Mounting (?) Points in Cybertruck Bed Floor - Ideas?

[cvalue13]

A recent track video showed some unusual dark spots within the bed of the Cybertruck.

The dark spots were clearly rectangular, paired across the width of the bed, and spaced on the length of the bed at three locations:

1. near the bulkhead
2. ~ just behind the rear axel, and
3. just forward of the sub-bed storage area hatch

Rewatching the investor day prototype video, I noticed not only that these dark spots are in the locations of trim covers, of the size and type similar to those rectangular trim covers found on the top table trim of each of the sails. But also that there's also a 7th (but not 8th) such rectangular trim plate on the far driver's side of the tailgate:

I could find no single frame of video that clearly shows the other 6 such trim pieces in the bed floor, though they're visible (as in the track photo above) in various angles.

Together, these 7 trim caps (?), 6 in pairs in the bed, the 7th on the tailgate, are evenly spaced throughout the bed about as follows:

THOUGHTS ON PURPOSE?

Off the cuff, the "purpose" of these could range from:

• benign trim covering points for factory mounting bed to casting (but tailgate?)
  • the location and spacing would be consistent with where traditional beds have their mounting bolts
  • if so, there's presumably 2 more such points 'hidden' under the storage door
• tie-down points for customer use
• accessory mounts
• combos of the above

Posting the question for what may be a nothingburger, but also may have someone chime in with experience from a specific accessory, or even another manufacture that offered something similar in another truck

The one-sided trim cover in the tailgate was a to me more interesting bit, as it doesn't quite square with being a mere mounting bolt cover (on only one side), and for me the lack of info or clues on tailgate ramps has me curious about all things tailgate.

BTW, @JBee - speaking of the mounting points on the upper table of sails: i realized while drafting this that if those are in fact mounting points, they would presumably be above/into the casting, meaning the casting may be at the outermost edge of the sail volume, as opposed to the innermost edge?

Sponsored

 

[Bill906]

Obviously....

edit: Added to clearly point out sarcasm

 

[sstevens805]

Maybe covers for bolts to remove panels in the bed to access the rolled up bed cover below for service? Would be cool to have some sturdy mounting points

 

[cvalue13]

Maybe covers for bolts to remove panels in the bed to access the rolled up bed cover below for service? Would be cool to have some sturdy mounting points

really good point RE access to tonneau well

wonder where it’s accessed

 

[sstevens805]

That cover might be the only other thing that needs servicing on a tesla. Clearing out debris that sneaks in with the cover and lubricating the tracks/wheels/bearings etc. that it may have. I wonder about that but I know there are some people wayyyy smarter than me working on it. They flip rockets in the air and land them, I argue with my Google Home . . . we're not the same lol

 

[SparkChaser]

SS tie downs that got fulsh and maybe add a cover for aero.

 

[w24i7ll365y]

The access point on the tailgate could be a location to manually extend or retract the built-in ramp

 

[CyberGus]

Is the “James Bond” edition too demure?

 

[ÆCIII]

If it happens that no hardware or attachment points are in the vault/bed floor surface, we still have four handles near the floor in the front and back of each side. With these, one could fasten some custom made cross members and/or a frame with additional hardware located as desired for whatever needs to be secured to the floor area. Would take away some height inside the vault but it could work and would require no destructive modifications.

But from what's shown above by @cvalue13 at the start of this thread, and in footage provided by Ryan Zohoury of the recent sighting at the Peterson Museum, there are apparently what look to be like three attachment points each side in the floor, in front of the rear under-vault storage cover:

If one is feeling brave or more like Brian Jenkins of i1Tesla (re: his pass-through hole in the Model 3), they could always drill some holes. But I would never recommend it even if one was pretty sure where components are underneath; because that's just way too risky IMO.

A lot can change about the vault before production, so it's possible we may see additional attachment points, places to access AC power or compressed air (if those aren't planned to be located in the frunk instead of the vault), etc. so I think some things may still be unknown at this point.

- ÆCIII

Sponsored