Was at Menlo today and stumbled on this beauty in the service bay.
me: "Whoa - whose is THAT and where did they get that airdam and fog combo?"
tech: "That's ours - it's a potential new upgrade for roadsters. what do you think?"
me: :love: "I think it Rocks! I want the first one, as soon as it's available!"
Just so you know, from what I was told, this is apparently not yet green-lighted by mgt. Consider this unofficial or "exploratory" for now.
Sharp-eyed viewers will notice that's a 1.5. Apparently this will fit all roadsters (?).
Look closely - this car is testing two upgrades... not clear if they'll be available separately or if it's a bundle. The HID headlight cluster has a new brighter Xenon DRL unit. Technically not a DRL as it is switchable (at least in U.S.) - comes on at that first click, the parking-lights setting in a normal car. can see that in some of these pics. You could drive it with just those new DRL's and (optionally) the fogs on. (yeah, i know, probably not legal... whatever. Was a really cool look that way.)
No, sorry, no price known, no estimate I could get out of the techs. No date, no probability, nothing. but they did let me take some pics, so i'm guessing that means it's fairly likely to come out? or maybe they just want some more comments on it.
FWIW, I have the HID upgrade in my 2.0 sport, and while I couldn't put them side-by-side, that new in-cluster point Xenon light is freaking bright! seemed brighter than whatever I have, even with my upgraded cluster. seemed more "bluish" too. and I couldn't remember if the one I have comes on with parking lights or not.
Wish I had more details, but the best news for me was that despite all that's going on at Tesla, there are still resources being applied to some nice upgrades for Roadster owners!
Enjoy...
--josh
(sorry for the low-quality pics... just had my iphone available!)
me: "Whoa - whose is THAT and where did they get that airdam and fog combo?"
tech: "That's ours - it's a potential new upgrade for roadsters. what do you think?"
me: :love: "I think it Rocks! I want the first one, as soon as it's available!"
Just so you know, from what I was told, this is apparently not yet green-lighted by mgt. Consider this unofficial or "exploratory" for now.
Sharp-eyed viewers will notice that's a 1.5. Apparently this will fit all roadsters (?).
Look closely - this car is testing two upgrades... not clear if they'll be available separately or if it's a bundle. The HID headlight cluster has a new brighter Xenon DRL unit. Technically not a DRL as it is switchable (at least in U.S.) - comes on at that first click, the parking-lights setting in a normal car. can see that in some of these pics. You could drive it with just those new DRL's and (optionally) the fogs on. (yeah, i know, probably not legal... whatever. Was a really cool look that way.)
No, sorry, no price known, no estimate I could get out of the techs. No date, no probability, nothing. but they did let me take some pics, so i'm guessing that means it's fairly likely to come out? or maybe they just want some more comments on it.
FWIW, I have the HID upgrade in my 2.0 sport, and while I couldn't put them side-by-side, that new in-cluster point Xenon light is freaking bright! seemed brighter than whatever I have, even with my upgraded cluster. seemed more "bluish" too. and I couldn't remember if the one I have comes on with parking lights or not.
Wish I had more details, but the best news for me was that despite all that's going on at Tesla, there are still resources being applied to some nice upgrades for Roadster owners!
Enjoy...
--josh
(sorry for the low-quality pics... just had my iphone available!)
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