The three Modely articles I wrote before were well received, and it can be seen that Tesla's attention is now very high. If the previous three articles were a trilogy of "buying a car, using a car and brakes", plus today's "car change" is a quadrilogy.
My Model is a rear-wheel drive version, the cheapest "beggar version", with 19-inch wheels as standard, and I only added an 8,000-color pearl white paint, and the rest was not installed. Only the beggar's version of the Modery hub is with a "lid", and the silver and black "hub" that everyone sees is actually a plastic cover.
But there is a saying, the price increase of 8,000 yuan can be upgraded 20-inch all-black turbine wheels are very handsome, so many car owners take the 19-inch wheel cover to remove and spray black, to tell the truth I think the full black spray is not good. Because the lid cannot cover the silver edge of the outer ring of the hub, it is a little incongruous and appears to be small.
My original idea of changing color was to take a black paint pen to blacken the silver edge of the outer ring, but I was afraid that it would fade after a long time, and then I simply did not move. Until the inspiration flashed, I found that the lid had seven flat long strips of edges, according to my experience of spraying Mondeo wheels eight years ago, as long as the surface left some primary color and then spray paint, you can have a strong three-dimensional sense, not like all black "lifeless".
So without saying a word, I immediately started to work. The required things are very simple, directly in a treasure to buy 4 cans of bright black self-spray paint, not recommended frosted black, because the three-dimensional sense of bright black will be more intense. Then all you need is a piece of tape and small scissors, no need for playing cards or anything, because the hub cap can be removed and sprayed separately.
This reminds me of Eight years ago, Temundio:
PS: If it were not for the Tesla wheel cover spray, I will not toss this time, eight years ago spray Mondeo memory is still fresh, with the brothers to dismantle the wheel hub + sticker + insert poker + spray paint many times, from dinner until 3 a.m., but the effect is leveraged, I also wrote a tutorial at the time, the whole network many people in accordance with my change, full of achievement.
Let's move on to Tesla's main topic:
Before entering the actual operation, first use the smooth base paper sent by the film, cut a corner of the grain on the inside of the hub cover, and then cut the tape at home to this angle to set the shape, and finally paste it on the wheel hub to save a lot of time. Otherwise, it is trimmed on the wheel hub after the tape is pasted, which takes a lot of time, and the effect is not good.
The above step is the finishing touch of this color change, that is, the tape is covered with a raised plane, a total of seven sides to cover, each hub averages 10 minutes, four hubs forty minutes, not too long.
After posting, I took the hub directly to the empty place on the roof of the building, which happened to be very sunny. The spray paint is like this, the first time the primer must be thin, and then spray the second time after 20 minutes, the second time you need to spray it all, do not have a blank dead corner.
This is the effect of my 3rd spray, and then I bask on the roof of the building for a morning and then spray again in the afternoon. It should be noted here that if the number of sprays is too small and the nozzle distance is far, it can only spray the effect of "matte black" (above picture left), I found the trick for the fourth time to immediately spray close (above picture right), the contrast between the effect of frosted and bright black is obvious. The other four bottles of paint may not be enough (450ml each), and I bought another bottle later, because the hub cap area is too large, I recommend that you prepare an extra bottle.
Because removing the wheel cover did not affect driving, I dried on the balcony for a week before tearing off the tape and preparing to load the car. At that time, after tearing, I thought the effect was average, I thought Barbie Q was, and then I found that there was an unexpected surprise after loading the car.
Here is a digression, I spray paint is not removed the hub LOGO cover, after spraying and then went to a treasure flower 20 yuan four pieces to buy this kind of sticker hub logo sticker, the price is very cheap, and the bright black cover is a perfect match.
The following directly on the "finished product diagram", no nonsense.
Personally, I think this hub color change is very successful, because the silver shape is fused with a silver hub cover outside, and it does not feel abrupt at all. And this color change process is very simple, no need to insert playing cards or remove the hub, only need to spray the hub cover separately, the time cost and material cost are very low, and this style is unique.
Finally, a few beautiful pictures are ready to end, the cost is a few cans of self-spray paint for dozens of yuan, and it is absolutely profitable to be able to spray such an effect. The process of painting is recommended not to worry, spray paint should pay attention to cleaning ash, spraying to dry more, if not in a hurry, it is best to put it for a week and then load the car. It is estimated that as soon as I start this tutorial, I will also see the "same model" on the road in the future, and it is better to be happy alone than to be happy.