Bottomed out in parking lots - damaged side skirts and jack stand bracket (repair info inside)

[Propofoln]

Ouch! But I did notice right rear side cover being lower than the left. It’s an underbody aero piece. Apparently it can get caught especially when you’re going into an underground parking lot that has a breaking slant and the point of the concrete catches it slightly. Sometimes parking stops or bars can also catch it if you reverse park like I do.

that was the rear driver side. Think it was like that when I bought it CPO

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[Crazymind]

Heart breaking my friends… I feel for you…

 

[PoorShah]

Thanks for sharing. Certainly a great reminder to raise the cars. So happy I purchased the adaptive suspension feature.

 

[tomdfw1]

I thought I would pass without raising the car. Bad judgement because the ramp slants down after passing and caught the jack stand.
Good lesson learned and wanted to remind others not to make the same mistake.

Those speed bumps are killers...poorly implemented. Looks like they even have a steel reinforced ridge to ensure maximum damage to people who might drag. Just pathetic on who put them there!

 

[LongLive959]

Good to know. I have about 6-7 massive bumps I need to get past in my neighborhood. Constantly raising the car I’ll end up looking like this as I roll through

 

[KLHubb]

Good to know. I have about 6-7 massive bumps I need to get past in my neighborhood. Constantly raising the car I’ll end up looking like this as I roll through

By the way, Bose made a prototype jumping car that could jump over logs.

 

[4NIQUES]

Sorry for your damage and glad to hear it seems a simple enough repair. Can you add what suspension height you were in at the time?

You just asked the question I wanted to know…

 

[Leverage]

Seriously how can someone install such a bump ? That thing is massive....
I scraped once under my front bumper and even though you don't see much damage, the noise was very painful.. I can't image yours

 

[Grayblack]

That speed bump is massive. Sorry to see the damage, but glad it's an easy side skirt swap.

 

[CarbonTax]

Yes I was also contemplating just getting the block and not fixing the tear. However, I’m a bit anal and the more I saw it the more I felt the car was not in pristine condition and decide to do a full fix of both side skirts and all the scratched protection layers that go over the battery.

Timing is everything. I will have 2 OE side skirts and front lower bumper available in the next couple weeks, as I'm installing the OE turbo skirts and bumper upgrades

 

[CarbonTax]

Thanks for sharing. Certainly a great reminder to raise the cars. So happy I purchased the adaptive suspension feature.

Ugh! happy I'm riding stock springs around here.
If I want to slam it in 2 years, I'll go the KW coilover route

 

[KLHubb]

This the damage to my 2020 4S skirt that happened while in low chassis setting....curb scrape!
I have bought the skirt, but have yet to install it....do you know of any utube video that shows removal/installation?

 

[BJCanadaMax]

This the damage to my 2020 4S skirt that happened while in low chassis setting....curb scrape!
I have bought the skirt, but have yet to install it....do you know of any utube video that shows removal/installation?

hope that low on Cross Turismo is fine. That is now my default mode now

 

[KLHubb]

I suggest that you be careful...on the low chassis setting on my 4S, I will bottom out on speed bumps.

 

[sergey_ja]

got to scratch the underside of the front bumper twice when approaching speed bumps too fast (not turtle speed). Taycan has these two weird "humps" under the front bumper that sit super low and end up scratching on things. Did not break anything (yet), but noises are always disturbing.

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