Considering it was a 4k option originally, I think you'll have trouble not only finding a donor vehicle to gut, but you'll quickly find it won't be worth the cost of trying to add to your egg.

 

The active rollbars don't work on the Touareg - totally different systems. All of the other sway bars fit fine.

 

Nothing works without the required components.... if he had the time\skill\ambition\money to throw at the project, it could be done.

 

Thank you for clarification.

 

Im just wondering why Porsche would have of offered a swaybar disconnect when it is more than likely even more so than the Treg that it would NOT go off road

How many Porsches have been off road .... stab in the dark ... dont know 3% ??

How many Tregs have been off road .... stab in the dark ... dont know 33% ??

Im confused other than it was an option to cash in on for the dealer.

 

It's simply another gadget to justify the $80-100K price tag. All of the luxury brands are struggling to justify being 2-3x as expensive as non-lux brands that offer the same features. Since the non-lux brands now all have Nav, leather, power everything, carplay/android play, keyless, etc..., they are packing in extra electronic gadgetry.

The Touareg is literally a base Cayenne. Same engine. Same transmission. Same drive train. Same damn near everything. Even the signature 5x130 wheel bolt pattern.

 

Less than 1% on both counts!

The only off-roading any of them do is parking on pavements (that''s sidewalks for those of you across the pond!).

 

The system's purpose was to control body lean/roll when these pigs took high speed corners. The disconnect was more or less a byproduct of it in the event that someone actually missed the turn and wanted to get back out of the ditch.

As a premium brand, they also design/introduce top tier tech to showcase what can be done, so it's normal for them to be trailer blazers.

 

I'd expect the Cayenne to have much greater roll stiffness than Touareg - so any off-road use of a Cayenne needs the disconnected anti-roll (sway) bars more than a Touareg.

 

Autocorrect got me.... that was supposed to say TRAIL BLAZERS..... oh well...

 

dont we all love correcting autocorrect .... life just got harder trying to make it easier

 

I have active sway bars on my BMW 535i and it's meh. Basically, there is a motion detection system that, when tripped, causes the center to engage and thus stiffen up the suspension. When not engaged, the suspension is soft.

If you have it on your car/truck it's neat, but it's not worth paying for as a dealer option and definitely not worth retrofitting.

The easiest way (which also happens to be the most affordable) is to find out which sway bars are installed on your truck (there are at least 3 front/rear widths out there), and buy the ones that will change to the chararastics you want (softer or stiffer). Cayenne sway bars will fit your truck too. But, I found that my 2012 Touareg Sport had the stiffest of any VW or Porsche available anyway. So, no since in doing anything.

Bilseten B6 shocks and H&R sport springs made a world of difference.

 

To put a different perspective on it, Alex Gee, used to be on here a number of years ago and did a thread on his T1 build for off-roading, took the front sway-bar off altogether to get more wheel travel. And reported that the on-road handling wasn't really any different. Admittedly he did say that he wasn't pushing the car to its "handling" limits, so wouldn't say that it doesn't compromise the stability, but did say it made the car much better off-road. Just a thought.

 

Disappointing he doesn't post here anymore. He's got a lot of knowledge on these things

 

I see a lot of keyboard offroaders around here.
How many people have actually gone offroading and articulated to the point where the swaybars where holding them back? Most evidence I've seen posted is of what I would label as "Mickey Mouse offroading".

Everyone around here is so fixated on having air suspension, lifts, winches, lockers, snorkels, etc. and most of the time they drive through a grassy field, or a 3" deep puddle, or trough a ditch on the side of a road that even @TheChunknorris could keep up with you if he was willing to get his paint dirty...... just sayin.

Go out there and have a bit of fun. With some decent tires, you can get trough most stuff that will quench your thirst for offroading, and you'll come back dirty enough that everyone at the mall will think you just did the Dakar. If you want to he a hard core rock crawler, then no Touareg is the correct platform to start off with.

This is just my opinion offcourse.... I may or may not have ventured off the pavement once or twice before.

 

I have been offroad in both my '04 and '10 to the point of wheels being in the air. Guess what, aside from it feeling weird it never got stuck. I have done this in both steel and air suspension, the Touareg just pulls it's self out of it. I don't do mudding for that just tears things up and I find it pointless. I have done numerous stream crossings and not just low water. Water was up to and covering the doors. Granted I am talking about NA T1 and T2's. I personally would not take a '11 or newer NA Touareg places that I have been in mine. Not the same clearance nor do they have low range. Only thing I hated about my '04 is the power went to almost nothing when you got to 10K+ feet in altitude. It was the 3.2 VR NA motor. If you want more reference do a search on here for Touareg Rally in CO. We had many people post pics from those.

 

^^^^ See.... now imagine if you had sway bar disconnect, front & rear lockers, snorkel, water-to-air IC, meth injection, 5" subcarriage lift and 12k winch.... you would've been able to make it out of there..... oh wait.... never mind you still made it. 🤨

 

Yeah, none of the Touaregs on our Rallies were modified at all. Aside from AT tires and some had a shackle mount stuck in their hitches. Beyond that they were all stock.

 

I like these guys and their comparisons. Seem to be honest about the rigs and the capabilities and limitations. Their other videos with the "Tough T" as they call it are good, too.

@Yeti , do you know of them?

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I like these guys and their comparisons. Seem to be honest about the rigs and the capabilities and limitations. Their other videos with the "Tough T" as they call it are good, too.

@Yeti , do you know of them?

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No, they are out of CO, I live in UT. I never knew about them until I saw their videos.

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