{"id":18277,"date":"2022-03-23T09:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18277"},"modified":"2022-03-23T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:04:38","slug":"tesla-design-inspiring-creative-aftermarket-mods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18277","title":{"rendered":"Could Tesla’s Future Design Choices Be Inspired By Viral Aftermarket Mods?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0EVANNEX<\/a>, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by\u00a0EVANNEX<\/a>\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company’s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of charge. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Posted on<\/span>\u00a0EVANNEX on March 23, 2022,\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0Zachary Visconti<\/p>\n

Tesla<\/a>‘s electric vehicles are\u00a0generally considered luxury or premium, but for some, they don’t provide quite enough customization. Whether it’s on the inside, outside or somewhere in-between,\u00a0aftermarket\u00a0mods<\/a>\u00a0may (or may not) inform future design cues\u00a0from the automaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A recent video on TikTok shared last month depicts a seriously upgraded Tesla Model 3<\/a>, built out by user\u00a0@tesla_val<\/a>\u00a0(via\u00a0Slash Gear<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 see clip\u00a0at the bottom of this blog post). The upgrade features LED lighting trim around the center console, dashboard and door handles, and the video shows the impressive process the user undertook to mod the vehicle.<\/p>\n

The video starts with the user removing the carbon fiber trim around the center console and across the dash, and replacing each of them with an RGB LED trim. Then, the door and window panels are removed and the user puts an LED liner around the handles. Finally, the user removes the center touchscreen, speakers and the panel beneath the steering wheel and replaces each of them with LED lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The result is a beautiful white LED entry into the vehicle through the handles, and an aesthetically pleasing display of synchronized RGB color once inside. As good as it looks, this\u00a0complicated mod is probably best left for professionals or those who really know what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless,\u00a0this unique\u00a0transformation to the\u00a0Model 3 interior joins a wide range of aftermarket mods that\u00a0many\u00a0believe can\u00a0upgrade their Tesla\u00a0\u2014\u00a0whether it’s purely for aesthetic reasons or strictly performance-related.<\/p>\n

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For example, a collaboration between Orbis and NASA brought a new Periodic Wave Disc Brake Rotor to fruition for the Tesla Model S Plaid, and the creators hope to bring it to the U.S. market as soon as possible, according to\u00a0Motortrend<\/em><\/a>. As far as performance is concerned, NASA says the brake disc offers a “lightweight brake rotor design with high heat dissipation using novel surface cooling technology.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a\u00a0Michigan startup called Our Next Energy (ONE) recently also retrofitted a\u00a0Model S with a 752-mile battery pack<\/a>\u00a0as reported by\u00a0Car and Driver<\/em><\/a>\u00a0last month. The option is yet another example of aftermarket parts people are putting out in lieu of related options directly from Tesla, and came just weeks before CEO Elon Musk commented on making\u00a0longer-range EVs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Tesla\u2019s white upholstery<\/a>\u00a0to its range, the automaker could\u00a0certainly make some improvements despite having the largest customer base of any EV company \u2014\u00a0and knowing Tesla, certain aftermarket parts could pave the way for\u00a0such improvements down the road.<\/p>\n

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Sources:\u00a0Slash Gear<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0<\/em>@tesla_val<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Motortrend<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Car and Driver<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0EVANNEX, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by\u00a0EVANNEX\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company’s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}