My rear bumper has to come off: Anything I should do while it's out?

[monochrome]

So...after about 4 pleasant weeks with my CPO Taycan 4S, some asshole scraped up against my car in a supermarket parking lot. In the grand scheme of things, it's a minor bit of cosmetic damage, amounting to a scrape (unfortunately, down to the plastic) and a hairline crack. But the bumper is going to come off for the body shop to properly repaint and repair. I'm just wondering if there's anything I should do while the bumper is off the car. I know what I would do if it was the front bumper, but figured I'd ask you experienced owners. If there's some lemonade I can make out of this annoying situation, so much the better!

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[chun]

Paint the black plastic bits in shiny black. A good opportunity as any

 

[Isaac]

So...after about 4 pleasant weeks with my CPO Taycan 4S, some asshole scraped up against my car in a supermarket parking lot. In the grand scheme of things, it's a minor bit of cosmetic damage, amounting to a scrape (unfortunately, down to the plastic) and a hairline crack. But the bumper is going to come off for the body shop to properly repaint and repair. I'm just wondering if there's anything I should do while the bumper is off the car. I know what I would do if it was the front bumper, but figured I'd ask you experienced owners. If there's some lemonade I can make out of this annoying situation, so much the better!

check all the electronics behind are unaffected... had mine done and the damage in my case to camera and I think the camera lens cleaning mechanism was significant and expensive - but it did have quite an impact...

 

[tayCanadian]

Paint the black plastic bits in shiny black. A good opportunity as any

This.

You can check my prior threads. I did it and it looks great.

 

[RAHRCR]

Resist the urge to bedazzle your Taycan. The Porsche faithful are unforgiving when it comes to this type of offense.

You might consider adding a radar detector system if you can manage the logistics getting it in.

 

[Flying ace]

The european models do not have the side reflector, consider a color matched reflector swap:

 

[naiza3k]

Do you have instructions on how to remove rear bumper?

 

[monochrome]

Do you have instructions on how to remove rear bumper?

Nope, sorry. This was handled by a professional body shop! But they did tell me that Taycans are one of the more complicated rear bumpers for removal. I wouldn't attempt this by yourself without someone with direct knowledge to guide you.

 

[Flying ace]

Nope, sorry. This was handled by a professional body shop! But they did tell me that Taycans are one of the more complicated rear bumpers for removal. I wouldn't attempt this by yourself without someone with direct knowledge to guide you.

Ha. Just performed the removal last month and will do it again tomorrow. About a 3 hr job

 

[naiza3k]

Ha. Just performed the removal last month and will do it again tomorrow. About a 3 hr job

Please share the details??

how about side skirt? Does the door need to come off?

 

[Flying ace]

Please share the details??

how about side skirt? Does the door need to come off?

Didn't touch the side skirts.

I tried to take photos, but it was too difficult. You need to take the rear wheel off to access all the screws on the fender liner, and there are 4-6 screws behind the fender.

Other than that, take off the tail lights and it unclips along the trunk.

 

[whitex]

Probably too late for it now, but while bumper is off (already paying for it), you could take the opportunity to install a rear radar detector and laser detector/jammer. Part of an installation shown in this video:
Porsche Taycan Stealth Radar/Laser Defense System

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