The Tesla Wrap Template
A custom wrap is one PNG laid over a template Tesla publishes for your car. Two things decide whether it comes out right, and neither is obvious from looking at the sheet: the file has to match a narrow spec, and the template has to be the one for your exact variant. Here is both, with the per model numbers.
1. The file spec
Tesla accepts a PNG between 512 x 512 and 1024 x 1024 pixels, under 1 MB, with a simple filename: letters, numbers, spaces, dashes and underscores. Anything outside that is rejected without much explanation, so it is worth getting right the first time.
Export at the template size rather than drawing small and scaling up. Resampling softens exactly the places that matter, which are the edges where one die-cut piece meets the next.
2. The template size for your car
Tesla publishes 12 official variant templates across five families. The Cybertruck sheet is the odd one out:
- Cybertruck:
1024 x 768px, 1 variant - Model 3:
1024 x 1024px, 3 variants - Model S:
1024 x 1024px, 2 variants - Model X:
1024 x 1024px, 1 variant - Model Y:
1024 x 1024px, 5 variants
3. Why the model year matters more than the size
This is the part that catches people, and it is the reason a wrap that looked perfect in an editor lands crooked on the car. Variants in the same family do not always share a template. Tesla draws each sheet around the body it belongs to, so when the body changed, the sheet changed with it.
Across those 12 variants there are 9 genuinely different layouts. 2 families split into more than one:
- Model 3: 3 variants, 2 layouts. Model 3 (2017-2023); then Model 3 (2024+) and Model 3 Performance (2024+).
- Model Y: 5 variants, 4 layouts. Model Y (2020-2024); then Model Y (2025+); then Model Y Premium (2025+) and Model Y Performance (2025+); then Model Y L.
The Model Y is the sharpest example: 5 variants and 4 different templates. A design cut against a Model Y (2020-2024) sheet does not line up on a Model Y (2025+), because the side piece is drawn in a different place. Not slightly different. Far enough that part of your artwork is sitting on bare sheet and part of the panel is empty.
Some variants really do share, which is worth knowing before you redraw something you did not need to. The 2024+ Model 3 and Model 3 Performance share a sheet, as do the 2021+ Model S and the 2025+ Plaid, and the 2025+ Model Y Premium and Performance.
4. The exploded die-cut, and why art lands sideways
The template is not a picture of a car. It is a die-cut: every body panel is drawn as a separate piece and packed to fill a square sheet, the way a papercraft net packs a shape flat. To make them fit, the long panels are rotated. The door columns are drawn standing on end.
So art that looks upright on the sheet arrives rotated on the car. The rule for the side pieces is simple once you know it: turn the art so its top faces the middle of the template. Left pieces want +90 degrees, right pieces +270.
Most write-ups that mention this symptom blame your editor for rotating the PNG on export. That is not the cause, and following that advice will not fix it. Wrap Studio detects it while you are designing, names the panel the image landed on, and offers to turn it for you.
5. Getting it onto the car
Save the PNG to your phone, then in the Tesla app: Creations → Wrap → Upload. That path needs the 2026 Summer Update and app v4.59.0 or newer. Apply it on the car screen from Toybox → Paint Shop → Wraps.
No update yet? Copy the PNG into a folder named Wraps at the root of a USB drive and plug that in instead. It is the same idea as the LightShow folder that light shows use, and the same rules about drive format apply.
Custom wraps are digital. They change how the car is drawn on the touchscreen and in the app, not the paint, and you can swap or remove one whenever you like.
Common questions
What size should a Tesla custom wrap PNG be?
A PNG between 512 x 512 and 1024 x 1024 pixels, under 1 MB. Match the official template for your variant: 1024 x 768 for the Cybertruck, and 1024 x 1024 for every Model 3, Model S, Model X and Model Y variant. Export at the template size rather than scaling up afterwards, because resampling softens the panel edges where the die-cut pieces meet.
Do I need the template for my exact model year?
Yes, and it is the most common reason a finished wrap does not line up. Tesla publishes a separate template folder per variant, and variants inside one family do not always share a layout. There are five Model Y variants and four different Model Y template layouts, so a design cut for a 2020-2024 Model Y sits partly on bare sheet on a 2025+ car.
Why does my Tesla wrap come out sideways or upside down?
Because the template is an exploded die-cut, not a picture of a car. Each body panel is drawn as its own piece and packed to fill a square sheet, so the door columns are drawn standing on end. Art that looks upright on the sheet therefore lands rotated on the car. Side pieces need their art turned so its top faces the middle of the template. It is not your editor rotating the PNG on export, which is what most write-ups blame.
How many Tesla wrap templates are there?
Tesla publishes twelve official variant templates across five families: one Cybertruck, three Model 3, two Model S, one Model X and five Model Y. They collapse into nine distinct layouts, because some variants genuinely share a sheet. The 2024+ Model 3 and Model 3 Performance share one, as do the 2021+ Model S and the 2025+ Plaid, and the 2025+ Model Y Premium and Performance.
How do I put the PNG on my Tesla?
Save the PNG to your phone, then in the Tesla app go to Creations, then Wrap, then Upload. That needs the 2026 Summer Update and app v4.59.0 or newer. Apply it on the car screen from Toybox, then Paint Shop, then Wraps. Without the update, copy the PNG into a folder named Wraps at the root of a USB drive and plug that into the car instead.
Does a custom wrap change the paint?
No. Tesla custom wraps are digital. They change how the car is drawn on the touchscreen and in the Tesla app, not the physical paint, and you can swap or remove one at any time. They are unrelated to vinyl wrap, which is a physical product from a different kind of shop.