Just to be clear, a ton of folks have had full paint correction, PPF, and ceramic applied, including myself. My paint was not this thin, so it may be a one-off.
Is paint correction a separate service from PPF? I did not realize it may be a separate thing.
Any responsible PPF and Ceramic installer will always do a full paint correction first. When I had my car done my installer commented that the paint on my Dream Edition was far superior to the paint he has seen on the large number of Teslas he has worked on in the past. He told me the paint condition was excellent.
The 20" wheels should be available by next quarter, maybe even later this quarter. My AGT should be delivered within a week or so with 19's and I plan to get a set of 20's spring. I need the 19's for winter in NE anyway. I ordered the lug covers and the center caps that they can install during PDI when they remove the aero covers. AS tires are not optimal for winter driving in NE, but when they are new they should answer well enough. I am not sure that winter compound tires specifically for Air are available this season for the 20" wheels anyway. Also, narrower wheels are better with winter compound tires if there are more than a few inches of snow on the roads.
The video says that the paint in several places is too thin. Is PPF a solution?
My installer did the same. My paint was not too thin and a full paint correction was done. If you take a look at OCDetailing’s YouTube videos they’ve done videos of a few Lucids now, including my own.
Holy cow! I never experienced 350kW stall, the fastest I ever saw mine was 174kW receiving. This video is pretty awesome!
I don't know what's wrong with me but I like the look of the 19" wheels.
I am not a car guy by any means. Are the rims replaceable where you can just put the rubber tire part on them? Kyle's Model S has some kind of fancy rims.
Ha. Yes, I felt bad for the owner of the car every time they kept harping about the wheels.
You can, but you need to be sure they can handle the weight of the Air. It’s a very heavy sedan. So there won’t be as many options.
This is something that’s been slightly bugging me. Yesterday I ran a full battery precondition and only saw 130 kWhs out of a 150kWh stalls. My average charging session was more around 100kWh. With that being noted, it’s a fairly consistent experience I’ve had across EA stalls without it being exceeded much even when in 350 stalls. 175 ish is more of the top from what I’ve seen. I’m not entirely sure this is 100% an EA problem but it could be. I did not get the same messaging he did when charging telling me that the car was limited by the station…
I have an EA station nearby with 150Kw stalls that I use quite often. Yes I have seen 175Kw in the beginning of the charge but it will drop down to 100Kw as it increases the SOC. I also often have seen the message in the car indicating the charging session was being limited by the station. In any case, charging there from 20% to 80% usually takes a little over 30 minutes while I listen to a book on tape or music.
I've had the same experience off late. Couple of recent charging sessions at 150kw stations and I have barealy been able to exceed 80 or 90 kws. Yes, once because I was charging from above 80% to about 90% is when I got that same message about "your charging station is slowing your charging speed" or whatever. But the very next time at a different 150kw station and I was still seeing the same charging speed. This was at night and with no cars around. Next, yesterday at a 350kw station I was again getting much less at about 175kws or so. Kinda puzzled !
It's just a necessary part of prep before applying PPF.
