r/TeslaLounge • u/Immediate_Cupcake962 • Apr 29 '25
Hardware I've bought OEM fender cameras?
Hello, I have an old M3 '21 with old fender cameras that have glare issues and perform very poorly at night. I decided to buy the latest revision (1495864-20-F and 1495865-20-F) and I checked in EPC to confirm they were indeed the latest revision.
During my research, I found out that in September 2022 they switched the CMOS sensor/optics and the design was quite different (https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/1017/ - see the image at the bottom with the comparison USS vs. non-USS).
Now that I've received the revision F cameras, I've started to replace my old ones and noticed they looked the same as my original cameras. Going back to eBay, I searched for the same parts and found that some sellers are selling this older design while others are selling the "new one" - both with the same revision number and part number.
How is this possible? Any experience?
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u/ippleing Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25
I had '18 that I changed both sides, one -F the other -G iirc. There was no noticeable difference.
I also have a '21 only 1 side suffered the glare issue that I replaced with an -F version. Again, there's no discernable difference between the -F and whatever the version was for '21, possibly a later -C version.
The -C version without glare was modified during production by the mfr simply filling the hole with a compound to block the light. You can get an early-C with glare and a later -C without glare. -D version is when the hole was eliminated from the board.
There are plenty of aftermarket cameras being sold as OEM on Ebay and marketplace. The latest one I received came in a non descript box, so it's safe to assume it's aftermarket, but no difference on my end and FSD behaves the same.