This $15,000 Lift Kit Will Take Your Tesla Model Y to the Clouds
Do you own a Model Y? Do you own a Model Y and wish it could do cool off-road activities? If you answered “yes” to those questions, check out this $15,000 kit to raise the electric SUV by several inches.
Pu.Labo’s lift kit brings two aftermarket subframe components, new spindle gussets, and revised upper and lower control arms. The adjustable height settings give the SUV between 2.5 and five extra inches, and wheel travel maxes out at eight inches.
The kit, which is also available for the Tesla Model 3, has been tested over thousands of miles and through extreme conditions. So, while it certainly looks to have been designed and built in a garage somewhere, it’s actually quite robustly engineered.
While this product gives the Model Y an almost cartoonish look, it’s surprising that there hasn’t been a more robust aftermarket for Tesla customization. The automaker sells more EVs than anyone else in the world, making the Model Y and Model 3 two of the most popular vehicles of any type.
Pu.Labo shared images of lifted Model Ys with its announcement, which show an awkwardly proportioned SUV with tiny wheels and beefed-up but still small tires. While the kit undoubtedly adds ride height and ground clearance, it’s hard to imagine it being popular with all but a small group of diehard enthusiasts and YouTubers.
[Image: Pu.Labo]
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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Moronic. Designed for Morons especially.
"A fool and his $ are soon parted", aka the "Tassos Separation Theorem"
But kudos to TTAC for not waiting two days to give us the news in their favorite style (Stale)
Neat! Buy a POS with an already short range and make it even shorter! How cool
Who is Pu.Labo? It sounds like some brand sold on Amazon, like multiple copies of the same product, with randomly generated names.
Given that these vehicles have independent front and rear suspension, how much can you lift them before you start causing issues for the CV joints in the drive axles?
Portal axles will be coming soon.