Slatelets: Slate's Dash Collectibles

The thirteen Slatelets

Slatelets now have their own category under Interior in Slate’s configurator. They’re collectible dash plates — small, decorative, and named with the kind of humour that suggests somebody at Slate enjoyed this project:

Yes, that column is the same thirteen times. Every Slatelet is unpriced, and has been across both of our configurator captures — July 6 and August 10, 2026, five weeks apart. They are the largest single block of “Price coming soon” items in Slate’s catalog, accounting for 13 of the 30 unpriced accessories.

What they actually are

Decorative dash plates, rated Beginner install, which puts them in the same difficulty tier as a floor mat. Beyond that, Slate publishes nothing: no dimensions, no material, no mounting method, no indication of whether they’re interchangeable on a single mount or each a separate fitting. [VERIFY Slatelet mounting method and dimensions against slate.auto]

The naming is the clearest signal of intent. “DIY Forever,” “Donut Worry,” “Fortune Cookie” — these aren’t product descriptions, they’re collectibles with jokes on them. The category name itself is a diminutive of the brand. Slate is building a small, cheap, collectable-by-design accessory line, which is a sensible thing to do when your truck’s whole premise is personalisation.

The 3D printing angle is the interesting part

Slate has released CAD files and 3D-printable Slatelet designs. A manufacturer publishing printable versions of an accessory it also intends to sell is genuinely unusual, and it fits everything else about how this company operates — the same instinct that produced a bed full of T-rails and factory bolt points.

For the maker community, that’s a direct invitation. For everyone else, it’s a useful cost anchor: whatever Slate eventually charges for a Slatelet, there will be a free printable alternative, and the company put it there on purpose.

We’re pro-DIY here, and this is the clearest case for it in the whole catalog. A decorative dash plate is exactly the sort of thing to print rather than buy — which may be why Slate hasn’t rushed to price them.

What we’re watching

Prices, obviously. Thirteen unpriced SKUs in a single category is a lot of pending pricing, and when it lands it lands all at once. We re-crawl Slate’s configurator and diff each capture against the last, so the change gets logged in the accessory price database rather than quietly appearing.

Also worth watching: whether the line expands. Thirteen is a suspiciously collectible number — the sort of set that gets a fourteenth.

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