I'm looking for someone with PDC - Parking Distance Control - on their car that also has the Aero rear bumper that might be able to snap a pic for me. I have PDC on my S and I'm contemplating an aero kit and I'm not sure how much extra I'm running into to make the conversion because of it. Thanks!

 

Mike - do you still need pics? Of what exactly? I have the Aero bumper on my 2009 R57 S and PDC installed.

 

Thanks Naylia! I appreciate it. I've gotten the answers to my questions pretty much. I've had to put my little project on hold for a bit as well though. Looking forward to getting on with it! Let me ask you though, the 2 sensors in the bumper.... are they painted or left natural, unpainted black?

 

Mine are the natural un-painted black. There are 4 sensors total, two in the painted part of the bumper on either side of the exhaust and 1 on each side above the small rear fog lights, hidden in with the black plastic fog light surrounds.

Now I kind of want to paint the two that are on either side above the exhaust to match the body... I wonder if that would alter their sensitivity.

 

I've seen them both ways but I don't know if sensitivity would be affected. I'll see soon. On the S they are not painted since they locate in the black plastic.

 

Just to update, I have installed the aero bumper with PDC with 2 painted that locate in the bumper. No issues, but if you are coming from the standard bumper with PDC you might notice slight difference in warnings due to the location differences. The 2 in the black fog area are higher than the two painted. I've noticed that the painted ones may not be as sensitive or have as great a distance to obstacle, but the chimes also seem to be different depending on which sensor (upper or lower) is making the sense. Make sense?