18-year-old goes to collect parts for totaled Tesla Model 3 rebuild but there’s a serious hood problem

A teen who attempted to rebuild a totaled Tesla Model 3 for his dad was met with a serious problem when it came to its hood. 

Eighteen-year-old Winston bought the wrecked Tesla for just $15,000. 

He decided to rebuild the vehicle and documented his restoration online. 

However, he was met with a few interesting surprises and set backs along the way. 

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The Tesla Model 3 rebuild threw up some interesting surprises

First off, he was able to discover exactly how the car came to be damaged in the first place. 

Winston, who documented the rebuilding process on his Winston’s Garage YouTube channel, plugged in a USB drive to retrieve the EV’s data and found footage that showed how the car was involved in a T-bone collision. 

Then he found that the car was able to detect other vehicles, even after unplugging its ultrasonic sensors. 

And that wasn’t the end of his run of issues when it came to the restoration. 

As you may have noticed, the Tesla Model 3 no longer had its hood. 

So, Winston ordered himself a new one, alongside a bunch of other parts. 

But when he visited a Tesla service center to collect the parts he was left disappointed after being informed that ‘they couldn’t find’ the hood he had ordered. 

The teen was hit with a ‘huge inconvenience’ when it came to the hood

“I’ve got my parts here, but the problem is they lost… they can’t find my hood,” he explained in the clip. 

“So, I’ve got to come back a different time, which is actually kind of a huge inconvenience.”

Winston went on to say it was around a 45-minute drive from his home to the Tesla service center which was ‘kind of annoying’. 

The missing hood, also left Winston unsure if he’d be able to go ahead with repainting the Tesla the following week. 

“They said they’ll try to get it in as soon as possible, but if not they’ll issue a refund,” he continued. 

But if they issue me a refund I’ll have to order an entire new hood, which will take about two more weeks, which would be an absolute pain in the butt.” 

Nonetheless, with the majority of his parts acquired, Winston was able to continue with his rebuild back at his garage and was able to fit the ankle catchers, crash can and crash bar.

Nice work.