S/X Palladium Motorized Screen Tilt Kit

[artsci]

@Casey_S

Any updates on status?

 

[JimBob 909]

I'm thinking just a short manual hydraulic cylinder so you can swivel it towards you and it stays, or swivel it towards passenger to enter nav addresses.

 

[Proppilot]

Almighty..... I was motivated and did the manual fixed tilt screen project today. I will create a how-to PDF file and upload here later tonight after I sort and annotate all of the files. After watching the Munro Live Youtube video (search for 'Tesla's S3XY Hidden Screen Adjustability') it gave me enough to get going. Here is a pic of the final result. I love it, the tilt angle is perfect for me and my wife NEVER looks at the screen so it works perfectly for my needs and application and costs nothing. I realize it is not for everyone but if a fixed tilt is your desire, standby for the upload with pics.

 

[Proppilot]

Here is the DIY guide. There are definitely improvements that could be done here to make it operator adjustable. Mounting two 12v DC geared motors to the provided locations and wired to a centre-off left/right toggle mounted to the access panel above the charging tray is definitely a mid complex option that Casey shows on his YouTube demo and then even further would integrate it into the vehicle systems. That is beyond my desire to work on but the mid complex option is interesting. Estimate about 2 hours to do the job but now that I know what I know I could do it in an hour.

 

[tbaud]

Wow! Thank you! This is a real gift to the community.

For those of us with old eyes, it would help if you included full size pictures in the PDF instead of thumbnails. The thumbnails do not show sufficient resolution to make out some of the details, even when I blow them up to the max in the PDF reader. Or maybe publish the full size photos separately?

Thanks again!

 

[Proppilot]

Wow! Thank you! This is a real gift to the community.

For those of us with old eyes, it would help if you included full size pictures in the PDF instead of thumbnails. The thumbnails do not show sufficient resolution to make out some of the details, even when I blow them up to the max in the PDF reader. Or maybe publish the full size photos separately?

Thanks again!

Will do. i will post a big photo version later this evening

 

[tbaud]

Will do. i will post a big photo version later this evening

Fantastic!

 

[SoCal Buzz]

Very impressive work and documentation! Nicely done.

 

[artsci]

@SUPRKAR and I did the same thing today. Removed the screen and mechanism and set it tilted toward the driver. Locked into that setting.

 

[WilliamG]

Really impressive stuff! Wish Tesla had included this out of the box, of course…

 

[SoCal Buzz]

@SUPRKAR and I did the same thing today. Removed the screen and mechanism and set it tilted toward the driver. Locked into that setting. View attachment 783265

Out of curiosity, how much would you say that hunk of metal weighs? Lot of hardware.

 

[Proppilot]

Out of curiosity, how much would you say that hunk of metal weighs? Lot of hardware.

It’s all aluminum so maybe a lb or 2. It is a beautiful piece of wasted design. So close to completion.

 

[Proppilot]

Here is a link to the serialized photos in the order of operations as well as a regular and large format 'how to' guide.

Microsoft OneDrive

1drv.ms

 

[tbaud]

Here is a link to the serialized photos in the order of operations as well as a regular and large format 'how to' guide.

Microsoft OneDrive

1drv.ms

Thanks very much! This is a big help.

It appears that you rotated the screen towards you as far as it will go, right? Have you had a chance to drive much with it yet? Do you like that amount of yaw?

 

[Proppilot]

Thanks very much! This is a big help.

It appears that you rotated the screen towards you as far as it will go, right? Have you had a chance to drive much with it yet? Do you like that amount of yaw?

No, not as far as it would go. I didn't run it all the way down, only to where I dry fitted the tilt to be but I am guessing it is at 75% of full extension. I attached an annotated file showing where I think it would be when fully extended. I made two trips of 20 miles each with the extension and I could not be happier. The passenger can still see the screen to select door locks etc but it looks far more custom and very easy to reach the right side especially when in motion.

 

[artsci]

I have to say that while I’m happy with the results of the mechanical DYI, if @Casey_S develops the integrated kit I’ll buy that in a flash.

 

[tbaud]

No, not as far as it would go. I didn't run it all the way down, only to where I dry fitted the tilt to be but I am guessing it is at 75% of full extension. I attached an annotated file showing where I think it would be when fully extended. I made two trips of 20 miles each with the extension and I could not be happier. The passenger can still see the screen to select door locks etc but it looks far more custom and very easy to reach the right side especially when in motion.

I got the T45 TORX bit today. Now we'll find out if I have the courage and ability to do it.

 

[127.0.0.0]

So Want this Full Integration., I will happily pay for this

 

[pengy]

Service manual shows motors on their demo unit

 

[Proppilot]

Service manual shows motors on their demo unit
View attachment 790182

Any way it calls out a part number for the motors ? That is super interesting and especially that they exist in the wild