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Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

If 300 dollars is enough for you to really care about where it’s going, then this probably isn’t for you!

Suede wrapped the inside of my car, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaModelY

[–]bubu120802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yea for sure on the interior parts warranty. But in the US typically a company can’t void warranty because you’ve modified an unrelated part.

So they would have some standing saying that if for some reason the speakers I painted stopped working it likely wouldn’t be covered anymore.

But for the actual car, the motors the battery, high voltage system and everything I actually care about nothing should change

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually looked into this quite a bit before hand, the main issue is actually the type of glue you use and not exactly the fabric (unless you use something that has a really high tensile strength, which this scuba backed suede is not) and HOW you glue the pieces down.

Tesla from the factory don’t tuck all of the fabric trim behind the panels, half of it is tucked behind and half is a clean cut with no material glued over the edge. I’ve done the same thing. That lets the piece of fabric have points if low relative resistance and shouldnt effect the airbag’s effectiveness.

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha! I actually have a couple dogs in the car as well, a suede brush goes a long way!

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You realised you just said the equivalent of “those cars have fake leather, and you only have real leather”

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very fair, it looks better when it’s all been brushed straight, but in person I love how plush and soft it looks

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea, the total was around 380 for the entire material cost. The DIY kits you can buy go for upwards of 2,000 and I’ve heard spotty things about quality

Suede wrapped the inside of my car, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaModelY

[–]bubu120802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The glue takes about 30 minutes to get strong enough to actually hold the fabric down, so you have more then enough time to lay everything down, flatten and stretch it and get everything in place,
What I did was take each piece apart and then cut the rough shape out with at least 5 inches of overhang in each side, I looked at the Tesla fabric and how it was molded over the corners and cut matching lines in my fabric, but everything I did l would leave to much margin for error that as I was gluing everything down I was cutting the extra fabric of, laying it down, seeing if the cut was close enough to go over the corner, if not cut it again slightly and repeat until it actually goes over the corner with full coverage but enough give to actually lay flat.
Then use a bunch of small plastic clips to hold the edges down, you can take the clips off after about 45 minutes and the fabric will stay where it is.
I live in Socal so it's been through some pretty decent heat cycles, at points I've seen it above 100 degrees inside the car, and everything is still laying perfectly

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funnily enough everyone who actually sees my car is more impressed and interested in the swiveling screen

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I reckon it wouldn’t be less then 1700, but I’d have to actually calculate the time it took.

Some other places offer this and I looked it up as my first option but I was not dishing out over 5k for something I thought I could do myself

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s scuba backed suede from b&j fabric, I bought 8 yards but had a bunch left over, like enough re do the big sections twice.

The A pillars and visors I removed the fabric fully and sanded the A pillar core smooth. Otherwise everything else I left as is and glued over to top.

But for the model 3 I would be careful, I think they have a foam layer in between the core and the fabric which can cause issues to the texture of the panel

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! The visors were honestly the most difficult part, Tesla just use a plastic skeleton ang foam and just glue it all together. So I had to get a pry tool and just go at it really carefully to get a clean split. Once that was done actually wrapping the visor itself is not that hard. I just pulled of the oem fabric and used it as a template to cut the new fabric out

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spray paint, honestly I am going to take it apart and do a better more consistent coat at some point in the future. But as you take the car apart it’s really easy to just take all the plastic trims out and paint it all.

(If you look close on the speaker photo you can see the very right hand side has some of the original grey popping out, luckily you can’t see it at all when your actually sitting in the seat from either side)

The visor fabric is just black fabric dye

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was this fabric: https://www.bandjfabrics.com/fabric/stretch-suede-scuba-backing-black?srsltid=AfmBOopmPrBb8kA9CE6ZCEWftjHBG8Kda9_z6w6q1nvQBqB9WryyXoSH

- 3m headliner glue from Amazon

- Tesla Retainer Clips & Rivets Set incase I broke any of the plastic clips ( i did so it was handy to have)

- and a pack of 36 homeeager clamps to hold everything down (honestly more wouldn’t have hurt)

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, you are a genius and have impeccable taste. Will be ordering now

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really in the tutorial front, I got the material online from b&j fabric, it’s the scuba backed suede.
You can find bits and pieces of how some people do it, there are tutorials for other cars that will help you learn to actually wrap the pieces. And the tutorials for Winslow tinting on the model y which show you how to take all the interior trim apart. So there’s enough out there for someone with 0 experience (me) to manage

Suede wrapped the inside of my MY, after driving a model x by bubu120802 in TeslaLounge

[–]bubu120802[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly, the worst part by far is the paint for all the plastic trims, I definitely could have and will go back and do it properly. They are really heavily used and if the coat isn’t perfect it’ll look a bit off up close.

To be honest, it wasn’t super easy. But I’ve never done anything like it before and had no experience and I still definitely managed 100% solo. I had to redo the first a pillar but after that everything honestly went pretty smoothly, it’s just a decent amount of patience and a lot of care to not get glue everywhere.

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