Why must a spare tire be "installed" at a Service Center

[Fort Worth Cyber]

I had much the same reaction as the OP when I heard the spare tire had to be "installed." I had mine done two days ago.

As observed above, the "install" involves simply attaching the strap clasps on the tire cover to the two D-rings in the bed. Takes all of a few seconds.

In my case, before I drove away I opened up the tonneau cover to see what it all looked like... and found the tech had "installed" the tire to the two D-rings in the middle of the bed (rather than the two up near the cabin), which would make access to the underbed storage difficult. Shaking my head, I unstrapped the tire and pushed it deeper into the bed, up against the cabin, where it belongs.

Based on that, I wouldn't bet an awful lot that the tire actually got balanced. But if it did, that's great.

The spare tire/wheel/toolkit combo is heavy as sh!t. Would definitely vote to have that pretty girl in the video around to do any changing that needs doing!

I had mine installed yesterday and they did the exact same thing—installed the spare right in the middle of the bed. This is the first I’ve heard of balancing it. Im just planning on pushing it back towards cabin and reattaching it.

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[Jack27]

Unless someone uses there voucher I don’t understand why they would waist the money buying it from Tesla. They are all over places like FB marketplace and offer up for a fraction of the price lightly used.

 

[eswimm]

I had mine installed yesterday and they did the exact same thing—installed the spare right in the middle of the bed. This is the first I’ve heard of balancing it. Im just planning on pushing it back towards cabin and reattaching it.

Balancing the tire, not the weight load. It should be pushed up against the back of the cabin.

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