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I used a vinyl plotter to cut out some 3m Pro PPF and applied them to the camera lenses. Optically clear and so far no chipping. I applied them to all exposed camera lenses including the fender ones.

Increase the speed with the maroon pad to see if it will refine the surface.

Then step down to grey to remove the maroon scratches. What kind of polisher are you using?

Go with the maroon a bit more till it looks less scratchy. Then go to grey.

No need to go back to tan, keep using the maroon till the surface is less scratch and then finish off with the grey.

I run it back and forth in that small area @ slow to medium speed. After using the tan pad, step down to maroon and run a couple passes till you see less scratches and then finish off w/ the grey pad. Can you share some pics after using the tan pad?

Yes, make sure you tape up/protect the trim and areas you don't want sanded.

Encountered this issue in July. Driving 15 mph for 2 miles was embarrassing. Found an article that explains how the service center deals with this. Instead of drilling through plastic, used a portable endoscope camera on an iPad to fish a metal tool to release the latch. I’d probably would...

Since the pads are small, they can easily get clogged. Try washing them or use a new one. If the maroon pads aren’t working, may need to step down to a 3m tan pad which has lower grit and then go back to maroon ones to have a consistent finish. Make sure you aren’t putting a lot of force on...

I used medium speed setting on the flex polisher and made slow steady passes. What kind of pads are you using? Did you clean the pads or have spares?

I used the random orbital attachment that came w/ the Flex polisher. Use a clean maroon pad as it's lower grit. If you're not able to take the shine off... it may be a clogged and/or a higher grit pad. Can you post up a picture of the area that you're trying to fix? Thanks!

Similar issue, going from Park to Drive or Park to Reverse... the rear driver side parking brake would make a loud grinding sound. Technician detected low voltage in brake circuit and diagnosed it as bad rear parking brake caliper and replaced both rear calipers last week. Drove it 400+...

Same here, I have an upcoming service appointment and removed the Cant Rail replacement service item as mine are still solidly attached.

Looks like they only did spot sanding vs sanding the entire panel. If you've owned the vehicle for sometime... you may opt to find a detailer who can sand off these scratches using appropriate grit sanding pads or diy.

Avery Dennison Nano Ceramic IR 5% front / 15% back, no windshield tint. Front metered at 4% vlt and rear 2.4% vlt. Would suggest going to 20% in the rear to get closer to front vlt %.

There's a couple approved sellers here that sell DIY Tint Kits. They appear to use Avery Dennison (Nano Ceramic IR or Encore Supreme IR). I installed the Nano Ceramic IR version and it's been good (20% front / 50% rear). Will redo them as I want to go darker as 20% doesn't provide enough...

How’d it go? Here’s what mine looked like after.

Was able to manually release the frunk w/ the directions in the Service Manual. Didn't need to drill a hole, but used a borescope to find the lever and push it to trigger the latch mechanism. This seemed to re-synch the state of the frunk latch and the frunk closed itself. Tesla should...

Same issue w/ me. During yesterday's hot weather, frunk didn't fully unlatch. Unable to close or open, multiple resets, new firmware update... nothing. 30+ days wait time for Service Center appointment. Checked out the Service Manual and it shows how to manually release the frunk. Already...

Hard to tell from the picture, however if it's not removed via Citri77... it would require some kind of refinishing (eg scouring pad or BKF). I had similar marks and used 3m 7447/7448 scouring pads w/ random orbital polisher to refinish the areas. More details here...