VW Wheel Alignment

When selling the VW EOS with 50k on the clock, I found that the front tyres had excessive wear on the inner tread. The wheels had been rotated at previous services, but the wheel alignment from the factory appears to have excessive negative chamber.

After reading into this, I found that this was a common trait amongst VW customers. When picking up the R36 I had asked the dealer the same questions & they confirmed that this was indeed the case and recommended a wheel alignment. Why can't this be done at dealers as part of the pre-delivery? 


I found a trusted wheel alignment company based in Melbourne called Trutrack. Whilst somewhat more expensive than your average tyre shop (~$150), I felt this was money well spent on a performance car like the R36 and the possible savings due to premature tyre ($$$) replacement. Some owners had indicated that they needed new tyres after just 15-20k... ouch!


Trutrack also offered a follow-up service, as the car only had 1000km on the clock. link


NOTE - When setting neutral or slight negative chamber on lowered cars (R36), you can occasionally hear the tyre rubbing on the wheel arch under heavy load.