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Jan 11, 2023 | 10:51 PM
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Today I was wonder why passenger side has stars on the ground but not driver side. Then I found this….. easy fix but c’mon MB how does this happened and passed QC




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so much for that Alabama QC process LOL.
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Strange, mine doesn’t have stars on either side. Is that an add on?
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Oh wow. What's it supposed to look like?
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First world problem? 😊
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The red light in the lower part of the door is a LED projector that projects a star pattern onto the ground. It looks like it was installed incorrectly, pointing horizontally instead of pointing down to the ground. It should look like this:-

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Strange, mine doesn’t have stars on either side. Is that an add on?
I think it is one of the option.
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Oh wow. What's it supposed to look like?
please see bishop64 his photo above
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First world problem? 😊
its not but just surprise that 140k car still have this type of small mistake.
still have cooling problem needs to fix it.
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Strange, mine doesn’t have stars on either side. Is that an add on?
Part of the exclusive and pinnacle trims
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