btcrealm
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First what happened.
12/17/2024 after putting Christmas lights on my cybertruck a deer decided it wanted to play.... They were nice (for about 2 hours....). I was using autopilot it didn't see the deer at all (ironic, we received the first FSD 13.x late that night...).
Needless to say the deer had other plans : [
Full post (https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/accident.30276/page-2#post-568691)
But for this topic the relevance...
Now on to how to get a headlight and get it installed.
First we can now buy direct from Tesla. Often we will be told to order through the parts catalog, even by service staff. This is not legitimate and DOES NOT WORK. In order to purchase using the Tesla service catalog one must have a business account, to get that business account the business must be in the relevant auto industry.
Tell the service center what part you need and that you have to buy it through them.
Here are the relevant documents for this removal, install, and alignment.
Once these have been read lets get to the details.
Loosen all the components BEFORE removing the old headlight to save some headache (guess who didn't....).
Once everything is loosened and the headlight is removed there is a clip that needs to be found. (disconnecting the headlight is in Teslas instructions read that)
Likely it will be slightly damaged and will need to be wrapped in tape (I used the painters tape) this makes it snug especially as the bracket behind it will likely be damaged (we are replacing a headlight due to impact after all). I had to put and pull the headlight a couple times to get the bracket fit right.
If all the bolts mentioned above are loosened then this will only be a small PITA. The headlight doesn't actually fit, it needs to be gently forced into the slot. The two circled components will be the biggest pain for this. Looking closely at my headlight in this picture there are a bunch of scuff marks on the top part as I had to trial and error learn this. I found pulling up between the two circled brackets worked the best.
The headlight 'falls' into place after it slides in 2/3s of the way (there is a bottom lip that falls behind the bumper).
Before tightening everything back down plug the headlight in and test flashers, running, headlight, and highbeams.
Now tighten everything down and LIGHTSHOW! err.... I mean HEADLIGHT!
If this feels a bit slap stick it has nothing to do with anyone else situation, this has been my learning experience and I can at least make fun of myself RIGHT!
12/17/2024 after putting Christmas lights on my cybertruck a deer decided it wanted to play.... They were nice (for about 2 hours....). I was using autopilot it didn't see the deer at all (ironic, we received the first FSD 13.x late that night...).
Needless to say the deer had other plans : [
But for this topic the relevance...
Now on to how to get a headlight and get it installed.
First we can now buy direct from Tesla. Often we will be told to order through the parts catalog, even by service staff. This is not legitimate and DOES NOT WORK. In order to purchase using the Tesla service catalog one must have a business account, to get that business account the business must be in the relevant auto industry.
Tell the service center what part you need and that you have to buy it through them.
Parts catalog headlight
Here are the relevant documents for this removal, install, and alignment.
Service manual headlight removal/install
Service manual headlight adjustment
Once these have been read lets get to the details.
Loosen all the components BEFORE removing the old headlight to save some headache (guess who didn't....).
Once everything is loosened and the headlight is removed there is a clip that needs to be found. (disconnecting the headlight is in Teslas instructions read that)
Likely it will be slightly damaged and will need to be wrapped in tape (I used the painters tape) this makes it snug especially as the bracket behind it will likely be damaged (we are replacing a headlight due to impact after all). I had to put and pull the headlight a couple times to get the bracket fit right.
If all the bolts mentioned above are loosened then this will only be a small PITA. The headlight doesn't actually fit, it needs to be gently forced into the slot. The two circled components will be the biggest pain for this. Looking closely at my headlight in this picture there are a bunch of scuff marks on the top part as I had to trial and error learn this. I found pulling up between the two circled brackets worked the best.
The headlight 'falls' into place after it slides in 2/3s of the way (there is a bottom lip that falls behind the bumper).
Before tightening everything back down plug the headlight in and test flashers, running, headlight, and highbeams.
Now tighten everything down and LIGHTSHOW! err.... I mean HEADLIGHT!
If this feels a bit slap stick it has nothing to do with anyone else situation, this has been my learning experience and I can at least make fun of myself RIGHT!
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