New Standard Cybertruck - installing accessories — Transcript

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1. 0:00[music]
2. 0:04>> Hi, I'm Jim Gary and welcome to Pat
3. 0:06Illup he's workshop. If you've been
4. 0:07following my channel, you may know that
5. 0:09my daily driver has been a Tesla Model 3
6. 0:12that I purchased in 2019. I also have a
7. 0:14Tacoma pickup truck I purchased new in
8. 0:172013. Mostly to support my research cave
9. 0:20diving, hauling students, hauling dive
10. 0:22equipment and a boat. Since I retired, I
11. 0:24only use the Tacoma once in a while,
12. 0:26usually when getting gravel, cement,
13. 0:28topsoil or lumber. Well, back in 2019,
14. 0:31the Cybertruck was introduced by Tesla
15. 0:33and the version I wanted was supposed to
16. 0:35be around $45,000.
17. 0:37But when they finally started selling
18. 0:38them in 2024, they cost $80,000 and up.
19. 0:42So I held off waiting for the price to
20. 0:44come down a bit. Well, in February 2026,
21. 0:47Tesla announced a lower trim Cybertruck
22. 0:49model at $59,000, which when corrected
23. 0:52for inflation is near what they
24. 0:53originally said at the introduction in
25. 0:562019. This model was missing a few
26. 0:58things. It retains the all-wheel two
27. 1:01motors and retains the electric tonneau
28. 1:03cover, but it has steel instead of alloy
29. 1:05wheels, it has coil over suspension
30. 1:08instead of air suspension, and it lacks
31. 1:10the underbed storage compartment, it
32. 1:12lacks a second screen for those sitting
33. 1:14in the rear seat, and has fabric instead
34. 1:16of pleather seats. And there's a few
35. 1:18other differences, but plenty of videos
36. 1:20about that out on YouTube. So I ordered
37. 1:22the $59,000
38. 1:24Cybertruck on February 22nd, 2026, and a
39. 1:27good thing as they raised the price to
40. 1:2969,000 after 10 days. Officially, it's
41. 1:32called the base all-wheel drive
42. 1:34Cybertruck. I received the truck on July
43. 1:3625th and immediately sold my Tacoma and
44. 1:39will sell my Model 3 in the coming
45. 1:41weeks. So the Cybertruck will be used
46. 1:43for the functions of both of my
47. 1:44vehicles. In today's video, I show off
48. 1:47the Cybertruck and how I added some
49. 1:49accessories to make the truck more
50. 1:50usable. And as always, I welcome any
51. 1:52comments or suggestions you may have. If
52. 1:55you found this video interesting, there
53. 1:56are links to my other videos in the
54. 1:58description below. So, please like and
55. 2:00subscribe. Now, let's get on with that
56. 2:03video. So, here's my new Cybertruck.
57. 2:05This is the base all-wheel drive model.
58. 2:08I ordered it February 22nd and I got it
59. 2:10about a week ago, which would have been
60. 2:12July 25th, I think. Anyway, it's uh
61. 2:15pretty much like all the other ones, but
62. 2:17it's got a few things different.
63. 2:21Just take a walk around.
64. 2:27It's got a frunk up here.
65. 2:30And there's a button here that sometimes
66. 2:31works.
67. 2:33Still not totally sure about it.
68. 2:36There it goes.
69. 2:38So, there's a button pops up.
70. 2:41I got stuff stored in here already,
71. 2:44naturally.
72. 2:46Go around the side.
73. 2:49Yeah, it all looks pretty good.
74. 2:52Now, when you get to the back,
75. 2:55there's some buttons here
76. 2:56on the back left side of the tail near
77. 2:59the tailgate. This one opens the
78. 3:01tailgate.
79. 3:03Just pops it open.
80. 3:04And as you can see, I've already been
81. 3:05hauling stuff. That was gravel.
82. 3:07>> [snorts]
83. 3:08>> Uh and you can also run the um
84. 3:12open the back.
85. 3:20So, here's all the stuff I've got to add
86. 3:22to it because they left a lot of things
87. 3:24off to make this truck cheaper,
88. 3:26substantially cheaper. And one of the
89. 3:28things missing were the L-tracks along
90. 3:30each side.
91. 3:32The holes are all there and you can buy
92. 3:34the L-tracks. They're in this box.
93. 3:37And also uh the the more expensive ones
94. 3:39have a a lift a lift-up panel here that
95. 3:42gets into an area below, which I don't
96. 3:44have. I got floor mats and I got a cargo
97. 3:47divider that'll go across here once I
98. 3:49put the L-tracks in so I can just keep
99. 3:51some cargo up here without it sliding
100. 3:54all the way to the back. One of the
101. 3:56problems with this
102. 3:57truck is that because
103. 3:59the sides are sloped,
104. 4:02when you get up to the back of the bed,
105. 4:03you can't really reach down into it. And
106. 4:05that's kind of a negative about the
107. 4:07shape of this uh vehicle.
108. 4:11The other things I've got here I
109. 4:12actually ordered from Tesla because they
110. 4:15have to fit, and one of them is the
111. 4:17L-tracks. And the L-tracks came on the
112. 4:20premiums,
113. 4:21but for some reason, even though they're
114. 4:23not that expensive,
115. 4:25I just say they're just trying to
116. 4:26nickel-and-dime those of us that were
117. 4:27buying the cheaper
118. 4:30frame.
119. 4:32But you can buy these, actually anybody,
120. 4:34cuz a lot of trucks use the L
121. 4:37brackets. You [snorts] can buy them
122. 4:39outside of Tesla, but then you have to
123. 4:41trim them to fit.
124. 4:43So I just ordered them direct.
125. 4:46$250 from Tesla.
126. 4:52And what I'm curious about is whether it
127. 4:54came with the nuts and bolts.
128. 4:56Cuz if it didn't, I'm going to have to
129. 4:58Oh, it did.
130. 5:02So there's the bolts.
131. 5:04So it came with those.
132. 5:06And here's the other L bracket.
133. 5:12The only thing I've read is to make sure
134. 5:14you don't let it lay all the way down in
135. 5:16that ledge right there, but to lift it
136. 5:18up a little bit. So it turns out there's
137. 5:20a left one and a right one. They're not
138. 5:22interchangeable.
139. 5:25And
140. 5:25they only go one way, front to back.
141. 5:29So you've got to make sure this bolt
142. 5:30hole lines up with this bolt hole here.
143. 5:34And I'm just going to set it in there.
144. 5:39Put a couple of bolts in lightly at each
145. 5:41end.
146. 5:43I'm going to go ahead and crawl back
147. 5:45there. Oh, no, a bug. Is it a June bug.
148. 5:47Off you go, June bug.
149. 5:50Okay.
150. 5:52Let's see.
151. 5:58Okay, there's 1 2 3. Here's a blank.
152. 6:05It's a little warm out here. It rained
153. 6:07all morning, so it's not real hot. It's
154. 6:08just really humid.
155. 6:13And I don't want to strip it. I don't
156. 6:14know what kind of metal that's going
157. 6:16into. I'm assuming it's steel. So, I've
158. 6:18got it pulled up as far as it'll go. So,
159. 6:20I just want to turn it.
160. 6:34Okay, that side's done.
161. 6:36To go with the L-track, I bought a
162. 6:38number of fasteners cuz all you get with
163. 6:41the base Cybertruck is you get these
164. 6:43pull-out rings, which are nice. There's
165. 6:45four of them, one on each corner. But
166. 6:46these, everywhere you see one of these
167. 6:48plastic pieces, there's a place you can
168. 6:50undo the bolt that's in there and you
169. 6:52can put in a different kind of holder.
170. 6:54And notice there's nothing at the top.
171. 6:56So, I bought a few things. I bought a
172. 6:58cleat. I think I bought two of these
173. 6:59cleats. These were like 20 bucks a piece
174. 7:02or something.
175. 7:03Amazon, no big deal. Just want to make
176. 7:05sure they fit before I put the other
177. 7:07side in. Would have preferred one that
178. 7:09you didn't have to use a screw. So, you
179. 7:12put it in there. Yes, you just have to
180. 7:13make sure that's loose so it can go in
181. 7:15that hole and then you slide it over and
182. 7:18then I think you just tighten it down.
183. 7:20Yep, that's it. So, I wanted to find one
184. 7:22that there was just a thumb switch or
185. 7:24something you could pull so you could
186. 7:26slide it anywhere you want, but I
187. 7:27couldn't find one. But I'll keep my eyes
188. 7:29out for something like that.
189. 7:31I also bought some D-rings. Again, these
190. 7:33are from Amazon.
191. 7:36And these are the ones that fit in the
192. 7:37bed itself. So, they would go down here
193. 7:40in place of this.
194. 7:42So, let's bring the camera over. This
195. 7:44sits over there, you pull it out, and
196. 7:46you have to undo that bolt and set this
197. 7:48in its place, and this acts just like
198. 7:50this one here. Only it's a little
199. 7:52bigger. And I'm not going to put these
200. 7:54in until I decide where I want them. But
201. 7:56as you can see, there's one of these
202. 7:58plastic caps, there's one two, three,
203. 8:01four of them along one, two, three along
204. 8:03four different parts of the bed. So,
205. 8:06they can go pretty much anywhere. But
206. 8:07I'm going to hold off on installing them
207. 8:09until I need them. I'll keep them in the
208. 8:11front. I also bought the strap fixer.
209. 8:15So, these fit in the L bracket, and
210. 8:17these use a thumb screw, so those are
211. 8:19nice. So, I want to put one midway back
212. 8:22and one pretty much all the way back on
213. 8:24either side. That's why I got four of
214. 8:26these. Pop up there and do that. Don't
215. 8:27need any tools.
216. 8:31Okay, and I want it to be about halfway.
217. 8:33So, I'm going to count 1 2 3
218. 8:354. I think I'll put it at about 24 from
219. 8:38the front. And they don't have to be
220. 8:39exact. It doesn't really matter if
221. 8:40you're just running a rope around. By
222. 8:42the way, I'll be doing a lot less of
223. 8:44tying loads in here than I did with my
224. 8:45Tacoma because this does have the power
225. 8:48to no cover. So, for a lot of things,
226. 8:50all I'll be doing is but throwing the
227. 8:51stuff in there and
228. 8:53and then shutting the tonneau cover, not
229. 8:54worrying about it. Okay, so there's that
230. 8:56one. So, I'm going to go ahead and do
231. 8:57the other side off camera. So, now I've
232. 8:59got both sides of the L track in.
233. 9:01They're all set up. And I was just
234. 9:02checking if I had to tie something down
235. 9:04without actually getting in the truck. I
236. 9:06can reach this one
237. 9:07and I can reach this one.
238. 9:10And this one I can reach, but a shorter
239. 9:12person would have a hard time. I'm
240. 9:14standing on my tippy toes, but I can
241. 9:15easily thread a a rope through there if
242. 9:17I needed to.
243. 9:19Cargo divider is the last thing I
244. 9:21ordered
245. 9:23so far.
246. 9:27It is heavy duty. For 350 bucks, it
247. 9:29better be. My big concern is how easy
248. 9:31it's going to be to move because if
249. 9:33you're getting a bunch of plywood, you
250. 9:35might not want to have a cargo divider
251. 9:36in there. You might want to just have it
252. 9:39the bed flat. All right, here's some
253. 9:40instructions. There's supposed to be two
254. 9:42spacers and two screws in here
255. 9:44somewhere. Oh, I see, the spacers are on
256. 9:46there already. So, this goes this way.
257. 9:50I think it's ambidextrous, so I don't
258. 9:51think it matters which way it goes.
259. 9:54And I'm going to want it positioned
260. 9:57somewhere around here. I just want to
261. 9:59have it so if I put groceries or
262. 10:02something here, they won't be rolling
263. 10:03all over the truck. And so, I think the
264. 10:05rubber feet just stay there. They don't
265. 10:06do anything except friction. And then,
266. 10:09you align this up to a pair of holes
267. 10:13and shut it. It locks in. It's that
268. 10:14easy. Wow, that is [snorts] really nice.
269. 10:17Okay, so that's good. No rattles, no
270. 10:19muss, no fuss.
271. 10:22So, we're done. If you're not familiar
272. 10:24with Cybertrucks, you may not know that
273. 10:27in here,
274. 10:28you have two 110 outlets and a 220
275. 10:31outlet. So, that's really really handy.
276. 10:33You can actually charge another Tesla if
277. 10:36you have the charging adapter. So,
278. 10:37finally, there's a way to get charged if
279. 10:39you're uh if you run out of charge
280. 10:40without having it towed. Just call
281. 10:41somebody with a Cybertruck. So, let's
282. 10:43close this down.
283. 10:47Close the vault.
284. 10:55Close the tailgate.
285. 10:58And we're done.
286. 11:01One really nice feature of the
287. 11:02Cybertruck is all the space you've got
288. 11:04inside. I mean, it feels comfortable,
289. 11:06but there's room. It's easy to clean. I
290. 11:07just had to vacuum cuz we've been
291. 11:09transporting our son's dog around, kind
292. 11:12of a lab mix, and he's he sheds like
293. 11:14crazy. So, this is the front seats, the
294. 11:16driver seat. And then, you go to the
295. 11:18back. To open these doors, you just push
296. 11:19this button. They pop open.
297. 11:22You grab them.
298. 11:24And what I really like about the back
299. 11:25here is that
300. 11:28you pull on this ring
301. 11:30and the seats fold down like that. But,
302. 11:32if we're transporting dogs, I just pull
303. 11:34on the ring
304. 11:36and fold the seats up. So, I got them
305. 11:38both folded up now and you can just see
306. 11:40all the room I've got in there. It's
307. 11:41maybe a little hard to see because it's
308. 11:43black. But now the dogs can just pop
309. 11:45right in there and they're not on the
310. 11:47seats. But I tell you that carpet that
311. 11:49is in these things just absorbs fur. I
312. 11:51just spent 15 minutes vacuuming out as
313. 11:53much of the hair in there as I could. I
314. 11:55mean the the carpet looked beige instead
315. 11:58of black. There was so much dog hair.
316. 12:01So, the floor mats I bought were $189 on
317. 12:05Amazon and these are 3W AutoLife
318. 12:07specifically for the Cybertruck, of
319. 12:09course.
320. 12:11Let's get them out.
321. 12:14See what we got.
322. 12:17That's a front floor mat here.
323. 12:20So, that's the driver's side, I think.
324. 12:25So, there it is. So, this fits in the
325. 12:27notches in the back and that goes right
326. 12:29along the front. These back doors open
327. 12:31so wide. It's really easy to get stuff
328. 12:33in and out.
329. 12:35So, there's these two bump outs here
330. 12:36that that the seats hinge on.
331. 12:41I don't say they fit too well around
332. 12:43there, but I don't think that matters so
333. 12:44much. Yeah, so
334. 12:48they don't fit perfectly around those
335. 12:50pieces that stick up, but it's good
336. 12:52enough. And let's put the seat down and
337. 12:53see how it looks.
338. 12:57Oh, yeah, that's nice. So, hopefully
339. 12:58that'll take care of a lot of the dog
340. 13:00hair issues I've been having.
341. 13:04So, [clears throat] I've got the seat
342. 13:05all the way back.
343. 13:07They're really sticky.
344. 13:10And they stick to that carpet really
345. 13:11well, so they're not going to be moving
346. 13:12around.
347. 13:14See if I can get a better fit here.
348. 13:18Yep. Oh, that's that that fits really
349. 13:20nice. It fits right up against the
350. 13:21stanchion.
351. 13:23I like that. So, that's going to be
352. 13:24again a lot easier to keep clean. So,
353. 13:26I'm going to shove the seat all the way
354. 13:28back.
355. 13:29It'll be a little bit easier.
356. 13:32I've got grocery bags use reusable
357. 13:35grocery bags under there.
358. 13:37So, let me get this up inside.
359. 13:40There it goes.
360. 13:43Take the bags [snorts] out.
361. 13:47Oh.
362. 13:55Yeah, let's see. That fits perfectly.
363. 13:57That's really nice. So, those are pretty
364. 13:58good fitting mats except for the back
365. 14:00mat didn't quite fit perfectly, but it's
366. 14:02nothing I care about. It's not
367. 14:04noticeable.
368. 14:06Another thing I bought that didn't come
369. 14:08with this cheaper version of the
370. 14:10Cybertruck is a tray for the top of the
371. 14:12center console. So, I bought this one.
372. 14:14This is by Spigen. I think it was 40
373. 14:16bucks somewhere around there on Amazon.
374. 14:18It's kind of in there already. So, here
375. 14:20it is and the nice thing about it is got
376. 14:22a place for the cable to come out if
377. 14:23you're using a cable for charging your
378. 14:26other things and it's got a little
379. 14:27rubber flap so it stays in. It won't
380. 14:29just disappear.
381. 14:31And they have other kinds of these
382. 14:33console trays, some that are double
383. 14:35layered,
384. 14:36but I keep a box of tissues in mine and
385. 14:38so I didn't want the double layer one
386. 14:40cuz it probably wouldn't fit. So, this
387. 14:42just pops right in. It actually fits
388. 14:44better than the one I had in my Model 3.
389. 14:46So, I've got a few extra pair of
390. 14:47sunglasses here.
391. 14:49My gym earphones, got a
392. 14:53Leatherman I keep in there. So, that'll
393. 14:55be good.
394. 14:58I don't have the box for it anymore, but
395. 14:59this
396. 15:01is really nice. This is a pad that goes
397. 15:03over the top and it's it just slips over
398. 15:05it and it's got little flaps on either
399. 15:07side you could stick sunglasses in or
400. 15:09something. And I really like this.
401. 15:14Just slips right on. You got those nice
402. 15:16flaps there.
403. 15:19And uh
404. 15:20feels comfortable. It's easy to wipe
405. 15:22off. And it's already got a place to put
406. 15:23the phone. And this is supposed to be a
407. 15:25charging dock, two charging docks. But
408. 15:28since I have my phone in a case, that
409. 15:30doesn't work, but it's still a fantastic
410. 15:32place to put my phone. Again, the Tesla
411. 15:34Model 3 I had just didn't have a place
412. 15:36for to put the phone. So, I actually
413. 15:38bought a special aftermarket tray that
414. 15:40fit underneath here. But I figured when
415. 15:43I saw this that I wouldn't need that.
416. 15:44So, I was trying to buy just the things
417. 15:46I really need, not just stuff just for
418. 15:49the sake of oh, I got a new truck, let
419. 15:50me buy everything for it. So, I I was
420. 15:52careful to buy stuff that I thought I
421. 15:54would actually use. And then I'll drive
422. 15:56it for a while, then I can decide if
423. 15:58there's any other things I need.
424. 16:01There's a bottom tray down here. I've
425. 16:03got an umbrella in it, but you can
426. 16:05actually put it a drink in there or a
427. 16:07thermos or something. But then there's
428. 16:08this weirdly shaped area that I suppose
429. 16:11you could put stuff in, but it probably
430. 16:12wouldn't stay there. Anyway, this
431. 16:14company called Voronatri came up with
432. 16:16little things that fit in here. So, if
433. 16:18there's the box, let's get her open.
434. 16:22There's two of them in there.
435. 16:24I don't think there's much to installing
436. 16:25them. Looks like there's a little piece
437. 16:27of plastic there. Here's one of the
438. 16:29doors. There's a rubber
439. 16:31mat that fits in the bottom of it.
440. 16:35Here's the other door.
441. 16:37It said there's a protective piece of
442. 16:39paper to put in there and I couldn't
443. 16:40find one. They said to put the paper
444. 16:42here, so I got a scrap of paper.
445. 16:49There it is.
446. 16:51That's it. Pops open.
447. 16:53So, I like that. This little thing, it
448. 16:55says it's part C, but it never mentions
449. 16:57what it's for. I'll keep it just in case
450. 16:59I ever figure it out. So, I'll go do the
451. 17:01other one off camera. Oh, and it's got
452. 17:03the silicone rubber mat that sits in the
453. 17:05bottom, so stuff doesn't rattle around
454. 17:07in there, which is a good thing.
455. 17:09So, this is the last time you'll see the
456. 17:10Cybertruck my Cybertruck in stainless
457. 17:13steel.
458. 17:14It's going in to get wrapped.
459. 17:16Um
460. 17:19tomorrow.
461. 17:21And they're going to keep it for a few
462. 17:23days.
463. 17:25Shut the frunk.
464. 17:27And I can show you that.
465. 17:30If you go in the
466. 17:31driver seat.
467. 17:36All these mats are nice.
468. 17:38And there you can see on my screen I've
469. 17:40already been able to change the screen
470. 17:41color of my Cybertruck to yellow.
471. 17:44So, that's what it's going to look like.
472. 17:45And why did I pick yellow?
473. 17:47Well, I thought that the stainless steel
474. 17:49one looked kind of aggressive. Maybe a
475. 17:51little um I don't know, just pushy. And
476. 17:54so, I was thinking, well, if it was in a
477. 17:56color, it might be lighter. And then I
478. 17:57was thinking, well, a nice yellow would
479. 18:00be non-threatening cuz I don't want
480. 18:02people to look at my truck and think
481. 18:03it's threatening-looking. And I think
482. 18:05the stainless ones
483. 18:07the black ones have that aspect to them.
484. 18:09So, mine's going to be a nice friendly
485. 18:11yellow. I found this to be an
486. 18:13astoundingly nice vehicle. Once you get
487. 18:15inside, you completely lose the feeling
488. 18:17the exterior may give you. And instead,
489. 18:20you're simply in a roomy, quiet, very
490. 18:22smooth vehicle. It is far more quiet and
491. 18:24smooth to drive than my Model 3 is. And
492. 18:27with the rear-wheel steering, it is
493. 18:29incredibly maneuverable. Full self-drive
494. 18:31is implemented extremely well, and it
495. 18:33not only drives itself, but it parks
496. 18:35itself, too. Something my Model 3 didn't
497. 18:37do. And I'll likely do a driving video
498. 18:40in the next few weeks, but there are
499. 18:41plenty of videos about that out on
500. 18:43YouTube, as well. I will still have my
501. 18:45regular motorhome video out this Friday.
502. 18:47Anyway, thanks for watching. If you
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