The Thule website in the USA (www.thule.com/en-us) does not include roof bars for the Taycan CT. I just took delivery of my car on 13-Nov and I noticed that the roof rails have two sets of locating holes on the inner side of the rails. The holes are about 6mm in diameter and about 40mm apart. The front and rear sets are about 800mm apart (about 32"). The photos posted by Swissbob do not appear to include these locating holes. If the rail design has been changed to include these holes I can imagine a new type of chassis specific cross bar that does not clamp around the rail and can simply be expanded between the rails on either side of the roof.
Don't be confused by the reflection of the rail and the ceiling of my garage on the glass roof of the car.
The holes are there on my Taycans rails - the roof bars locate into them before clamping down on the otside edge of the roof rails.
So are you saying that everyone who uses the Porsche branded roof bars is likely to damage the outer surface of the rails?The CT OEM bars DO index into those holes on the inside of the rails, but the outer bracket that clamps down has a lot of positional tolerance so it can cause dings in multiple spots in that area on the outer rail when tightened down.
Not sure if it will happen to everyone, but it's probably very likely with this design.So are you saying that everyone who uses the Porsche branded roof bars is likely to damage the outer surface of the rails?
Perhaps you can check with your dealer if they have experienced this before or if they know of a better way to install that may prevent this?I’m supposed to pick up my bars tomorrow now I’m afraid to damage the rails
ask the dealer to mount themI’m supposed to pick up my bars tomorrow now I’m afraid to damage the rails
I ordered a Thule set from Spain. Will see if they get here by Friday as DHL is saying. Porsche ones come from DE and out until January.Well I got mine and can’t get them fit into the holes…. I’m giving up and going for Thule bars I think ?
I also ordered mine from Spain. I should get them by the end of the week and will post pictures.I ordered a Thule set from Spain. Will see if they get here by Friday as DHL is saying. Porsche ones come from DE and out until January.
@Bill4444 and @philbur where did you guys order the Thule Bars from in Spain?I also ordered mine from Spain. I should get them by the end of the week and will post pictures.