My Tesla is sexy enough without altering the suspension. One observation is the older model has better rear brakes than the current version. Not only does yours have a stand alone parking brake, the rear caliper is of a higher quality. I just now noticed mine, 2023, has a painted red cover over a cheap basic rear caliper. Small downgrades to lower the cost of production, but looks cheap once you notice it
You want to know what broke my model S, I’ve got you beat…..a 7 dollar automatic car wash……..it took out two tires on the driver side and knocked out my TPMS 😂. $7 dollars turned into $400 dollars……. 200 ft from the car wash was a tire shop that saves me about $400, repairing the tpms sensors with raw talent ($20 bucks), and tires and labor for the rest. Lesson learned (and pucks are a must!). Tesla was charging me $485 just to install new sensors 😂…..and lord if i had them replace the tires it would have been near a grand I’m sure
Wish I saw this video before I had the same tire wear issue. Fortunately my tires are only $150 a piece (22 inch tires are WAY cheaper than 21s). Side note to save new Tesla S owners a little money (very little, but money non-the-less). You don't need the Tesla specific lift pucks. All you need is regular cheap hockey pucks. That protrusion is important ONLY for Tesla X owners. This is from my mechanic at Electrified Garage.
Thanks for the great video. It sure helps me understand better how this all goes together. Wondering how long it took you to replace the control Arms? I am doing mine in a few days.
Dude, instead of being a fan-boy of Tesla by THANKING them during this video for making the job easy for you (barf), you SHOULD be angry at Tesla for designing a car without adjustable camber. The Model S has uneven tire wear built-into the design of the car, and getting only 6k-15K out of rear tires SHOULD anger you, and everyone else that is having to prematurely ditch their rear tires. Did you accelerate your tire wear by lowering the car? Yes, but make no mistake......EVERYONE driving these cars is suffering needless and costly premature tire replacement because of the inner-wear. Do some googling on this if you don't believe me and perhaps you will realize that instead of THANKING Tesla, we should all be demanding a Recall on this costly/dangerous situation!
Awesome video! Question about your wheels, have you had and issues with cracking or wheel damage? I love the 21” Turbines but hear so many people on the forums complaining about them. Thanks.
It took me almost 6 hours. The most difficult part was torquing the bolts. They're very difficult to access. And you have to cut the toe arm bolts off with an oscillating tool.
So you put both camber arms and toe arms on? Just curious and the vid shows only camber Ames but I heard you need toe arms too if lowered too much. Thanks.
I don't understand the desire to have a car so low? Especially since the battery is the bottom of the car, and even factory it bottoms out on certain speed bumps
Nice! Good looking out. I’m getting some!
Thank you for sharing this.
I love the SpaceX badge on the side! Nice touch!
My Tesla is sexy enough without altering the suspension. One observation is the older model has better rear brakes than the current version. Not only does yours have a stand alone parking brake, the rear caliper is of a higher quality. I just now noticed mine, 2023, has a painted red cover over a cheap basic rear caliper. Small downgrades to lower the cost of production, but looks cheap once you notice it
You want to know what broke my model S, I’ve got you beat…..a 7 dollar automatic car wash……..it took out two tires on the driver side and knocked out my TPMS 😂. $7 dollars turned into $400 dollars……. 200 ft from the car wash was a tire shop that saves me about $400, repairing the tpms sensors with raw talent ($20 bucks), and tires and labor for the rest. Lesson learned (and pucks are a must!). Tesla was charging me $485 just to install new sensors 😂…..and lord if i had them replace the tires it would have been near a grand I’m sure
Wish I saw this video before I had the same tire wear issue. Fortunately my tires are only $150 a piece (22 inch tires are WAY cheaper than 21s).
Side note to save new Tesla S owners a little money (very little, but money non-the-less). You don't need the Tesla specific lift pucks. All you need is regular cheap hockey pucks. That protrusion is important ONLY for Tesla X owners. This is from my mechanic at Electrified Garage.
Thanks for the great video. It sure helps me understand better how this all goes together. Wondering how long it took you to replace the control Arms? I am doing mine in a few days.
You adoooore those things lol 😂 love it
Thank you for this! The n2itive website also recommends the toe arms to fully fix the problem. Did the camber arms alone fix your tire wear issue?
Hi. Has it saved your tire wear?
Dude, instead of being a fan-boy of Tesla by THANKING them during this video for making the job easy for you (barf), you SHOULD be angry at Tesla for designing a car without adjustable camber. The Model S has uneven tire wear built-into the design of the car, and getting only 6k-15K out of rear tires SHOULD anger you, and everyone else that is having to prematurely ditch their rear tires.
Did you accelerate your tire wear by lowering the car? Yes, but make no mistake......EVERYONE driving these cars is suffering needless and costly premature tire replacement because of the inner-wear. Do some googling on this if you don't believe me and perhaps you will realize that instead of THANKING Tesla, we should all be demanding a Recall on this costly/dangerous situation!
100%, its ridiculous that they're still doing it
my rears only last me 9 months before the inner part of tire wears to the steel threads while the rest of the tire is fine smh
Awesome video! Question about your wheels, have you had and issues with cracking or wheel damage? I love the 21” Turbines but hear so many people on the forums complaining about them. Thanks.
wow I'm glad you figured out the problem
Do you have any spacers on it? Also how long are your links set to?
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the post, how long did it take you to complete the job?
It took me almost 6 hours. The most difficult part was torquing the bolts. They're very difficult to access. And you have to cut the toe arm bolts off with an oscillating tool.
Stupid question, but you don’t need the front lower control arms ?
No, just the rear. The front have factory adjustable arms
So you put both camber arms and toe arms on? Just curious and the vid shows only camber Ames but I heard you need toe arms too if lowered too much. Thanks.
Does it fix model X Same issue?
Yes. Same issues with model x. Specially model x. It's heavy
I don't understand the desire to have a car so low? Especially since the battery is the bottom of the car, and even factory it bottoms out on certain speed bumps
I slammed my car and didnt get an alignment. Its totally the parts fault LOL