Aerodynamics: some 5-10% range improvement by regaining the aero on the front end.
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10%? No freakin way.
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Aerodynamics: some 5-10% range improvement by regaining the aero on the front end.
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You need to justify that assertion with data, because your claim is implausible.Aerodynamics: some 5-10% range improvement by regaining the aero on the front end.
Sorry - not “my” claim. Don’t believe it myself - seems way too much. Someone on another thread on Facebook said it... meant to say it was “claimed” benefit.You need to justify that assertion with data, because your claim is implausible.
Thank you for clarifyingSorry - not “my” claim. Don’t believe it myself - seems way too much. Someone on another thread on Facebook said it... meant to say it was “claimed” benefit.
Yeah, it is probably that same 400 pound guy sitting in bed who hacked Hillary's email.Thank you for clarifying
“Someone...on Facebook said it” means essentially nothing.
We put on our “plate” from licenseplatewrap.com last week, and Autopilot quit working on our Model 3, with “front radar limited visibility” errors. I’m not sure how this would be caused by the plate decal, but the timing doesn’t look good. To muddy the waters, a new software update had just been installed on the car. I’ve been waiting for Tesla to get back to us with a Mobile Service appointment (for another issue as well).
In the meantime, I’ve been tempted to pull off the plate decal, as Autopilot is a lot more important to us than having an optimal front “plate”. But if a decal interferes with the radar, then how would an actual plate in the same location not be even worse?
Maybe I did place it a little high. Here's a photo:The real plate is mounted pretty low (it's got a lip that goes underneath the main rim). You can see the official bracket in my profile picture. Absolutely 0 problems with front radar. Where did you place your decal?
Yes, you have partially blocked the radar. Probably the stickers contain some kind of metallic foil. Here's an image showing the location of the radar module (source: Twitter). It's the black rectangular device below the hood left of center.
I don't have a picture, but on the S it's in basically the same location as on the 3. Just put the wrap where the regular plate would normally be (centered directly above the opening of the air intake) and it should be fine.Where's the front radar in the (refresh) S and the X?
Sure enough, over the weekend, we removed the license plate decal and the front radar started working again. I'm going to try to acquire a new decal (not for the full $50, though) and mount it much lower.
It was a pain to remove and took a while, but probably because it had not been on there long, I don’t see any paint damage.How hard was it to remove - did it damage the paint?