How Many Parts Can You Remove From A Tesla Before It Stops Working?

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In todays episode were gutting the Tesla Model 3 to prepare for its new life as a supercar!
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[@sailorloki]

A couple of tips, you can get into service mode by going to software menu, and press and hold the screen on the “dual motor” work, until you see a flash. Then, it asks for a password. Enter “service” and you can see the full service menu, and alerts that sometimes don’t show to the normal user interface. Good luck, love the video and series.

[@EldeNova]

This guys got cheat codes!

[@teslaboi8710]

@@EldeNova Man theres more

[@jornramel5094]

For some reason we can’t do that in Australia we have to be at the service centre to access that i’ve tried

[@davidmoyes726]

@@jornramel5094 I can

[@lukethomson7361]

@@jornramel5094 you can in australia.

[@RadDadisRad]

Drag race it at its absolute *WORKING* lightest.

[@JSCB-365]

Like roadkill Vett kart

[@brianlego98gaming]

Imagine if Weight Watchers can praise Chris for making his car too light

[@LDMco]

Leroy has entered the chat

[@jwalster9412]

Since the battery pack is most of the rigidity, why not wipe off the roof, rear fenders, and basically all crash structure, and whatever else that's not electronic, and replace it with a single roll cage and a plexy glass wind deflector.

[@BPlus-oz7cm]

I remember Sport Compact Car magazine did this in probably 2000 to an Altima, I believe. It was plain scary how little of that car went down the drag strip!

[@TeslaModelSPlaid3799]

The black circles that were on top of the taillights like you said help hold them on don't really help hold them on. The primary purpose of them is the trunk alignment. Whenever the back of the trunk is not flush with the body panels you can adjust those circles by turning them clockwise or counterclockwise to raise or lower the trunk that way it can be flush with the surrounding body panels

[@Dubitz]

came here to say exactly this

[@newsfromthefrunk]

Doesn’t the manual screw on the tail lights act as the closing height adjustment for the tailgate?

[@Charlotte_MTB]

Yes

[@305Solid]

yep it's a trunk bump stop

[@SergeSeguin]

Yup

[@jasonhalvorsen1248]

I came here to say the same thing

[@TheLastTater]

Lol exactly what it is

[@dustyrhodes1014]

The boards inside the rear view mirror area are for GPS and temperature control inside the vehicle. The boxes under the headliner area are for wifi and cell signal as well as Bluetooth connectivity

[@thakir-al9142]

Correct 💯👌

[@JSCB-365]

Computer in this case can be a small board with a single microchip.

[@Ingineerix]

The unused 3- pin connector under the rear bumper is for the optional trailer light controller. It has GND, LIN, and +12V. The connectors you pointed out going to the cameras and black box on the roof beam (antenna) are co-ax (coaxial) cables. There is no fiber optics in that car.

[@jamesmorton9664]

correct, coaxial cables can also be un screwed, and the length of cables can not be tampered with. same goes for almost every other wire in the car Chris. no cutting, no re soldiering, no lengthening, no shortening. hope you see these types of comments

[@Ingineerix]

@@jamesmorton9664 Tesla uses Fakra automotive connectors for the co-ax, so they don't technically "unscrew", they unlatch and unplug.

[@andrewt9204]

Nice to see you here. That was my initial thought as well since the Y can have the optional hitch and trailer wiring. As the Y and 3 are nearly identical, I assume it's cheaper to install and not use it rather than having different part #s and assembly line procedures.

[@Ingineerix]

@@andrewt9204 More likely that elsewhere in the world, Tesla allows the Model 3 to have a tow package, just not here.

[@andrewt9204]

@@Ingineerix That's right, I forgot about that. Yeah, that is more likely.

[@NewZeroland]

Taking stuff apart and finding out how it works is the most satisfying thing ever. Please keep this series going!!

[@rkan2]

Maybe you'd like some Munro Live ;)

[@brentspang9092]

The headlight has CAN signal, +12V power, and ground. There are people out there that can decode the CAN signals for you if you can log them. Then you can use a CAN controller to retain the functionality of the headlights of the new car/body.

[@willturner1105]

If 12v it must be pulling many amps for the high beams, and the wiring is super thin..?

[@mesh_alg]

@@willturner1105 It’s an LED headlight it doesn’t use that much amps to run

[@semihyilmaz4699]

I just replaced my broken headlight and the new one is stuck on high beam with no turn signal. I heard that it needs to be update to the firmware of the car for the headlight to function. Do you know anybody can do that other than Tesla itself?

[@Kingkoopa00]

@@semihyilmaz4699 You should be able to do it within the Tesla Service Mode under Software Reinstall. It should automatically poll all connected CAN modules and update as required. Ingineerix made a great video detailing the recently opened Tesla Service menu.

[@semihyilmaz4699]

@@Kingkoopa00 Thank you very much. I'll look into it.

[@taiwoegun1288]

This is quite possibly one of the most underrated and most interesting Tesla KZbin videos. I can’t wait to see what you’re going to re design this into! What are you thinking, what are the specs?

[@THEDGK360]

As your already taking stuff apart you should post shorts on things like “how to remove tesla front bumper”

[@drewfrederick8544]

In the next episode we try and remove the flux capacitor and upgrade it with this beta dash from Holley Performance. Can't wait to see an electic DeLorean.

[@JB-mk4ry]

Chris! You need to be documenting every step of the weight reduction with a Drag-E or something. Many years ago Sport Compact Car mag did it with a base Sentra (cutting basically everything off but the floor pan and strut towers) and it was an article I'll never forget. You should do the same.

[@ankurlee-vakil4063]

That was an amazing article! It was a yellow Sentra from what I remember.

[@Alexzw92]

12:30 That is not a taillight nut, that is for the trunk to close properly, and you can turn them to adjust until it is flush while the trunk lid is closed

[@dragonrace43]

If you haven't cut the body off yet, you should probably get the sensor location relative to some point on the car you aren't changing. That way you can try to keep them as close to their original position as possible

[@adrianreyno1]

It's amazing that you are taking on a project such as this. With this project completed, everyone will know that it can be done, all thanks to you.

[@BriansGarageTV]

Taking a total guess here, but I would think that rear unused connector is for a trailer adapter. Probably a Tesla specific connector that decides from a canbus style signal like the headlights. I would guess those black boxes in the upper pillar are a cellular/gps and or Wi-Fi antenna system for the nav and infotainment.

[@andrewt9204]

That's what I was thinking. The model Y can come with a trailer hitch and wiring connector. Since the 3 and Y share near 100%, it's probably cheaper to put that in and not use it than have a different wiring harness part # and assembly line config.

[@maj429]

Same thought here. Probably for a trailer plug

[@callumw9067]

UK Model 3's had a trailer hitch option (not anymore though)

[@Tarkov.]

11:38 the way the "WELKIN" reflection looks on the bumper reminds me of a funny word... 😳

[@Azimuth0001]

This is going to be an AWESOME Delorean!

[@alexmatthews9536]

After all that and the floor mats were still in the back and front, but loving this project ,I'm now subscribed!

[@RichieTaylor]

RE: Camera array You can put the cameras in calibration mode. This happens when you get a windshield replacement. Those fine set screws aren't for a manual calibration. I've had my Model 3 slammed to the ground and re-calibrated, then now it has a 2" lift. Re-calibrated... AP and FSD work just fine. Tesla is smart, the calibration happens in software, not physically, that way they can add the cameras to vehicles of a different shape (Model 3, Y, X, Cyber truck) and it will self-calibrate. I'm guessing they just have to be in a relatively "close" position, where they have sufficient overlap, so they can create a 360º map of the world.

[@aaronb7990]

I think this too. As long as it can put together the 360 I think it will be fine with it. The autopilot system is a second level past the video input. The cameras go to a mixer that makes the 360 and then passes that to the Autopilot to draw its virtual world that it operates in. They did and I think still do have a couple of algorithms that haven't been converted from a single camera input. But I imagine if all is back in similar positions, it will be OK with it.

[@ccaddell65]

Chris here. I've been building model 3s and Y's for 6plus years 20:30 that's the wifi and radio signal receiver.

[@ANTandTEC]

I love the headlight with it's 3 connection wires 😎 Hope you do a video when it comes to the tech part trying to connect the internals to the new lights.

[@Adam-nv9zo]

I'm sure you guys can get this done. Its gonna be so cool to see what becomes of this project.

[@shauncraig8238]

I work as a windscreen installer, The bracket on the glass and the 3 cameras, hold lane departure, lidar, and adas. Therefore i would asume that it will be for self drive as well. We tell people that they need to calibrate them after a new screen. If not useing a tesla screnn, you might need to make a bracket for it to fit, as the bracket is glued on the glass.

[@steveseeger]

There's no lidar. The 3 cameras are a wide angle and left/right stereo forward cameras which are used like our eyes to detect distances. They literally simulate lidar using just the 2 cheap cameras.

[@HVM_fi]

Manual screw is the tailgate end-stop/height adjustment, some of those 3s were build in a tent...

[@rude1992]

Cabel at the back, maybe a trailer hitch connector pigtail

[@BenGi551]

as someone working in the field of headlights.. your best chance is to steal the ECU's from the headlamps, as well as the internal wiring harness and utilize them.

[@sailorloki]

I’m fairly certain the side fender cameras are used for auto pilot, but I KNOW it uses the B pillar camera. That would be a difficult one to move over to another body, but I guess not impossible. Good luck on the build.

[@franciscopena26]

Those modules at the mid point look like cellular and Wi-Fi, I think those connectors may be coaxial

[@TheCJD214]

21:50 - those boxes look like antenna for both GPS systems, internet/comms and the autopilot (considering the position, wiring and all that fun stuff ) that being said, I could absolutely be wrong 🤷‍♂ Regardless going great bro! such an interesting teardown so far!

[@taurota1554]

Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

[@darkwhitedelavon1104]

Hello there chris love the all the videos and INFORMATIONAL Tesla advice.

[@Garage533Ohio]

This is super unexpectedly cool content, i think everyone can agree if this thing goes down the road completely chopped down and in skate board mode it will be epic🤣🤣🤣 plus i really wanna see the shop transformation hopefully its coming soon ive figured out i like shop builds just about as much as car builds👍👍

[@andrewrlitster9966]

Chris at the rear bumper where the extra unused plug is probably for trailer hitch power pug for towing .The square thing might be for a trailer hitch/ towbar.

[@marcforest4937]

Your video titles have been really good with this series

[@WayApp]

This speaks volumes about the quality and efficiency of its engineering. Great job on this video!👍

[@TechDove]

Tesla and quality? Pfffft good joke

[@blewis42002]

@@TechDove ok buddy

[@HighlandViking78]

Plug at the rear is for a tow bar/hitch

[@JamesJay2]

The screw thing on the tail lights allows you to adjust the trunk close level to fix panel gaps. So there was a reason for it! 12:27

[@stevencopeland9585]

Hey Chris, the piece you took off right there off the rear tail light is the support staff for the trunk

[@donaldowensiii7478]

Imo this is one of the coolest builds on the channel!!

[@acarguy374]

Biggest skill I have learned over the years is lean on others who are light years ahead of me in skill which allows me to focus and worry about what is on my plate/good at. I am still always learning but the older I get I know how to accel in my lane ...and for time and sanity my control freak side says let it go to other talents all the time....

[@jadebrecks]

With the front cameras can you take a protractor to the camera mount then measure the height from the ground to find out where it is pointing? I am totally floored you have taken as much as you have off and it hasn't shut down. Tesla really needs to send you a guy to make this the best tesla build ever!

[@ColeBender]

The B pillar cameras were only turned on about a year ago. 3 main cameras in the front at the top of the windshield are by far the most important, nothing else is necessary but it will complain if you remove the other cameras. I'd bet autopilot will work perfectly as long as the front cameras are in the center of the vehicle and at roughly the same pitch as they were in the M3 At 12:50 those are designed to be backed out to adjust panel gaps when the trunk is closed. Multi purpose.

[@jimfilmont3833]

Way too cool - super excited to follow this build!

[@mikem6549]

See how far forward you can move the column cameras to get good forward visibility on turns. Perhaps just above and forward of the driver.

[@YouTubeChannel-mk9ck]

"Flood me once, shame on you. Flood me twice can't be flooded again.", that is gold. 😅😅😂

[@qmmadi]

Someone should buy a wrecked one like this to rebuild and buy all the parts from Chris

[@kevinmackay8844]

Harness to the headlamp: Power, ground, communication line. The headlamp is technically a control unit. Pretty standard stuff on modern vehicles.

[@mosconi0359]

You can buy a "hitch" as an option on a Model 3, so that little wiring harness you found under back bumper "might" be for a hitch if one gets added. Just a guess.

[@ajwebb2143]

The IYKYK vibes I get from these videos make me want to just write a book and send it to Chris.

[@EdwardV20]

Going as far as removing the rubber seals but forgetting about the floor mats 🙃. Exciting build though. No complaints.

[@djruido1]

I’m so intrigued, can’t wait to see what you do with this. It has been in my mind to swap a 90’s Japanese body on a Tesla 3. A 300zx or something of that style

[@eggroller85]

Wheelbase is little bit off between the 2 vehicles: Model 3 Wheelbase 113.2 in (2,875 mm) 300zx (Z32) Wheelbase 101.18 in (2570 mm)

[@djruido1]

@@eggroller85 definitely wouldn’t work but you get what I mean an older Jdm car

[@rgeniec]

The big tail light nut acts as a base to push against- to adjust the rubber trunk bumper. The bumper (on the lid) when screwed out aligns the trunk height. Dual purpose.

[@michaelfrancis1243]

Your headlight wiring looks like the LED light strings I play with: 12v, Ground, Signal. The signal talks to a microprocessor in the headlight assembly which then controls the behavior of the LEDs based on the instructions received from the master processor. You need to retain all the primary computer controllers, else replace the light assemblies entirely with traditional lighting. I'll bet the taillight assemblies are wired and behave the same.

[@jornramel5094]

Thank you so much for filming all this I’m thinking of doing a similar thing myself

[@edvinbeqari7551]

The taillight cap is where the blinker fluid goes in.

[@jesvans]

i had thought of doing this. interesting to see what happens. i see major traction and stability problems.

[@BunnyTJ]

That headlight sounds like a project of its own!

[@aMerricanAdventours]

Tool-less tail light module that's protected by the trunk lid. Sounds awesome to me! That's how you detail behind the lights 😉

[@kingofmonsters7452]

14:00 that heavy gauge wire must be for Blinker fluid pump for Tail-light Blinkers 😂

[@FilterYT]

This is a great idea, can't wait to see more custom Ts

[@diraziz396]

Good Fun - Autopilot and all the Sensors are Calibrated to position and Angle and are Critical to the Smart car. any body you choose should Fit those Positioning.

[@cjcarpenter8366]

This is such an exciting build!

[@tonysosa6731]

Really love this channel!

[@DucNguyen-bd5ir]

I am really enjoying this series. I can't wait until you reskin it with a old school mustang or something like that.

[@jiminauburn5073]

I think he is going to put a 67 Mustang GT500 body on it. And then he will call it "E-leanor"

[@WehrlybirdProductionsWF]

So in you’re last video on this subject you said there wasn’t an emergency door latch on the back doors like there is on the front doors. I found a video on KZbin that says otherwise. In the little console/ drink holder thing on the door panel, there is a rubber mat at the bottom, if you remove that, there is a square plastic panel you can remove with a screw driver, then there’s a cord you can pull that manually releases the door. I don’t own a Tesla, so I don’t know if it’s real, or if it’s in all teslas, but worth a try.

[@frameworkart3985]

Great to be notified Thanks Chris

[@vjsoeifi]

The headlights wires are power, ground and Lin bus. Most likely that the body control module sends a message over Lin bus to tell the headlamp module what it needs to do. The leds take very little amperage to work so there's no need for a heavier gauge of wire. This method eliminates a ton of wires in the harnesses because everything is handled with only 3 wires.

[@JDM_Cars..]

For the error massage when it gives you an icon just slide it to the right and it will show the whole thing!

[@brentspang9092]

The plastic nut thing in the trunk is where the side of the trunk lands when it's closed.

[@arisprimoudis7565]

I love how you strip the car but you keep the floor mats in 😄😄

[@LegitCheckers]

Been waiting for this one!

[@ThePlymouth37]

I love this project! So interesting!

[@jiminauburn5073]

Going to be interesting to see what body you are putting on.

[@PaulHoke]

Super excited for this build, I mean teardown.

[@mickvanderlooven9366]

Those screw caps are probably also used as a sort of bumpstop for the trunk , and in the trunk piece you can probably adjust it to get the gaps right

[@deftdawg]

That's exactly what they are... Surprised this guy has never seen something like that before.

[@NGUNOW]

I know is before 1 year but 05:59 if you going to modify it, make a shutdown button which close the connect directly from the battery and turn off the computer, it is will be a good guide for future Cars which will be remote controller by someone. Like worst moments in movies when someone trying to kill you :D

[@Captain_DeSync]

Hello! Just wanted to mention (unless you already know) that Tesla is moving to a fully vision based driver assistance system called TeslaVision. Completely eliminating the need for the ultrasonic sensors. Just figured I’d mention unless like I said you already know lol. Hope this helped!

[@ryanhamilton3686]

14:11 that’s a millimeter wave radar sensor for the self driving functionality. You should have two more probably integrated into the front bumper wire harness that’s shared with the ultrasonic parking sensors.

[@SgtFvMC]

The skrew on the back lights is additional for setting the space for the trunk Most Cars nowadays have these.

[@Stellashines17]

Somebody has been watching Samcrac with that front seat removal. Lol

[@crustybasterd1352]

Those side blinker cameras are definetely used for autopilot and FSD, my cars autopilot stopped working when the side camera was broken because a car crashed into it which led to water ingress. Keep all cameras and sensors relatively in their original spots to be on the safe side!

[@gonzilla857]

I love that the floor mats are still in the car

[@ghomerhust]

i would try to install the front sensors at the same angles as they are in the current bumper, according to center. that may give you more functionality

[@michelangelo3286]

Not sure why, but this is the exact video I was looking for

[@DaelinTV]

12:40 "taillight is stupid" I thought it was cool cause usually systems are over-engineered, usually you'd have to dig behind your trunk liner and unclip/bolt some esoteric mechanism. Tesla: "a single turn nob at a comfortable access point will work fine".

[@j-ant]

With the location of the 3 wire terminated plug, I would assume it is for trailer wiring, 3 wires like the other lights that would feed into a "Trailer module", but this time power all the old incandescent lights on your trailer hence the large wires.

[@jelledraijer]

13:57 plug is for powering lights on tow platform. If you have the tow hook installed.. 😅

[@murrydixon3642]

Is headlight radio controlled? Can you measure the windshield angle now so that you know how much to adjust the autopilot cameras on the new car body?

[@TradieTrev]

Never get sick looking at the guts of these Teslas, such a strange setup ;)

[@cool2180]

@6:58 it’s 3 little wires because it is some type proprietary signal system they are using. Maybe are the components are on some type network protocol.

[@TheMarcusGomez]

Feels like that scene in 2 fast 2 furious, where jimmy says who ever is tracking these will know everytime you dont wear your seat belt.😅

[@the0utlier557]

the fender cameras are used by auto pilot for changing lanes itself. also loves the wheels wuld love to get them if you dont plan to keep them

[@natedetailscars]

My Ford Transit Connect has two plastic, hand screws to hold on the brake lights, too. Very peculiar. Found out when I unscrewed them out of curiosity and my tail light popped out 😂

[@c.a.nixiii4650]

I wonder if Elon would have just sent you a Model 3 shell with a steering wheel, tires, and motors with a battery? 🤷🏻‍♂🤷🏻‍♂🤣🤣 Seriously...super fun to watch!

[@thakir-al9142]

For the autopilot u need to do 3 different calibrations one for the distance sensor and one for the radar and one foe the cameras specifically the one at the windshield narrow , main and fisheye.

[@positivevibe1123]

you left the floor matt in 😂

[@billywill123]

the headlight is probably positive , negative , and canbus communication and has a control module built in. i would imagine it should be easy to integrate using the stock bcm with it connected to canbus

[@pedroramirez263]

A cyber-coupe would be sick!! Kind of like a 2023 delorean concept!!!

[@The_journeyy]

Brilliant I thought it would be one item before it got mad 😂