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Sounds like a civil matter and it would be hard to prove damages

• prepend 4y ago
  I would think that removing parts from a car is vandalism and thus criminal. Also the cost of having a separate shop put everything back and verify is in the thousands so likely would hit felony. A friend had his bumper replaced and it was $10k on his Model3.
  • mr_toad 4y ago
    ‘Interfering with a motor vehicle’. This includes theft of parts. I doubt that putting it back would be a good defence any more than if you ‘borrowed’ the entire car.
• fy20 4y ago
  I'd be most concerned about whether this has affected anything with Tesla's warranty. Say a few years down the line you have an issue with the paint, you take it to them to repair, and they say "oh we see you had the bumper repaired by a third party, our warranty won't cover that".