First unexpected wear and tear..

[newbilization]

3 weeks into the ownership I found the first unexpected wear and tear --- at the plastic cover at the inner side of B pillar caused by safety belt buckle hitting it...

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[Hereforthesnacks]

That’s pretty classic wear and tear I think? I’ve seen it. You can get some products online to help clean it up a little bit. But these plastics are prone to this.

 

[rkalbiar]

Any recommendations on products that work well for this?

 

[madgrey]

Some of the plastic interior components on the Gen2 are not painted, so you probably want to determine this before you apply any products. I have a Gen 1 and pretty much all the interior plastic is painted.

For this type of issue on past vehicles, I added color matched, self-stick felt, especially if there's noise associated with it, e.g. when the belt clip retracts and smacks the pillar.

 

[lefkonj]

Yup happens on tons of vehicles. Either let go of the belt more gently or just clean the area.

 

[DaveA]

Wait, so not everyone carefully hand guides the buckle up to its resting spot like me? ?

 

[dleepnw]

check the b pillar where the seatbelts attach. the headliner gets worn from pulling the seatbelt to buckle. poor design. should have been plastic there.

 

[SwampNut]

Very standard wear. On the Tesla, the other place that a flying seat belt buckle would hit is the window tint, which did damage.

 

[marlontaze]

You need a plastic conditioner like Cerakote Ceramic Trim Coat Kit.

 

[burghguy]

3 weeks into the ownership I found the first unexpected wear and tear --- at the plastic cover at the inner side of B pillar caused by safety belt buckle hitting it...

I put a piece of clear PPF on that spot - Same issue. Seat belt hitting door pillar.

 

[SANZC02]

I must just be more careful with my seatbelts, not seeing any of this on my R1S. But then again I do not expect my R1S to look like it just rolled off the showroom floor after more than 1.5 years of use.

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