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I bought a Tesla Model S iBooster Gen 1 - Now what?
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I bought a Tesla Model S iBooster Gen 1 - Now what?
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Re: I bought a Tesla Model S iBooster Gen 1 - Now what?
... so now you have 3 brake boosters? 2x Bosch Gen 1, and 1x Bosch Gen 2?
... why?
... how many braking pedals are you installing?
Looks spiffy.
... why?
... how many braking pedals are you installing?
Looks spiffy.
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Re: I bought a Tesla Model S iBooster Gen 1 - Now what?
and a few days later it arrived at my doorstep
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Re: I bought a Tesla Model S iBooster Gen 1 - Now what?
LoL, excellent question, here are two reasons why I bought the Tesla iBoosterMattsAwesomeStuff wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:27 pm ... so now you have 3 brake boosters? 2x Bosch Gen 1, and 1x Bosch Gen 2?
... why?
... how many braking pedals are you installing?
Looks spiffy.
- unlike the Honda and many other Gen 1 iBoosters it sports a full size brake fluid canister (the white plastic thing) and you don't know masochism until you tried to bench bleed one of them tiny Honda style ones as demonstrated by yours truly here Honda Accord Gen 2 BOSCH iBooster Part II
- the Tesla has a fantastic adapter bracket (that silver Lord of the Rings type ring)
"I don't need to understand how it works, I just need to understand how to make it work!" ~ EV Greg