Every morning I check my Tesla account for updates on the status of my car. Two weeks ago when I checked I finally saw the status that I’ve been waiting for for TWO months:

“Your Tesla Model S is Delivered”

I went in on August 29th to pick it up, here’s a Good Read on what to pay attention to when taking delivery of a Tesla. I didn’t really pay attention to any of the walkthrough though as I was too distracted at how amazing it looked and thinking of all the different mods that I wanted to start on.

I previously modded my Honda Accord coupe, which in my opinion came out very well. You can view all the pictures on Imgur or checkout out my previous post on this blog. Since I already gave that Accord to my wife, I was now thinking of doing a similar color scheme to the Tesla, just so we have matching cars! At this point I was still deciding about the colors, but I had started compiling everything I want to do to it, listed as follows in no particular order:

Original List of Mods

  • Footwell lighting

  • Carbon fiber interior accents

  • Carbon fiber exterior trim and logos

  • Powdercoated wheels

  • Full vinyl car wrap

  • Calipers painted

After a lot of thought and sampling, what I ended up doing was actually quite different in terms of color scheme and extent of modifications, but I am very happy with the results!

Completed Mods

  • Anodized Red Accents: handles, lug nuts, emblems, front air dams, rear spoiler lettering

  • Satin Black Wrap: window trim, tailgate spoiler, bumper chrome trim, side markers

  • Clear Bra: front bumper, side mirrors, headlights, fog lights, partial hood

  • Tint: 35% front, 15% rear

  • RGBW LED footwell lighting

  • MyPlates Custom Plate: [VAR TESLA]

**NOTE: clear bra and tint done at SpeedShield. I didn’t want to risk messing up applying expensive material, so I thought I’d leave this to the professionals.

At the moment I am completely satisfied with this car. Out the door it was already so amazing that I really didn’t have to do much to bring out its uniqueness. At some point in the future I plan to change out the wheels for a set of black/gunmetal/red of the same size (19’’), but for now I’m happy with the silly grin this car leaves on my face every time I take it for a spin.

Possible Wheels:

Completed Pictures!

tesla front tesla open doors tesla interior dash