I've recently purchased a MY3 LR with 19" wheels, but the route to my house's parking area has a hump in the lane that is quite severe, Before buying I gave it a test with two blocks of wood 140mm high and a long plank 2875mm on top of them. It looks like I had just about 10mm clearance on the more severe bump,
After collecting the car I checked the clearance and it is actually more like 130mm, the 140mm blocks of wood don't fit at all. There's like a plastic sill running the length of the car between the wheels that protrudes lower than the battery.
Maybe its the 19" option wheels, or maybe Tesla measure the 140mm ground clearance at the centre line of the car. Either way, I get a painful grinding noise as I drive over the hump.
Are the plastic sills supposed to be sacrificial and there to protect the battery, or is there something I can fit to the sills that will take the brunt of the scraping?
After collecting the car I checked the clearance and it is actually more like 130mm, the 140mm blocks of wood don't fit at all. There's like a plastic sill running the length of the car between the wheels that protrudes lower than the battery.
Maybe its the 19" option wheels, or maybe Tesla measure the 140mm ground clearance at the centre line of the car. Either way, I get a painful grinding noise as I drive over the hump.
Are the plastic sills supposed to be sacrificial and there to protect the battery, or is there something I can fit to the sills that will take the brunt of the scraping?