It isn't. As with any car, ideal setting is made at the most commonly used setting and loading. John

 

X2. And I suspect that any good shop will know what setting to use. But for good measure, I'd put it in auto or "comfort" mode. That way, it sits at the "regular" height and the tech doesn't have to mess with it.

 

The hunter alignment machine has the tech put in the year, make, and model of the car. On a touareg it then asks the tech to check if it is steel or air.

The on-screen directions change depending on which it is aligning.

 

Great question. Anyone know how the camber and toe is affected when moving from normal ride height to off-road ride height? Is one of those ride heights going to have slightly misaligned camber and toe settings?

What happens if you leave it in the off-road height setting with sport damper mode? It would mean around town it’s up and then on the freeway it would auto adjust down to normal height along with sport mode which is another 25mm down from normal.

Anyone know if the Touareg camber and toe somehow auto accounts for this suspension height change?

 

Air suspension Touaregs are aligned when set at "normal" height and damper setting. If the car is lowered (sport mode), it gains negative camber and toe-in. If the car is raised (off-road or extra mode), it gains positive camber and toe-out.

I just recently retrofitted the OEM air suspension to my T4 and will be getting it aligned soon. I'll have it aligned in "sport" mode, as that's what I always have it in.

 

How do they deal with the different alignments at different heights?

They limit your speed.

When the suspension is raised it either lowers itself if you go above 60km/hr or if you lock in the height it limits your speed to under 60km/hr.

 

But sport mode is lower and is obviously for higher speeds.
Lowered suspension would be negative camber and toe which is definitely not sporty.

Unless of course it's aligned at sport and you just don't use 'normal' on the road.

 

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So all of us with air suspension should expect uneven tire wear over the life of the tires depending how much we are driving with the different height settings?

 

Instability on the road is another problem.

 

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No, just have it aligned in auto setting and you will be fine.

Not sure what auto setting is but align it in the setting where you'll do most of your driving.
On the street.

Wheel alignment isn't so critical off road.

 

I had my water pump replaced under warranty by AVS.
To replace the pump the engine has to come out then the wheels aligned again after.
They charged my for the alignment but I noticed that it drove strangely and wasn't stable at highway speeds especially in the wet.

I returned to Brisbane from a trip to Newcastle to find that inside tread of the front tyres was worn.
I got out my string and measured the toe out to be 3mm.
That made a huge difference to the way the car drove and wear on the front tyres.

It was easy to fix the toe out which I did and everything is now good. Note I don't have adjustable suspension.