bit to be in a small hole in the SS body with a glass/plastic cover that was not sticking out any further than the SS. There are probably aesthetic reasons not to do that, possibly visibility or point of view issues. but if well designed I bet it would work and that would give ultimate protection to the camera. Then if the plastic wheel flares get ripped off I would have no concern in the world. In fact, if I was running obstacles I might just snap them off for the run. Then snap them back on before getting back on the road.
