For future projects, to prevent drill travel get a automatic center punch tool for steel. It is spring operated and punches a small dent in the steel so your bit stays in place. You can also just use a nail and a hammer as a cheap alternative.
Nail isn't going to work here, as its cold rolled steel - not mild steel. I also use a tungsten tipped pen to make a dimple before using an automatic center punch. It's sharp enough to "grab" the surface by itself and hard enough so you can just push it with your hand into the metal. This way you can mark it and then "feel" with the center punch the spot and enlarge it.
Chris is a shade tree mechanic par excellence. It was painful to watch but informative in a perform your own root canal sort of way. Come on Tesla ... save the rest of the Cybertruck owners the hassle of installing this necessary bit of kit by making it the standard feature it should have been from the get go.
I came to the comments to see why this potential 15 minute video is 45 minutes. After reading "perform your own root canal sort of way" I think I am going to skip forward and see some highlights instead of suffering 🙃
The video is DIY in a nutshell: when you are doing things irregularly, you always encounter some problems, and it takes three times longer. So I feel for you, and the stoic way is the right approach for DIY.
Good tutorial! I will say, after 2 months of CT ownership & plenty of gravel and dirt roads, i have not found a need for a washer. In the winter with powdery snow this could be handy though.
Just wanted to share my appreciation of your videos I got my invite to the foundation series a couple weeks ago and it reignited my excitement for it and of all the CZcams channels out there I love your content the most when talking real world Cybertruck. It’s even giving me encouragement to start a channel for owning one in Alaska since we have such extreme climate conditions. So thank you so much for all your videos!
😅Really enjoyed watching this video! I’m a DYI guy and that’s because my father taught me much. Here are some things that may help. To drill SS, mark it, center punch it, spray a cutting or tapping fluid onto the drill bit. Use a 1/8” Cobalt bit so it doesn’t snap off like a 1/16” bit can. Tape the hook for the wire puller so it can’t snag. Once your ready, push the tube over the hook and then secure and pull it. 😅 Good luck to all 😅
To mark the hole use a center punch for hardened metal steel. I use a small hammer to tap punch. Never use a drill directly. It will always travel even if you use a drill press.
Pro tip: water down your washer fluid with distilled water (it has no minerals) so that it's not so blue. You might want it more concentrated during the winter time is all. They do sell non blue washer fluid. You can test different concentrations by freezing it in the freezer maybe, just don't let the kids get to it!
Yeah... I live in France and I have never seen a washer fluid that blue... is it just that heavily concentrated with antigel or do they put colouring in it? It looks dirty indeed ^^'
Tapping or cutting fluid and then step your drills up till the final 5/16” bit. You will be done in two minutes! I understand the struggle your having. Part of the learning process 😂
5:31 with Torx you always go down, and use the biggest one which fits. One step smaller will usually also fit, but may cam out and damage either the screw or the bit.
18:05 I'm used to do most things around my house by myself; but what a difference can a good question make! I was buying replacement steel drill bits and luckily I humbly asked the hardware store guy if he knew some trick for drilling, because all my HSS drill bits were so quickly worn and broken: and he just said "I don't know, but perhaps use the boring oil!" I've seen my father build a house as a kid, so I was sure I knew pretty much all basic tradesmen stuff, but I never heard about the boring oil. Now whenever I drill steel, I need to have my tiny bottle with the "magic" oil. Because the difference is awesome! I'm also surprised that you are using the metric sizes for nuts! I'm writing from Czechia but remember when I came to Australia, the metric stuff was just starting and imperial was used more commonly. Also, my compound bow uses still the imperial key sizes. 😁
You know just pointing out there but I have a ton of work trucks that I drive one being a Dodge 5500 with a reverse camera the other be a Chevy 2500 with a reverse camera one being a sterling with a reverse camera and not a single one of them Has a sprayer on the rear so it’s not just Tesla. It’s all of them. Tesla just took a look at what others were doing and copied it when it comes to that idea nobody else put a sprayer on it so they didn’t put a sprayer on it as far as I know nobody else has a front view camera so they thought well let’s put a spray on it since we don’t know. Just saying everybody from time to time seems to bash somebody for not doing something they should’ve went in reality. None of them do great video. Glad see you found a fix to the problem though next thing, they need to come up with is some sort of wiper system for those front lights because I have a feeling the snow is going to sit in front of them that or heat tape of some sort on the top of that bumper to keep it from building up.
Had the same on my car (Seat Leon) reverse cam gets dirty and every now and then you need to clean it. In the later generations the put the camera behind the rear logo and it pops open when reversing. That way it stays clean during normal driving.
Thanks Chris for blazing this trail. I'm going to buy the product just to get the nozzle and template, and then I will install a pump and small tank in the rear of the Cybertruck operated by a wireless remote button attached to the dash. Having a dedicated mechanical pushbutton for the rear washer for me is ideal, and not having to route anything from the rear to the front is also ideal.
I'd like one of these on the back up camera of my Model Y. Wire puller? Ask your DIY friends. I've pulled a lot of wires in my day. When you wrap the tube to the puller, always taper. Tape over anything that can 'hook'. I'd probably have cut the end of that tube off at a slant and taped it all down. A good wire 'pull' is usually 10 - 15 minutes setting up, taping, lube, and at the end laboriously taking off all that electrical tape. And 30 secs to a minute doing the actual pull. When disassembling something like the Frunk, lot of parts, blue tape with numbers, on the part and on the place it goes. Or screws, get one of those boxes Amazon keeps sending us and make a 'fastener list' top down poke holes and insert them. Re assembly? bottom up. And take photos of everything. How many times have you gone back to see what xx looks like, and you have photos of everything else? or the key bit is just out of the frame? Might be a good idea to just wear a GoPro on your forehead. Modern videos are so crisp each frame is like a photo, and you can see the order of things. & WD40 for drilling metal will only cool it, so just use water. Drilling oil has sulfur in it that increases friction. Completely different. And use a center punch to mark the hole and create the divot to keep the drill from sliding around. And if you have to drill large holes 3/8"+... use a step taper drill -- they work great. I had to drill out a square hole so a 3/8" bolt would fit. A regular bit would catch on the side and try to spin the part. The step taper easily handled it, no grabbing. Seconds.
Since the tailgate is counterbalanced, an aftermarket company should be able to make a light torque cable retracting motor and reel to attach to the tailgate to produce an auto close tailgate mechanism. The reel would have a slip clutch to be pay out the cable to manually lower the gate. The mechanism’s controller could have an additional wireless radio remote control stick on button to add to the controls on top of the drivers side panel. It would have a replaceable CR2032 Lithium Battery, and be in a weather sealed housing with an insert coin and twist indent to split the gasketed two half’s of the remote. The remote would be mounted onto a snap lock clip that is actually what is double side sticky taped to the plastic trim beside the stock control panel. A spare remote could be supplied for putting in the glovebox. The mechanism would be powered by a tap off of either POE Power over Ethernet or by a 12 volt tap available coming out of a POE controller that converted to the old voltage, probably from the module controlling the buttons for opening the tailgate and commanding the Tonneau Cover. The company doing this would determine where such power could be tapped and connector specifications or vendor to make s pass through POE tap that will not disturb the Ethernet portion to the module whose POE line is being tapped for power. The male and female connectors would have to meet the same triple sealing rubber gasket that maintains the weather seal the original connector accomplished and be made of the same pin metals, durable plastic, and rubber seals.
I recommend the drill hole guide, become a marked credit card with the hole punched in it and 3M Command Strips. The user would mount the credit card, aligning the arrow using the 3M Command strips, use a hammer and center punch to make a drill bit centering divot in the Stainless Steel, the divot guides the drill bit, preventing the pilot drill from walking. then drill the pilot hole with a smaller drill bit, then change bit to the final diameter drill bit and drill the finished hole. Remove the guide card by pulling the 3M Command Strips and now you have a precisely positioned hole with no drill walk marks.
It is important to be mentioned that the brand new drill bit is needed so your old ones don't contaminate the stainless steel and it starts to rust. Don't mix stainless steel and iron working bits, brushes, cutting wheels, sand papers etc.
I own a Cybertruck and live on 11 miles of dirt road. Don’t feel this is necessary and just makes a mess of the tailgate. The aerodynamics of the Cybertruck do a lot better than all my ice trucks on keeping it clean.
I've been thinking for a while that this is necessary, especially for the robotaxi... not being able to see behind it can be a problem in some cases. Personally, I was thinking more of an air sprayer than a liquid sprayer. A good blast of pressurised air could really clean the camera.
Maybe a punch to make a divet for the drill. Will it make a difference if you change the tubes at the T piece? Maybe improve the fluid pressure at the rear?
PSA some sorta center punch tool to give your bit a divit to sit in will eliminate that walking tendency I got one a few months back at a flee market for 5 bucks since I know ill need it eventually
If Mustard defeated it, I don't want to see what peanut butter will do. But as long as it works for dirt, mud, snow, salt, and ice, you should be good. I hope Tesla adds this necessary feature sooner rather than later.
Congrats on the install and great video. The only thing different I would have done is had the truck very clean before starting the installation. Any tech will tell you they hate working on dirty vehicles.
Go S L O W when drilling stainless. The high speed hardens it making it harder to drill. Then you may have to go to a carbide bur to get through the hardened stainless.
Hey I can see a ton of advice, which reminds me Joe Justice talking about starting his WikiSpeed company and posting all they did directly online and although he got plenty of "Geez, why does he do it this way?", he said the smart troll comments definitely helped him to finish the project in record time! 🤣
Thank you for emphasizing weather issues! My hope is Tesla is watching. I expect FSD/Autopilot to fail upon minor weather, but really hate losing cruze control!
I have 7500 miles on my CT. Live in Colorado. Driven to UT,NV,KS,MS,IL,NJ never needed the rear camera cleaned once. Interesting, you say it's your biggest complaint.
15:02 yeah that isn't going to work. So you need two extra tools to drill hard material like metal: - A tungsten marker pen - 3 bucks on Ali - Automatic Puncher - 4 bucks on Ali The tungsten tip can be pressed into the steel and makes a tiny dimple in the right spot. Barely enough to hold the tip of the automatic puncher (but too little for a drill bit). The Automatic puncher can then be used a couple of times, depending on the hardness of the material, to make a larger dimple in the right spot, to hold the drill bit center steady. Also note that there are special drill bits to start a hole, they are called spot drills - but you can also use center drills. Normal drill bits don't cut in the center of the drill, thus drilling becomes harder and harder on larger drill bit sizes - as the center is bigger. That's why you should start with either a small drill bit (as you did) or use a spot drill/center drill. :)
The fact that CT didn’t come with a rear camera washer shows too many of their engineers are from California. They need to think about different climates with different seasons and therefore different requirements.
Holy crap a CT just rolled by on my tiny street in Lambertville NJ- new jerseys smallest city. I can’t imagine seeing it cross over our narrow bridges to PA. 😂 but neat to start seeing it more frequently (my 4th spotting overall). 👍🏼
The best part is the overspray will splatter onto vehicles behind you. Chris, why is the sprayer so far off to the left? The guide appeared to be lined up well...
Using a metal punch helps to make the guide point for the drill bit. This whole video makes me want for a franchise that specializes on fixing teslas mistakes on features not included! Somebody start that business.. where's my local tesla aftermarket feature installer!
Not too bad. Easier than installing a towbar. Of course you can say "what on earth was Tesla thinking" - maybe they just want to introduce more people to modifying their cars with a good first project? :-)
There are factors I don't like about this, but also factors I do like. Overall, I'd consider getting this - and having you install it! 🤣 Fo' realz, tho... I'd at least take ya fam out to eat, or something, after getting this installed on my own Cybertruck.
Hey Chris, good job. However it is not good to put oil on the rubber hose. It may degrade it. Also it would have made it much easier if you drilled a smaller pilot hole first and then the full size hole. May the fruit be with you.
lol well thanks. I cut this one as much as I could, but I didn't want to leave out any install details. I do post shorts from time to time, but just have trouble finding time for myself to make them!
That's a nice mod but should've been done from the factory. Embarrassing that you need to even do that. I hope newer CTs will have it and Tesla make a retrofit for older CTs
Side cams don't seem to get dirty (at least a much lower rate than rear cam) and even if they do, they're an additional view compared to other vehicles
For future projects, to prevent drill travel get a automatic center punch tool for steel. It is spring operated and punches a small dent in the steel so your bit stays in place. You can also just use a nail and a hammer as a cheap alternative.
Nail isn't going to work here, as its cold rolled steel - not mild steel.
I also use a tungsten tipped pen to make a dimple before using an automatic center punch. It's sharp enough to "grab" the surface by itself and hard enough so you can just push it with your hand into the metal.
This way you can mark it and then "feel" with the center punch the spot and enlarge it.
I have one of these for wood. It’s inexpensive and I love it. Cheap enough that I wouldn’t mind sacrificing it on metal either.
Chris is a shade tree mechanic par excellence. It was painful to watch but informative in a perform your own root canal sort of way.
Come on Tesla ... save the rest of the Cybertruck owners the hassle of installing this necessary bit of kit by making it the standard feature it should have been from the get go.
Yup, maybe just put a second reservoir and rear pump in the tailgate and add the wire to the front washer so they both go at the same time.
I came to the comments to see why this potential 15 minute video is 45 minutes. After reading "perform your own root canal sort of way" I think I am going to skip forward and see some highlights instead of suffering 🙃
The video is DIY in a nutshell: when you are doing things irregularly, you always encounter some problems, and it takes three times longer. So I feel for you, and the stoic way is the right approach for DIY.
Good tutorial! I will say, after 2 months of CT ownership & plenty of gravel and dirt roads, i have not found a need for a washer. In the winter with powdery snow this could be handy though.
Tesla f'd up not having this from the factory
Agree, especially because that camera is your rear view mirror.
Yup and they need 2 cameras and better customisation capabilities on the screen
They Fd up not having this on every camera, on every car, since they are all supposed to be robotaxi-capable eventually.
Don’t own a CT but this was neat and you’re a good presenter. 👍🏼
It's a shame you have to do this yourself, it should have been stock. Great job with the install.
This should of been standard. Huge oversight by tesla not having it on a camera that is your rearview mirror.
Just wanted to share my appreciation of your videos I got my invite to the foundation series a couple weeks ago and it reignited my excitement for it and of all the CZcams channels out there I love your content the most when talking real world Cybertruck. It’s even giving me encouragement to start a channel for owning one in Alaska since we have such extreme climate conditions. So thank you so much for all your videos!
😅Really enjoyed watching this video! I’m a DYI guy and that’s because my father taught me much. Here are some things that may help. To drill SS, mark it, center punch it, spray a cutting or tapping fluid onto the drill bit. Use a 1/8” Cobalt bit so it doesn’t snap off like a 1/16” bit can. Tape the hook for the wire puller so it can’t snag. Once your ready, push the tube over the hook and then secure and pull it. 😅 Good luck to all 😅
To mark the hole use a center punch for hardened metal steel. I use a small hammer to tap punch. Never use a drill directly. It will always travel even if you use a drill press.
Ty, good advice
Pro tip: water down your washer fluid with distilled water (it has no minerals) so that it's not so blue. You might want it more concentrated during the winter time is all. They do sell non blue washer fluid. You can test different concentrations by freezing it in the freezer maybe, just don't let the kids get to it!
Yeah... I live in France and I have never seen a washer fluid that blue... is it just that heavily concentrated with antigel or do they put colouring in it? It looks dirty indeed ^^'
Tapping or cutting fluid and then step your drills up till the final 5/16” bit. You will be done in two minutes! I understand the struggle your having. Part of the learning process 😂
5:31 with Torx you always go down, and use the biggest one which fits. One step smaller will usually also fit, but may cam out and damage either the screw or the bit.
18:05 I'm used to do most things around my house by myself; but what a difference can a good question make! I was buying replacement steel drill bits and luckily I humbly asked the hardware store guy if he knew some trick for drilling, because all my HSS drill bits were so quickly worn and broken: and he just said "I don't know, but perhaps use the boring oil!" I've seen my father build a house as a kid, so I was sure I knew pretty much all basic tradesmen stuff, but I never heard about the boring oil. Now whenever I drill steel, I need to have my tiny bottle with the "magic" oil. Because the difference is awesome!
I'm also surprised that you are using the metric sizes for nuts! I'm writing from Czechia but remember when I came to Australia, the metric stuff was just starting and imperial was used more commonly. Also, my compound bow uses still the imperial key sizes. 😁
I have on of these ClearVU kits for my Yukon. I use it all the time especially in winter! Great job on the install!
I always love DIY videos!! You did an amazing job on this
You know just pointing out there but I have a ton of work trucks that I drive one being a Dodge 5500 with a reverse camera the other be a Chevy 2500 with a reverse camera one being a sterling with a reverse camera and not a single one of them Has a sprayer on the rear so it’s not just Tesla. It’s all of them. Tesla just took a look at what others were doing and copied it when it comes to that idea nobody else put a sprayer on it so they didn’t put a sprayer on it as far as I know nobody else has a front view camera so they thought well let’s put a spray on it since we don’t know. Just saying everybody from time to time seems to bash somebody for not doing something they should’ve went in reality. None of them do great video. Glad see you found a fix to the problem though next thing, they need to come up with is some sort of wiper system for those front lights because I have a feeling the snow is going to sit in front of them that or heat tape of some sort on the top of that bumper to keep it from building up.
Had the same on my car (Seat Leon) reverse cam gets dirty and every now and then you need to clean it. In the later generations the put the camera behind the rear logo and it pops open when reversing. That way it stays clean during normal driving.
I'm trying to plan a way to warm the lights or under the lights with Jowua so snow can't build up, I agree that will be an issue
@@DirtyTesla I look forward to seeing a video if you come up with a solution
Let's talk about that gnarly pink 4-wheeler @10:18 !
Thanks Chris for blazing this trail. I'm going to buy the product just to get the nozzle and template, and then I will install a pump and small tank in the rear of the Cybertruck operated by a wireless remote button attached to the dash. Having a dedicated mechanical pushbutton for the rear washer for me is ideal, and not having to route anything from the rear to the front is also ideal.
Now that sounds REALLY cool!
I'd like one of these on the back up camera of my Model Y.
Wire puller? Ask your DIY friends. I've pulled a lot of wires in my day. When you wrap the tube to the puller, always taper. Tape over anything that can 'hook'. I'd probably have cut the end of that tube off at a slant and taped it all down. A good wire 'pull' is usually 10 - 15 minutes setting up, taping, lube, and at the end laboriously taking off all that electrical tape. And 30 secs to a minute doing the actual pull.
When disassembling something like the Frunk, lot of parts, blue tape with numbers, on the part and on the place it goes. Or screws, get one of those boxes Amazon keeps sending us and make a 'fastener list' top down poke holes and insert them. Re assembly? bottom up. And take photos of everything. How many times have you gone back to see what xx looks like, and you have photos of everything else? or the key bit is just out of the frame? Might be a good idea to just wear a GoPro on your forehead. Modern videos are so crisp each frame is like a photo, and you can see the order of things.
& WD40 for drilling metal will only cool it, so just use water. Drilling oil has sulfur in it that increases friction. Completely different.
And use a center punch to mark the hole and create the divot to keep the drill from sliding around.
And if you have to drill large holes 3/8"+... use a step taper drill -- they work great. I had to drill out a square hole so a 3/8" bolt would fit. A regular bit would catch on the side and try to spin the part. The step taper easily handled it, no grabbing. Seconds.
Model Y kit coming VERY soon.
Since the tailgate is counterbalanced, an aftermarket company should be able to make a light torque cable retracting motor and reel to attach to the tailgate to produce an auto close tailgate mechanism. The reel would have a slip clutch to be pay out the cable to manually lower the gate. The mechanism’s controller could have an additional wireless radio remote control stick on button to add to the controls on top of the drivers side panel. It would have a replaceable CR2032 Lithium Battery, and be in a weather sealed housing with an insert coin and twist indent to split the gasketed two half’s of the remote. The remote would be mounted onto a snap lock clip that is actually what is double side sticky taped to the plastic trim beside the stock control panel. A spare remote could be supplied for putting in the glovebox. The mechanism would be powered by a tap off of either POE Power over Ethernet or by a 12 volt tap available coming out of a POE controller that converted to the old voltage, probably from the module controlling the buttons for opening the tailgate and commanding the Tonneau Cover. The company doing this would determine where such power could be tapped and connector specifications or vendor to make s pass through POE tap that will not disturb the Ethernet portion to the module whose POE line is being tapped for power. The male and female connectors would have to meet the same triple sealing rubber gasket that maintains the weather seal the original connector accomplished and be made of the same pin metals, durable plastic, and rubber seals.
I recommend the drill hole guide, become a marked credit card with the hole punched in it and 3M Command Strips. The user would mount the credit card, aligning the arrow using the 3M Command strips, use a hammer and center punch to make a drill bit centering divot in the Stainless Steel, the divot guides the drill bit, preventing the pilot drill from walking. then drill the pilot hole with a smaller drill bit, then change bit to the final diameter drill bit and drill the finished hole.
Remove the guide card by pulling the 3M Command Strips and now you have a precisely positioned hole with no drill walk marks.
15:00 You should use a punch to mark and dent the stainless. The drill bit won't travel as easily.
This is actually sick
It is important to be mentioned that the brand new drill bit is needed so your old ones don't contaminate the stainless steel and it starts to rust. Don't mix stainless steel and iron working bits, brushes, cutting wheels, sand papers etc.
I own a Cybertruck and live on 11 miles of dirt road. Don’t feel this is necessary and just makes a mess of the tailgate. The aerodynamics of the Cybertruck do a lot better than all my ice trucks on keeping it clean.
Fun project!
I've been thinking for a while that this is necessary, especially for the robotaxi... not being able to see behind it can be a problem in some cases. Personally, I was thinking more of an air sprayer than a liquid sprayer. A good blast of pressurised air could really clean the camera.
Hmm… would be a fun side by side comparison video 🤔
33:00 just a suggestion , use that piece , where it was., use a Short piece of cut tubing, it may be a check valve.
geez that is alot of work but sure looks worth it!! upvoted!!!
Since it worked and I didn't break anything (besides a bolt 👀) definitely worth it!
Maybe a punch to make a divet for the drill. Will it make a difference if you change the tubes at the T piece? Maybe improve the fluid pressure at the rear?
Pretty standard for metalwork. There are spring-loaded one hand punches that are cheap.
Great job on the install!
PSA some sorta center punch tool to give your bit a divit to sit in will eliminate that walking tendency I got one a few months back at a flee market for 5 bucks since I know ill need it eventually
If Mustard defeated it, I don't want to see what peanut butter will do. But as long as it works for dirt, mud, snow, salt, and ice, you should be good. I hope Tesla adds this necessary feature sooner rather than later.
It's INSANE the genius engineers at Tesla didn't think to do this? Hope someone was fired for that oversight...
They just wanted us to have something to do 😆
If they give you parts or a full kit free, it’s a collaboration…
Geez, I’ll wait for the refresh.
Congrats on the install and great video. The only thing different I would have done is had the truck very clean before starting the installation. Any tech will tell you they hate working on dirty vehicles.
Go S L O W when drilling stainless. The high speed hardens it making it harder to drill. Then you may have to go to a carbide bur to get through the hardened stainless.
Hey I can see a ton of advice, which reminds me Joe Justice talking about starting his WikiSpeed company and posting all they did directly online and although he got plenty of "Geez, why does he do it this way?", he said the smart troll comments definitely helped him to finish the project in record time! 🤣
"Center punch"
Thank you for emphasizing weather issues! My hope is Tesla is watching. I expect FSD/Autopilot to fail upon minor weather, but really hate losing cruze control!
Could probably use this kit for any vehicle. There are no additional motors or moving parts, just splitting the line.
We have them!
16:00... Giver' a lil' tap with an awl and hammer and the resultant mini-dent will center that bit. Yes, even on stainless.
I have 7500 miles on my CT. Live in Colorado. Driven to UT,NV,KS,MS,IL,NJ never needed the rear camera cleaned once. Interesting, you say it's your biggest complaint.
15:02 yeah that isn't going to work. So you need two extra tools to drill hard material like metal:
- A tungsten marker pen - 3 bucks on Ali
- Automatic Puncher - 4 bucks on Ali
The tungsten tip can be pressed into the steel and makes a tiny dimple in the right spot. Barely enough to hold the tip of the automatic puncher (but too little for a drill bit).
The Automatic puncher can then be used a couple of times, depending on the hardness of the material, to make a larger dimple in the right spot, to hold the drill bit center steady.
Also note that there are special drill bits to start a hole, they are called spot drills - but you can also use center drills. Normal drill bits don't cut in the center of the drill, thus drilling becomes harder and harder on larger drill bit sizes - as the center is bigger.
That's why you should start with either a small drill bit (as you did) or use a spot drill/center drill. :)
The fact that CT didn’t come with a rear camera washer shows too many of their engineers are from California. They need to think about different climates with different seasons and therefore different requirements.
Holy crap a CT just rolled by on my tiny street in Lambertville NJ- new jerseys smallest city. I can’t imagine seeing it cross over our narrow bridges to PA. 😂 but neat to start seeing it more frequently (my 4th spotting overall). 👍🏼
For the hole, use a punch and hammer. Makes a small divot for you drill bit to stay on. Cheers!
30:17 is the best part of the video :)
That was a nice install, thanks for sharing
The best part is the overspray will splatter onto vehicles behind you.
Chris, why is the sprayer so far off to the left? The guide appeared to be lined up well...
This is one of the very many "things" that should have been fixed long before the first CT was delivered.
You can get clear washer fluid
Using a metal punch helps to make the guide point for the drill bit. This whole video makes me want for a franchise that specializes on fixing teslas mistakes on features not included! Somebody start that business.. where's my local tesla aftermarket feature installer!
They really should make this the default. Make the front washer an option service centers can install.
Not too bad. Easier than installing a towbar. Of course you can say "what on earth was Tesla thinking" - maybe they just want to introduce more people to modifying their cars with a good first project? :-)
There are factors I don't like about this, but also factors I do like. Overall, I'd consider getting this - and having you install it! 🤣
Fo' realz, tho... I'd at least take ya fam out to eat, or something, after getting this installed on my own Cybertruck.
Killer deal
Hey Chris, good job. However it is not good to put oil on the rubber hose. It may degrade it. Also it would have made it much easier if you drilled a smaller pilot hole first and then the full size hole. May the fruit be with you.
And for catching drilling debris it's better to use wide tape over the holes, rather than magnets.
Hope you picked up the piece that flew into your driveway when you took off the back driver side fender flare.
I am amazed that you got the wire puller, but didn't get the center punch for the drill bits... The whole would've started waaay easier.
I see that from the comments 😭
Well done.
I'm very surprised this can't be fixed with a tiny tiny passive fin that just redirects air across the lens.
You did an amazing job on this video
Tesla should offer extra outputs and programmable buttons on screen so people can add accessories
Ok I see why they opted out of the back camera washer. crazy staining the stainless (lots) steel.
Amazing video Chris
Great video, I wish this was standard on all Tesla's tbh, it's terrible in the winter here :/
How about swapping the front camera including the washer for the rear and modifying the rear opening to fit?
Get a pointer and hit the center mark with hammer where to drill so you don't just travel all around.
Tell them we need a tilting screen !
You would think tesla can install this themselves...
Stainless can be hard to drill. 100% sharp bit+ center punch!!!
16:00 hole punch before drilling might give enough to hold drill...
You should have used a punch before you started to drill
lol and "who cares" my man you own a 120k truck
Them magnets did the trick
No way am I drilling any holes in my brand new CT
so you'll just need a tiny piece of tape to sabotage someones entire rearview capability? veeery interesting
Center punch
Chris, I love your videos but OMG they are getting longer and longer. Any chance you can make some shorts to highlight the fun and interesting parts?
lol well thanks. I cut this one as much as I could, but I didn't want to leave out any install details. I do post shorts from time to time, but just have trouble finding time for myself to make them!
I’m going to put lasers on my Cyber Truck.
That's a nice mod but should've been done from the factory. Embarrassing that you need to even do that. I hope newer CTs will have it and Tesla make a retrofit for older CTs
Awesome. Good job
11:09 you lost a clip.
Elon please this is 200$ element, please put this from stock
It'll take a half jug of washer fluid to prime the tube.
This is why I would never buy a used car. People who don’t know what they’re doing half assing it. No thanks.
4:25 EPA wanna know your location, due to reports of heavy whip cream ground water contamination :)
eeeeeeerrrrrk! drill holes, stopped T 1:55, not for me
Don't use a Tesla to tow a 20th Century load. Step into the 21st Century with trailers that their own batts and motors.
Cheers Chris
Where the driving test
What wrap are you getting?
Afternoon mate
You should have tested mud and most difficult test, peanutbutter
interesting !!
The nozzle looks off center. Is that artifact from the angle or did you drill it slightly left of center? I see at the end you addressed this.
What about your side cameras
Side cams don't seem to get dirty (at least a much lower rate than rear cam) and even if they do, they're an additional view compared to other vehicles
@@DirtyTesla that's true
You had so much fun messing up the rear cam :D Pleasure to watch.