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This Man Made His Cybertruck Rust on Purpose. "My Wife Is Going To Hate It!"

Tesla Cybertruck looks rusty on purpose 11 photos
Photo: Salomondrin | YouTube
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Tesla Cybertrucks rust? Well, that is all right. This man made his pickup truck look rusty on purpose. Now, he can't possibly keep a low profile in traffic. Some pity him believing it is actual rust, while others are amused by the design of the wrap.
Because at the end of the day, it is a wrap with a 3D effect that the experts from Unplugged Performance put on the Cybertruck. The body of the model is made entirely of high-quality 300 series stainless steel. The material is corrosion- and rust-resistant. Even though the model hasn't been on the road for long, there are owners who have complained on social about their brand-new vehicles getting rust spots after rainfalls.

Cybertruck engineer Wes Morrill explained that the orange specks, merely the size of a pinhead, that the owners have reported might be caused by surface contamination. In a post on X, Morrill explained that ti wasn't the stainless steel rusting but most likely, metal particles that the bodies of the vehicles may have collected from the factory or when they were transported via railway.

The explanation doesn't exactly make sense. That would mean that all new cars might be exposed to rust because they should all collect metal particles from the factory or during railway transportation.

However, there are owners who are mocking the issue. One of them is Alejandro Salomon, the owner of a Tesla Cybertruck Cyberbeast. This means he got the top spec with three electric motors, generating a combined output of 845 horsepower and 686 pound-feet (930 Newton meters) of torque for that supercar kind of acceleration.

Tesla Cybertruck looks rusty on purpose
Photo: Salomondrin | YouTube
It does 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) in just 2.6 seconds. That is how much the quickest, the recently unveiled Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance, needs to go from 0 to 60. However, the AMG owners have never complained about rust on new cars.

To mock the rust issues, Alejandro specifically asked for a wrap that made his Cybertruck look rusty. A couple of days later, he got a phone call from someone from the customization shop telling him he could come pick up his pickup truck.

The moment he laid his eyes on it, he couldn't believe it. His vehicle had nothing to do with the one that rolled off the production line at the Giga Texas. The way it looks right now, rusted and dirty on purpose, means that Alejandro will never have to take it to the car wash ever again. The rust looks every inch real.

"My wife is going to be so annoyed," Alejandro anticipates. And he might just be right. A shark profile with huge wide open jaws, bullet holes, bolts, a few flags, and warnings showing up on the body will make other motorists and pedestrians stare in wonder.

And there is an easter egg on this Cybertruck, Trish from Unplugged Performance tells the owner. At the rear, on the passenger's side, there is an emergency valve plug behind the flare for the air suspension, in case he gets stuck.

In case it happens, he will only have to remove the flare and find the valve plug behind the graphics that indicates its presence. The wrap actually displays a picture of it uncovered. It is the result of the collaboration between the designers, engineers, and wrap experts.

Furthermore, the handle above on that fender will make everyone curious to grab it. They will only realize that it is the 3D effect of the wrap.

This might be the craziest wrap that a Cybertruck has ever received. We have seen the Cybetruck turned into a DeLorean DMC-12 from the Back to the Future series.

Another one that got plenty of attention was the color-shifting spectrum-wrapped Cyebrtruck. The T Sportline team tried to film the vehicle around the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles but had to change location several times to avoid the curious crowds.

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