A select few will attempt lowering the Treg - so... I'll share the evolution from stock to H&R and then KW coilovers which is sort of in-progress. Is it worth it? - "Oh Hell Yes! First let me start off saying this trip is essentially building a Cayenne with a few nuances that hopefully will go un-noticed when comparing the Touareg in a road-race scenario. Respectable handling was achieved with the H&R / Bilstein combination lowering the vehicle about 1.75" in the front and 2.5" in the rear - a serious improvement - enough to highlight a weird problem on deviations in road pavement, small quick bumps and rarely one particular combination of low-speed and bump that causes a bang on impact - never really sorted it out and blamed it on the unmatched pair H&R / Bilstein not having compatible valving /spring-rebound at some point. I moved on adding spacers, poly bushings, Cayenne front & rear swaybars and 20" wheels.
Getting even closer to a mean, tank-tough, road cruiser i'll tell you that ... I hang with the best until the other guy's boost kicks in or the true horespower above 5000RPM which leaves the Treg out of the mix especially with the gearing but stay with me ... remove the hesitation with a throttle-amp and drive in Sport-mode and you'll have more than enough power because stopping this beast is an issue also. It's quick, tight, heavy but agile and light with certainty - very predictable and not really sure where she'd break-away in a turn because the need to exceed road adhesion has yet to present itself.
The H&R kit adds "rake" that in my opinion makes an already nose-heavy car too forward-leaning generating a "hop" over speed bumps instead of full-contact. Indeed it's much lower with the coilovers and that jacked-up in the rear look is gone as you can see. So now let's see what the next step brings as the coil-overs have been installed but I hear from the mechanic there's a noise issue and I haven't driven it yet. Checking the forums to see what others have encountered ... see ya in bit.
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Getting even closer to a mean, tank-tough, road cruiser i'll tell you that ... I hang with the best until the other guy's boost kicks in or the true horespower above 5000RPM which leaves the Treg out of the mix especially with the gearing but stay with me ... remove the hesitation with a throttle-amp and drive in Sport-mode and you'll have more than enough power because stopping this beast is an issue also. It's quick, tight, heavy but agile and light with certainty - very predictable and not really sure where she'd break-away in a turn because the need to exceed road adhesion has yet to present itself.
The H&R kit adds "rake" that in my opinion makes an already nose-heavy car too forward-leaning generating a "hop" over speed bumps instead of full-contact. Indeed it's much lower with the coilovers and that jacked-up in the rear look is gone as you can see. So now let's see what the next step brings as the coil-overs have been installed but I hear from the mechanic there's a noise issue and I haven't driven it yet. Checking the forums to see what others have encountered ... see ya in bit.
