- What's up, guys.
SuperSaf here
and this is Precious,
my Tesla Model 3 Performance.
Made a video about this a few months ago
and in that video,
I did mention that I was going to get this customized
but things didn't go exactly as planned.
We were in lockdown.
Things have started to ease now
so, it's time to customize this SuperSaf Style.
Now, it's currently in the midnight silver metallic color
which is really more of a gray
and although, it looks great,
of course, SuperSaf Style is all black everything.
So, to get it customized,
I've come to Bradford to see a friend of mine
who is an expert in customizing vehicles.
Hi, guys, I'm here with Nav,
International Car Customizer.
Good to see you, bro. - Good to see you, SuperSaf.
- So, have you customized any Teslas before?
- I've done a lot of Teslas
but I've got to be honest,
I've never customized a Model 3 Tesla.
- So, it's going to be the first.
I don't trust many people with my Precious.
But I trust you, Nav
so, here is the key. - Oh, it's a privilege, sir.
Nice, I like this.
Okay, well, leave it with me
and let me perform the magic.
Take it easy, man, nice one.
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Guys, this is Precious looking absolutely slick.
Nav, thanks, man.
- Thank you very much, Saf.
Thank you for trusting me
and bringing the car to me.
- Dude, I'm so happy with the job.
Now, you advised satin over matte.
I was going to go with matte black everything
but Nav advised satin.
Tell us a bit about why that is.
- Well, I said don't go for matte
because matte obviously is easily,
you can easily scratch it if you're leaning against the car
and you can leave marks on there
and of course, obviously,
to keep it clean and maintain it,
it is a little bit more hard work
but satin is a more popular color.
It's more modern and advanced
and obviously it's easily cleanable
compared to the matte, as well.
Plus, it definitely suits your image Saf.
- It does, for sure.
And you also dechromed everything, which I know was a lot of work.
- That was a lot of work.
Attention to detail, very patient but
thanks to Dean, my colleague that did all of that, as well.
We de-chromed it all,
the trims, the door mirrors, the door handles,
all the rest of the Tesla badges as well.
We just painted them gloss black, and did all the wrapping as well.
So, it's a nice contrast.
Gloss black and satin, you can never go wrong.
- That combination is so me.
Now, with the wheels,
we were talking about potentially
getting them painted, as well.
- We said gloss black but you said--
- But right now, I think it goes really well with--
- Obviously, we have two minds with this car. I did continuously ring you
'cause I do a lot of car customisations,
quite heavily modified cars.
So, I did say to put the
carbon front lip on and put this on.
Lamborghini doors now, and you said, Nav, keep it subtle,
just like my image
and I'm glad that to you,
that's what I should do, anyway.
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I do crazy things.
So, we've left it simple
and obviously, we did say about the wheels,
you were in two minds about painting the wheels.
Obviously, factory finish there is just phenomenal.
I we didn't want to touch them.
Plus, you haven't curbed them, yet
and when you do,
maybe you could potentially change the color.
- We'll look at version 2 of the customization.
Now, if you guys want to see
behind the scenes of how this was customized and wrapped,
as well as lots more,
very very extravagant customizations.
Then, check out the video,
I'm going to link it down in the description below,
it'll also be linked in the cards.
You can also follow Nav on Enkahnz on Instagram.
That's also going to be linked down below.
Nav, really do appreciate it, man.
- Thank you very much, Saf.
- Can't wait to do the Cybertruck next.
- Oh, looking forward to that one.
- Now, let's take it out for a spin.
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So, guys, I've had the wrap for a few days now
and I am super, super pleased with it.
I think it looks so, so sleek.
It's definitely got the Dark Night Bat-mobile vibes
and every time I'm driving,
I noticed people kind of taking a closer look at it
because it looks so, so good.
Very, very happy with it.
Now in this section
of the video, I wanted to answer some questions
which I know I'll be getting
in the comments, but also talk a little bit
about some of the personal customizations that I've done at
to my model three over the last few months that I've had it.
So, the first question, I'm sure a lot
of people are going to be asking is why didn't I just go
for the black from Tesla right away?
Well, there's a few reasons for that.
Firstly, I'm not a huge fan
of glossy black, especially when it comes to a car.
I think it's very generic on a car, very common.
So, I wasn't too keen on going for just the standard black.
Also, Tesla are not known
for providing the best paint jobs which you may have had
and from the research that I did,
the black actually only has a single coat.
The midnight silver metallic
that I've got does have an additional metallic coating
which is, obviously, better
and a followup question
I'm sure a lot of people are going to
be asking is then, why did I spend the extra money
on the midnight silver metallic instead of going
for the white, which is the default option
on the white, as you may know, is a multicoat.
Well, I'm not a fan of white, either
and it's not something that I really wanted for a car
but also, I knew I was going to get the car wrapped
in a darker color.
So, for me, having the white wouldn't have really worked
because the way a wrap works is
if you do have a different base color,
then, things like the door shirts
and everything, you'd also have to get wrapped.
So, when you open the door
and it's a different color, it would look very odd.
Now, getting the door shirts wrapped
is very niggly and expensive.
It's a very long process
because you, to do it professionally,
you'd also have to remove the doors and things like that,
which I really wasn't keen on doing for a brand new car.
It would have also meant
that I would have had to kept the white for some time.
So, I was like, you know what?
I'm going to go with the midnight silver metallic.
Funnily, having the midnight silver metallic
also gave me a bit of a different look, right?
So, for the past few months,
I've really been able to enjoy the color
which has been really nice.
I really liked the midnight silver metallic color.
Now, with the satin black,
it actually gives it a really nice contrast.
It almost feels like I have a brand new car.
So yeah, those are all those reasons.
Very happy with the satin black.
A few people might be thinking Matte black.
Now, as I've mentioned earlier on,
satin black is just better for a car, in general.
I did lots of research,
asked lots of friends,
obviously, the expert Nav
and the satin black just is not going to get damaged as easily.
The matte black does come
across a little bit gray and a little bit chalky.
The satin black definitely has a nice sheen to it
and I am very, very happy with the satin black.
Right so, that's all about the exterior customization.
Now, let me talk to you a little bit
about a few of the little things that I've done inside
and the interior, just a few little customizations.
So, the first thing is the center console is glossy black
and as I mentioned earlier on, I am not a huge fan
of glossy black.
So, one of the first things I wanted
to do was just get that wrap the glossy black attracts a lot
of fingerprints, a lot of dust and dirt.
So, I was looking at just, you know,
getting some cheap wraps
on here and doing it myself on, honestly speaking,
everything that I was looking at just had bad reviews.
And then I spoke
to a friend of mine earlier from Ultra Links.
He's also got a Model 3 and done lots of coverage.
I'll link him down below.
And he suggested getting these pieces that you can get
which actually cut to size and they are already pre-wrapped.
So then, you can just stick them on.
Takes, literally, a couple of minutes.
You don't have to be a wrap expert.
So, for the center console, I got the matte black.
I think it looks so, so much better.
I actually got mine from Talk Alliance,
who did provide a few
of the bits that I've done in here
which we'll talk through.
Now, while we're on the center console,
when you open the center console,
generally, it's just kind of like a big hole
which is not very usable on the Tesla Model 3.
So, I actually got a little bit
of an organizer from Talk Alliance, as well.
This is really nice.
It just gives me some nice space
for my sunglasses, for any of the little bits, my keys
and things like that, that I can just drop in there rather
than just having a little bit
of a pit that's just there, by default.
Now, moving up from the console,
the Tesla Model 3 does not come
with wireless charging, which is kind of weird.
I think the Model Y does now,
but Model 3 doesn't, anyway.
So, I went ahead and got the Nomad wireless charger
and this works really well.
I'm very happy with it.
Why didn't I go with the official version from Tesla?
Well, that I think has around five Watts of charging
whereas the Nomad charger is faster at around 7.5 Watts.
So, it's been working absolutely fine.
Now, do bear in mind
that some smart phones,
now that they're getting super big
like the Note 20 Ultra,
may not fit with a case.
So, you know, I kind of have to kind of push that in.
It does eventually fit, but ,initially,
I was like, okay, this is not going to fit the charger.
It does fit.
And having that wireless charger is so convenient.
You can just drop your phones in there.
And it also makes it less distracting
because it's already connected to the Model 3.
You're not even like, slightly distracted
to the phone because it's kind of tucked away
inside the wireless charger.
So, that's something that I would also recommend.
Now, for the screen.
The screen is a fingerprint magnet, completely.
So, another thing that I got was a
tempered glass matte screen protector from Talk Alliance.
This is really nice.
It doesn't attract as many fingerprints
and it's also quite good when you are
in a very bright, sunny day.
It doesn't reflect as much as the glossy does.
So, it makes things a lot more viewable.
I really like it.
Something I would definitely also recommend.
The final thing that I've done
in the car was change the mats.
So, the Model 3 Standard does not come with any mats.
The Model 3 Performance does come with some carpet mats.
I'm not a fan of carpet mats.
They get dirty very easily.
They are very, very difficult to clean.
Now, having the rubber mats,
these are also from Talk Alliance.
They are actually cut exactly
to the size of the Model 3.
So, they fit in perfectly.
They kind of go around the edges, as well,
which means that when you do get a lot
of dust and dirt,
it's not going to be getting on to your car.
You can just pick the mats out, you know, give them a bit
of a shake, give them a wash and then bring them back in.
So, these are also something that
I would definitely recommend.
I also got the same rubber mats
from Talk Alliance for the trunk, as well as the front.
The front, just to kind of keep everything clean and tidy.
And again, just the maintenance is so much easier
with rubber mats rather than having carpet mats.
Now, all of the products that I've mentioned,
are all going to be linked down below.
So, if you want to pick some
up yourself or just kind of have a look
at a few options, you can go ahead and do that.
And, obviously, I've had the Model 3
for a good few months now.
I think it's been like, seven or eight months.
So, I am going to be working on my longterm review.
Now that I've got it wrapped
and talking about my experience,
how it's been driving this, how the transition has been
from going on to it was petrol diesel,
I was going to say petrol
but I had the diesel car,
on to electric, you know,
range, anxiety, how I go about charging things.
What I like about the Model 3, what I don't like,
what I think can be improved.
All of these things,
I'm going to be covering in my longer term review.
If you want to see that,
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If there's anything that you'd like me to cover
in that video, then,
do drop that down in the comments below.
I hope you enjoyed this video
and found it useful.
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That thumbs up button for me.
Thanks for watching.
This is Saf on SuperSaf TV and I'll see you next time.
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