Does air suspension sit lower than standard suspension?

[badboy02]

if you order a air suspension on a rear wheel drive taycan will it sit lower than the standard steel suspension?

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[mcdermottm]

Yes. It's fully adjustable. Mine (in profile pic) is RWD with AS and is set to the lowest setting.

 

[badboy02]

sir on the picture you have are those yellow
Calipers on your car if so where did you get them because i don't see them in the order list?

 

[Eugene88]

Air suspension is a must. Plus ceramic breaks work well =)

 

[badboy02]

on the rear wheel drive they don't have carbon ceramic brakes to order.

 

[npx]

my two cents are that PCCB are total overkill for a daily driven car. IIRC it's $16k for rotors when you do the service as well. even the PSCB (which I have, standard on Turbo) is $5k for rotors. I'm not saying they don't do anything but considering a large portion of braking effort is done by regen, the standard brakes are more than enough.

air suspension is a must, though. absolutely

 

[Archimedes]

my two cents are that PCCB are total overkill for a daily driven car. IIRC it's $16k for rotors when you do the service as well.

Unless you sustain impact damage, you will NEVER need to replace PCCB rotors, so there is no maintenance cost to worry about. They will do 100k miles on a street driven 911, much less a Taycan that rarely even uses the physical brakes.

 

[npx]

Unless you sustain impact damage, you will NEVER need to replace PCCB rotors, so there is no maintenance cost to worry about. They will do 100k miles on a street driven 911, much less a Taycan that rarely even uses the physical brakes.

Well well, if they truly do that kind of mileage (other forum posts seem to agree) that definitely negates my maintenance concern. I did see that one post from someone saying their friend took a rock to the rotor and it was 16k to replace it. But that's one out of maybe 50 saying no issues. I'm sure you could do that on a standard brake or PSCB and have a nice repair bill too.

I'd still lean to saying it's unnecessary for a street car, considering they're a 10,000 dollar option. I do like that my PSCB's don't make much dust (versus some imaginary Taycan without region), but I would suspect a standard car would make less dust due to most of the braking being from regen too. Thank you for the info!

 

[mcdermottm]

sir on the picture you have are those yellow
Calipers on your car if so where did you get them because i don't see them in the order list?

No. Probably just a reflection.

 

[badboy02]

No. Probably just a reflection.

sir how do like your rear wheel drive taycan and do you like the air suspension?

 

[mcdermottm]

sir how do like your rear wheel drive taycan and do you like the air suspension?

Love it! I can't compare the AS to springs because I didn't test drive one but it's an amazing ride. We've got some railroad tracks near us and it glides over them like nothing. I also like the look of it lowered all the way down, which can't be done with the springs, so it gives it a subtle but very noticeable difference compared to the stance on springs.

RWD was my only option with my original budget. As it turns out, I bumped my budget and could have gone with a 4S but with limited options. I "over specced" my build for a RWD ($128k) but I wanted many of the aesthetic upgrades instead of less options with the speed of the 4S. The RWD is fast enough for me. I'm never gonna track it and it's plenty fast to pop between cars on the freeway or jump in front of others in a way that the other car doesn't even have to hit the brakes. The 4S (and above) are amazingly fast but, IMO, it would become a party trick so I opted for form over function.

 

[UserNameRequired]

Unless you sustain impact damage, you will NEVER need to replace PCCB rotors, so there is no maintenance cost to worry about. They will do 100k miles on a street driven 911, much less a Taycan that rarely even uses the physical brakes.

Does Porsche “require” that they are changed on a schedule? If so, what are the consequences of not doing the replacement?
(Pardon me if this is a dumb question)

 

[badboy02]

Love it! I can't compare the AS to springs because I didn't test drive one but it's an amazing ride. We've got some railroad tracks near us and it glides over them like nothing. I also like the look of it lowered all the way down, which can't be done with the springs, so it gives it a subtle but very noticeable difference compared to the stance on springs.

RWD was my only option with my original budget. As it turns out, I bumped my budget and could have gone with a 4S but with limited options. I "over specced" my build for a RWD ($128k) but I wanted many of the aesthetic upgrades instead of less options with the speed of the 4S. The RWD is fast enough for me. I'm never gonna track it and it's plenty fast to pop between cars on the freeway or jump in front of others in a way that the other car doesn't even have to hit the brakes. The 4S (and above) are amazingly fast but, IMO, it would become a party trick so I opted for form over function.

what options did you get? how long did you have to wait to get it,and did the dealer sell you the car at msrp?

 

[W1NGE]

if you order a air suspension on a rear wheel drive taycan will it sit lower than the standard steel suspension?

If it does you won't notice. Check tech specs.

Suspension height settings on Normal / default mode vary depending on Taycan variant. Like for like variants with / without air likely are set to the same default height but I'm not certain.

Either way most variants have air as standard in any case which tells you something.

 

[Marcad80]

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/vehicle-height-spring-vs-air-suspension.8303/

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