Remove front lip

[Atipical]

Gorgeous. You NAILED it. Are you going to get the bottom PPF'd? I can only imagine it would get destroyed by rock chips being so low to the ground.

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[philbur]

do you have a pic of all the Fastners?

 

[whitex]

It won’t as none of the sensors are changing position.

Offically, any time the front apron comes off, Porsche says sensors need recalibration.

 

[nischalr]

Gorgeous. You NAILED it. Are you going to get the bottom PPF'd? I can only imagine it would get destroyed by rock chips being so low to the ground.

Thanks, and yes for sure PPF, going in for full car PPF on Monday

 

[nischalr]

Offically, any time the front apron comes off, Porsche says sensors need recalibration.

the body shop did charge for sensor recalibration due to Porsche edict, but whether it really needed it is another question.

 

[nischalr]

do you have a pic of all the Fastners?

No, sorry, the Porsche certified body shop did the work, and I don’t have any pictures of the process or the fasteners.

 

[whitex]

As reference, here is an older thread on front bumper removal, with steps and pictures from the service manual:
https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/front-bumper-removal.6667/

 

[Moonstone]

Offically, any time the front apron comes off, Porsche says sensors need recalibration.

As do many manufacturers but it’s not necessary. I’ve done this on many cars. My car only has parking sensors and the camera. No radar. So it’s even less necessary for mine.

 

[Moonstone]

As reference, here is an older thread on front bumper removal, with steps and pictures from the service manual:
https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/front-bumper-removal.6667/

I saw this but it’s incomplete. If you look at the instructions it actually shows you how to remove the crash bar rather than the bumper cover.

 

[whitex]

As do many manufacturers but it’s not necessary. I’ve don’t this on many cars. My car only has parking sensors and the camera. No radar. So it’s even less necessary for mine.

I am not arguing that, just saying Porsche official rule is to recalibrate, so any Porsche certified shop will do that. What is the worse case scenario, no idea. I know the surround vision is pretty much for show rather than functionality and I don't trust it at all whether it's calibrated or not.

 

[Moonstone]

I am not arguing that, just saying Porsche official rule is to recalibrate, so any Porsche certified shop will do that. What is the worse case scenario, no idea. I know the surround vision is pretty much for show rather than functionality and I don't trust it at all whether it's calibrated or not.

When a new camera is fitted it’s calibrated using special mats with dots on them but if the same camera is going on it shouldn’t be necessary as the camera doesn’t lose it calibration when unplugged. There’s no calibration procedure for parking sensors, so that really just leaves the radar.

 

[whitex]

When a new camera is fitted it’s calibrated using special mats with dots on them but if the same camera is going on it shouldn’t be necessary as the camera doesn’t lose it calibration when unplugged. There’s no calibration procedure for parking sensors, so that really just leaves the radar.

Is the radar mounted to the apron though? If not, why does it need calibration if the apron comes off and goes back on?

 

[Moonstone]

Is the radar mounted to the apron though? If not, why does it need calibration if the apron comes off and goes back on?

I don’t know enough about the radar system to be honest. I don’t think it should need recalibrated either but I’ve no experience of working with those so I’m just guessing that it may be the sensor recalibration that Porsche speaks of.

 

[Moonstone]

Just been looking at the Porsche workshop manual online. I’d registered a couple of days back to access it and it came through this morning.

The calibration process is for the camera and the cornering radars (if fitted). The front radar isn’t mentioned.

I’m pretty comfortable with not doing this as I’ve had the bumper cover off of my previous RS5 and M5 which did have these elements and everything worked fine after.

 

[Moonstone]

Did this today. Took me 3.5 hours. The process is pretty much exactly as found on the YouTube videos on the subject. Very pleased with how it worked out. Really ties in with the other gloss black elements on the GTS.

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